New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-06


new trial Of these methods. He says:
DO not be deceived. The victory Of the Re-
publicans at the polls means the retention OF the
| Mckinley Eill, and means the rapidly accruing
loss of tho so per cent Of the export American
trade Had there been no Democratic victory in
1890, the spread Of the tin-plate manufacture in
the United States would have been both rapid
and bona hde. IL is not yet too late to do some
| thing to reduce the price Of plates Put them
down TO lis. per box Of l0O IA by 20, full
weight hass Let the workmcn take half-pay for
q few months and turn ont more. Then let the
masters forego profits for the came time
And again that paper says 1T is clearly the
interest Of both temployer and worknen) TO pro-
duce tin plates tariff or tariff at q price that
| will drive all competitors from the field.
| TIE TEMPLATE INDUSTRY REALLY EsTAB.
| LIsHED.
| But, in spite of the doubts raised by the cleo
tons OF 1890 and Of the Vaccinations OF foreign
| producers 10 maintain their monopoly. the I'M
| plate industry has been established in the Unl'cd
States, and the alliance between the Welsh pro-
duccrs and the Democratic party for its dcstrnc-
| ton will not succeed.
| The official returns TO the Treasury Department
| Of the production Of tin aud ternc plates in tho
| United States during the last fiscal year show n
total production Of $780, $50 pounds, and com
parison OF the first quarter, e26,922 pounds with
| the last 10000 600 pounds, shows the rapid de-
| vclopment of the industry. Over 100000 pounds
| during the last quarter were made from American
| black plates, the remainder from foreign plates.
Mr. Aver the Treasury agent IN charge, estimates,
as the result of careful inquiry, that the produc-
| ton of the current year will be lOO,0o0,Ooo
pounds and that by the end Of the year our
production will be at the rate Of 00.00OO0O
pounds per annum.
Another industry that has been practically
created by the Mckinley bill is the making OF
pearl buttons Few articles coming TO lis from
abroad were so distinctly the product of star
walton wages.
But, without unduly extending this letter, l
cannot follow in detail the influences OF the
Tariff law of 1890. 1t has transplanted several
important industries and established them here
and has revived enlarged all others The act
gives to the miners protection against foreign
silver bearing lead ores, the free introduction
of which threatened the great mining industries
Of the Rocky Mountain States; and TO the wool
growers protection for their feeccs and aock',
which has saved them from further and disastrous
decline. The House OF Representatives, at its
last session, passed bills placing these ores and
wool upon the free list The people Of the West
wi. know how destructive 10 their prosperity
these measures would be- This Tariff law has
given employment 10 many thousands OF Amer
lean men and women, and will each year give
employment 10 increasing thousands. Its re-
peal would throw thousands out Of employment
and give work 10 others only at reduced wages.
APPEALS THAT ARE ADDRESSED TO PREJUDICE.
The appeals of the Free Trader to the working
man are largely addressed TO his preudices or TO
his passions. and not infrcQuently are pro-
| nouncedly communistc. The new Democratic
leadership RACES at the employer and
seeks 10 communicate his rage TO the en-
ploye. greatly regret that all en-
ployers Of labor are not just and considerable
and that capital sometimes takes too large a
share Of the profits. But DO not see that these
evils will be amclioratcd by a tariff policy the
rst necessary effect 6f which is a severe wage cut
and the second a large diminution OF the aggrc.
gate amount OF work TO be done in this country.
Ii the injustice OF his employer tcmpts the work.
man 10 strike back, he Should be very sure that
his blow does not fall upon his own head or
upon his wife and children. The worSmcn in
our great industries a body remarkably
intelligent, and are lovers Of home and country.
they may be reused BY injustice or what seems
to them TO be such, or be led for the moment By
others, into acts Of passion; but they will settle
vember lresidc5, and with sole reference TO the
prosperity Of the country Of which they are citi
zens and Of the homes they have founded for
their wives and children No intelligent advo-
cate of protective tariff claims that il is able.
Of itself, 10 maintain a uniform rate OF wages
without regard 20 fluctuations In the supply OF
and demand for the products OF labor But IL is
confidently claimed that protective duties strongly
tend TO hold up wages. and are the only barrier
against reduction 20 the European scale
SOUTHERN BENEFITS FROM THE TAIuFF.
The Southern States have had liberal partici-
patton i'm the benefits Of the Tariff law, and,
though their representatives have generally OPP
posed the Protection policy, rejoice that their
sugar. rice, coal, ores, iron. fruits, cotton cloths
and other products have not been left TO the fate
which the votes OF their representatives. would have
brought upon them. In the construction OF the
Nicaragua Canal, in the new trade with South
and Central America, in the establishment OF
American steamship lines these States have also
special interests and all these interests will not
always consent to be without representation at
Washington.
Shrcwdly, but not quite fairly; our adversaries
speak only Of the increased duties imposed upon
tin, pearl buttons and other articles. by the
Mckinley bill. and omit altogether any reference
to the great and beneficial enlargement OF the free
list During the last fiscal year $45s,O0O,772
worth Of merchandise, 55.35 per cent Of our
total importations, came in free 1.-THE largest per-
centace in our history, while in $50 the per cent
Of free importations was only 34.42 per cent. The
placing of sugar upon the free list has saved the
consumer in duties in fifteen months, after pay
ing the bounties provided for, $s7 100000. This
relief has been substantially felt in every house
hold, upon every Saturdays purchase of the
workingman
One Of fhe favorlte arguments against IL Pro-
tective tariff is that it shuts US out from
participation in what is called with swelling en-