New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-26
NEW INDUSTRIES IN NEWA RK.
SOME OF The BENEFITS OF PROTEC
TON THERE.

EVER BEFORE-TALKs WITH MERCHANTS.

BETTER WAGES AND CHEAPER PRICES THAN
EVER BEFoRE-TALKs WITH MERCHANTS
The good effects OF the Mckinley Tariff act TO
be all sides In Newark. Not only are the
shops and factories busy but the leading stores and
business houses are all doing an excellent trade al
though many of the principal families OF the place are
out OF town. spending the summer at seaside ana
mountain resorts and hundreds and thousands OF PEG
pie OF lesser means away short vacations, but
any one who will take the trouble 20 investigate can
see for himself the evidences of Newarks prosperity
Every morning noon and night, the principal streets
which lead 10 those parts OF the city where the
factories and workshops most numerous are
tIrongcd with wclldesscd, prosperous contented and
thrifty looking operatives. All the leading stores al
which these people trade are trongcd on saturday
afternoon and evening and their receipts amount TO
thousands OF dollars. Several Newark business men
with whom q Tribune reporter convcrsed gave II as
their opinion that the Mckinley act had been OF IN
told benefit to Newark in the stimulation OF many
lines OF business. especially in the pearl button and
lat trade and that the increased received by
the hands employed in the factories In these two
lines OF business alone had tended greatly to increase
the prosperity OF Ncwarks retail merchants.
Nor IS this prosperity confined to these two trades
alone One OF the best Informed business men IN the
city gave IL his opinion that there was scarcely an
industry In Newark that had not felt the beneficial
effects OF the Mckinley act lie said " You have no
idea how far this thing reaches. Take the one in
stance OF pearl buttons. The increase OF that trade
and the erection OF factories will give employment
10 plumbers, masons, bricklayerS, machinlsts ana
steam filters All OF these people spend their money
hight here in town. Iou cannot benefit any one III
This city without benehting the business community
generally and do not think there Is any question
that the wonderful growth and prosperity OF Newark
are due largely to the policy OF Protection which has
fosered the industries OF this place to remarkable
degree . ,-,
Eoard of Trade and one Of the leading grocerS OF
the city, is an enthusiastic advocate Of the Republican
Motley Of Protection. He said TO Tribune reporter
Yesterday: "There Is question whatever that TIE
Mckinley act has been OF immense beAeht 10 newark
in many ways. Protection has benefited tue grocery
business for years When first went Into TINS ouSl-
ness American cereals were almost unknown as s'ape
articles can remember when there was hardy
anv American oatmeal sold. and when II we bought
a barrel OF IT we thought had big stock. NO"
wa handle II by the carload. There are no better
cereals I'm the world than the American cereal we
used to do a large trade In imported crackeis' no"
the imported goods have almost disappeared Inc
American crackers better, cheaper ana Tesher'
The American canned goods better and cheaper
than any we get from the OTHER side. ana are last
driving foreign goods out OF the market The dutS
on cigars and tobacco has had the effect OF driving
many Cuban cigarmakers TO Key West and oher
points In Florida, and day We get better gr"'o
q. cigars for the money and even less IMAM we
did when we imported them from Cuba Inc quah'y
u the domestic cigars of the better grades has I'M
proved at least so per cent within the laSt Two
years.
Coykendall, wholesale dealers In cohees spices ana
chocolate said: "Therc is denying that the price
o. chocolate is lower today IN consequence OF the
Mckinley BILL That act has stimulated the chocolate
trade In this country, and today we are making Just
as good chocolate and. in fact. better than can %
produced abroad. Prices are lower, TOO. 1hee mas
been reduction Of J." 20 cents pouhu on oho'o
late and cocoa
Several grocers who were BY the reporter CON
cu,r.d In the views Of Mcssrs. Atwaer and Coyken-
DALI and all Of them agreed that the price OF h'hg
I'm Newark cheaper than II Is at inc present
day that the working people OF Newark were never
betor fed better housed and better clothed than they
are today, and that the prices Of nearly all the
staple articles which they use are lower than hey
have been for many years
u. 3. Brewster. Of the Brewster Chocolate Manu-
featuring Company. said "The Mckinley tarlh act
has unQuesonahy been Of great benefit TO our trade,
md not only to us but to the consumer well. The
reduction on sugar which was made in the tarh has
benefited US in the making Of sweet chocolate, ana
enabled us 70 compete successfully With imported
goods The duty on chocolate was changed from al
valorem to specific, and one OF the eHects OF this
change has been to diminish very largely the I'M
portaon OF cheap and inferior chocolate from France
and other countries they cannot now compete WIN
us on the cheaper grades and the cheap choc3a,e
which Is made here Is much better than that which
comes from the other side OF the water. Chocolate
Is two cents pound cheaper now than II was TWO W.,
this country than ever and OF letter quality, 100
and as a natural consequence the publlc Is Deneiteu
The lowering Of tie duty sugar has also enabled
us 10 make all our sweet goods much more chehplv
than ever did before and naturally our customers
are reaping the benefit. great deal OF chocolate IS
made In this country now for coating bohb0I1s, ana
tho price OF this II very much reduced. There Is
not as much imported chocolate In the market TO-DAY
by 25 per cent. there was two years ago Just
al the time the Mckinley bill was enacted there
seemed TO be determination on the part or foreign
manufacturers food the market here with a cheap
grade OF chocolate. Several Of those manuac urcrs
opcncd branch houses In this country. but the Me
Kinlev bill nipped their enterprise IN the bud ana
caused several Of them 10 return home. The Me
Kinley act IS splendid thing for business OF all hnGs
in this country, and can see Its good effects all
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