New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-16

fact,re ~ ,arco hptto, belnc twohirds OF the entire
cost N production but with the small buttons where
the cost OF production Is eighttenh s, the N"e' -,
crease OF wages makes these small buttons 'i'u'
higher In price. but this difficulty will soon be over
come as the manufacturers instead oil selling 10 hiu
dlemen. ore selling direct 10 retailers and garment
manufacturers TINS saving the enormous piohts maoo
By the importers and johbers.'
ait IL all nonsense said Mr. Webb oooHheepe"
"to Talk OF Mr.. Webb being raped BY Dunn w. ~. 90
having only from five TO ten thousand doiais 'a'''
and 10 convince yon Of this Will show yon "","D.
OF rcodptcd bills from houses On tire olher '', y. ~
water for shells and other goods lie bo'hheopN
produced a number Of recepted bills ana poio '''c
draughis from houses In London and o'heF hIiopoa"
cities ranging from slo 600 to s2,OOO ara coh''n"e
"Now II Mr. Webb had no more capital than Mr. I osei
says he Is Tated at, do you suppose 'na' '"e.'
would let him have any such ,rcthi as th'' 80.
Tnomas Davis was also shown Mr.. Fosters s''''o-
,nent and he sud: Before the Mckinley ac' was
passed there was cheap grade OF pearl buttons, "ao
by convicts in Austrian PRISONS and shipped 10 '.
counry These buttons could not be sofa III al III
Austria, and the only market for them was al 'lis
country; consequently they were SOFA very 'o"f
here and our manufacturers could MOI aioru vr,nIev
prtc on these lines Of buttons. Uhder tiie ~ ~
act. however. there are many Of them r, h
Iored this country and i,ns have gone
up but making much better sn,In Ines .Ha Of
they coua ever make abroad sI fSan ever before
ri hongh The duty Is higher but some OF the shau, ne,
lines are higher owing to the advance III I not
before the Mckinley act was pash'u we Uv as
make these small lines at all ID ins .oI Ih,' ~
we could not compete with Austrian prison hpor' TO-.
1.-THE Mckinley act lAs been , SI,amu rI hIcher
and men have Steady work Wages ussu W 70 from,
and $50 = week. Now In my factory ucy run i ' CO.
sl5 TO S22 and have two men wnom 4 XIV h~.,
a week. have about $15Oo ihverta III III "a. vD''
ness, and employ from sixty 70 sevrnG ihM1s, .wev
member Of the firm OF Wns s snoren Of in RE
Tribune as Wharton Bros. said that ne %Oiu ,u W."
ali that Mr. Davis had stated In his taDua'ea s,a'o
ment He added ave have only been III DusniI,a ai
since Moy and don't care for rating By commerca'
agency AZ we are not buying goods on tinc ho.cs'
Our credit however. Is good enough u we wan ns;
act All three Of were tourneymen 1u,to"nahcin.
and we never could have started IN business Du, ~,
This act I was considered as good as an! man a.
nv trade when | was tourneyDan, bnt the nios.
tha, I could ever make was el3 week. 1o-ua! am
paving go3 week for doing the same cass Ok mulh
capal we have got in business don't OBJECT 70
telling him. We have 5000 Inere IS no Sod h
that pearl buttons cheaper touay IMAM e'er pc-
fore. except in the smaller sizes"
Several other manufacturers were seen py tne r.
nenfs One OF them said "rheres one point that
Won want to bring out very strongly IN inc tribune,
and that Is that before the passage OF the Mckinney
ACT these small line buttons were not ana couio not
he mnde In this country rs they were maze SO mucn
cbeaper by the Austrian convcts ana the paupcr
laborcrs OF other countries that was useless for ns
making these buttons here and nre making better
grade OF these Same lines though the prices are little
higher than we're asked for the Inferior article made
by uhdefpaid foreign workmen'