The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-05-18
FREE TRADE RESULTS
ENGLISH MANUFACTURERS uIRu AMT
OVER THE PROSPECTS,
lney VIII Have "Far Easier Access Than
Ihey Ever Had to Market Represen.
Ing Population OF 10000. .O0o,-Tha
new Tariff Framed to Favor England.

new Tariff Framed to Favor England
The leading trade journals that are
now coming to hand from England in
dlcate, more and more every week, how
interested, and how excited even, the
british manufacturers are becoming over
the prospects of securing their lions
share OF our manufacturing industries
When the Wilson tariff was first r9ade
pupllc, 1t was considered advisable to
muzzle the British bulldog, and it was
! evidently prearranged that the barking
should be done behind the kennel IT any
rate where it would not attract the eve
OF the American eagle. But the anxiety.
the desire, the eagerness, to snatch olr
| business from Us proved too much for
/ their discretion, and we learn from one
| paper, about the wooden trade, that the
prospect Of an increased business with
the States IS, however, very hopeful"
Again, further: Should it (the new
DliD pass III it's proposed form, it will
make q great difference in the e19ort Of
the lower classes Of woolens, upon which
the specific or weight duty weighs SO
heavily. This will be q crucial point in
rhe discussion Of the bill Nothing can
l,e falrer than an al valorem duty, bat
the difficulty always exists that there
are unprincipled people who invariably
underdeclare values, and those who make
! honest declarations are made to suffer
for the faults Of Others"
This will be cheering news to our wool
en- manufacturers, particularly as the fact
is recognized abroad that there are un-
principled people who invariably under
| declare values" But we like to keep the
best news till the last. and that is what the
Bradford England correspondent writes
! to The Textile Manufacturer, which is
/ published in Manchester This bold
Bradford man throws aside all pretenses
and hypocrisy. He initiates the straight
4 forward policy Of Cousin Ben Folsom
when he on July 4, 1898, congratulated
/ the cutlery manufacturers of Sheffield
that they would again secure control OF
/ the American markets, a policy that it
appears has been also adopted by Mr..
!
ford. The conclusion at which the Brad
! ford expert in the English worsted trade
arrives is that the proposed Wilson tar
if measure will give to the manufacture
ers of Bradford far easier access than
they have ever had to market repre-
senting population of 70,00O,000 peo-
ple."
Further analyzing what free wool
really means to the American manufac-
turer, this English expert says, How,
under such circumstances, can the free
wool clause hurt the Bradford manufac-
turer" This expert opinion is remarka-
/ bly, interesting reading and would en-
| tighten the majority Of the ways and
means committee if they are really capa-
BILE of comprehending the actual intrica-
cies of the business of manufacturing
wooden goods. In the hope that some Of
these tariff tinkers, destroyers of Ameri-
can farming industries, murderers OF
American manufacturing industries and
strangers of American labor may be able
to see beyond the length of their noses
and may be able to grasp the actual con-
ditions Of some subject that exists be-
yond the country hamlets, whence they
emanate, we reproduce this Bradford
correspondents remarks in full as pub
lished in The Textile Manufacturer:
There is no doubt that the slight in.
fusion Of buoyancy into this market has
been the result, to partial extent. OF the
publication Of the new tariff proposals
in America A good many opinions have
been expressed and some figures given
as to the favorable character OF that tar
iff from the point Of view Of Bradford
wool staplers and manufacturers. But
a good many opinions and q good many
valuable figures have been kept back be-
cause Bradford men fear that capital
will be made Of them by American Re-
publicans. Some even say that such
statements might prevent the bill from
nassing. There is no adequate ground
for this fear, which is entertained chiefly
in fair trade quarters. In the first place,
Mr.. Meeker, the American consul, tells
mo that there is not the slightest doubt
the bill will pass, and in the second
place every man who reads his newspa,
1,er thoroughly knows that Mr.. Mckin-
lev and other Republicans have dosed
the American public al nauseum with
forebodings as to the injury the new tar
iff will infiict on American manufacture
ers and the benefit it will confer on Eng
lish manufacturers.
What is more, the committee on ways
and means which drafted the bill took
evidence for weeks, and among 1t Is
mass Of evidence as to how the tariff
would affect the worsted trade. The fact
is the American farmers aad tie ordinary
American consumer have begun to see
that protection raises the price OF com
,nod;ties and only confers benefits on the