Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-05-12

mittee themselves manufacturers) that
the Mckinley law has promoted largely
the adulteration of wooden manufac.
lures. 1t is only necessary to state one
fact to show the falsity OF their claim
Ii all the wool in the country, domestic
and imported, outside of that used fol
carpets, were made up into pure wool
ems, there would be only about so, 1000.
600 pounds of cloths, dress goods, blank
cts, hats and numerous other articles fol
our 81 ,OOO, 900 people, or little over I,
pounds for each individual. What sane
man believes that 80, 900, 900 pounds will
cover all the goods that are sold to the
public as all wool American manufac-
lures in year? But we must not for.
get that they have learned to manufac-
ture wool by putting cast off clothing
through chemical process which eats
up all but the wool, and this residue is
REGARDED and used to mix with other
wool, but az the chemicals have eaten
the life out of it, there is no practical
difference between it and cotton.
With reference to the difference be-
tween American and foreign wages we
are prepared to prove that in many
branches Our rates are even below Eng
l1sh rates, and the same is true even of
actual earnings. The rate paid now for
woolen weaving in the Huddersfield
England) district varies from cent
for picks for plain work to l cent for
8 6picks for fine work, with extra pay
for extra heddles, extra colors, extra
beams, while the highest rate paid in
this country is l cent for picks, but no
extras, which levels it down to the high
est English rate; but there are very
many mills in this country, in fact
most of them, that pay only cent for
8 picks and less. Thus for so pick work
the English rate is from 615 cents per
yard to 10 cents per yard, extras to be
added, while the American rate is 8 to
12 cents with no extras. If the Ameri-
can weaver earns more money than the
English in week it is simply because
he works faster and turns out more
product.
The stubborn perversity and dishon-
esty of the protectionist is nowhere bet
ter seen than in their steady refusal to
and n,;scb;evo,,s e,f 49,,
tariff laws even after their attention. hos
been reneatedlv drawn to them ond
thew dared NOT denv them Ono l. tho
discrimination against American mann
facturers involved in the adjustment of
the duties between the raw materials
and the finished products and fine other
is the Dlacine of n heavier tax rnon tbo
poor mans necessities than unon tbe
rich mans luxuries. We called their
attention to these points as far hack nc
the spring of 1886. and the protection
ist National Woolen Manufacturers as
sociation pointed out substantially the
same errors in their letter TO tbe score
tary of the treasury in tbe fall of 1885
and vet in the makeun of the McKinle,,
law this Internal niece of ininstice 1,,oS
not only retained. but made worse than
ever. This shows that thev had no idea
of perfecting an act of Justice in a vi.
ciously determined purpose to serve a
few masters. In fact. it appears to them
to be a pleasure to shift the burdens of
taxation off the shoulders of tbe rich
to those of the poor-to make 1abo,. tbe
pack mule of the rich.
The crv of protectionist manufactnr-
ers now is that the MCKINLEY law ba LOT
alone becanse Il 10 5oi,o, +bo ,,o,,,,foo
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