The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
THAT TARIFF euoAeOo.



The protectionist calamity-b owlers
fasten on non-partisan testimony-or
what seems To be such-in support of
their contention that the present condi-
ton OF things is due 10 dread OF tariff
reform. II is u sign Of weakness on
their part because il shows that they
have no confidence in their own ability
To convince the public that their buga-
boo has anything in il any more vital
than straw and rags Thor cause Is so
desperate. however. that they are will
ing to grasp NJ any straw Of opinion
which seems To be in their favor ana
even to peryert and misrepresent the
bipartisan testimony.
Misrepresentation of the noa- partisan
testimony is not the only ofsensc Of
which these calamity howlers are
guilty. They only misrcprcsent "a
small portion of the non-partisan testi-
mony because only small portion can
be made. even by misrepresentation. to
bolster their cause. Their method of
dealing with most of the non-partisan
testimony on the subject of the relation
between manufacturers and possible
it. and SO far as they can keep it from
their readers. They have published
parts of the statement from Brad
streets because by garbling and par
tial suppression IL can be made to seem
a support for the theory that manu-
facturers are hang up because they
dread tariff legislation. But they care
fully refrain from publishing the state
ment of the Wool and Cotton Reporter,
which, If it has any trace of PARTISAN
ship. is on the protection side of the
question, because its statements show
that there is nothing in the terrible
tariff tinlseriDg" theory. In recent
issue of the Reporter, speaking u the
textile industries, which have fur
nishei the text for most Of the pro-
tectionist calamity howls. the Reporter
said they were mot suffering dcprcs-
sion because OF any Inherent condition
Of the market" Tho cause. it added.
is EXTERNAL; il comes from the
monetary disturbance, and the cause
removed. the recovery is only a question
CT short time" "A brisk business will
be done" it declares, iii the currency
question is settled"
Another non-partisan authority
which the calamity howlers steer clear
Of is the New York Journal Of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin. a pure
~ business publication. The reason is
that the authority referred To does not
believe that the protectionist theory is
sound In a recent issue it published
testimony received from manufacture
crs in several quarters and in summing
it up said If good share of the
mills are running full tilt business is
not paralyzcd and the wheels of indus
try have not been stopped by appre-
tensions of congressional action" 1t
follows this statement with an explain
alton of the causes which have led in
many cases 10 the shutting of mills
one Of them being preparation on the
part Of manufacturers to reduce wages
and closes as follows:
while many manufacturing establishments
are closing. some are starting up Last week
three entirely new cotton mills started up IN
North Carolina Various dispatches announce
the starting up OF the plate and sheet mills
mill At Pittsburr. Of the entire plant OF Jones
& LoughlIn. Pittsburg, employing thirty five
hundred. OF Brown & Co = sheet and hammer
mills Pittsbury with Ave hundred men, and
OF the Carnegie wire. nail and rod mills at
Beaver Falls and the report that the Carnegie
steel mill at Duqsesne would close is denied
The starting up " the United states iron and
Tin plate works at Drmmler Is also announced.
and thrashing machine plow and wagon works
In Racine. Wis. that have been closed for
weeks now resuming business. and other
assumptions in the same place are announced
There is little TO indicate that the manufacture
ers generally are seriously alarmed about the
future Detroit Free Press.