New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-14

. oo,id revcr have made my goods here, paid
decent wages to my hands aud sold nv pro""'' ~
prices sufficiently low 10 compete Win 'o'e'e" -
fscturcrs Now that can DO this, am he"T''' -
favor Of the Mckinley act. for think IL j. 'hc
est thing This country has seen. IL i D"''"s
IN new industries everywhere. ! shall empty -0o
hands Al the start and Will pay them 100 per ''"
more wages than | would pay the same '"
operatives in England or Scotland VIII emp,
homo labor too. and will import none from ''0 49,
side There are better mechanics ah!""r' We" We.
tho American mechanics My plant here represents
over 500 600 and snail make Just a. h'io XIV.
! made abroad and sell them cheaper ont De o'' NV
min 7 am binding some cottages 70: my cml'"eS "
live in and shall also build general S'o'e ""'''
they can purchase all they require. a. there j. o 'o
near lv just step 10 the door and yon can sco '''
OF my cottages" - a ROW
The rcpor,er followed Mr.. Roberts and 50" ~"
Of neat little twO-sory brick cottages cav" W. ~,
white marble stoop and white marble trl'i'''"r ,n
,ras Informed by Mr. Roberts that each house "a' ~
= sin,,. family Mr. Roberts continued: "oi course
I ON = RcubiIcan Why the Mckinley act - U.s.
the thing for America. II j. giving Ahcil'''' ' -,
the greatest stimulus they ever h'd' any 0'o -
MI. ewes halfOpen can see THIS. IL Is o"'''',e F
ipanstries everywhere and Strengthening anu
those already in existence. lheie was ',,' T.,
farm land around here when began ''s p"'u"s -
rshruarv last and now the little vliI'ec '"'' =
growing up" .,, II, rorhe nj
Tho next Mace visited was the essential oil "orhS VI
tretzsche Bros in Garfield. Here was iarso o,,,s
h,ding covering several acres OF gro"'u anu n
with retorts stills and other applah'oS 'o w -,
facturc Of oils perfumes and chemicals INC W. =,
was met by Dr. F. b. Power, the chc''''' VI
works who showed him through the uu"ui,'s' oas ,s
This DR. Power said: "Thc firm OF fre'As'"c
. hr,rc, If the house Of Schmmel & Co.. from Lc'p'.
crr,onv ono If the largest makers OF esach'iai oi'
and fine chemicals in the world. we INV ""'
small factory In Hoboken Tor some '''.'' ,,o
Mckinley act made the construction VI '"'
n,ont Won see here possible we oeea' NV ,,
=, ,h.se vorbs last winter and started mahui"o'"''s
IN Nav. We make all Kinds OF esSe"'''' ''''
fne chem,cals for the perfuinerS "No' -.
arho rooson that we came here was that the ou'y
-, o., nor cent nd valorem on our goods Us "No'
nv tbe Mckinley net, made 1t very expensive o' -"
in,port and as we have very large 'iaue III
II pald us TO come here ana es'ao'sh WIN
bindings cover several acres ana olr pi'''' iop
~, ,nnns,rv ~ over one hundred thousand dollars
A Paterson workingman, an employe Oh oir Vi VI.
si,k mills said to the Tribune reporter: u Vo'eu
e crover Cleveland four years ago, and nave pech
r,cAinc myself for II ever since, for voted ueao
AGAINST nv interests, and the interests OF my ic'o"
vor)dngmen / did not understand the ma''er "o"
as we'll as do We have got nee hora'y he''
IN Paterson and have been reading up this matter
Of Free Trade and Protection and have learned what
Protection
called tariff reform which the Democratic party al
vocates would ain convinced. be the ruin Oh mhiy
nm Industry IN this country, ana Woulo
lower the wages OF worhingmen in almost
every trade. Look at this great manniNtufihs
city of Paterson what Protection ha, done lor
ii Take the silk industry, for instance liat Is nS
own trade and | know what am ialhing abont when
/ say That the Mckinley act haS done wonders lDr
tbet The protection afforded BY this net is shown
10y the fast that importalions OF Sk into tlis SU1
durinC the last year fell oil nearly -6Do;OUO; ~
cunr4rad with the previous year ana r7o"V'Voo, a.
COMPARED with The year before thai, Inc iasep par
~ fhls decrease is due the fact that Pill, he- Veits
etc. came, be prontably imported under the MchinE
t,ri,- These Goods being made largely In tWN
country now and mills In Paterson that procure
Them are crowded with orders English ana ueIliih
makers OF pushes and velvets have been collTru
~ remove their plants this country, and American
worinemen are now doing the work at American wages
which was formerly done BY English ana uernl', ,
oncyat,ves nj pauper wages. The United States Is now
opo ~ The greatest SIX producing countries OF ne
Sord and those who raise the silly cry that the tn
on,v serves TO protect infant and exotic mdu tncS
wonld better study up the nSe and process OF tne
sL tndusfry I'm Paterson. | have talEed-ylth s0od
many Of Tie hands In the silk mills and J ma tna,
they TOO. have been reading up this matter; ana
Know several who few years ago Voten Tor Niesc 1
who IN November next Will east their baho'S ior HAT
nd Peiu