The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-02-09
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iHaastFyi Description yslse. mud uunn4
4 titE for eaah wear.
?. Have Eoua t amy time during ti1e
/ PAST two years lseeh Punning less than
t'tli time, and II sa when, md SglFys
I, What rate Of ah valBrem nr apealtg9
1 duty Is necessary to place domestic pfa-
.auclsion an equal footing with foreign
lnFodueers, and ynnr reasons wiiv9
4 s. lfthe rate of duty upon sour class
of manufacture were reduced ane.fllirli
/ what reduction III cost oF production
wanla be neeesSary8
y. Blease state ahe domestic wholesale
price 81 snur goods in 1S84, 1890 and
lA9z and at the date Of your answer.
/ 10 Ioyour knowledge hos there hgeD
an increased competition III your line al
manufactures, either foreign or domestic.
/ during the past four yearsF
"a. l9oyuu desire a specific or an aid
yalorem duty, and Nyhys
i j. Arc you manufacturing or protluo-
ing aa many goods or commodities as Won
We're in 1882 and ifInot why mott
H. What has been the tendency of
! wages during the past twelve m0nthag
4 A. Hpossible win you give an esti-
mate of the exact cost Of the living afi
the families of two or more Of yonr
skilled EOrkmen, specifying as near as
may be Items Of expenditure
10. Have Won any difficulty In eonstrt-
ing the existing law IN regard to impor-
tatt0ns OF the class OF articles ynunrodnce
and have Won any suggestions to makeS
40. Has tine price Of living in yOur
locality increased OF decreased tnrinf5
the past fouF years, and to what exteY,f8
| ~. What in yonr apinion is the cause
kot the present depression in trade, and
what M9llid be yonr remedy toeorFeat It'll
10. What conlponent materials of yOur
manniactnre are, toyou, raw mateFialsg
| l9. Are the goods ven manufactures
lnxuries Orneeessitiesa
20. What fate5Of interest are won COM
PEELED to pay on lDans2
II. What effect has immigration had
on yOnF businessG
". What proportion Of skilled labor
do you empIoyi
70. hoT d. Won propose to meet any
reduction Of s*uty on the goods YOU man
uiaeture3
"a. Give the number of men. women. 4
and children employed, and state the
wages you pay for ordinary and skilled
labor,
IS; How many ltonrs per week are they
emnloyeflf
enter into competition, and to what
extent7
n What proportion of your manufac-
tuEe IS exported, and do Won realize a less
price theretrom than from domestic con
sumpti0ng
30 Has the cost of manufacture
increased or decreased since 1888, and to
what EXTENT
~. Has the increase or decrease been
in materials or laborg
3D. Have yOnr selling prices increased
or decreased since 1907
81. What amount of the agricultural
production of the country is consumed in
your mauutaetute, or through i'll. in
directly or directly, and what amount of
other domestic pr8dueti0ns7
81. What component nateFiats are
used III Your manufacture on which YOU
pay a speelhe or an ad NaloFem duty?
Give the rates Of duty.
"a. III y0uf raw material We're free
would there be any necessity for a ems
toms duty on the manufactured pPofiuot7
"a. Please state the wholesale prices for
1854, 1890, and 1892. Have these prices
increased or decreased since 1892
90 What changes, if any, do You
recommend q existing rates Of duty or
administrative customs lawsP
no MERCHANTS.
! !. What class of goods, do you deal i'm?
- stAf'E .SpuA ibiislttSS Increased OF
decreased daring the past f0ur yearss
3. Upon what classes of the 6opulatiop
do Won depend for y0nF salesf
| 4, What has been the tendency Of pur
chasers as to the amount of purchases
during the past six months eamnaretI
with previous yeapsg
| 8. IL there has been any denressiou in
your trade, will Won explain, IN detail.
S0Rr views as TO the ealsesf
b. How can this depression he counter
acted BY legislation, or utleEWisei
T. what Is the rate and character of
taxation 70 which ven are suhieetetlf
&, What rate of interest do Won nav
now, and what has the rate been for the
past ten yearss
8. Has there been d seareityof ourreuoyi
IN Your section Of country within tie
past year!
10. DO ven tuse q cash Or credit systsm
in y0nr bnsiness2
A. Have collections been auick .ori
slow FlHFing the past year?
" Have any new industries beenl
established in gpur section during the
past three years; and il ID, name thenra
~ has the inereae in population been
largely from immigration
II. State generally ypur yiaws "a ta N
she best remedy for existing iudnstrialI
depression.
no Observation-Disclosures
tnct2
r DoAimilar foreign products oompete
with yp1rss
z. What wenld wpuld be the effect
ilp0n yoiif lFodqcts0f reduction Of duty
on5ilnports 9f Ill lyints8
A Have the wages wllieh Yan may for
laD9F increased OF decreased within thel
past TWO yeaFsF
r ~ what extent does ypnr state
export agricultural pFoduets7
2. wat competition do sueh exports
z. Ip what extent, III B0liT opinion. are
the Prices and character III yotlr products
Infected by the misunderstanding ifdustries
Of g0Hr stataf
E; Have Nonr living OK enses increased
III saeef eased tnTing the past four yearsF
Y rleiise gave Epur view on the pr0p-H
9slfien g restore sugar to the dntialiel
40. Do5the present duties benefit, inEll
any respect. people engaged III growing
agEienitllf1l products and staples; and |.
i. A9li hos s san they Pc ~ modified as to-
Produee this RESULT
1l State, generally, anything which
HQt believe would BIZ useful to the ooEn-i
nj Atee ln nnepafing tariff legislation.
ile eQnlmlbi9f arc de1iEinus that yonn
ptyshall give d fnll aSp Tessipnaf yonr]
VIEWS, a9Id nat be restricted ID anersiyI
answering the questions cateaaricaliE.
An the same time 1T is desired That xnar
answers shall be confined to your own
business and Pc stated e0naisely.
knhiieity will not lle given 10 names
~ location Qt business IL yoA 80 desire
Rlaase fetarp s0ilr answer III The ae-
campaigning envelope.
Very respectfully,