The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1892-09-10
BENEFITS OF ia RIFE.
MANUFACTURER AND LABORER ALIKE
RELIEVED BY 1T.

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Nr, William u. Steel, OF this city. has
addressed the letter gwen below t" the
t"pub]lcal members OF TIC ways and
and means committee 81 tile house Of
representatives, Mr. steel was The resi-
drht partner III bradford, England. III
the Worsted mil OF Edward I. Steel x
go, whose machinery the Mckinley
,aF't' b'1l caused thNm TO remoV" to the
ntfcd states, LIS familiarity both At
nome ana abroad WIN W." operations OF
the Mckinley law makes his letter Of
sperlal interest. 1t is, in substance, as
follows:
My attention has been drawn To your
report dissenting from THAT nt thr ma ior-
AM of your committee which recon-
mrnletl the passage uI the hill known as
tlp "Springnr free Wpol BILL" Being
absent AT the time had not previously
seen or known of your aIluSion TO tine
operations of my firm rs an illustration
of vot,r argument: but az Won liHy-r chosen
tlr4r VS. Ill Object lus@on fnel III lbrrty
tn roHmlnica1c with you Ill further eN-
pfnpitication of thr subject.
Prior f" the passage Of the act known
Us tIle tariff Of SO my firm was largely
engaged in handling American made
goods. principally III contracting with
lnills for )arme liues III tcir pruGlcts,
hnEing paid KS onr establishment alnnr
Uver half 4 million dollars pcr anntlm
for its fabrics. After the tariff Of 50.
which reduced the duties on this class
of goods. we never made another com
tract with an American mill, and AFTER
siX months from that tlnr, never BOUGHT
another piece If. Alnrricn-m gonlS,
The pnssaup III That Mt notified rs of thp
coming destruction Of our principal busi-
ness. which we had built bya lifetime
OF rNnrtion (lS5, to 1SS3). Having been
Tor many years importers we knew val
li@s abroad, and rather than see the whole
ni our business ti1at mao valu" swept
| lhto 'lle han2s o1 'PrHl9n houses ! went
| To- flt@Iaha ee1ofe 'Ele ~ tariff took
'L''fl' 't'lI afftil@r't 10 supply from There
o'o class 9l goods we i'itd heen getting
'F"li' american MINIS: lfLls carried on
S'!''fesSIallE 0p TO 1he tlne tileact oi 9o,
KNOWN as TIC McNmlrN NlE, restoring
lile "''lleS, Went mo operation, since
'nrh we nave not l'al1 yard OF this
'!tSs "i 49oIs ifolh ABROAD, except II Very
lew pieces irom previous contracts. un-
illl"d At that date me goods are now
'ha'ir helh. l'iat lilW hGall destroyed
ohf business, ana ~ orGer e krrp ~ y
tftdr 1hat oar lives have been d"vnted
10, my l'rm WAS compelled I" establi>h
ltere works 10 reproduce the goods had
hern getting made IN England The re
sllIf = what fhr circular you ailude to
asserts. "N are nnW making n the
nitrd Nt1tes better goods and IT lower
prices than nnder the net Of ss;' We could
afford 10 sell Imported goods for.
TRADE EEsi.sCIrATEp BY THE TARIFF.
The fate We nvertrl i,y o,1jn,r abroad
for ollr goods in So bcfrll a very large
number Of establishments: many Of the
largest and best organized mills ana
mercantile houses in the country failed.
and none af them afterwarl made money
in nrnu0rtinn 10 the Investment and nv
| nrtion. as compared with similar estob-
liSAmonts in foreign lands. The work
vas Transferred To- rorci~n )abornrs and
the profits largely to the merchants az
other countries. That was in obedience
to the then cry for tariff reform" ="
Without The tariff of 80. known as the
Mckinley bill. this branch of trade could
not have been rcs,lscitatc,l without y
great reduction in the wages Of the work
crs in it. 'rh;et law restored Virtually the
scale Of protection that the law Of 81;
DESTROYED The wooden manufacturers
of this country have been struggling
AGAINST the competition OF large luanti-
ties Of merchandise thrown into the
country prior to October. 1890, i'll nd
vance at demand, and since, with 4 GREAT