The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
ADAMS TARIFF LESSON.


Industry is the true gauge of prosper
lty. Whenever and wherever industry is
depressed and the wages of worklngmen
are Tow, then and there is found stagna-
tlon yf business interests, commercial dis
trust, and hesitatlng, uncertain market.
With strong confidence, good wages and
the home market demand for its pro-
duct. Industry huns from morning until
night and happiness surrounds the fire.
sides OF toi.ing men. This we have
learned from the lessons of the mills of
Adams. The happy homes of the work.
lrgmen and the ceaseless opportunities CT
labor have taught us, in comparison with
unhappy homes and depressed industries
more political economy than salarled
professors can instll in neatly elaborated
impMctlcal theory, and still we -have
another lesson right here at home.
When the Mckinley bin increased the
tariff on fine cotton lawns, the Berk-
Shire Cotton Manufacturing company of
this town was instituted with capital
stock of 100000, 1t built Its first mill,
md, because but little machinery for the
manufacture of fine cottons could be pro-
cured in this country the mechanical.
outfit OF mill No. l was bought abroad.
The result was that hundreds OF thous-
lnds OF American money went into Eng
lishmen's pockets and we received their
machinery.
As the Mckinley bill grew older. pro-
tectlng the manufacture Of fine lawns,
the local mills, with others located in
different parts of the country, began to
force our English-made goods OF this
ciass, and, with an Increased demand
'or American cottons there came u de-
nand for machinery to make that c.ass
of goods, resulting in the manufacture
II American machinery for fine cottons.
The local company prospered and decided
to Increase its plant to the value of
100000 by the addition of mill similar
to the first, and thus II was that when
Berkshire Min No. was built, nearly
ar OF the mechanical equipment was
made In America, and the cash for the
same went into American pockets. In
ne irStance Of the first mil, we secured
English machinery and England secured
american money, in the second instance
America produced the machinery and stIl
retained the money.
This was the result of McKinelylsn
Not only did the high protective tarIfr
enable the manufacture here OF fine
awns. in the face Of English competition,
but also enabled the construction of
American machinery for the production
OF those grades of cotton. 1t was a tri-
umph for American labor over foreign
competition In the home market and il
was indeed fitting that the dictatory
speech at min No was delivered by
Governor Mckinley OF Ohio
AL that was pleasing to the people OF
Adams. and pleasing as well to every
van interested In fine cottons and ma
chinery for manufacturing the same.
Then came a change. With the erratic
tidal wave.-which swept the Republican
oarty from power. came business distrust
and depression, and finally the fatherless
tartff bill became u law without the sigma
.ure OF the president. Luckily for Adams,
,n.y part OF our Industries were hard
ait by the tarin hlll that OF gingham
t,cnc receiving = set back from the de-
moralization OF tarilf schedules. though
depression humbled all industries for TIE