New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-16
1.-THE PURITY OF
Offers the best security against
the dangers of most Of the
ordinary drinking waters"
LONDON MEDICAL RECORD.

a pound. The rates on woollen hosiery we're recon"
mended with the expectation that the duty on IA"
wool will be repealed. ON cotton gloves the I'M
porters recommend a duty Of 10 per cent plus 10
cents a dozen pairs: on gloves OF silk ana paruF
Of silk. 25 per cent al valorem plus 50 cents a
dozen and on gloves OF wool or partly wool 20 per
cent ad vaorem plus 30 cents pound. In response
10 questions by Mr.. Payne. Mr.. Lowy at last az
mtted that the proposed schedule would IMPOSE
relatively higher rates upon the cheaper goods IMAM
upon the more expensive grades. Mr. Lowry SAID
however. that was a difficulty which it was i'm
practical BILE to overcome in framing any tariff He
also said that the prices OF hosiery and gloves had
declined from - to % per cent In this country
since the enactment of the law OF 1890
J. f. Smith, who is interested in the dyeng OF
hosiery appealed for duty OF 10 cents dozen
and 20 per cent ad vaIorem on his raw materials.
The Industry he said. Is a new one which was es-
tablshed In this country about seven years ago
IL has been exceedingly prosperous under the pres
ent rate Of tariff which gives the dyer an adVah-
tage of to cents a dozen over the foreign dyer,
but the reduction In the cost of production aproau
makes some increase desirable and necessary Mr.
Smith desired to emphasize the statement made by
Mr. Lowry I'm regard to what he called the crooked
work of American agents OF foreign mahuiac'ui
ers who received goods on consignment ne
thought that the laws against frauds upon the
revenue should be more severe and that dishohes'
importers should be imprisoned instead oil oe'ns
subjected to a fine for violations OF them
The manufacturers Of knit goods and cotton
hosiery etc, were represented by owen osoo'"7'
OF the Philadelphia Manufacturers ChD' anu eA-
State Senator Titus Sheard OF New-York Mr.
Osborne claimed that under the existing tarih'
importaions of knit goods and cotton hosiery nave
continued steadily to increase, while prices 10 the
domestic consumer have fallen 10 to % per cent
on account OF home competition. Labor mas peen
fully employed, and there has been a great IN
crease IN the number Of operatives. In fact
owing TO the demand 1t has been at tunes
impossible to obtain sufficient skilled labor Ihere
could be no doubt that the foreign manufacturers
nav the duty or cotton hosiery imported INTO 'he
United States. The number of manufacturers III
the United States has increased from '2s IN 1883 10
e93 in 1893. Factories are In operation III trV-
seven OF the States and Territories. In Alabama
there are eight where there were none four years
ago In Delaware there are FIVE where there were
none. In Georgia there are five, where there were
two In 1889 In Iowa, where there were none them
| there are now six The number IN VIZ
| ginia has increased from two TO eighteen
| In Mississippi from none to four; In west NTslh'd
| from none to four: in North Carolina from three
| TO eleven and the increase has been sxty-one III
New-York and seventy in Pennsylvania wlthln
the last four years Cotton hosiery to-day is sold
| 70 the domestic consumer in the United States at
| retail prices which are as low or lower 'han
| hosiery Of the same quality is sold by Eerid"
| retail dealers to the consumers in Germany MT
Osborne
| so greatly reduced In every department on account
| Of the severe domestic competition that 1t would
| be inlpracticable further TO reduce 1t without
cutting down the wages of operatives, which man
ufacturers are most reluctant to do Any reduction
whatever would iniure the w3Tkin rn ,be ana man
ufacturers out of business ana their Workie' ou'
Of employment
| AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INVESTED.
Mr.. sheard. who as boy worked in Knit
| goods mill in England, and afterward IN TINS
| country. and who has been manufacturer during
\ the last quarter of a century, ana now eHiPioSS
! about 40 men, women and children in the manu-
facture OF knit shirts and drawers, said that tnere
il employed In this country to,day, Ircapg' hoUt
100 sets OF knitting machines with cardlhs a ah
spinning machines and other s not less
than SIS 600 O0 and the total capital emplo!ep -
double that sum DIeS W Sha reeeiye in wages
not less than $40 100000 year Mr. Sheafd desired t
impress upon the eod ns iars
in the United States r is mn ngustrT ' he
| said has grown up under the present system 81
duties and ma nufa cturers do not see how they can
| nIoVes unless the present duties are maintained,
From very careful personal investigation ana from rom
foi nd that tie average wages in hosiery In manu-
featuring districts in ENGLAND are from sSo 10 so
thai The average wages in the United States amount
to $40 to $50 year; Mr.. Sheard said 1t was the
c chsnRes in the present law should be made
the present form and system should be retane ned
| fectly feasible and simple to frame tallll %, on
knitted underwear which would be whol Oh sPeelrc
| which would he easy and simple In operation ana
avoid all the evils of undervalnation, IL Is peo cro
| liarly an American industry, first, becaus- more
| knit goods manufactured IN TINS country nan
in any other and second because al g9Sas manu-
~ bave cndeavored thus briefly to impress You
ufh no fart
protection tariff for revenue only pI! d Iatnt
| he revenue policy OF our country as to whether
will consume the product OF iqrsisn anor h ha'I
protect our iaborers and enable them to receive
proper and fair compensation for that labor ana
Mr Kip. of the Bridgeport Plush company SPOKE
IT a in s on p St rnF @ since
vision Of ,he toriff in 1890. The industry which he
the prices Of the products have been reduced with
out any reduction OF wEgs nyon o nave the
| rates reduced that they can export large guam
titles Of their manufactures into the United states
| as they formerly did
FOREIGN AGENTS At WORK.
| II. had been informed that Lister & Co. an Eng
! lIsh manufacturing firm. had sent an agent TO the
United States. who is now in this country exerlng
! his influence In various ways In favor or lower
| rates That firm formerly exported large proper
ton Of Its manufactures and would be glad to do
So again Mr. Kip said that the retention Of spe-
ciGc rates Of duty absolute necessity in or
der 10 prevent undervaluations Of vevets and
bushes and he gave excellent reasons In
favor OF his proposition He had procured
some Interesting statistics bearing on the
question OF wages and showed that the average
weekly wages I'm the industry he represents are
SO n in Connecticut ~ to y in Saltaire in Eng,
i,nd. 81 In Germany: 81 10 In Lyons. France. and
a. N I'm Austria the average for the four European
countries being 81 02 week From these hg'ires
| n oppears that the average in the United States Is
more than two and a half times as large as the
average IN Europe. lie declared that american
! labor In the plush and velvet industry rs neither
more productive efficient than European labor IN
The snme Industry lie did not expect TO 20 out OF
business whatever Congress might do. but II reduc
lions we're too heavy he would simply transfer his
| miami 10 England and continue in business there.
\ Sanford. Of Fall River. Mass. spoke in be
half Of the cotton yarn industry, which Is com
rnratively new one. having become firmly estab
Usher In this country under the tariff OF 1889. The
| manufactured hN NJ 81 nfOrl a IA nellun