Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-31
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The passage of the Voorhees, repeal bill
by the senate will restore confidence to the
country, but its effect on the idle wheels
Most manufacturers will move on conser-
vative lines for time, just because their
neighbors have adopted that plan. Here
and there We will find a man who has faith
in the people and confidence in his own
ability, who will put on full head of steam
and stock up in preparation for the boom
that is bound to follow the financial panic.
He will be rewarded for his courage. Mark
the prediction. Many of the republican
| papers are still raising the calamity howl
and predicting that the country is going to
| the dogs. because the democrats are
pledged to revise the tariff. They are ca
| pable of doing much damage by continuing
the want of confidence which has prevailed
for four months. The country has twice
voted for tariff reform and the vicious Nc
kinley bill must go. But there will be
nothing that savors of free trade. Free
trade is an impossibility in the Uuited
States.
CONGRESSMAN COMBS of New York has
introduced a resolution on the tariff ques-
ton which he declares would take the
tariff out of politics. His resolution pro-
vides for grouping the articles under five
heads. Schedule \ to be composed of all
articles to be admitted free, including raw
material. Schedule b to be composed Of
articles to bear tariff of 10 per cent.
Schedule c to be composed of wines,
liquors, etc, and to pay n tariff sufficient
TO protect manufacturers. Schedule d to
be known as the schedule for the produc-
ton of labor and to be made up from time
| to time as circumstances required. All
| goods not included in the four schedules
art. TO be grouped under the head of I'M
specified. and after the probable expenses
of the government for any fiscal year are
ascertained the deficiency if any shall be
made up by placing the tariff on the goods
in the unspecifed class, the amount to be
determined by the deficiency. The reso-
It;oa also provides that if any manufac-
turer of goods in the unsuccessful class
shall find that the cost of manufacturing
in this country is greater than that in
other countries he may present sworn
statements to that effect TO the committee
on ways and means and have the article
transferrel to Schedule d with a specific
duty equal to the difference in the cost of
manufacturing. The resolution WAS re-
ferred to the committee on ways and
means.
CARPET manufacturers, here and in Eng
land, deeply interested in the recent
| expectation to London of considerable
quantity Of moquette and administer car
pets from the largest carpet factory in
America. which is located at Gonkers, y.
y. The Yankee carpets sold at once and
beat the English product in price and
popularity. OF course, the exporting man
ufacturers have seen that this venture
must direct attention to the American
tariff on carpets. The Mckinley duty on
moquettes and administers is GO cents per
square yard plus 40 per cent of the value.
That is to say. the duty on square yard
of imported carpet valued at 81 is 100 per
cent. If the value per yard be -, the
duty is 81 40. If the value be IS cents
the duty is 30 cents. If American carpets
of this kind can be sold in England by the
manufacturers in open competition witt
English carpets, the average citizen viii
ask why so high duty is required to pro
tect the American manufacturers agains
the sale of the same English carpets her,
at home or even why there should be any
duty whatever beyond rate that is suff
cient to compensate for the absurd duty OF
the wool which is the manufacturers raw
material: That duty on carpet wool vii
soon be removed. and then the question a
to duty on carpets will be relieved of Ger
tain complications. In the consideration
of it, such incidents as this sale of Amen
can carpets in London will inevitably b
taken into account