The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-26

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Made ., NJ uhitmaa'> Ntis In 1927
The American Wool Reporter shows
that the meeting Of the National A.
ISOLATION 81 Wool Manufacture" called
by President Whitman, AZ which reso-
lutions were passed demanding that
congress should make no change in the
duties on wool and woolenS. was but
poorly attended and that even may Of
those present opposed The resolutions.
This exposure OF Mr. Xhitman's litt'e
plot has called forth from him long
letter in which he declares that the
wool consumers association" and the
people who demand free wool and lower
duties on wcolens are engaged in a
crusade at the expense Of other peo-
Pile"
Concerning Mr.. Whitman's letter and
his little association, the Wool Reporter
has this ., say:
President Whitman OF the National
Association Of WOOL Manufacturer"
did wrong in pcnning the following
sentences in the letter which he gave
70 the press January 20 in reply to re-
cent criticisms of his Memorial
ITO attempt radical tariff legislation
now Is the manmuvering Of politicians
for partisan purposes. who are think
ing least Of AL OF the welfare and
prosperity OF the wool manufacturer
The persons most eager for free
wool are those who have nothing at
stake and who are always ready to en-
gage in crusades for tariff reform at
the expense Of other people,
Under Mr.. Whitman's administration
the large manufacturers have been
dropping out Of the National Associa-
ton" one by one. until there are but few
remaining 70 dispute Mr.. whitman's
supremacy. The Memorial" upon
whose defense he is now engaged, was
not prepared even by the little meet
ing Of the National Association" al
which it was first presented 1t was
brought in, cut and dried. by President
Whitman and the secretary Of the as
ISOLATION at the opening Of the meet
ing. And it cannot be true that legis-
lation proposed by committee. OF
which Hon Moses r Stevens is
member, and inicrsed by such lead
ing manufacturers as Arthur T. Ly-
man. Jesse Metcalf. Galen G Moses.
Charles NJ. Beach. William IL Wceden
and T. Quincy Browne. nearly every
one Of whom has larger actual own
ership in wooden manufacturing than
Mr.. Whitman-it cannot be true. we
repeat. that the attempt 10 secure such
legislation as proposed by these men.
as the mannavering Of politicians for
partisan purposes"
Hon. Moses 4. Stevens. Of the ways
and means committee. IS the largest in
dividual wooden manufacturer in the
United States. 4. Quincy Browne is
treasurer Of the largest cooperation in
the United States making caried wool
goods Jesse Metcalf is the prin ripal
owner of very large mills making
coaabed wool goods or worstcds. Gaien
G. Moses is treasurer and principal
owner of the largest wooden mills in
the state OF Maine. Arthur 4. Lyman
is treasurer Of one Of the largest car
pet mills in the United States
and director and heavily inter
ested in other manufacturing es-
adjustments Mr.. William X Weed
en- Is one of the foremost wool
en- and worsted manufacturers Ia
Rhode Island. and Mr.. Charles NJ
Beach Is equally concerned in manu-
in turing in Connecticut. All these
men hare a large portion OF their
fortunes invested in wooden manufac-
turing. On the other hand. Mr.. vii
liam Whitman is a comparativclv small
owner in the mills OF which he Is treas
urcr.
That was singnlarlv ill-considered
expression. also. in which Mr.. Whit
man refers to the vast army Of con-
snmers Of wool goods as engaging in
crusades for tariff reform at the ex-
pcnse Of ether people At the expense
of whom. pray. Evidently At the ex-
pense Of the Arlington mills in whose
especial and rartic lar interest the
Mckinley bill was framed to enable
that corporation to earn fifty per cent
upon its capital stock in 1891. at the
expense Of other people"