The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-13

the saxe Sropor;iox holds gcsd fer ali othsr
gaugce.
Cotton tics ere now made ut ko1sc snd
supplied At : hover cost 10 the co-ssrIrer
Similarly the tariff has transferred tac
manufacture of iGcs wicSew eurszins. siil
and meiair PlUaAes, Eoarl bnstcus aed
many other industries to the Unit "a Sta,rs.
Many industries dull ard Hfeless fer soa-
siderable period before the act of io'3 are
row active. The Bestsn Herald Of July
Is. 1892, says:
Where is the idle WOODEN niu tcsay'
Indeed there In none or the NJ n hrr u -
few that they are sos warsh ecUaesss Not
only IL the grsat majority Of the weclcn
mills employed, b0s suaay al the n1ana-
facsufpEs are contemplating sssare~nsents
and improve nents, or such eolassss12cnts
and Improvements are aIrsnax hSgun
What does this al mean, 1t ne-las :s.t.iptJ
the greatest consumUciua q wool that che
country has kAswu SaF years."
The impCftAtiCns IL dutsiJe circles IN
1859 amounted Ia vclS5e 70 CT. ~, to AID
in 1892 to s3es 500 3l4, or q deoSne n Tires
years Of SIS, sSSoo9 " TIE value of tLs
imported articles o, this class had sncrvas I'D
at tAc same ratio With she isssrsase Ia tie
value Of all ir.pors-rkoss In Is1 is v-rai
have been sE111a 900 greater thsR n NSso
instead Of sga-stAoop less Il would appvag
from this csn 7arison that aytscfcs of .As
foreign vatge OF at least k55,Ces, SO wcrp
produced IN the United States in The fiscal
year 1882, which, il it lad not besa for the
adoption of the act Of lesa weuf4 have
been imported If we asia n portion q
average rate Of duty 70 tAis sura we sssc'old
have value OF domestic PreductSSA ro
deemed from foreign esap<sisaTs Of a.
least si0O, 0Oo, 0oe. Tnss production would
furnish empioymens co 200, eco people and
support nearly million. All Of this Il OF
course an addition TO the natural growth
Of our Industries
In regard TO trusts IL is the climax Of alb
surdity TO say that the business OF wooden
manufacturing in the United States is or
a trust. No such trust or even = corn sina-
ton of any kind has ever eIiseed. IL would
be quite impossible To make any cHu binar
ton that would or could control prices or
production Of wooden goe.is as the nun.bex
of csta blishments IS so great AMI the styles
manufactured of such inQaits variety.
For tne purpose Of ascertain az me ruth
in regari 10 these alleged trusts. whose
lhdSlIaf1 hlhieFv CoVers more LHan tNeniy
pages of The Congretsiensl Record. 1 Ad-
dressed q letter TO at least cRs well known
manufacture conneetes with each Of the
principal ind us.ries that were iaclused IN
the list. submit and viii have printed
in The Record cspy OF nay letter Of In
quiry and Of the replies received.
The Representatives Of seventy nine IL
sustries replied - NV letter Of Inquiry
OF these the representative Of seventy
deny ia the Hs~ emphatic manner thu
existence Of any trust in the isSultTie-
with which they are connected, most u
{ he IA AS will De s-~s bv N eKsnin.tisa Of
the letters. denying N detail all the state
ments pm siish ed BY n. senator from Mis-
soar. Seven Of the parties denied the eI-
istence Of a trust, but admitted m easl,-
ted way the existence 81 enb4aAIieas
which were int-nerd 70 ,. mere Or les
Elective m css:relbss ICES
There is Do lint 70 The ingenuity or ~
sourc@s Of the persons e,sp.oyes In nsss-
featuring s:atssties fer the parSsss Of
hex az down tne protective q ste.sa-