The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-24
M'k,NLEv's eRae.
Efeects ct Projections ON tho EAstets
W0QlAin NflltA;

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effects ct Projections OH tho Eaters
WOODEN Minis:
One II tho l,roideSt boasts of this
nuthor of tho Mckinley tariffs 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 tho present tariff law up
to the election OF the present admins
tration." 1t was a ridiculous boast on
its face and has been SO shown to be d
score Of times; but the Springfield Re-
publican exposes its absurd untruthfui-
ness clearly aud convinc:ngly that
it's showing is entitled to the widest
publicity in the interests of truth and
justice.
A correspondent Of tho Republican
takes it to task for certain statements
In It's columns relative to tho effect Of
the Mckinley act ON factories and prac-
:ically reitcrat cs the Mckinley boast,
declaring there was but one failure of
a wooden mill after the passage of the
Mckinley act until the present year.
This declaration is made on the au-
thority of 4 New England expert; and
the Rcpu blican "goes for expert and
correspondent in the most thorough
manner. To refresh the memory of
the former and farther enlighten the
latter as to the remarkable nature of
McKinley's claim, it says: I'VE have
taken from the files of the American
Wool and Cotton Reporter a few items
Of mill news for tho six or eight
months succeeding the enactment of
the Mckinley law" These it then
gives as follows:
'HoE,e " oo!en Manufacturing Co., of Low
iston, Nc. failed about ten day. after the NC
kiDley law took effect About the same time
tho Bel Air WOODEN mill At Ptttsfeld shut down
indefinitely.
Alexander 4 Co Emitting works at Decatur,
Ill. tailed for ss4o 0a
house WOODEN Mar,,rac .nrtng cos failure viii.
liabilities Of 800 Oj0 made moro nspicuous ts
the fact that Edward H. 4 mn,tdown. president
of the American Protective Tariff league, was
tho chief owner and that tho failure vas pre-
cipitated by Amuidown's apecuiattons based
on his confidence in the wonderful curative
effects Of the Mckinley law.
Tho Same month brought further failure
ard distress to ;hc WOODEN industry. The
I>irslcS, Davis & Co. mills at Braintree,
Allen WOODEN Co, OF Hanover, Conn, East
Dov.r ,Ne> WOODEN mill aud focs ford (J,,)
wooden min all shu. down inlsnni:cly. vii
liam F'urncll, wooden manufacturer Of Wilton,
Nc, failed with liabiltties OF f7Oo1 The liar.
ris WOODEN mill OF Ncopsoc!zet Z. l.. shut dorn
for an Indefinite period. The Rankin Knitting
Co. ,:, 9Th ire ,; oid i;; largest and best
ties. Ei5onoo
The Union Manufacturing comcany's mill.
NJ M"1ches:cr Conn. wes in tho saIae month
reported idle ana looking for prrcbas crs. L.
+. manufacturers
Iilton, n. H.. were announced e,uberras=ed.
The "'"oico misunderstanding ,rsiDess
ported ny the Boston Commercial Bulletin
du!l at Black stone Mass, and ,cariy orc-half
OF tho operatives arc cut c! employment
Three months OF the Mckinley law found
things III january. 1897, in about the same
state. r. W. Lewis & SON, Of Ansonjc, Conn,
woolen manufacturers. failed for $4,000 Wv. f.
Spinl>, wooden manufacturer Of North Kings
ton. II. L.. assigned The embarrassment OF
the Forbes sa tinct mill. East Brockacld,
wsss announced. Tho Troy fjanufacturtog com
n. ', n ff1;r mill
was to start Up. Tho Thompson Ec,teps,l
knit mill. at Amsterdam, n. u, cold 8:
ceiver' salo.
Most %: the hands Of tho American vcrs ted
company, at Noonsockct, we're reported i1is
fcrdyile. Conn. WOODEN manufacturers, as
Signed: hundred persons thrown cut OF
failed '''' ~ -'' ~
''Tu March. 1921. six hundred weavers at the
reduced wages. strike for the same cause in
the big Atlantic mills involved twenty-ono hun
drcd hands Tho Fonda ~ y! Knitting COM
rany failed and went cut Of business.
During April ans! E1ay. tho Pcninsular knit.
ting works at Detroit were sold at receivers
sa," Glover Sanford g. Sons, OF Bridgeport.
Conn. shut down ana offered r,in for sale. The
wcoIen mills at Eitr vile ard .Killingly, Conu.,
shut down an: 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 bad time for tho wooden
business. the statement of tho Boston
Commercial bulletin. Mckinley pa
per. that the year 1891 will long be re-
membered ono of the gloomiest
years the wool trade has known And
at the end OF the year the Bulletin re-
ported: The situation among the wool
en- mills is anything but encouraging
This all ought to prove sufficiently ELL
ing for our Ohio reader. Gov. NfcKin-
ley is describing how sch 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 a 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 a loss to under
acknowledgements Free Press.
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