New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-01
NEWARK'S MACHINE WORKS.
WONDERFUL WORK OF PROTECTION.
wACE-EARxERs BENEFITED ~ MANY WAYS
ENGLISH WALLS OF DISTRESS.

wOollen goods hosiery ana 'cAulc lapIi'9 ~-"' 49,
are feeling TO remarkable degree the benefits o. te
Mckinley act This is due TO the fact tht ih'' IA"
has stimulated the manufacture OF these goods ana
that new and improved machinery is constantly D'ih-
ordered to meet the demands OF the trace. NN con
sequence the machine shops engaged IN thls mo VI
business are filled with order and running on l"ii
time. and the employed In them are il'hl"s ~
ccent wages. As result Their are few - ir.n No-
formers, to lie found in Newark's machine SHOPS
l.. r. Dickcrson the manager Of the Atlas Manu-
featuring Company makers of machinery Tor the pro
duction Of textile fabrics, said to Tribune Reporter
YESTERDAY It Is very unusual thing Tor Us 10 Oc a.
busy I'm "a Presidential campaign aS we are no" ana
have been all the summer months. The teNti' III
eusries Of The United States in better condition
today than at any pr Cd and this is the case
at time when similar industries IN England the
greatest free trade country in the world Is suffering
from almost ureXample1 depression. surely THIS Is
rot strong M gumen TO the Introduction here OF the
free trade O. low tariff system. The good condition OF
the textile fabric industries has of course, greatly
stimulated business because the erection OF new
woolen and hosiery mills and thr enlargement Of those
already in operation which In, been the direct result
OF the Mckinley act have created an increased demand
for the machinerv which Newark manufactures, ana
l said before, We have never been 50 busy IN the
year o. lEe ire,Ideut "a election III present
There our time boo for isS4. II how, that during
the Presidential campaign worked ror thirty
thrc, 10 ffiS hour week. In l9S- tie men worked
about hail ia July. August september and Ocoicr
During the pre- ent year men have worked u,!
limo every month. do not suppose the the knitting
mills Of Amsterdam and Cohoc,. " y. have ever been
more busy than they to-day. They ~" rnnnnc
fun and ira time. and constantly re-
cc,ving ordc-, for new machinery.
" As a resu: Of our Running full time our men
are making better wage. Before the Mckinley act
into effect the competition OF foreign goods with
American WAS 50 strong that our manufacturers in
order to compete with forelgnmadc goods. had 10
make their prices very low ana they could Ill afford
10 buy machinery and consequently they did not oder
new machine except when absolutely compelled TO
do 20. The result was that the demand for machinery
icing small and the competition among ctiprs
great. the profit, in trade were very light. To-
day there is brisk demand for machinery for the
making OF textile fabrics Of all kinds, and al! the
shops engaged i'm turning This kind OF
,hinery busy. and ct better prices for
machines do Tot to lay that the Mckinley
act is perfect ,aw-nO law passed was-bu this
] do say This law has put into profitable operation
o: woolen and knitting mills all the com.
Try has gwen fullmc employment 10 thousands II
operatives whose yearly earnings are greatly Increased
ly steady work All this has been done too with
no increase In the cost of living or in the price tho
products the protected industries. American
factuic:s are more my supplying the American mar
kct and millions ~ dollars. hitherto paid 70 foreign
workmen. find their WAY into the pockets of the
skilled operative, 81 the United states. know Of
large carpet mil that has just been buit in NcwNOrk
state but there is machinery In The mill. and the
owners say that they do not intend 10 pat any in
until after the election. they want 20 wait and
whether the Republican policy Of Protection Is 10 he
maintained before making the venture OF order
ing large lOt OF expensive machinery.
Contrast continued Mr.. DickerSon "thc condi-
ton OF affairs in CohOe,, Y. " Of the great
tres Of the manuiactre Of knit goods In the United
states. and the condition o. affairs in England under
Free Trade. \ letter published in = The American
Knit Goods Review dated Coloes, y. y. October
10. says:
The remarkable and general activity throughout
this knitting section t. well sustained. everybody be-
Ing busy and mills turning ont goods hurried
ders TO the fullest extent OF their capacity. The
production for The Of 1893 will be larger be-
yond a doubt. than IN any preceding year In the
history Of the industry Of this section. This must
follow. since engagements and improvements have
been going for month, past and all the machinery
In every mil! is kept in constant motion. The unos,
confidence prevails every hand, and manufacturers
are unhampered to the immediate future. long
legitimate business j. in sight and satisfactory
orders 80 far volume is concerned) keep pouring
Ia. This leads 10 every thing being done q broad
gauge, all the arrangements manufacturer is COM
peeled TO make Iar in advance. including altcra-
lions, The Pacing Of additional machinery the pur-
chase 81 additional material. etc. being entered upon
with pleasing that the condition, warrant
IN" lying out OF the ground for large operations.
Now sad Mr.. DcKers0n, compare this with til"
condition of Affairs in England A letter received from
Nottingham. dated october :, says:
TIC hosiery trade Is susceptible Of mucr i'm
proycmc cotton hose being greatly neglected. While
a moderate business only j. done in hose. hafhOse
ard underwear Of mcrino. cashmere ana pure wool
Competitor in the hosiery branch is very keen and
prices arc low. Warp machinery, employed in the
production Of light OpcnwOrk shirts or foreign mar
kctS, is being run on shOr. time. The Demand for
these goods having almost ceased dnrug the last few
weeks
'Cbcinntz, Saxony.' added Mr.. Dlckcrson is the
CREST centre of the kniteoods industry the other
side Of tho water. Here is letter from this place
publlahei in :hc paper have already referred TO-
1t says:
"."Vor several weeks business has been rather
quiet. but orders for FINE grade % cotton AMI
lille hosiery are arriving freely by mail AID cable
Cotton goods for the American market enjoy but Iitc
delnaud ,Ie manufacturers in The United states com
pctins thci successfully, and, il /, said, making
. better aud more scrv,ceahie articl" thar the de-
Perforated low grade oicen stocking thai has been
manipulated 20 sell at figure which permits export
to New ori within the limits Of 3cO marks. The
knitting machinery branch ia which qite 4 hrec
business hae been done with the United >,atcs in
past ycais is decidedly dull at present. it being III
ocIstaoG that yOnr hldt,ing machine makers pro-
dudn. some very effective machinery, leaving little
10 bc dCs!rcd."'
do YOU realize resumed nr. sDoker,on. what
the Mckinley &C: IS doing for thi, country IN the
stiinua:i n Of it, Industries Did you stop TO
link what it means set new mill Ia motion
10 .n,Gsc an old one! why. in the first place, tho
hullqnc mus be erect ed and that neails employment
u the Architects End his draught smcn ana FOR an
army OF VOrkmcn-Bot only those who Will be en-
pIoyed on the building. but the men who will quarry
the stone or make the brick; those who will furnish
the hardware set the iIOn out OF the mines, roll l.
In the mills and Manufacture 1t into the desilyd
shapc,. Think, tOo What more this means. Nhch
the building i Completed there must be machinery
for tnc rin AID This also calls into employment
number 81 skilled llbOrers, all Of whom earn good
wages. Then too. orugs Chemicals dIesiriis and