New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-07
HODGMAN'S
MACKINTOSHES
Finish and Durability UncGualied'
BROADWAY. ~ WEST IBID ST.,
COR. GRAND ST. ADJ. JTH AVE. hVIhI.

bushels OF wheat required. The American
rnacaroni sells in bulk at about cents pouhu'
and in packages at cents pound. Three years
ago il cost cent more. Before the duty was III
posed. imported macaroni which now sells Tor I
cents a pound. cost 9is cents pound IL had
taken = good deal of time and effort to overcome
the prejudice against American macaroni even
among American consumers and 1t was not ye.
wholly effaced. Mr.. Toomey said, however that
the merits of the domestic article are now pretty
generally recognized. and that considerable Ameri-
can macaroni is exported to Mexico. TO CO.
lombia and. since the reciprocity agreement with
Spain became operative 20 the Spanish West Indies
Mr. Toomey then took up the subject OF wages
The average weekly wages paid i'm macaroni FAC
tories in Italy 50 for and 30 cents TOT
women. In New-York the average. not including
the wages of the engineers foremen, etc, Is Slo
week for men, IS - for boys and 81 70 Tor girls
These are fixed about August !. when there
WAS uniform reduction of wages amounting 10
about - per cent, on account Oh '"e
general depression In business ana tne
uncertainty I'm regard to tariff legislation.
Mr. Toomey said that If the 'ar'"
should be repealed the American manufacturers
would probably be driven ont of business within II
short time and if that should happen the con-
sumner Of mncaroni would be again compelled to
pay higher prices. ~
several Democratic members of the committee
rvinccd some curiosity respecting the prohts o INC
macarOn Industry. ana MT 10 oIntN CAV, w 20" =,
i'm regard to his own company. The Only salaIleu
officer Is the superintendent VINO receives -. So :"
week and the EXPENSES of administration are thei'-
fore unusually light Thus far the business i Ia,
not Welded "A dividend on the captal llNesisu' pu'
II has been placed a substantial OASIS anu piop
nbv will do So i'm the future " the tarlH IS nor
disturbed Threats to reduce duties nave no ON;
injured the business. but have also prevented Such
an increase otherwise would nave uiheH Plr,'.
lie mentioned one case where an Italian manu-
facturar i'm Ncw-N York ''ity. VINO had prepared 70
double his investment and the capacity 81 ms
works had been frightened ONT OF 1t by inc urea!
s.a..re aalh al
Il hOur mill. 49,. r ~,
Chairman Wilson tried to break the force ot ar.
Toomcvs statements by casting doubt upon h''
accuracy OF some Of his figures but the a'trt wa,
supplied with price lists and other dath 10 Suplv.
his statements. and the chairman dld not pursue
the subject. a., , -,
I'm the course Of the discussion on the rae OF
duty on macaroni Mr. Payne remarked thHi IN
The famous revenue tarin OF 1876. and that the
rate was - per cent al Nalorcm from lHh 10 ISN,
when macaroni placed on tn" Tree IlSt; VIII" H!
IL remained until 1879. The present specic uu, ~
per cent according TO Mr.. ToOmey $ estimate
Tomorrow hearings viii he hdd as igilo"". MI :
knight. hlttons: Mr. Davis ana Mr.. PRESTON o'
philadelpha. oiclOths. ,,.,i
In addition to the hearings heretofore mehtloIi''
I'm these dispatches the follow Ing have been siahts
for September T.. l.. r. Holden lead ore ana Ut.
PIT @hirg Reduction Company. aluminium
wrtten argument In opposition TO the repeal ol ln'
nlittr, today in behalf Of the Pennsylvania sal,
Manufacturing Company Among the iac,S s'l
forth is this that the average wages pau n tp'
I-nitcl states amount 20 $40 "a year. WINE IN
amount 10 only tl9l q year. II IS also asserted
that the annual dividends OF the pennsylvania
companV during IN" last ten years nave b"rh ohy
4 per cent on the capital invested