The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-02-01

benefits with anybody. In short,
the deep set desire in America for
an ameliorated tariff will not be
baked by the repetition of the stale
story that the tariff will benefit a
few English towns. So [ shall
have my say.
To exemplify what the tariff will
mean to Bradford trade, | will just
IN a sentence show how it will affect
worsted coatings, which form half
of the Bradford exports to America.
A worsted coating costing Bradford
shillings a yard will under the
new tariff in New York cost 35 per
cent. more. Under the present
Mckinley tariff it costs $50 per
cent. more and under the tariff
which preceded the Mckinley du-
ties 1l8& per cent. more. These
figures have not been previously
stated, nor have others which am
going to give. A good deal has
been made out of the fact that the
American manufacturers under the
new tariff will get their raw mater
ial free, and statements have been
made that this will almost nulify
the benefits conferred by the tariff
in the shape of reduced duties.
Now. free wool to Amerlca-for
the first time since America has
been country-must mean to
wool staplers in Bradford and
Bradford is the center of the wool
trade of the world-a large increase
Of business. They will have far
easier access than they ever had to
market representing population
of 90, 600, 900. Free Trade in wool
with America cannot but be to the
advantage, therefore, of one branch
Of the Bradford trade. Now, take
the Bradford manufacturers, and
how free wool to the American
manufacturer will affect the Brad
ford makers is question that has
not yet been thoroughly gone into,
Sixteen pounds Of greasy wool will
produce 10! pounds Of top. That
l03 pounds Of top will spin into 9
pounds of yarn. To make lG
ounce cloth requires 10 pounds Of
yarn, which represents about 81
pounds Of wool.
The American manufacturer,
under the new tariff, will get in ,
pounds of wool free. upon winch he
will receive II cents per pound re
duction-i. c., % cents on 2
pounds. The Mckinley tariff
makes the American pay for that
piece $50 per cent. on the Bradford
cost. There is 100 per cent. less
duty on the manufactured article
from Bradford. and the American
manufacturer will only get % cents
concession on his wool-for the 2
pounds that produces yard Of
cloth. That wool costs, say. s!
pence pound IN Bradford. Under
the new tariff the American manu-
facturer Will pay about the same.
There will be 10 duty. lie will
give II pence, therefore. for his 2
pounds Of wool. At the present
time he pays Z pence plus II pence
duty, or 20 pence.
He will get his raw material,
therefore, for 6G per cent less under
the new tariff. but then the i'm
porter in New York will pay for
the cloth of the Bradford manufac-
turers 100 per cent. less than he
does now. How under such cir
cumstances can the free wool clause
hurt the Bradford manufacturer?
1t is a matter ana yet CLEAR. from
the American kilograms, whether
tops and rovings will come under
the class of "ciude' materials,
which, like raw materials, are to be
admitted free. If tops and rovlngs
are admitted free. that involves a
new set of considerations, but only
with the same conclusion. If
American manufacturers are going
to allow Bradford to carry out the
first processes Of manufacture for
them-wpll, all the better for Brad
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