New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-15

IN account of the fear and uncertainty caused Dy
Democratic threats Of tariff smashing Ta ass duties
on manufactures of irol and steel would hs,y
result in sharp p and aS r ~arnsmen
.aThe manufacturers have told you the plsm I',e
snd b. ss S SS as nSi these
in behalf Of themselves ana tneia we we'll as
exceedingly earnest, and in some cases pam aime and
Mr. Garland, referring 70 the assertion ~ er,thing
Consumed by the workingman would be enough
cheaper under tariff for revenue oniy 10 ns
sed w Hi do on not believe il Of the dele
gates who formerly lived and worked ,, IN hsr
Britain disproved 1t by relating lactS "i''"' '''
personal knowledge and experience.
FACTS FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE.
Mr. Haean. for example said that he had entered
a. iron mill as an apprentice at 10 pence DAY
when he was only nine years old. and tnat' ai.ef
learning the business and working in 1t until ne
was twenty-seven years old, he was able 10 ear"
the princely wages OF shings, equal to 81 20, d
day. as a puddler. lie then managed to make MS
way to this country, where he earns in the same
occlIpation that he followed in free-trade England
81 80 a day, or than three times as "uci
This was a statement based upon personal known
edge and therefore neither Chairman wilson hoi
any other Democratic member OF the conl'i,', .,.
attempted to dispute it. Both Mr.. Garland ana MI
Kilgalon said that through organization tne htain
ingmen able to protect themselves aIa 1 tsr
a foir share of the benefits OF a protective tilil'
The latter also formerly worked In Chgialua d" IT,
pudder Of iron, and he fully corroeoraIHge a also
remarked that labor difficulties always had ex
listed and would never ser TO nnd potraced in
the United States under protective tarlH tian ~
Iohn Gear a roller in a Pittsburg mill which en-
poys 1000 hands In the manuIacture od , ,h MANI
mons voice OF 30 900 American workingmen In pro-
testing against any reduction OF DUTIES ne 'o"
I'VE all expect to be thrown out OF employmehit
If the tariff il reduced to purely reVen ea many
Of us were idle and walking the streets anu IL ~
were not for the law We would be DOING 'he sh''e
William Meze is roller ,b in an siae after she
which was converted into .tnp Pa i majority Of
the employees in that mill nativeborn sad
cent az H The mem Who learned the trade in Wales
ANY reduction OF the duties, ne occur 49,
nIf Won NEEDLE with the tariff our wages will
have to down, and we earnestly peg SoI ttIe
speech delivered by George B. Evans. W., VINO r leme
strong emphasis and mpressiVenesS 10 he &"
tinpate mil in Wales and contrasting 1t WIN ms
experience since he came to the tnltc1 % ,ha
C. H. Kaufman said that about two-thiras y, ' he
had recently been informed by the owners vi W.
certainty and depression which. as they ana s, ne
alike believe due to threats OF tarit I,tia
tons that they had not single orier anu ..rhe
hope OF getting for long time to come ahant
manufacturers have told you the exact ruin aD1et
drctIon Of duties" he declared.
iron IhP Younss %s2 6Bh SPOKE
earnestness. He declared that ari ior ha is
cmppoysd and he exclaimed: Gentlemen, are you you,
going to wipe it out? For Gods sake don't you
Before Mr. Hagan had completed his statement ns.Ds
omestion which must have consisted Of at least
so words and in which Mr. Wilson had supposed ps
some fine morning and discover that England h tsa
suddenly become as sparsey PopGS'Sdh at effect
United States is, and wanted 20 Know Whae I H.
Mr. Hasan thought that would have upon Eng,
fish wages Mr. Hagen appearf , 20 De p Phe p
position where Mr.. Wilson dropped il ard ASKED asked
population would be likely to haze upon n Ta rman
belgium surprising that P3Pu aaon Ds an Inn
mense relief to Mr. Hagan, whose countenahce
cleared while Mr. WILSON'S lSoE on and an wsnes Mr.
Hagan 10 explain why wages in unprotected IN
arr afseT in IN u iST Mr Hsgan reped
that he did not profess TO know anything about
Ta 6 In tR wsse Of farm aborers in Dakota
were higher than in England uhtl MT. W llsoH hdu
given him the information
TRAPS FOR THE RKINGNEN
The disposition OF the Democratic members of
~. committee to try to entice workngmen well
as manufacturers from the ground with which they
are perfectly familiar into strange fields appears
TO grow stronger day by day. Both Mr. Hagan
and MIR kilseon were the victims on on a1Si dl
the traps set FOR them ana IN the &rgg and
Eynum the workingmen were too strong for the
st,f.smen Mr. Kilgalon. who appears TO be not
only A man Of keen intelligence. but one VINO mas
,hn,rbt denny on the labor questions and economic
stihjectr appeared To great advantage In ms dis-
cu.Sion with three members or the commit zee
Who have been named. lie also was asked why
unprotected" labor In the nted atates reTesnS W.
higher wages than similar labor IN Eng iinu,4 anu
the occupation Of brcklayer was mentioned ds
an example He said that he thought one reason
was that the example Of high wages In protector
Industries Influenced rates or wages III WHAT are
styled unprotected industries pro,ec' tbe
PEOPLE who are employed In Industries that arr
specifically protected. but indirecty PROF. rO,tec rs
cvyervhody in every form OF industry. In reply 10
questions by Mr.. Reed Mr.. kilSalon SAID tnat !,ie
bricklaver is also protected by the fact that t,le
rr"i,,ct OF his Industry, brick walls. cannot De
"II "mis Arrngton and Conrad Auth appeared as
,bc conservative. OF the Green Glass Bottle
blowers Association one OF them is employer ~, ~
nm ohio mill and the other In a pennsylvania mn
,ion Of the present of duty on glass pottles
anI declared that the cost of production IN the
f'ni,ed states cannot be diminished except by re-
duction OF wages Under the present uuiies IN, .me
prices have been reduced. The importations are
rothcr large and steadily increasing under the
nrescnt law There are eighty-sX plants in the
United States engaged In the production or green
and other coored glass bottles demijohns car
hovs etc giving support TO about 300 people
Mr. Arlington also argued in favor or me reteh-
ton ~ the duty on soda ASH, one OF the raw
materials largely used In the manufacture OF gihss
~. said that II had never been so cheap IN ms
country as II is to-day and has been since the
inposiiion OF the duty which allows II TO be manu-
featured here Mr.. Arrinston's personal experience
ns a glass worker covers period OF forty-one
wears and that Of Mr.. Auth covers nfty years
Roth of them spoke of the great number or glass
workers that now idle because many factories
have been closed the number or employees IN
others reduced on account of the tariff agitation
nd resulting uncertainty.