Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-08
1rROPEAy SITUATION.
s,r fbs Mckinley Bill Has Affected
Various Industries
rrHgOTHER SIDE OFTHEWATER
va Phsss Them Natsrally-fhsy Now
- - r, Cheaper Goods ana Get the Big
Price for lt-Soms Nanuiac ur'fs
Sc, king 0lhsr Markets.

o.. H
u. i'm Germany last month to aseer-
.5e feeling Of foreign manufacture
q. rsr,rd to the Mckinley bill in
.,-,,,,ns of a similar character have
rsde throughout Great Britain.
rsrs the exports to America from GER
,,sces show marked falling off,
,be fo,sls for January, February and
,,..cb -..s year lthe last three months
-apirb figures are Obtainable) show
.,rrease over the figures OF the same
.,,b, last year. These months may
..-.ried as the best ones for COM
SON .irce the oil went into effect.
r., rorsl value of declared exports
-+rc first quarter OF 1891 from the
...,,,r district of Great Britain and
...qr4 amounted TO over S46,OOO,OOO,
...st S45.S7s. .724 during the same
'.-r-r of lasJ year. Among the cities
a5rsced in this district are Birming-
ssm. Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork,
D.b,fn. Dundee, Belfast, Dunfermline,
-l,mouth. Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Leith,
,,r,r9ooI. London, Manchester, New
r,rre. Nottingham, Plymouth, Shef-
field aud southampton.
Loodon, where articles Of every con-
.s'yabIe description are declared leads
-se list with q record OF Sl2, 10000,
which is nearly 100000 less than In
January. February, March, 1890.
Interviews with several leading man
t..rrrers and exporters show that the
--.,gl trade is the one principally al
.5,red i'm the Liverpool district, aud the
,,r plate trade in particular. There IS
,ir,plete stagnatiOn in this industry at
v-.,eDt. American buyers anticipate
,se working Of the new tariff as far as
-acticabe imported during the six
months prior 10 July l, when the new
rs new rate went into effect, more
liam enough tin plate to supply years
demand. The big manufacturers here
are al, hopeful that there will be
change In the law after the next Presl-
Dental election. One OF the leading tin
sste men said we were making tin
plate, in fact, but questioned on being
aO.e 10 make it prUhtaoly.
Oee of the largest Liverpool expor-
.urs, who has recently been In America
q, in5.-o Tor. hi.,.salf avr.-"ss'@-~' l. - - -'4
Tho increase has caused stagnatlon
in tdc Tin plate trade. Trade is now at
stand still with the South Wales
workers, and the Liverpool exporters
are doing nothing except in tin plate for
Of. cans, etc.
III the Mckinley bill is sustained
after the coming election the English
trade must be impaired, but for the
present the safe and only policy To be
pursued by both masters and men, is 10
acp prices as low as possible, in order
% discourage manufacturers In Amer
ica. ASlo the cost, can't say, although
we are very anxious to know what they
find the cost of production to be-"
The representatives of other large eX-
porting firms expressed similar views.
Welsh makers interviewed at Cardiff,
admit that the time must come when
Americans will make their own plates,
out they declare they fearn immediate
attempt. Prices NJ Cardiff have greatly
decreased, and are now barely remuner-
alive, but the demand is the same rs
ever, all the works being again in full
operation. 1t is also claimed that the
demand from America is just as con-
slant as before the introduction Of the
tariff Therefore the WelShmen say that
So Tar the Mckinley act has notaifected
,ue t.u plate trade, though its indirect
elect has been to cause prices to de-
crease.
Iron manufacturers at Glasgow were
Interviewed. They said the iron manu-
.attusegS OF Scotland are at present dis
.coed by London syndicate and can't
EXPORT much iron, but the principal
Cause OF tue limited expectation lies in
,ue very large increase in manufacture
sg ron in America. A great deal
.' see. scrap for remelting went 10
.uerica, but they say the Mckinley
NrN oill has killed this trade. No
tAer kind of steel has been exported |
rom glasgow 10 the States for years.
Prominent textile manufacturers were !
ttn. There was a unanimity Of Opln- |
0l among them that 10 is too soon yet |
10 conclude what shall be the full effect |
lle tariff upon wooden goods. So far /
IS ile trade has gone they say the tariff /
9oSS Is If il were quite prOhibitive. |
ert0luly the trade in the lower quail |
les wilt cease. High class wooden goods |
'i.. always be exported as well to do |
will insist on having them. |
great trade was done in Oxford and |
ephyr shirtings. This trade with |
America began seven years ago, but the |
americans during that period learned |
2 manufacture them and the increased /
arf has therefore hit the Glasgow |
lannfacturerS in these goods very |
eayily.
Linen trade manufacturers think that /
10 blow has been dealt TO the linen /
rade by the tariff In fact, they be-
eye here that the Americans can't /
'eave linen goods because OF their cli- |
nate.
There are great carpet manufacturers !
Glasgow, bat they are not much ar /
ected by the tariff. 1t is frankly ad- /
lltted that the Americans can make |
arpetS aS well as the Scotch. Only the I
alter believe that they viii still be able
. get market in the United States for /
uoice designs and superior workman
q. %, Notwithstanding the tariff.
IN Sheffield there are, roughly speak
lS' between three and four thousand I
len engaged in supplying tho Ameri-
an , market. For the irSt few months /
ue tariN came into operation these
Jund 6rsSt Si6culty in obtaining en-
'OyDent, Gut recently there has been
! ,pI,e5ceptible Improvement in their con-
''on, so far as the more valuable
Oous are concerned. The lower priced
'Teies ZIG are affected very greatly.
ne heads of the we'll known firm OF
OSeph Rogers & Sons, claim that they