New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-12
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An OBJECT LESSON on PROTECTION.

AN OBJECT LESSON on PROTECTION.
nun, r, os,xc OF THE sALrAIRE PLUSH MILL
THE BRIDGEPORT MILL STILL RUNNiN"
TO the Editor Of The Trlb u ne Civ
Civ. since Il was cablcd last week that the I'll
Titus salt Company intended 70 "'''u up ,"e' oo,sos
nous plush mill at saltaire, England II "as -
considerable comment as to how much. directly Vi ~
directly the NC Knley bill was rcsponSloIe lo' w.
Evening Post" claiming that 1t was resuIt so", "''
OF fashion, and not so much OF the 'a7". ~
dom that such positive proof OF the oehrh' VI P''
tive tariff Is obtainable, as II Is not often WA.
aro a,lo N comnare figures and facts from business
house that is actively engaged In mahulac'u.'"s w
same article both in protective and freeraue co'''
,rcs The sir Titus salt Company had estaplsA'u
an enormous American business. After the passaee
Of the Mckinley bill they decided, rather thah 10 '
this business 10 build mill at Bridgeport Conn.,
AZ the same time they decided 10 continue the mani"
facture Of plush goods for the English Conuheh' ANU
all other markets at the Saltaire MILL
After manufacturing at Saltare for over year All"
a half without the American market. and also on a'-
count OF the lessened demand for the article theS
have found manufacturing there highly uhpront"''
and have therefore decided to wind up their business
As matter OF fact the decline IN fashion mas iesseh
considerably the demand for seal and colored pushes
both in England and America. but il Is possible ior
these same looms and machinery 10 make many other
articles such as velvets and numerous variety oil
silks and the Saare mill would shift their looms on
these articles were il not for the fact that England
being free trade country permits Switzerland France
Germany and other countries, where the labor Is SIN
cheaper than it is In England, to export these articles
thher and H. Is on that account utterly mposslme
TO make them in England at profit.
II the demand for the article Is so much reduced
why Is II the sir Titus salt Company does not give
up their Bridgeport milll Simply because they are
positive II they cannot find enough demand for seal
and colorcd pushes 10 keep their bridgeport mill
running (which IS not the case at the present
timel, that they make similar articles In web
vets and large variety OF silks. which on account Of
American Protection enables them 10 pay the work
men from 80 10 100 per more than they are pay
ing in England, and stu manufacture these articles
merely TO eQuaze conditions between what the labor
ing man receives In foreign countries and what he
receives here The difference Is, as has already been
said some so TO 100 per cent. The fact that THIS
large house which has been established for years.
and has done much to benefit all their wOrkngmcn
and operatives. knowing all the conditions as they
exist In England and they exist I'm America, gives
up It's English mill and continues It's American mill.
paying AT the same time In the American mill from
20 to 100 per wages than In England. must
convince intelligent wOrkingman Of the benefit
Of the Mckinley law.
Should the tariff on these articles be reduced.
probably shall the reverse condition OF affairs,
namely. the workngman being thrown out Of a place
in Bridgeport. and the American mill given up, and
the English mill started again. z.
Ncw-York Aug ~. 1892.