New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-04
AND The M'KINLEf BILL
Correcting SOME DEMOCRATIC MI :REPhf'hN'
TATIONS

/ cuOVFVAKERS AND 1hE VI hiNLh' DIN"
oo,,rorrvG SOME DEMOCRATIC MI :REPRtshN'
T>TIoNs.
aha Ed1tor Of Tho IT ne
,,.. rracr the heading Of 4 "lov" cutter y"
Ill, in .. The New York World. william VI ' l.
tnis village "dcncs any ono 10 sho" ""'c Nc
-. no. Garner who has been bcnch''u pN ""
t,,,,cv MIl here In the glove district Tho l'''s
,arIv answer him that very tow deem hts staten"
% -, notice and certainly shoLl1 not, II ne na'
~. ,,sod r,v name and freely mcnion"1 our '"'" "
-, ,,cIe What I said to The Tribune rorieSPo"
: certainly ,taad by and can easily prove ever! WV"
=, no truth. In writing OF hi, aru''' Nv o
n,ndont mixed what he learned from me- WV"
,tinqs stalled by Others. giving the lmpresS"n ~,
critical readers that was authority ioi "''' ,,na,
o.'. o,,umn. though no; distinctly saying so Nncn
our local paper asked me- IT, II vas cCrrc'' ~ p
! r,orhod where what he learned from me cnoe"'
n,risoo OF the two papers will substant'i'o .n''
..ar,ont Mr. colin has delayed answcr'ho NV
Tribune 10 this lao day evidently FOR the r'"S0n
being ~ rear election his iaIS" s'hte"o" 49,,
n. oyortaken In time To countcrac' "ia' ' s
moy have on the general renders OF your pap 49,,
.ho,o r,perz who copy it. He says wages nave nov
t.cn raised 7 answer that our hrm emPloS' 'y
eight nS and apprentices as glove cutters ".n'
- ybnn, cut Mocha gloves, the demand for WHICH '''
tc.n 80 great since tho Mckinley bill went 'h'' '
and competing foreign sloveS have mol cro"u' W.
markets that nearly every firm In our grove %
cutting fine gloves has gone to making u''i'' ~ 49,,
during 1891 and the last winter IL Was mp ,.
20 c.t cutters enough I'll the Orders Ill '' "
80 ,h ,-ic, vras ADVANCED cents \ dozen, or rom
- u, on conts al the same time hundreds or girs WHO
ha been making the 40 cents do,tn gloves III ''"
ahout GOT places in factories on these hnsr s0'e '
get 81 cents dozen for making them'
All the skins these gloves are maoe ITO" ~
liz ia ire hair. Many new mills wcrS s'"'"'t w
hundreds Of men there found work at eAcceh' ""o"
=, rcbt healthy work In said mills the advancemch,S
from, ono branch 10 another that ihcioascu "oih ~
DO sblc ard which h. sneers about are 'nouSn' nv
=, hv tho men and the anshcrs getting 10 cents
moro - dav now that good Gnlsher Is en'pIo5cu
and they are I'm demand this rule apples " I'LL Wv
partments. -,,n,
All this can directly be CREDITED to our H''e''''."
rolicy 81 protecting home industry ana th' s"cA"'
ro- md advanced wage, above spoken OF are |" INC
direct credit Of the Mckinley bill. when III iS "'
ye o. operation caused 900 dozen loss gloves
80 Ia Unmarried and over s2.OOOOo0 worth more
,iov. o,de here Nou marh hat this large incrcnNe
y, gloves made here /, mostly 81 tn" hIhpno'"
,raso. yh, furnish more work. and Tor "u'h "''''
person employed In their manufacture KS 49,
grade. o. wages. thousands OF dozens 81 P'F'' az
prc seam mad" gloves are being made thi' !''' "'
il would be- impossible to make without the oN"t P'o
lection gwen By the Mckinley bill. and all Of our
manufacturers even those with Democratic proclvl.
,ie. VIII aclrovL-ige that tho future Of this great
hu,lucss in al grades of fine gloves depend eh'ifes
In k.eplns up our protection; bat mus oohhho III,
self 10 answering Mr.. Colin.
lie SAWS there are no Americans employed III
cutting" ~ the cutters come from Europe anu "1''
NOT teach Americans. The answer l.. " OF "ir hl''
cutters one half learned either in our factory or Ia
America and eighteen apprentices are learning III
onr factory now Mr.. Colin himself although Ms
father is French learned his trade here 20 all can
see how absurd LiS statement J.. ana III al P''V
ability ~ our Protection Is kept up fe" 'c"'h
tho great majority 81 our cu'eie VIII be OF Ae'l'@'
nativity. but II Cleveland Is elected IN Inc flc'
Trade plank In iis present platform II is "GuhiN
certain that even the foreign born cutter, cann@ oil
Grl work here unless wages cut dO"u n those
Maid abroad Ills claim that -tenhs OF the gloves
nade here no, and cannot be made u huIopf
!, not only absurd. but contrary u facis uat al
here know In ! 800 statistics show that over 100
600 dozen lined gloves we're imported III" makers
abroad had Just 20; started on them. and II We hhh
NOT shut them OF by the Mckinley bin. nine-tcnths
Of those used TO-DAY In America would now be MAD"
atroad. the mock buck u England would large" take
tho place OF other grades But further Illustration
would be unnecessary 10 those familiar Wllh so.IS,
and the public generally care but N'le about 'hcs'
Mr. colin avs partners are ncm2cS S,,,r rn u;
il true. bui they belong TO me KandIil bI'ilN VI
TINT party and the Free Trade and wildcat pianhS
Ia their party platform THIS year 10 "o' INV
their support a. 49,. ,..,,-to-
FINALLY Dc saws that there are nm" goVc ihriO,I'H
here that are row running Oh two thirds me ~"
reason is obvious. Cutting lor next spring trade
IN. commenced. ana ONLY th,~c dealers VINO nav
ron1denrc I'm the Mckinney b being sustained 10
the coming election will place as large Vru'r' Us
formerly. Another reason Is. alihngh many tlIi'',,
h,vn mo, oi here and We are making millions ~
dollar worth more goyrs than before. SIM u're
l. s-nrriiy II women slpvcmaIers. and nearly every
factory h,> work filed up ahead Of ne maker.
Mr. Colin winds mp by SAY Ing. nave urea ~
stale thu flct, the" cAist. without any b'ae W
,o'iucai prrIuairc.~ VIII simply say that he should
have verified hi> facta before publishing Ms letter
rs what hive s,at"t In this answer 10 MN 'Nerl
man In hi, district know, 10 be true o. II IN DOUBT
he can satisfy himself ~ It's truth very quickly by
making few inquiries where proof VIII d. gwen.
me coming election vi settle this questin lpr
four Years and | thankful 10 say that my be
licf I'm The gcoi. solid sens ~ tho American poop
l. such that the result will surely be 50 strong In
f.vrr Of IN. principe Of J. otccipn 10 Amocan Ia
that no pnriy will ever dar" TO insert again such
m. hmrricnn panls I'm ~ platform n va. d IN"
-, ,'hicau, tlis you. VI. >. NORTlIRtP.
IohnstSwn, y. y, OCT. -. ii9..