Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-21
BARYTA, OR BARYTES
MANY REASONS WHY THE DUTIES
SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN OFF.
Something Descriptive of the Mineral or
Chemical Compound. and the I ses Z"
Which II l. Applied.

Which II l. Applied.
"BiRyrA. or BARyIEs-Barytn. eulphaie o.
or Barytes ,manuiac,uted'. % per Ton III H.
4Sdi. pARe ., paragraph b. ,.,
" FREE ligr. -Baryfa, carbonate OF, or Nthet-
ito aud Baryta, salnhaie %, or Dar{tes
ufa,turecl, incll1ing oaryles oartA. '-Fage o.
paragraph 3e3
The foregoing paragraphs IN tue pro-
posed new tariff are intended to take the
place OF paragraphs IN the bill OF 1917
winch fixed tie duty OF S6.72 per ton on
manufactured barytes and SLIP on the
crude or unmanutaotured article. There
are many reasons why the proposed
F changes should Mt be made. The du-
ties existing under the bill Of 1870 are not
in any way too high. nor are they burden
some uDon any one. The existing duties
aro no more than sufficient, and are H.
deed. even inadequate. %. MAINTAIN ING
iadu..rv OF barytcs-minlng and prepsT 4
ton uuon n ba7Is barely rcinnh ratl' =
and any taking away ~ the suaii ilrt.u =
Of protection now Afforded inust result III
a. -qetcr q the industry and 10 the num-
bsrs who arc interested III II and depend
Bq,ytcs is an article but little known
,u,.idcof the paint and chemical trades
ard itthercfore may BE proper % say ic"
word, descriptive 81 It and OF II uses
~ PAINTS AID CoLoRs
Bary.ns. or sulphatr Of barytes, ia min
oral or chemical competition. when on
account of properties A. possesses Is 4ars'-
lv nod m he manufacture of pants an 4
colors and other collateral INES. i'afF yes
wh n properly prepared AMI USED IN crf-
tam proportions win other pigment mt
t.r fo-,n. the groundwork of much OF tho
ch. ancr uaiutS which are 50 largely us.d
bv the great body OF the people especially
Iv ,le farming class, and br IT. cnetpne~5
cuobic- many to GAIN the benelt or tue
preservation and beautl;lng OF their
homes and properties VINO otnefWlse
could not afford the expenditure. II Is
verg oXtru, velv employed IN maElnE the
coipr- with winch Agricultural lmpIenth, -
aul farm WAGON ar palnt 'a he or uue
larvtcs NJ originally taken from the
.rluui or mina J. IN large humps more or
Io-s associated with other mlnrra Z. and
fins fact involves the necessity II plckln-
tue article. eOthat the uarrtss lts"il may 90
separated from the foreign matter. lhen.
AMIN, haTyte- rock beng IN some places
or pieces winter than others. iuTthtr
picking or selection has % be gone
turough. All this picking Is done By hand.
and therefore involve the employment of
nror. The labor used - 81 class that u
- most Il .slrab.e should have tho benefit
81 the possibility of employment. Mucn
of The work IS done los women and chill
dr.n. many 90 them cOnslatlng OF thciaml-
lies Of farmers upon whose ana OF ~ the
vicinity of whose farms the harytes l.
found. Owing to the location OF the farms
where this labor - made ayalltgie the DE-
sfructiOu of tho bArytcs industry Wouli
entirely deprive those referred 10 OF TINS
vary great aud TO the family support. be-
cause no substitute employment open 10
those concerned. Then again. th" farm
cr- find EMPLOYMENT for themselves an
for their farm help and for tnelr teams N
harytes-mining. preparation. and smpplnl
during the times and seasons when Ord.-
nary farm work IS not called for.
WIDE AND GEEAr.
In addition TO farm labor skilled LABOR
. Is also employed III tho mining ana pIcpa
ration of OaTytcs, andln the event of any
blow being gwen to the industry, such as
l. CONTEMPLATED by the proposed change
of tarlf. tha ramIfiCatiOns Of loss and SUI
teIing will be bOth WIDE aud great. No'
merely wlll the farmer suier and the fam
.ly of the farmer, but other labor, sucn as
the cooper. who makes tie barrels IN
which tho bGrytes u PACKED. together WIFE
the various mechanics who make the mn
winch 1t j. washed and foated must as,
euAer. with those dependent On them
Then again the transportation interests
that cary the baLytts % the various ~ A.
kets will also be losers To tho extent on q
considerable amount OF freight.
u VIRGINIA ALONE.
Borvte4 j. found IN Missouri and severa
of the southern States, such ~ virginia
West Virginia. North Carolina aud Ten
ncssec. IL IS estimated That IN Virginia
alone anv injury 10 the baryte5 industrj
would affect at least 5000 per-On>. Ia,
/ foreign barytes which comes 10 the United
States IS mainly produced I'D the Hart
/ mountains III Germany. While We have
' 10 exact figures IL TO the wages paid to'
mining Larytes ~ Germany they are IN
qucstiOnaby very low and such 0s tt
make competition on the rart OF th'
American manufacturer Out OF the cues
tiou unless be brings down his own ~
pcnscs OF production 10 a level with thai
? Of his German uyal. II be canro; DO this
ard Il would seem lmposslble-he mus
give up theiudustry altogether. That IN,
. German wages must be Oh the cheapest
! scale Is evidenced by the prlce al
/ which the German article Is sold II
J the United States. II the bdryte'
itself IS worth anything at all, II IS very
clear from the foreign figures that the cos
OF mining and preparing IL must ue SINAI
indeed. 10 get al some idea of the Ger
man cost of labor some figures may lot "
aml,s: The United States Cu.tom-Hous
returns for 1855, when an ad yalorcm duty
eyIsted on unmauufactured barytes, snow
the importation of 1902, - pounds on rh'
basis OF S2.7S per ton as the total iore.gI
valuation for everything that Is t. say
hOtn the barytei itself, It's mining, an.
hauling. II this u not glar M specimen
Of the eject Of al valorem duties, and tn,
under-ya uatiOns which such duties lead
t.. then il would certainly be interesting
10 have DIVISION OF tins foreign cost. &
that we might know how much the baryte'
itself was worth and how much the lab0l
, and expenses on H.
THE ETTFCT.
When the duty on manufactured baryte'
was G. per pound, Or - per ton OF 200
pounds. the importation Of barytes bccam.