New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-12
ruE M'KINLEY LAW ABROAD.
,rrrcrs OF THE AMERICAN TARIFF ON
GERMAN MANUFACTURES.
ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENTS IN
ouMEs TALKING or REMOVING
INDUSTRIES TO AMERICA. 3

INDUSTRIES TO AMERICA.
p.,,;n Aug. ll.-For the purpose Of study
- ,he actual effects of the Mckinley law, as iar
n' .hsv could show themselves since the law De
-. onerative the Associated Press correspondent
-. visited some of the most important lnduotiiai
n ''~,rss of Germany, such as Leipsic, Chemni,z,
n,am.n Grez. Nuremberg and Frankfort. All
-.Do,ts agree that the measure has had P"i"-
sing effect upon certain industries, while o'nel''
tnusllv high taxed, have not suffered at all
q, oil the industrial centres in GERMANY per
- An Europe, Chemnitz, in Saxony, ana ol'e us
,p. '"r surrounding it have suffered most Inc
ui0V ;rdnstry is the manufacture of knitted
pas esnecially of hosiery. There are 25o manu-
60 ,arS Of hosiery in the city. Numerous aye
s. commission houses, brokers' spinneries etc',
~O' .s,.res,ed in this trade. Many Thousand
-. - ,rorkmsn employed in the - house industry
s--.nd npon il for living. the MchihieS i""
"a trade languished The export whloh III
csnn' ,oo had amounted to $1l ,S95,5SS, diminished
- &c l,l o23 In ls90'9l, falling OH Oh heaiS
40 soo 600 Without the heavy exports oil 'ne
- ora,ter Of this fiscal year July TO sep
." e0 lsOO), the decrease wouio h"Ne
been still greater .o,, that tho
Many Chemnitz manufacturers say On"S .n.
-. dulness is only a consequence OF iasO
p. ov.rnrcduction. But if the tarln Is hoo
sssS,osa they fear that in the future tneS cSnno'
~.teo+pre AT a profit and that factories spring
u. IN America will deprive them completey
:, che trade One of the largest mahuido' iei'
Va Va .h.. ba had sent a number of his best young
- % America to initiate them into American
business WAYS. as he thought seriously OIL putting
I'm factory in the United STATES
Tho business here is done in pecuhar way
rbrouchout large district are scat'ereu 'ne
fh0 VA
dwellings of the weavers, who receive Vie S"'"
trom a factor. weave the complete s'ocNiiis' o'
oloves and return them 10 lhe l"0Ooi' WI"
-,,. .ho~, +o the manufacturer The manufact-
urer fashions them, and then Turns 'neni wv "
49, a,,or They are then glazed stamped
nacked in boxes, and turned over 10 o"e "s'n
- ssnas them to a commission house IN the
United States, OF else sells them oirec' " VI"
s,nar;can huyers in the German MARKERS,
a., - .orIe complain but it is the household
industry people, the poor who suner' Inc
sc;oted Press correspondent visited many OF their
&c while in Chemnitz. In every house tne1e
80 ono two. or three looms. Their earnings a'
..os.rt average from 81 so to So week. One
- tbam a man with wife and four children. was
.stad how he managed to get along "eh we
dor,t be replied Most of us had somethlng iaio
~, from better DAYS We used that up. we sun
hsve our looms left, which are worth SOU 10
eaoo Int il we should mortgage those the emu
s'o,,ld be near. Things cannot last much longer
this way ro+o.oos
1vbsss neople live almost entirely on potatoes
"a rro braad At the present high prices OF
food staples in Germany, they get scarcely enough
~ these There is some movement on Iooo W
induce these people TO emigrate to America anu
q establish their industry there The opponents
~ protection assert however that factories CANNOT
he esfabf7sled there TO compete with European
prices, and that these people, once In America
vnuld Ieave their "household industry" and rush
into the existing factories and mills, thus COM
peting with those already employed.
Az Annaberg. an industrial town in the Erzge-
'biror is tie fashion district Of Germany. Laces,
trimmings and embroideres are the man staples
Here though the tariff las been raised, the export
IN America has doubled since the Mckinley Iaw
Owing to the cheapneSs of labor and the compli-
Gated system of manufacturing this industry could
under no circumstances be transported to America
PIauen in SaXony, is the centre OF great
manufacturing district. Woolen dress goods are
the main article of expectation These have fallen
from Al .os6.I0l 80 in the fiscal year ls89-'90 TO
e17s6375 Sc in 1s90J0l. The largest firm is
Arnold & Sons, which employs nearly 1000 hands
MIR. Arnold said he had foIescen the present
trouble. and had so managed his atairs that he
had other countries TO rely upon for his trade
Russia. Austria, the Balkan countries He had
established factory at Passac, n. j. lie said
that the duty makes up for the increased wages
he has TO pay there.
Then you manufacture to advantage In
America? p asked the Associated Press correspond
ent
Certainly We intend to increase our manu-
facturing facilities there soon. The tariff. how
Of mn
ought to have free raw material, at least OF that
kind which is not produced in America
Other manufacturers were not so well satlshed.
Their trade was almost ruined, they complained
Part of il is their own fault. They doubled their
exports last year, sold at any price to compete
successfully and are now facing congested
market.
I'VE run our looms," said Herr Heine, OF
Schillbach * Heine, without profit in order
not 10 keep our men idle, but we cannot pay
them the wages they ought to get because we
must sell at low prices Our goods are OF
class which requires specially fine work, and we
car compete with any other country, France not
excluded. But we cannot do anything against
these terrible high prices The Americans VIII
have TO buy our goods; they cannot get them
anywhere else, unless they start factories of their
own, which will take them at least five years.
II they do, then good-by to our trade But a
change may come before that"
Other manufacturers expressed similar fears
while a great part maintained that, owing to the
high wages paid and the cost of the raw material,
America never could manufacture successfully; but
all look forward to still greater depression IN
their business The suffering among the halt-paid
or entirely unemployed wOrkmen in this district
is even worse than in Chemnitz. The people look
pale and starved, and the destituuon Is said to
be very great indeed
Al Nuremberg and Fuerth the main staple OF
export Is plate-glass, mirrors and window glass:
Fuerth exported of this article SS96,19S > and
EurembuTg 81 ,366.505 3 worth during thc calen-
dar year 1890. sIhis branch Of trade is beginning
% feel the influence Of the Mckinley law. but so
far not 10 a great extent. No disposition is mani
tested al either OF these places to transfer the
manufactures 10 America The same holds true Of
bronze powders and metal leaf, Of which nearly
100000 worth exported during the same
period The manufacturers have practically a