New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-27

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| THEY GO TO PITTSBU EG-BUT THEY WILL
| NOT GET BUSINESS SECRETS.
Pitt.turc. April oo.-The uprermost thoaght IN
the minds Of the iron and steel manufacturers today
/, the tariff. and they specializing Oh the action
n The extra session OF the Den ocratlc Congress
which Is promised for early fall The iron and steel
| manufacturers have organization. save q nominal
union for the purpose Of gathering statistics, which
ar, regularly made public In Mr. Swanks Bulletin"
| published I'm Philadelphia. hlNough there Is much
| con,pctlon and cutting OF rates. all beneficial to
the consumer, yet leaving an exceedingly small
margin Of profit TO 90 per cent Of the manufacturers
| uhe few big ones with their improved machinery
getting the Of the trade). the Iron aud steel
men are n unit on the question OF legislation.
| Probably the main cause Of the present slownesS
I'm the trade Is due to fear OF unfavOrabc revision
OF the tariff and an accumulation Of stocks IS being
carefully avoided. a precautionary measure, 10 which
the workIngmen will not iect, will lc the Insertion
In the annual wage scale. TO BE- debated six weeks
hence OF II clause providing for s complete annul-
mcnt and Encouragement In the event Of reduction
Of the tariff.
The policy OF revenge adopted by the Free-Traders
appears 10 be- directed particularly against the iron
and steel trade. Imbued with the erroneous idea
that there IS something Which the manufacturers de-
sire TO conceal, investigation OF the cost OF iron
and steel products WAS proposed by Senator No
IA
the same time there was some hcsitanoy on the part
OF the Democratic senators 10 start the Investigation,
and Congressman Oates. OF Alabama, II member OF
their own party could have consistently advised them
TO let the severely alone, for the Colonel has
had some experience In this line. and tho result
opened his Southern eyes 10 the amount OF the wages
paid in the arfprotcoted iron and steel mills OF
the North Httsbnrg particularly
The resolution not reported 10 the senate
until April o and then 1t laid over. and Colonel
Oates, down In hi, Alabama home. must have hcaved
a temporary sigh Of relief, for he lad once fooled
with the buzz-saw OF Protection ard he was minus
one important argument when he had finished lie
was chairman Of TIE subcommittee Of the House Com
mittee which rushed to Pttsburg last July de-
termned to work the 4" Homestead racket" for all
It was WORTH and yet after its lsng and mid delays
in making a report confined itslf to the one-sided
issue OF plnkertonism and said not!Hrg about the
enormous wages paid. Colonel Oates was honest
enough TO tell q Pi,tsbtTg reporter on bis return to
Washington tina, he was simply astounded" at the
wages paid In the iron and steel mills.
II u subcommittee Of the Senate Committee comes
out to Pttsburg next fall to 50 over Tho same ground
the Democratic majority will not have any local
labor trouble TO blind the eDre country 10 the real
question at Issue. What Will they say 10 4 roller
making $50 day. equal TO the SALARY OF i've Con-
gressrnen and all IN his greasy leather lesstnss and
red nainel shirt The ssoaday man WAS EMPLOYED In
frequently heard Of rollers paid $50 Ia in Pits it
esrtiase Men PAID sio to $40 a day arc sliII more
frequent and every catcher" ana rougaer' about
The mills 1sPS, to ' HSs r s
the reward for superior SKILL III Democrauc
committees from the senate VII come "nl n epa inc
workinsmen In the world are dent out ser:lmonth,,y
noxion. TO the American Frec.Trad.r aud for thirty
years marked for his vengeance Rollers NJ $50
day and the steady reduction IN the price OF steer
ruf1 10 q -
So a ton, are two monuments to The tarh polly
i e Of p"T %sGs S c nSi
Ths pronEtsrs Of l he Erow1s Amen aany aep
the history Of the steel rail trade. once completely
In the hands Of the Ncw-iork importers. then taken
under The wing oi the protective system Win 'h'
The proposition OF the DcmocTae portion Of r tho
nets seems about as impairment a. ne attempt Of
Mr. Oatess committee 10 worm out OF H. e. tirK
Go s pous Mr.. TrIcE. It viii be remembered de-
clinrd give the desired info maGn for NE sensi
bic reason that his irm had rompenorI ana ,r ,ds
secret 1t VIII aso be r"f.d nat Mr. ilrk go,
Se FS9G pG' Mhf% had pc no GG rd ne on
the articles on which wages we're reduced ana Oh
the tar wa lSyS zoo HaI T%,e ,h hue men r
would have made NOR" money. l"cnnsc thr new
automatic machinery |i,h@m, incTrj 49, Q" l m.r
paid bv the ton and that Homestead wages wrf"
40 per cent higher than those In Eastern f'h"Sit
yaua iron and steel mills.
Mr. TrIc, wa, more recently il-t as firm In de-
clIunc 10 answer certain quc~tjois prop"rnd'c ~
Tie Census lurenu ns he was In refusing l" tell
Mr. Ualc, the cost Of making ton Of hillrtS. sore
IifsbIrg dispatches 10 Democratic newspapers hnFr
tired 10 Great. sensation Icy airihulrg H." delay
in the publication Of Ia" manufacturer statistics 81
pltiss,urg stIhhOrnnrsN o. -" pr' ~ NE ron w
steel manufacturers, for They are UNI on ulN
question. They decline 10 answer c'r'nln questions
included In the printed blanks, hccnuN" II would aN
bar. the business OF each manufacturer 10 every on"
~ his competitors. They d. not thlUt III, shm' be
g Ieccd Of them any more Than DEMAND IN me oiY
goods trade each merchant separately Tor MS
o"r.,tcs, ,u.inrss secrets The manufacturers con
s,d.r IL n piece ~ bud0zipg and they 80 l"i pro
NOSE To chang, their minds uu this subject Whrh 'h'
SENATE committee starts IN, ii u ever does