The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-29
THE TARIFF IN ENGLAND.
Another English Factory to BE Re
moved to America.
Jamestown, n. Y, Journal.

shiSeNuNu, l., JOURNAL.
The fact is as it has already been stated, that
Lister 4 Co, OF Bradford are coming here.
Henry r. Lister < Co, large plush manufac,ur-
ers, OF Huddersfeid, England, are nearly ready
TO commence operations. The walls OF their
great factory are up. While on this subject IL is
we'll to quote an interview between Mr.. Henry
Lister and a Buffalo Commercial reporter as TO his
reasons for coming here:
"wss the passage OF the Mckinley law what
compelled you to remove to this country"
"When the Mckinley bill became a law our
business was psralyzed. orders were Cancelled
from here, and as % per cent OF our trade
was with America the value OF all our stock
went down aud down until the stuff was hsrdly
worth anything. The result OF this depreciation
was loss u our concern exceeding $500 co.,
with worse prospects 81 the beginning OF the
second yea than when the act Was passed We
continued business though q loss, hopinp thar
the bill would be repealed and that we could
again get control ol the American market The
showing Of the second balance sheet was 30
much worse than that OF the first that father
anu al once decided 10 try America | wrote
10 a friend III Buffalo as 10 the prosnect here
and he cabled me 20 come over a, once, which I
did. After looking over various localities we
decided 10 locate in Jamestown"
How DO The WAGES paid IN your business in
England com pare with those paid heree'
~ wrap dresser that we paid - shiilings
which Is - your money, found working ia a
mill here and receiving $3.50 "A week This is a
difference OF 90 per cent. IA favor of America
l nut that the uns&i.led m.p i5.b1rers In mills
III N country earn from s. - s. per wees
vatle N England they do not earn s. Wees
Loom hSers with rs f.aid on the avera.e IS
per week. while here ind the same mea are
receiving si2 To SIS E-rr week Men weaver.
WIN Is ~. earn less taaa = per week,
Young h@ip, sucA g. sira aud boys.
engaged in spinning ana similar
occupations, earn from $ - 10 s. 81 per week IN
England; they are pdia raU 81 n 3 Tor the
Est essaf La q
fe euces IA Al bCancha, 81 iacjory woyk. In
snort, You are paving n thls country for re
kind OF iaoot employee -. .nv business from 30
20 10 Ter cent more than We paid ~ Euclau -
IL w does ta- Cost o. uy. ng here eupnare
with that ia Eug.aadS'
My observation H. That il does not cost
worS.nEmBu any more 20 live IN this country
than Il FL = and u indeed IL costs a. much.
Please he more - iitT'
''Nea: j. cheaper. eggs are cheaper. so in but.
Ter. cheese. II ,ur, -Fait ant vegetables The
rurg grades clothlag ha1 ar higher hn-s
than In England. but n n more ordinary
tic- useA by tAe masses ,aeTe = little, # any
"Waa, 90 You dnt as 20 the domestic and
50 IaI cond GHns oi oar wnrA people as com
pared psIh those 81 England.
hcfe i 40 GONNA !s0u II Ibis resueet
Here Iao wurSlAe Iseo.le enjoy not on.y he
"cccSs tT.ts al .tie. so. s..4uy Ci Il. lUxlrfes
" ale nu tAe nt1er SIDE the Daipr " oi lhapI
aAY~ dlIru-,Y - lnlet sncir press NJ .reca.~i.
t-> l3"te cu'4sV', so~seAd oi ce,nE separated
aHG having ~YIce at.1.,t lleIa - y0g-. have
a. mostly ui' ID ruHs c.usc together fnDr
r-.pDs - tEa toUsc " hen came hers and ssy,
tHs com, gttois qusrsers occupied bv yau-
H-f' k-H~ ic1. -e c'ul rot he4p ink ~ that a
l0=H tvatIaS ta4. conditions exls&IuE on the
.-tasg sid aaI acc ii4rllr those acre 1aa,t feel
q CoGct-y - %, q aeav-u."
ia-s tzlrc sc clse, can you sccoun; for the
fAct tcEt - aaaN 90 thc foreign woskirgoaen
GA coming here uults VITA The prrgoe5atir
party, Whlca - The s'ty 5i free trz.:se.'
81 20 oat uoless upou the the,~v Ar .hev
dA ~. 4uaef tAaA Naai hey H.e ing. Pre-