New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-28
FOR FREE BINDER TWINE
CONTINUATION OF HE HOIEPUNCHING'
POLICY IN CONGRESS.
MAJORITY AND MINORITY REPORTS FROM CHAIR
NAN sPRINGERs COMMITTEE-REPUBLICAN
MEMBERS SHOW WHY THEY ARE
AGAINST THIS LONG STEP
TOWARD FREE TRADE.
rBr TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBUNE. J

TOWARD FREE TRADE.
TRY TELEGRAPH TO The TkIBUNE.1
Washington, Feb c7.-The report of the Ways and
Means Committee In favor OF The bill place binding
irvine on the free list was submitted TO the House to-
day. accompanied by n written statement Of the views
of the minority In opposition to the measure This
is the first OF the hole punching bills 10 reach the
calendar of the House, and II is fair sample OF the
sort OF tariff legislation which will be recommended
for adoption by Springer and his dark lantern" col
leagues. Ignorance and demagogy are written In
every line OF it, 1t would be to pay 1t undeserved
compliment to say that IL Is inspired By Intelligent
. hostility TO American industries. because, while II
deals a deathblow TO the domestic manufacturers OF
binding twine who pay 30 per cent more for labor
than do foreign manufacturers, II also assails every
American farmer who raises the hemp from which
large proportion OF the Irvine is made which Is used
fOr binding grain. The Irish manufacturers % twine
from manila and sisal fibre are ready to seize the
American market soon as the bill becomes Il law, ana
tn bleed the American farmer es soon as domestic
manufacturers driven from the field. Belfast
c6nccrn has already issued circular in which IT agrees
to furnish manila and sisal Irvine much below the
prices which ruled last year. provided the duty is
moved but the circular also stipuates that the prices
quoted are subject to change without notice Every
BODY knows what that means
The report of the majority of the Ways and Means
Committee in favor of this precious specimen OF
Nebraska a young lawyer, who entered upon Ms
career as a legislator and statesman almost three
months AGO The document Is deserved tribute 10
his inexperience as well to his ignorance M
Bryan does not even dare to assert that that inc
duty Of 7lO OF cent pound on bindihs t"lne "
added TO its cost What he does say Is that'
IL the 40 of cent per pound is ADDED 10
tho prce as is probable this tax cost the farmers
OF the United States in year 1889 alone S'ooooo'
and this does not include large additional sum
charged for profits the increased price ny 'no
various dealers through whose ha1ds the piouu'e
passed
This quotation is a fair sample Of the whole docu-
mont. There are vague illusions to an imaginary
trust which, is asserted with equal vagnencS' con
trolls the manufacture AID price OF binding t"e' ou'
not scintill of proof idduced in support OF e w.
sertion. ON the contrary the report Is ID N"'H'''e
with the testimony printed by order OF the ways anu
Means Committee itself. in document bearing INC
date OF February IL. 1892 which presumably con
tains all the information then in possession Oh lhe
committee OH the subject Of binding twlne
This report does not deserve further mention here
for every material assertion which II contains i sno
20 be croundless and absurd in the views Supnn"eu
Inv the minority OF the committee in opposition TO the
hin This document. which was prepared uy "'!.
PAYNE. Of New-York, and which is signed by hi'nSe"
and all the other 1epubllcan members. compic'eS
covers the ground and is unanawerabe' III SUI
stance ii is as follows . .
Under the tariff of $50 the duty upon Dudei tWIae
was . i cents per pound. The duty upon inc raw
material from which it was manufactured wa, aor
mania cents per pound sun ana slS;i sl"''
"a cent ger pound. AID iue 20 per cent a. I'm
being from IL to 81 cent per pound INC MN, , nm
made these maieiia.s nee ana Iedured nh' , uI!
ofomt cents per pound al present price. The IafH
act Of $50 made all ihc,e raw mat mas ier '.o ,.r
duced the duty on hindcr twlne 10 - ~ '.m M
pound which is les than 10 per cent 40 va Ic"a'
Binder-tvne was first Introduced III a. ,or
substitute for wire, ard at cost o. n IT,, oet me [
rense to the consumer The m'nn"c,n re .nnun 81
increased in this country and the ehre amour ,c ="
iwne consumed Ia, for many ycaTG been pio"n' -
here; The production has rsaGhId ' ha t,e'dy de-
ene to - per pound in May lo"i rea az
which point Remained S G%"S ned "[ domcsr hemp
in The manufacture Of bnderSine' unill III i ,hI.
oneseyen'h OF the entire prGdnct wa" nr largely
incrca cd I'm 1891. $500. =, Tho ma
jcty5 that the senate so voted 70 PlseGi c ,si
article the free >t an eNa Hmcea af =. by the
WIN l sn1E ' Tha, the price VA, then regulated by
irnst and combination formed with view TO i'e WY ap
nm, men proven never 10 have existed IS certainly IN
possible under the present compei,ti,n, it nor il
40 e NO. Evidence elsewhere OF the fact on tie con
,rary it appesi, non me at ge price, during the
season of 1871 were near the actuii coz, q! iDIo
hat binder Irvine cOah not be inp2lta ",,no , ct
ana d. Nv fhe National C9dacc Company Of New
Hork he remaining 40 per cent Is manuiaciured Dy
r,urties
10 an active opposite il Inc market 10 lhen' A., -.
INK tho @aiorltv do moi ASSERT that the duty added TO-
Tho cost al the Irvine. but sdN tnat th> - r. @
~ ,s oCreed upon all hands that 1t requires rom on.
fcnrth 10 one and One-ha poHnds OF WIZ io. ai ~
vi re additional cost wouIl OILY amount 10 cent an
acre or les, one hin FOR n'shel % erd yn nv
tho srity for the removal Of this duty. u is an
insult TO the intelligence OF the AheIiram n @ v 49,
seiS Consideration II, this. IT is evident. w
ever from the report of Tie bureau oi ,ta'tt Ia t
nothing has been adGcd - I'e Pil'7 '''"7 ~ W.
wear on account Of this duty , , ,,, p.If,.t
IL /. also evident fom the circular ol lhe dti .g
Rope Work COMPANY, hm ind, ' 70 70 oe c5unies
r. cost o., labor in This country 10 manufacture tls
M n1se t Seoc cost of labor is ny 30 per cent e,s
In Hong Kong there are now rnAninS an, 80 ~ uGr
chimes manufacturing TINS t"ihe 1T ''9' - -"
nc T6s Industry distributed TO labor a,t yc9r ' SUN
q 40 oC,o 600 II il estimated tina lUV'' ''', ,,,
OF 49,, Genn were used i'm hs manufacture I'M
Manufacture Of this twne from american n chR crn
The raising af hemp for this purpose j. l nor
,roftablc than that Of any cereal WA WI prican
w"rkmen now employed in the production Of nh1 r
Irvine driven TO adopt nGl1tuIa " Pu Krnr ''
The majority. BY mplcat3n , at vii III piIS the
Consumer not OF American wheat, but G! bihuer '"'"
tHev propose 10 DESTROY the business Of one cao,
American citizens for the assumed beneat Oh Iaio,y
@ io.id in their Accommodations of class l,gsltron:
The fact Is the removal % f fm!s 1Dy Of tie
I'D, y, American wheat. In the end: thc 1aImr
suI p'H m rb.tevor burden falls upon The american
c"nsTmer Destroy the competion Of the Ainen
"fnc,urer and YOU leave the farmer entfeN III INC
Inaui' 80 tbe foreign producer and the impor cr
It is By the majority that ,ss nee 81 add te
10 tbls class and the consumer Will be taAcn
Pp, moro Than the entire amount OF the 10 p"r
cent DUTY now imposed by law ~ H., ,ou,,os
CoI that shall lie said OF the policy that removes
duty Of 10 per cent on binder twlne ana s If rs
.nts a nonnd upon other manufactures OF twineF -
such policy dictated by principle or IS It an appter
40 seIesh Interests? Is the fact that iaf SIcafr
number OF voters are dependent upon The nanuc,nir
Of woollens for livelihood than upon the nann,ac'"'
NJ hinder Irvine Of any potency In this mater =,
W re ,iu means free trade pure and simple. II,
,rincines IL carried ou; would put upon the free iSt
verv item upon the schedule which can be successlu