The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-09

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English Language.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Sept. s.-swedish
iron, hops and curled hair were the va
rious subjects discussed before the ways
and means committee to-day. n. A.
Gilbert, of Cleveland, representing the
Shelby, Ohio, Steel Tube Company, ap-
peared first to argue for the removal Of
the duty ON Swedish hollow steel billets
and blooms. He explained that this
Swedish steel was used for the mRnu-
facture OF bicycle tubing. This tubing,
until the Shelby company was started,
was manufactured only at Birmingham.
England. The process was purchased
by the Shelby company in 1891 and the.
| industry started. The Swedish steel
used, he said, had peculiar properties
which enabled it TO be cold drawn for
the formation OF seamless tubes. Itwas
produced no where else in the world.
Oyor two million feet OF this tubing had
been manufactured by this firm out OF
this Swedish raw material, on which
over $4,000 of duties had been paid
under the regular steel schedule, inpoa.
ing q duty Of / 1-l6 cents per pound. Is
fnasmuch as this class OF steel was
not produced in this country,
Mr.. Gilbert contended that the duty
imposed an unnecessary hardship on
the country. AS the duty on the fn-
ished pronuct is but 2 per cent adval.
orem, while that on his raw material
amounted to 40 per cent. he thought It
only fair that he and his foreign com.
patitoF be put on an equal footing.
AZ this point Chairman Wilson asked
a question which might be taken as
a significant indication Of the line on
which the new tariff bill Is to be
framed-'.If the Swedish ore were ad-
mitted free OF duty the steel blooms
could be manufactured here, aud that
would obviate the necessity OF placing
blooms on the free list."
Mr.. Gilbert did not think the blooms
could be manufactured here. &
]. "A. Stevens, representing the Lud-
low Manufacturing company, OF Massa-
chusetts, followed with plea for the
retention OF the duty on jute baggingi
and binding twine from hemp and jnte.
Being close pressed by Mr.. Turner,
Mr.. Stevens admitted that the iutei
| trust had taken advantage Of the pro-
lection accorded by the tariff and tnat
Its prices had been a agreat hardship on
the southern farmer. If 1t should put
up prices again I should be willing that
the manufacturers OF jute bagging
should be punished by placing baggtng
on the free list"
Leopold Moritz, Of Philadelphia. Q.
manufacturer of bone buttons; RECALLED
the committed with a long account Of
his experience when he landed at Castle
Garden years ago as q German immi.
grant boy. This so whetted the Keen
appetite Of the fun.loving members that
he was induced to go into a philosoph-.
ical discourse on the scheme OF human
life, which gradually degenerated into
a historical and detailed narrative OF
how he came TO be in the bone button
business.
He talked very broken English and
his speech was a. contagio ousty funny aa
one Of "Dutch Days" recitals. When
he had exhausted himself without
touching his subject he gathered up
the box Of buttons he had brought with
him and gave the committee this part.
| inc salute: va,
ssYon got nodinps no more to say. /
ain,t cot nodlnps neither: 90 we quit"
AZ the afternoon session Hon. Bel.
lanv storer RepuhIican' representative
from Cincinnati. presented a memorial
from a large number Of brewers IN his
district r in favor az the reduction of the
dntv % ~ Nm hons. :, + !, -
sRenresentatiye Fitch, Of New York,
snnnortsd this anpeaI for a REDUCTION
of f ttSa Sn.y on hons in a short speech
and than in,rodnced Hurh FOX. Of New
York whom he described "A q grower
an @ arnorter % and importer 81 hops. n
- M fFoT ,snoke in behalf Of the, i'm.
nortars. He declared a duty Of s cents
amnIe' % IN nroteet the American grower
% and nrosnced a table showing how
nr;ces mi. had fallen with the increase of
The duty.
Mr - Fes Faswss stated e that the T. tx 90 on hops
averaged about six cents to barrel Of
t;a peett .hat ~ ~ avsrsos @ nrIcs of hone tor