New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-01
NETWORK AND THE TARIFF
,,rR INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION
OF PROTECTION.
,xprsTRIEs OF TIE GREATER NETWORK MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THOSE OF ALL
THE SOUTHERN STAT

ber { next is one OF the most Important in the his
Tory Of this State. 1t is one in which the com
roercial supremacy of New-York. in which her manu-
featuring industries her trade with foreign countries
and the general prosperity of the city, the state
and the Nation are involved.
vew-York is ihp largest city on TIE American
Continent She has larger population. larger
amour. Of manufacturing Industries. lcTGsr general
banking institutions. q far greater commerce. ami
in nearly all departments oc business she rivals
yerv other city on this side OF the Atlantic arl in
many respects is the equal &c any city In the world
vew-Yorl is the money centre Of the United States.
and Is destined before long he the money and
commercial, Of the world Her telegraph elc-
nhone and ocean cables bring her in almost hou~.y
communication with cyory quarter Of the globe.
Wall Street-.alh about it as they will AMI condemn +;
as they MAYS the Try centre OF business vitality
IN this country. 70 crush out Wall Stree; would
he as unwse % destroy the gas-houses and cleo
trc plants that give gh, to great city.
New-York and Brooklyn practically one city.
and will. we trust; soon become such in realty.
The me- nufacturing industries OF Greater New-NoTk
have become larger than those Of almost any city in
the world The growth OF these industries has heHn
50 rapid and SO unparalleled that they more than
doubled during the last census decade. There are
$3.50 manufacturing establishments in this great
city There is $5sSiN772 of capital invested in these
Establishments there i6OjS hands employed; the
wages paid annually amount to S2,5.Si92S6; the cost
OF material used is $5SOSi32; the vaue OF products
manufactured in 1890 Slf0091l.53 which is Si5-
e Sa2 more than ali Of the foreign imports and $los
81 os more than all the exports of the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1894 If We in
clule the value of the manufactured products OF
Philadelphia ana jersey City with those Of Greater
Ncw-York they amour, s25.05S.l 1871 more than
total foreign trade. u would really do more harm
70 this country tear down the manufacturing in
dustries of these four cities 'than II would 10 wipe
ont all Of our foreign trade.
These manufacturing Industries have grown up
under the protective policy of the Republican party
ard they never fourished more than they did from
1907 to 1889 under the workings OF that much
represented and beled Mckinley Tariff bill There
IS no city IN the United States that would be in
iared so much that would feel the denoraliz
Ing influence OF tearing down protection by reiuc
Ing duties foreign imports so quickly or 80
disastrously New-York. About 10 per cent OF
all the imports of the United States is landed on
the docks Of Greater New~York. The enormous
steamships that are crossing the in
less than five and a half days time land AT
the stores and warehouses OF New-York City goods
manufactured in Liverpool, Manchester and other
cities of Great Britain. France and Germany. and
Mace them in direct competition with the goods
manufactured in the factories of NewYork City
at less cost for TRANSFORMATION than the manufac-
tured products Of New-York City be sent 10
Buffalo These big steamships fill huge
warehouse every trip they make. They bring
several million dollars worth OF manufactured
products in a single cargo and cable communica-
ton is such enable an importer TO give his
order and have goods landed here and placed on
sale In ten days from the time his order is given.
The German Tariff bill will be especially dsas
trous the manufacturing industries OF Greater
New-York on that account. foreign goods can
be placed in her markets quicker and cheaper
than in any other city. Although the injury will
be greater 10 New-York State and City because OF
the latter being the chief port of entry yet il is
also Of immense injury the industries Of the entire
country.
The increase Of population dependent largely
on the manufacture industries OF Greater New
York for livelihood about $1,000 during the
last census decade It is estimated that there are
from three 10 four persons depending for support
upon each empoye In factories such being
the case. there at least and a half million
people who are dependent upon the labor employed
in the factories OF Greater New-York for their
living. The rate OF wages paid in the factories OF
this city is nearly twice that paid in Great Britain
and more than twice that in Germany and France.
hence lower duties will compel lower wages
closing of factories.
BY comparing the statistics Of the manufactured
industries of New-York City alone for 1850 win
thoscior $780, as given by the Census Reports, We
find h there has been during that decade in
crease of 1900 manufacturing establishments and
increase OF 1923 1872 46 in capital invested. which is
more than double the previous amount: an increase
OF 1340j in the hands employed. Of sl3ljc7273 In
wages paid. which is good deal more than double
showing that the Of wages has increased mucn
more than the increase in the number Of hands
There has been an increase Of $50 2A.6i in the
amount paid for material used and the value Of the
products has increased in the ten years 500 sO14s6
Now. what but prosperity could attend such an
enormous increase in manufacturing industries
Nothing like it has been seen IN any other
country face of the globe: and this wonderful
growth and prosperity have taken place under nigh
protective tariff. Another point in this connections
The assessed value Of the property of the city Of
New-Yofk has increased during this decade $2i-
6l.f7c Here is a growth In a single decade greater
than the assessed OF many Of the principal
cities Of the United States Now, right in the height
Of this unparalleled prosperity the duties on I'M
ported products are being lowered thus unsettling
prices destroying confidence closing FACTORIES
throwing laborers out Of employment. reducing
wages, parayzing business and lessening the value
Of the property OF the city. II this German 1arln
bill is enforced for the next three years the real
value o. property ir New-York City VIE D. ue
creased instead increased. and at the end OF the
present decade real estate will sell FOR no, much
more than nalf the price that 1t sold for IL, lSs ira.
ss S GaHn95 SaI SS%" great Win
out doing immense harm TO the labor and capital
Invested in manufacturing and also 10 me real
Xew-York STATE IS called the Empire s,atc be
Cause She exceeds ever Other state ~ popnatqI
IN wealth in the extent o. her manufacturing IN
c1s,ries in her commerce N heg n6 h nnttr
sse ana Intelligent o. her psopIe ,hmrrtc
has CJ.S
raw material used annually amounts 70 VI 2,''nD
They give employment 10 SOoA hands' that are
psh annually siss sadG42 in wages The ,e e9 s Of
rsw material used annually amounts 10 $oGu'i.v',
and the value OF the products o. these factories
smoun,s 10 s.7lI 577s7 which Is %ZG'-SS npIy
Of The city Of New-YOrk in 1884. Tie nun ger OF
factories In New-York State increased 25loi uullhs
ne from 1850 to 1890 there was an .ncrease
SiS4 SO in the capital invested OF @'o"ol IN me
hands employed; OF s26S,Z2Cl3 IN wages pti ~; 81
tsGl, so IN the material used, ana OF S"T'oo'''o
IN the value of manufactured products: .
New-York during the last census decade suipasses
anything that has ever occurred IN the history OF
any other country of Ike pOpuIatioh ana , tIIs
enormous growth has taken place unu'i lI isn
ldF1n The q the factories OF 4N""-i VI