The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16
M'klnLEy's sRAo.


Woslen MiilA
One OF the proudcst boasts Of the
author Of the Mckinley tariff boast
which has gone the rounds Of the pro-
lection press and had innumerable
changes rung on it's in these words:
II know every factory was running and
running on full time from the date of
the passage Of the present tariff law up
TO the election Of the present admins
tration." II was ridiculous boast on
its face and has been SO shown to be a
score of times; but the Springfield Re-
publican exposes its absurd untruthful-
ness 50 clearly and convincingly that
its showing is entitled to the widest
publicity in the interests of truth and
justice
A correspondent Of the Republican
takes il To task for certain statements
in its columns relative 10 the effect OF
the Mckinley act on factories and prac-
tically reterates the Mckinley boast.
declaring there was but one failure OF
wooden mill after the passage of the
Mckinley act until the present year.
This declaration IS made on the au-
thority OF New England expert; and
the Republican ''gocs for" expert and
correspondent in the most thorough
manner. To refresh the memory Of
the former and further cnlighten the
latter as to the remarkable nature Of
Mckinley's claim, it says: ''Wc have
taken from the files of the American
Wool and Cotton Reporter few items
of mill news for the six or eight
months succeeding the enactment of
the Mckinley law" These 1t then
gives as follows:
Home " oolcn Manufacturing Co.. OF Lew
iston. Ne. failed about ten days after the Nc
kiney Law took effect About the same time
the Del Air wooden mill ~ Pittsneld shut down
Indefinitely
THE next month. or In November. 1890. the
Alexander c Co knitting works at Decatur,
Ill. failed for isl. o0l
..In December 1890. came the big Ritten-
house Wooden Manufacturing Co.'S failure with
liabilities OF tsJl.0oo. made more conspicuous by
the fact that Edward H.Amnidown, president
Of the American Protective Tariff league. was
the chef owner and that the failure was pre-
cipiiated by Ammidown's spcculatlons based
on his confidence In the wonderful curative
effects OF the Mckinley law
The same month brought further failure
and distress 70 the wooden industry. The
Alea WOODEN Co. OF Hanover. Conn. East
Dover tMc) woclen mill and Rockford ulL)
wooden mill all shut down indefinitely WI
Lam Furnc.l. WOODEN manufacturer. OF Wilton,
Me. failed with liabilities OF SsO.On The liar
ris WOODEN mill OF voonsockei. X l.. shut down
FOR indefinite period The Rankin Knitting
Co. with the oldest largest and best
equipped" knitting mill in Cohocs. ~. ". shut
down and went into receivers hands: labili-
ties. sl5Jv0J
The Union Manufacturing companys mill.
Of Name hester, Conn. was in the same month
reported idle anc looking for purchasers. L.
=. Parsons & Co. wooden manufacturers OF
Tiiton. y H.. were announced as embarrass I'd
The wColen manufacturing business was re-
ported by the Boston Commercial Bulletin as
dull at Blackstone Mass. and nearly one-half
Of the operatives are out Of employment
Three months OF the Mckinley law found
things in January. 1891. in about the same
stale. IL ". Lewis & Son. q Ansonia. Coan-.
wooden ra1nr.acturers. failed for SO v0l Nv. Il.
Sphinx. wooden manufacturer OF North Kings
ton. X. l.. assigned The embarrassment or
the Forbcs satinet mill. At East Droolsfeld
was announced The Troy Manufacturing com
pauy OF Cchocs. ~ ", denied that their mill
knit nil. III Ans terdara. n ". was sold ~ re-
cciycrs sale
MOST OF The hands OF the American worsted
company. at Wconsocket. we're reported idle
in February. 1921 McCauey s Pell. OF Stat
fordyille. Coan. wooden manufacturers, IS
signed. one hundred persons thrown out OF
work. The Essex yarn mill, At Newark. n. j..
failed
.ln March. 1901. six hundred weavcrs at the
Wanskuck mills at Providence stru-x against
reduced wages. A strike for the same cause In
the big Atlantic mills involved twcnty-one hun
drcd hands The Fonda IN. " Knitting COM
pany failed and went out OF business
During April and May. the Peninsuiar knit
ting works at Detroit were sold at receiver .
sale. Glover. Sanford 4 Sons OF Bridgeport.
Conn. shut down and offered i'll for sale. The
wooden mills at Elmville ard .Killingly. Conn.
shut down and the help began to move away"
Concluding. the Republican says:
'And, without going further into de-
tails, we may add to the testimony Of
the American Wool and Cotton Reporter
that this was a bad time for the wooden
business. the statement Of the Boston
Commercial Bulletin. Mckinley pa
per. that the year 1891 will long be re-
membercd as one of the gloomiest
years the wool trade has known And
at the end Of ths year the Bulletin re-
ported: The situation among the WOOL
en- mills is anything but encouraging.
This all ought 20 prove sufficiently fill
ing for our Ohio reader. Gov. McKin-
ley is describing how such conditions
OF manufacturing as he expected would
exist after his law took effect-not
what actually did exist. What this
matter has to do with statement Of
the relative demand upon the wooden
manufacturing business just before and
after the panic. nearly three years re-
moved from the enactment of the Nc
Kinley law, we are at loss to under
stand. Detroit Free Press.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.