New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-21

The English trades papers are bearing t"stl-
mony 10 Il revival II business IN certain Indus
tries as the imncdlaI" result ~ III" pasSa:" ~
the German bill This VIII be cheering ini"lli-
rencc 10 the loyal friends ~ foreign industries
who have been cpn>pirnG ~ Washington dur
ing the last year To- accomplish III" overthrow
Of home manufactures While these Journals al
init that the German tarln has had good effect
already upon English trade and confident
that the benefit Will be- permanent. they rccog
nizc the fact tina, many new industries were
firmly established under the Mckinley net and
that considerable effort will be- required in order
To- dlslodgc them. Hence They are advising Eng
lish manufacturers To- keep prices low ana 10 re
ducc wages in order to render 1t Impossible for
American rivals 10 compete with 'hcm. The
Ironmongcr under date of September contains
in its Liverpool correspondence the following
suggestive extract:
The manufacture OF tinplates In the United states
has advanced by leaps and bounds In three years,
since the Mckinley act came into operation. being
sixteen times as great In twelve months ending
July. 1885, In like period ending July 1882. and
nothing but keen competition Will enable our South
Wales friends to regain this lost trade and cause
the American mills to be- closed. II Is to be hoped
that II the masters find IT necessary 10 make a re-
duction In wages as one step toward cheaper ana
more economical cOst of manufacture. that the
men will submit with as good grace as may be,
and that 1T may be- settled amicably without one
Of those deplorable strikes which have been 50 COM
mon In this country recently. and which - dis
astrous TO masters and men alike. The tinplaiers
must see that they very highly paid body OF
men and that this cannot last forever II are to
compete with other countrie5 where labor II hardly
more. than half the price. Meanwhile We hope for
the best and IT really does seem as II brighter day
has dawned on this market than We have seen for
at least three years past.
There are several propositions IN this extract
from one Of the stinformcd and most .nflucn-
tial English trade journals which desire TO
emphasize for the benefit Of reckless tariff
smashors and their dupes. American working
men The first * the frank confession HAT there
WAS sixteen times AZ much tinplatc made in the
United States during the year ending July, 1894.
as there was during The year closing July, 1892
From this il may be inferred that the attempt
to Introduce the tlnplaie industry under the Ne
Knlcy act was not the deplorablc failure which
the Democratic press has always rcpr..s 'nled II
10 have been Then. second. IL Is H. he noticed
that the Welsh manufacturers have no hope II
rcgainng under the German tariff their lost
trade unless they can close the American facto-
rirs which have been recently established This
serves 10 show that the Republicans have been
right in asserting that the German tariff was
designed 10 favor foreign industries at the ex-
pelise Of home manufactures Finally. In order
to enable the Welsh manufacturers 10 close up
the American factories, where skilled wOrkmen
have been employed at good wages. there will
be extensive reductions Of wages in Great Brit
ain as Il necessary step toward cheaper prodnc
ton Of tinplate. This reveals the destructive
character of the competition TO which the Amor
can industry Is 10 bc subjected
Until thcNicKinlcy bill was passed the duties
on tinplate had practically been revenue duties
not high enough 10 secure the Introduction of the
industry in the United States which was the
largest market for the product. While these
duties were imposed there was no material re-
duction In the price Of tinplate. Under the Nc
Knlcy act the industry was established. and
with the law unchanged the natural effect Of IN.
creased competition would have been n marked
cheapcning OF the product. The German tariff
now brings in English competition. and 1t Is TO
be as destructive as the Welsh masters can make
1t by cutting down the wages Of their workmen.