Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-08-11
ENGLAND Is DEMOCRATIC.
Bratish Manufacturers Praise the Work o.
tho Democratic House-Amerlcans
to the Rescue OF Britain,

British Manufacturers Praise the Work os
tho Democratic House-Am-ricans
to the Rescue OF Britain.
Whatever their own countrymen may think
about It, the Free Tratle 8. reformars have
the aatislac' ion OF knowing-we suppose they
tlnd 81 t-faction in it. elsu how exi,lain their
course OF ac'ion-that their work is appre-
ciat-d in England. Here. for instance, is
snmethin. we find in the Birminghum Eng
Iandl Iron Trade Circular Ryldnd:s) OF May 28,
which Is copied from Land IN Iron. We pre-
sent it with the heading ex.,ctly as 1t appears
In the British paper. except the ltaliciZinR:
GOOD NEWS FOR BRITISH IRON AND STEEL
4 sss.s MASTERS.
Information now at hand giving fuller re-.
ports than We're at first available OF the discus
on In tho Am erican House OF Representa-
tises on the co,'on-tie question shows that
there was considerable opposition. The
house, however, passed the bill OF Mr.. Tur.
9 Stt0n-'les, and hoop-irOn generally, on tho
Tres list. Tho opponents of the measure are,
II appears. declaring that.it Is phenomenal to
put thus manufacture on the free list at the
same time that Amerio, Is retaining the duties
on coal. plg-iron. blooms, and Sheets. But it
seems that there are only about twpnty.one
establishments in the States whore hoop and
tmnd iron or steel are manufac ured, aud that
until the Mckinley bill became law America
,.f ada only about two per. cent. OF the total
1uosAaAtseo VI eOttOR-tlCS IN use In G00C COOU.
try; the importation OF English cotton-ties
a a. indeed, from Is, GAL tons in 1884 to
30 3O5 tOus in 1888.
The act OF 1880 ad ding one-filth OF a cent psr
Iouad on tho imported hoop iron or steel
trnin winch cotton ties are made seriously
eneckea th,s rapid increase and official sta
tisiics Tor 1891 show how rapid the decline has
oeonaln Engiish imports into the, United States
under this head. N0t,ritl,standinq the Otjec.
tons Of Tie tnnaical Anerica,a nsanuf act,aels,
~ g, noe0eper. eroeedsngly satisfactorY-(t. e. to
i'at,sh naa'a,tac,a4a:s that tie blu 9ottAreugh
The act Of 1883 ras as much as SO PEI. cent
should g1'ea iy stimulate 0an' Bril- Ii hoop IRON
and stePt trade aeiht the United States, and the
prospects are such that English iron and steel
F4'eastersrnaay aoeit be hopeful. We have already
H'.ti taat the act of 1890 had serious effect
INTO America, aud an illustration of how
mar ked that efIect was, we may mention that
In consequence of the measure the annual
value OF Our shipments of that description
Tell from over e9O, 900 to $4,000. Even the
former figure was under a IS per cent. duty,
and If this is abrogated, we may fairly hope
NOT only to return to our previous record, but
TO -surptss 1t. Of course before the bill Just
passed becomes la,c 1t aciI hare to reeeiue the
sanction OF the Senate and Of the President,
and % Is IN these stages that the CHIEF difficulty
ahead ies.-ho,..
What do you think of thnt, Democratic work.
Ilngmena Are you not proud of yourselves for
laHliiating with a party which is trying at this
moment 10 gel that free cotton tie bill made a
IA who's passage byaa Democratic House
was such good news to British IRON and steel
mastersl Whatkind OF news do you suppose
its passsge vast American ircn aud steel
masters and the thousands of your fellow
workmen whom they employ? The most ar
dinary dictate of self interest, not to speak of
patriotism. should tenchyou that such legisla-