New-York tribune., 1894-04-13
OJTHUESTERN INFLUENCE.
STATES WITH FEW INDUSTRIES DC
TATING THE TARIFF SCHEDULES.
STATISTICS SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE LACK
OF MANUFACTURING INTERESTS IN THE
STATES FROM WHICH THE SENATE

STATES FROM WHICH THE SENATE
TARIFF REvIsERs HAIL
icy TELEGRAPH 10 TnE faiDuNEl
weshinqton April l2-Attention has been re-
neatedly called b. Democratic Senators ard others
to the fact that the Wilson bill In iis present FORM
s the result OF the labor and consideration oI three
Democratic Senators from three adjoining Sou'h-
western Siatcs-Mcssrs. Jones. Of Arkansas; Nest'
OF Missouri and Mills. OF Texas. II Is The general
opinion of competent judges who have examined the
revised" Wilson bill that 1t aims more destructive
and deadly blows against the manufacturing and
other productive industries OF the United States
than 1t dd in the form in which IT passed the House
OF Representatives. This might. and ought. to have
been expected the uu.set when the subcommittee
of the Finance Committee was appointed to tear -
pieces and reconstruc; the House bill when IT was
found tha; the Arkansas Mssouri-Texaa school OF
political economists was to make the revision
II is fact tha: many Of the productive Industries
OF the country have not yet gained "A footf"d IN
any OF those states. This Is true OF industries IN
which tens Of millions Of fixed capital are invested
and which prior to the business prostration caused
by Democratic threats Of free trade legislation gave
employment 70 tens Of THOUSANDS of men and
women For example In 1880 there were f'
worstcd factories in operation in the United states
in which the total capital invested amoHn'el -
s5s.0s5 llG. The average number OF hand eEPoyci
e. jg3. ana the total wages pih aiho"h'ti 10
$S.SSilS IN that year Th":r WAS not a Wof'tt4
factory in Arkansas. Missouri or Texas.
In the same year there were IN 10" nlirI S,al'S
i73 factories in which carpets and rugs, ohrt t"en
rag. were made. anl IN which ihe total chp.tni m
vested amounted t. Is @''ol2. Tne averaS, NUMB.
Of hands employed IN these Mcor!c, Wa - ia. and
the total wages paid amounted - Sl'',,,i' t"ls r.
TeEssl TsFS no carpet factories !" N'"''''''
In iso there were e,5 cotton factories in TIE
amounted % the enormous sum n <-'i"-|N' lnr
ayeragc num6gr ~ emp3ye, ,, S"n 80 > - bc7e t wns S
total wages paid amounted 70 Ny 49, tn,Ie va va
not a cotton factory IN Missouri an mr.. "'l'
only two in Arkansas. and one in TrNas. tn" 'ti-
tisiics Of these three factories are comnmrl WIN
those Of six other factories IN different states anu
n the three IN Arkansas and Texas hai one-tnti m
while the average number Of employs On ne SAM
basis GIG. and the total amount Of wages
Thcrc were also 5G7 establishments for thc manu-,
fncturc Of paper In whicn IN" total capital invested
ployes was 2,..S ami the total wages paid
factory IN Arkansas or Texas, and only one ~
Missouri The statistics of that one az" ,'M3lh' u
and on the same basis of calculauo:. adopted ln
the case Of cotton factories thr Total cartai in
ber Of employees to hfty-threc. and the total wages
Or manufactories II iron and steel mot including
those employed In the manufacture OF foundry ana
machine shop products nails ana ,pihe ,
total amount Of capital Invested was S;3 4,S.oiS
the total wages paid amounted 70 w.. ~. = mere
and only si1 in Missouri The total capital invested
in these amounted t. 2.3u,To the aN'rag" nHmh"T
Of employees was 500. ani the total wage paid
amounted Ss9S.llI . ,
There were 1911 woolcu factories IN the tnitcd
States I'm which the total amount ~ capital In
vested was $3.50 $50 $40 the av'rag" number u en-
ployrs 70 35I and the total wages paid. s., f'S"l.
In Missouri Arkansas and Texas combined there
were only forty-ive II There :actorier the total
capital amounting to flliaS2o IN" aNefAE- n"inbrr
OF employees TO 90. ana the total wasos PAD being
only ;261 i5c - -,
The six manufacturing Industries mentioned. all
or which were wholly or virtually unrepf"scntcd
I'm the States Of Arkensns. Missouri and Texas. In
1880 reprcsentcd an aggregate capital or N.nH."D -
On the average number Of hands employed was
55j 753. and TO them were pnd wages amounting
10 to23 Sq3 fG2 This vast amount Of Invested capital
and this enormous army Of wagc-earr1rs ar" now
exposed to the tender mcrcies Of "cancbrake and
cowboy" statesmanship