The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-17


,s.at, insseai ~ fhs,r ...ills snnnin- o.
one~ighsh time. they are running on
two-ihiris time. 40 hours which was
the unanimous agree meni entered into
recently.
They further assert that the orders
which they have received 10 date for
worsteds are abou. equal 70 those Of
the previous fall season. and that nm
les present conditions change materi-
ally there Is every reasoa for believing
that thew will be able 10 co., tinue run
ningon their present schedule through
out the entire year. with strong prob
abilities Of return. before many
months. I'd full time. Tae produc, OF
these mills Is the very highest grade OF
strictly pure worstei fabrics, whose
reputation 5 national AMI standard
Il : also shown that mill reported
by the Press - be- running now on
one-quar.er time. and Two Others re-
ported n having recently shut DOWN
for lacS Of war.S. retired from busi-
ne>> at the close ot i~pl- 30 much
for this attempt 70 mi~leai the public
The chief cause OF any reduction OF
N- AfAA - AA-ttt ~4Att nave NtCu fuIAt
Gently in certain branches Of the
wooden industry has been renewed
tariff agitation by the republican
party. The industry was in fair con-
dirion few months ago The first Of
the several hundred Increases OF wages
between March and August
las year was made in one OF the lary-
est 81 the wooden factories ana in
crea>es in more than % promsnen,
mills were announced afterwarL by
the trade journals Tie output Of the
mills was very large Great quaint.
ties Of tine foreign wool. in addition 20
the domestic supply. were consumed
Daring the calendar year ~ there
were imported isC. $3.50 pounds OF
clothing wool a. against ONLY III. s-5-
iI@ pounds in the fiscal wear l>gl and
~. f93.0-l pounds IN the fiscal year .~9s.
pTevious 70 the panic Wool j. import
ed 10 bc used IN the manufacture Of
WOODEN goods
But a the time for the reassers bling
~ congress drew near. the industry
Wa some y nat a-Fected bv weaken
nc u con tidence- due mainly to un-
80 ~N-A~. - ~ A--A IA Attt4 Nl44t-A
might increase largely the cost of raw
1t Is well known that jus,
Desore the beginning OF the session
'lr- Reed wa, opposed to any revival
y -he tariff question this year. be-
,ause business interests would he
g TIED by a --re>, AZ thar time
llsn Mr Aidrich ~ Rhode Island. re
" ulican tariff leader in the senate.
aid
--Any further agitation Of the ta-ig
question br this congress vr0u.d 10
in ply suicide for the republicans v,
arr :. BIZ can pass the senate and nons
an he approved by the president In
edition % that arm firmly con-
inced that the business interests az
&c country imperative.y demand an
bsolute rest froEl al tariff le-isla-
ION
such rest was especially needed bv
be w,Olen INDUSTRY, but il was not
ran-ei- The republicans reported
nd passed bill taking wool from The
rec list and increasing the cost Of the
Fooien manufacturers raw material
y --'s per cent At the sane time
hey openly promised that in >as thev
Tould largely increase the tax making
about Is per cent For long time
was not known whether the bill
'cuid be passed in the senate In fact.
. still pending there. although 4 ,
az be regarded a. dead but the
-on.se still lives. and the WOODEN
AN rlfacture. looss forward to Two or
iree years Of tariff agitation. con,in-
allr disturbing the foundations o. his
usiness and threatening 10 chance
len radically.-N u Time.