New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-30

h.rA.ou. brick building The company employs
LOO hands and manufactures yearly worsteo
goods for mems wear amounting In Vaiuc ~
Sl50O,O00. The managers OF the factory ''"No
the finest grades Of worsteds, ana TOT TINS pun
noee have imported from England the best Ehsis',
machinery I'VE make as good n"ah'S VI
worste,ls' said an officer OF the company
day. &" az they max" ir England, and DURING ."o
last two wears we have received the hattering
compliment of having had our goouS S''u -
foreign worsteds TO Anglomanacs here in America
WIN can distinguish an American from an Eheish
wor,ted? ] have been for many years In the
hrsne.s but / confess that l cannot DO IL.
WHY should not tie goods be the some II maze
With the saline machinery with the same care
and with the came material!
How does the price OF your worsfed com
mira with that OF 1890 when the Mckinney act
vas pas4ed ?' / asked. 1T is lower Our gooos
are from 30 to 10 cents yard lower thah they
,verr when President Harrison was elected. his
election give us confidence in continuance VI
the protective policy, and We purchaScu ma
chinery in England for the manufacture OF nisn-
Grade worsteds and engaged In the Dus'hcss.
Wc were enabled to enter upon this new line OF
hrs;,nss IN CONSEQUENCE OF the tariff. without
the tariff we could not keep open our Iac'o.s
AN hour. as the foreign manufacturers wonid
crush us with their cheap labor why, III 'ne
worsted manufactures of Bonn, the men only
make % cents a day, and the women only 10
GENTS q day. / never could understand why IL
was. but all over Europe women VINO 10 ""e
some class Of work ms men and Just as m"ch vi
IL are raid, on the average, 10 cents day l"es'
nrcsume il IL because they are compelled to
.rdur, H. In England wcavers in the worsted
mills make only from 60 10 20 cents a Day
Wv ,ve,vers On tho average, make - a day
.Do the women weavers here make 81 day.
.,rh., do 7 do not think there should he any
discrimination"
"IIave YOU reduced the wages Of your opera
,ives since the Mckinley act was passed p Not
cont woqes on the contrary. are advancing.
In the mast four years we have advanced the wages
~ our weavers 30 Der cent. This is one of the
couscs OF the improvement in the quality OF our
Goods Our operatives take pains with their
work The volume Of our business is greater.
II is wonderful how foSt Americans are building
factories for the manufacture OF fine worsted'
In to ten wears ago the fine worsteds were mostly
imported This factory made only cassimeres anu
soft woods But fashions changed, and we changed
to a higher grade Of goods with them. Now IT
would have been impossible for Us to modify
our business. except for the protection Afforded
by the tariff. Sweep away the tariff and the
men and women who are now working Tor -
a day in our factory would lee glad TO get -
cents q day."
"Suupose merchant tailor asks n higher
crce for O suit Of clothes made 10 order from
American woolcns? Il he justified in doing
80" 81 He Is not He orQht 10 ask less for the
suit OF clothes because lie is paying us lrss for
the cloth than he did in 1900. Frequently tail
ors impose upon their customers, and sell them
American as English wOollcns ! do not wonder
that the customers are deceived; for. as | have
told you. l cannot distinguish the English from
the American goods nowadays"
is there any truth in the statements OF the
Free-Trade newspapers that good deal Of shoddy
is Icing uscd In the manufacture of woollrn
goods?' 1T is untrue; and IT is untrue for one
palpable reason, namely: That wool is low in
price The price Of wool is one Of the causes
Of our being able to sell oar woollcn goods at
lower price. notwithstanding the increase Of the
wages Of our weavcr> The Democrats are ar
niing that our farmers should vote for Cleveland
and free trade. and abolish tie duty upon wool
because Of its low price. But where would the
price OF wool be now il the duty did not exist
Every one who understands the subject knows that
all over the world the production OF wool has
been increasing and that Australia and South
America have srnt into tho markets OF N" world
the present year an extraord nary quantity OF wool.
Why. can remember the time when our company
had 10 pay 80 cents pound in London for Aus
tralian wool. which we can now buy there for
"a cents a pound. Our American wool growers
WILL am sure. improve the quality OF their wool
under the protection OF the tariff When sconrc'l
and thoroughly prepared for use Ia the making
Of cloth the American wool il just MS good ~ the
foreign
The operatives Of the factory look happy AMI
conten,cd and why should they not Their wages
have been advanced, and they have constant en-
plovment One man and bis wife Ia the factory
make together $3.50 month. That IL n good IN
come Tor factory operatives family. Tie pleas
ant-ooking homes Of the operatives In ia" suburbs
Of Utica denote the comfort in which they live.
Tho local savings banks show an increase OF de-
posts by them. As the American worsteds mad,
by them have been reduced in price since 1890
they ore warranted in concluding that the Nc
Kinley act has been blessing to their fellow
Americans, as we'll as TO themselves.