The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-03-31

clothing and wooden goods are to-day
cheaper than they were before the Nc.
Kinley tariff was enacted. The result
Of the Mckinley tariff has not been to
increase the cost of goods to the con.
sumeT one single cent; while it has
added $50, 600, 000, some say SAC, 900, OOO
value Of WOODEN goods to the product OF
our oFn mills, furnishing opportunities
for additional employment for labor,
furnishing better market for our farm
ers, and bringing an increased prosper.
ity to the country SO far as that indus
try is concerned; and all this accom-
plished without adding single cent to
the cost of any of these goods to the
consumer. What more convincing refu-
tstion than this could there be of your
Assumption that the protective duty on
g manufactured article increases the cost
Of the domestic article to the extent OF
the duty. Twenty per cent duty added,
a. you say; not cent increase Of cost
to the consumer"
Mr.. Coombs: us it positively the fact
that the Mckinley bill has not increased
the costY'
Mr.. Dingley: "It is positively the
fact as to goods that are made in this
country"
A member: "Do you mean to say that
every wooden mill in the country is run
ming to-dayr
Mr.. Dingley: II mean every mill
adapted to produce the kinds of goods
that are wanted. Some old mills, adapt
Cd only to the production Of goods used
twenty years ago and that are not want
ed now, are of course not running. This
Of any other manufacturing business
cannot be successfully carried on in the
same way that it was twenty or thirty
years ago. II man does not keep up
with tho times in anything. of course he
cannot Expect to succeed.
Nov, What Is the explanation of this
fact which cannot be denied? Desiring
to got an explanation. I went to lead
ing manufacturer, who, knew, had q
quarter Of bis machinery shut down in
1859, while in 1891 he was running
every spindle. said to him, What are
you getting for your goods now?' He
told fhe. Then I asked, How does that
compare with the prices of 1882 He
answered, One to 10 cents a yard less,
according to grade Did you make any
profit in 1897 No; I lost money
Did you make anything in 1912 Yes;
I made very fair profit How could
You make profit if you received to 10
cents less per yard than you did in 1889,
when, as you stated, you lost money?
Why said he, every wooden manufac-
turet knows the reason. When could
run only three-fourths Of my machinery
! could not produce goods as cheaply as
/ cSn now when run all of it. When
my market is large and certain can
strain every particle Of my machinery
I have; I am encouraged to put new
capital into the business, to bring into
use new labor-saving devices, and be-
sides q large part Of the expenses are
very nearly the same whether run
three-fourths of my machinery or the
Whole Of it. Thus can make goods at
? lower cost Per yard with quick mar
Jet and large demand that allows me
to increase my production than I can
when the market is dull That is the ex-
PLANTATION"
Mr.. Butler: 'That is very satisfac-
tory"
Mr.. Dingley: II am glad to hear the
gentleman say So"
Mr.. Bryan: "If the gentleman from
Maine Will pardon me, I think he has
made mistake in his figures, which I
am sure he will be glad to have correct
ed. I understand him to say that we
imported last year 100000 pounds of
WOOL"
''Mr. Dingley: ~ said 10000, 900
pounds of combing and clothing wool"
Mr.. Bryan: III the gentleman will
refer to appendix D be will find that the
imports for the last year we're 100000
900 pounds"
MI. Dingley: THAT includes carpet
woods as well as combing and clothing
wools-the woods used in making cloth.
1 was speaking of clothing woods. I
have not yet referred 10 carpet woods;
but I may as well say now that We raise
almost no carpet woods in this country.
OF the $4,000, 900 pounds of carpet
woods used in this country last year,
probably not over ,000, 900 pounds were
fsised hepa It Is much more profitable
to false clothing woods"
Mr.. Montgomery: "Wiu the gentle
man permit me to answer him now!
Mr.: Dingley: "Yes, sir"
Mr.. Montgomery: II think the rea-
son that class of goods is not made
hero-"
Mr.. Dingley: "Oh, We are making
them now quite largely"
Mr.. Montgomery: -Then I win say
that think the reason Why that class
81 goods was not made here Is that
thefe was such great profit under the
tariff In other grades Of goods that the
Manufactuyers turned their attention
exclusively to those grades"
Mr.. Dingley, "Thep il there was
such wonderful opening here for plush
goods before the Mckinley tariff, how
DID it happen that nearly one-tourth of
the WOODEN machinery in this country
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