New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-15
THE GLOVE INDUSTRY.
A s.,.rui,ed at,emut Ia now making BY for-

A determined attempt ID now maKlns " A
eiruers to evade the tariff In the early PAFs
Of the PAST winter, firm in New-forK I'm Poi"u
some slove franks" in case Of ieatIier' NOV
franks" were of the same lesther, anu NO"
teen cut into the same shape as the table cutters
Of Gloyersvile turn them, numbered TOT mu'eS,
with thumbs and forchetts numbered the same
ond size marks or ridile on every frank All
the skilled labor that is required for the making
~ 4. glove had been expended upon them Not
x,thrandins this fact, the importer OF Ihe
g trsnks1 succeeded in getting them through inc
Cu.tou, House as manufactures Of leather not
sp-oially provided for in the Mckinley act, ana
had no pay tax upon them Of only so per
cent ad valorem. II this method OF importing
cloves be permitted by the Custom House, there
will be an enormous expansion OF tnls peculiar
trade. for the importer OF the franks CAL sa'e
80 upon every dozen Of gloves by bringing
them into the United States in this manner
and the American operative will soon ma MS
home market invaded BY the foreign proouc@
It ia only within few weeks that the grove
makers of this city have learned OF the evasion
of the tariff law described and they have SUD
,n;ttrd To the authorities at Washington an earn
estly-worded petition for reappraisal OIL INC
franks (which are thus coming into the ohi'eo
States as Leather goods .,,, IN
ID {. Duflee, OF tillS City, ooi~ "
h;s Judgment this shutting out OF 200 600 dozens
a. foreign gloves had put the sum OF $ooo,ooV u,
the pockets Of American working people, VINO nau
themselves supplied consumers WIN Me '"' IN
snantitv Of gloves required for their needs. In
surport of this statement, he said that II man
ufacturer should desire to manufacture zoo,ooV
dosens Of gloves in yeas aseshs ths' ,oIowina
hands and pay them the following wages 40
Women employsd-il silksTs 30 q so S0 Or >ii
9e8; 800 nahs ssss aIs w,hich Is an average of
Men emplsyed-eO doing, at 50. $54, 600
e; ss' a. snss ss s ss sss' ssssns
400; or si5 men, earning $2e4,oa'' which is an
Girls empioyed-s7 end pulling, at rs cents,
BOYS BOYS empioyed-22 buttoning; at 90 cents
$500: z banding, at 81. $2l o.; boxing; az
81, 81, 800; or "a boys, earning $1,000 which n
81 average s. per Calculation Of mine said Mr. Dur.
fee. al have estimated that 10000 dozens Of
skins were X. to Of this
Dozens Of skins, aside from the doing ! have
referred 70, would employ In the SKIN miid co. go
men an ss ,se a Rsr slg IN boxes
and this would require in the box factory twenty
persons at s5 day USOo, i an ax "mSer
: :Ss 9as ssess sSsss me eases ssS
average Of s per day Inc sewing on rs the
iSScr Of two persons at S2.25 per day, or $3.50
a average per day, .$225. Their there
would be employed as superintendents,, overseers,
clerks etc.. thirty persons at an annual pay each
o. 81 900 This would make fetal pay roll OF
1,0S5 persons earning $s66,246: or an ann 3aI
sverige Of wages Of $3.50 and for men, wo1sn,
HE American protective tariff built up the
xrea1 xleve trade Of Gloversville and JohAstown,
nd the Mckinley Tariff has given e that indus,
tn fresh impetus ihcre asing largely It's product
ma the receipts from the sale Of manufactures.
The consumer Of gloves has proatted by the in,
cressed protection Of gloves. for he buys them at
= iover price. The glove-naker has prohtted by
q because he gets higher wages The glove man.
fect,rer has profitted by it. since ne has in
creased the volume Of his business. but his gain
.4css ~ his Foods and advanced the wages Of his
workngnen His increased profit ~ s, will =; come
goods c.ntre as he will s Of the home
nsfke. tthfuc thcse matters into serieus consid-
Srs ,d for they Know what wages they receive
asnended upon to sustain the Mckinney Inri9 e aSs
q v2Hn2 ~ ~ revenue tkrih designed ID Srs-
~" ~ Stoessn Of fsfeisasfe