New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-01
THE TARIFF ITS BULWARK
INDUSTRIES OF THE PROSPEROUS CITY OF
WESTERLY
GRANITE WORKS THAT GIVE EMPLOYMENT TO
THoUsANDs-sENAToR FRYE'S GREAT
SPEECH IN BEHALF OF
PROTECTION.
rEoM A srAFr CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRInv

by the two states. lhe Rnode lSland NWHsilp
has population of 1000. As the village Is ap-
preached from Providence, one large factory after
another comes into view. There are large fac
tories owned by B. Is. & r. Knight in which
cotton goods are manufactured The Westerly
Woolen Company, controlled by Warren y.
Arnold produces woolens large scale. A
worsted mill has recently been reopcned by Nc
Taggart Bros. and is in successful operation.
The Crefeld mills represent the interests Of the
Sayles in this portion of the State and have been
enlarged for the manufacture of higher grades oil
cottons G. B. Cottrel & Son conduct large
manufactory for printing presses. the workneh
being mainly Seventh Day Baptlsts, very IN
fiuential reli gous denomination in Westerly Inc
chief new enterprise undertaken since the passage
of the Mckinley act, Is large threau niI'
which Robert Clark. Of Newark. n. d..
is mainly interested in. This mill VIII
probably be in operation within 1our OF
five months All these industrial worKs nave
been aided by the tariff legislation OF le9o' Inc
tendency in the cotton and wooilen mllls mere
as in Woonsock.t, Pawtdcket ana IfoNluehoe -
in the direction of Improvement IN the qu"htS VI
goods produced. The tarlh act mas m"uc II
nossib,s for manufacturers TO compete with Euro
moan rivals in the fine as we'll as the coaINe
GRADES They src TOW competing successfully
consumer Cottons are cheaper than they were
in $500 and woollens are quite cheap.
Another large Industrial interest in Westerly Is
Tho Granite quarrics 1t is perhaps the hneSt
Granite in New-En. land. When one OF the Demo
cratic orators last night remarked with sneef
that the Mckinley act had put up the price oi
tombstones go that people could hardly a1'rd L"
die lie did not know how closely he WAS httlng
a great Rhode Island interest Here are the
works of the Smith Granite Company, the Rhode
Island Granite Company, conducted by batter
son, of Hartford the Chapman Granite Com
pany Murray & Archer, and others. In the suburb
OF Mantle are similar works controlled py A. 4"
G. Crumb. Newell and others. Before the tariil
act was passed Scotch granite was shipped from
Europe. and with the aid of cheap labor in the
quarres was enabled TO undcrsell the Rhode
Island granite The Mckinley act protected ths
important industry BY moderate duty, shut out
the Scotch granite and developed the business OF
Westerly TO a remarkable degree. No town IN
Rhode Island owes more 10 Senator Aldrch than
Westerly, and none will probably give the Ke-
publican State ticket larger majority IN pro-
portion TO it's population.
About so per cent of the stoneworkers own
their own homes. They are Scotch Italian, Eng
lish and Irish, as well as American, and all are
prospering alike. Free trade theorists who are
bent upon believing that the working people OF
America are overwhelmed and bound hand and
foot by tariff taxation ought TO keep out OF such
towns as Westerly if they value their peace OF
mind They will find as orderly, contented ana
bappy a class of mill operatives and stonccutters
as can be seen the face Of the earth Inc
houses of the worknen are comfortable within
and attractive without. Every family has money
in a savings bank, and is getting on in the world
ba NJ and
ance which are seen in English manufacturing
towns are absent here. The working people az
well as the manufacturers and quarry owners are
prospering under protection. II was before an
audience Of this class that Senator Frye made
his first speech in the Rhode Island canvass this
evening
Senator Frye made one Of those mastery cam
paign speeches by which he has gained the repu-
tation Of being. perhaps, the most successiul
stumper in the country. If there were votes u
be had in the large audience which crowded the
Opera House he succeeded in getting them for
the Republican party by his persuasive style
ANALYTICAL power and terse, homely eloquence
When introduced, Senator FRYE remarked that he
had never been able 10 understand why there
was "a Democratic party in the order OF DIVINE
Providence. He then pointed out the Danger WIN
which the country Is menaced thls year. ror
many years the Republican Senate had been d
buIwark Of defence for the country. but now the
majority OF that party was so small tlat IL was
of immense importance that Rhode Island should
elect a Republican Legislature 50 as - re-e'ecC
Senator Aldrich. He then took up the tanh
question in a practical way. The Democratic
marty he described as a frec-trade party whlch
had never respected labor, aud a large portion
OF which had owned labor. f'ee
trade would destroy, not capital nor
,bo manufacturers but the interests OF iabor
The Republican party had always been pro-
,ective marty. The Mckinley bill was pro-
,ection measure. and nothing else. IL was con-
demped two years ago by wholesale delama'ioh
and living But the people were now hhoi's ouV
the truth Americans imported 2o,oOo'ooo less
of woollen goods last year. and useo So'VVo'o0o
more Was that bad thing was III hot peI
,or than the SOB 900, 900 of wOollens should be
made in America rather than in Europe vi
other goods $44,600,00O less OF certain GLASSES
were imported, and this meant That uie goous
had been made in America rather than IN Europe.
In this way the Mckinley bill had redeemed
Itself.
Il was not true, said the speaker ,hat prices
nod been raised by the Mckinley act. lie dehed
any one in his audience TO name any ar'ic'c u
common consumption which was higher to-day
,hon il WAS two wears ago. The Democratic
marty was for free trade now, az 1T had been IN the
la time slavery days 1t was frec-irade party
.v.n il il were Disgusting lite purpose by clahor-
inc for free wool and free raw materials Manu-
,,cturers who wcre soliciting free wool neeaed 10
te warned that the Democratic party would H.
evitably follow that up with free woolient'
After an exhaustive discussion OF free raw ma
,-raIs in which he demonstrated tie lmpossipihty
of discriminating between tie raw pfouuc' anu
the manufactured product, the senator decidrcu
that capital in this country never needed pro'ec-
,ion. 1t was as timid as girl-not Sirl VINO
rides bicycle but an average girl. IL was easily