The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-14
FOREIGN MANuFACTURERs BECOME
ALARMED.

An illustration of how the new tariff
law has already lessened buying in for
eign markets and stimulated home manu-
features In given by United States Con-
sal Monaghan at Chemnitz Germany. In
a recent report to the state department.
lie states that the leading textile journal
Of Berlin has published interviews with
the manufacturers OF textiles in reference
10 the conditions OF trade. and furnishes
one of these interviews with a leading
manufacturer of hosiery at Chemnitz.
Chemnitz Is the most important market
and manufacturing center for hosiery in
the wcrld. and the gentleman quoted Is
a partner In the largest hosiery house In
chemnItz. He said that nothing could
take the place of the export trade now
and for many years past carried on with
the United States. Other territory for
German hosiery was not worth talking
about
For the last four weeks" said the
Chemnitz manufacturer, mo orders have
been booked. Every thinking manu-
faeturer Is enrtailing his product. For
over three hundred and sixty-six days
tories have been idle" Further on
he says: THE Americans are a
practical people. they have long
since found out the facts Our pro-
ductlon has been reduced: large number
OF machines are idle; the rest run only
a n n.
make FIVE times as much as we turn out
now. The prospects are far from en-
couraging. The only thing that can help
the hosiery trade here is TO secure
treaties based on reason. I believe the
Americans have been approached on the
matter: but the thing must be pressed
with more energy by the government. II
Is n wen known fact that rings Of inter
es'ed parties are organlzei who cause
the tariff 20 be Increased by means Of
money and influence. A tariff war must
not be begun. America "a making every
effort 70 emsneipate itself. little BY little.
from Germany. we viii make 1t hare
for ther1 20 get a;oaT without Us They
Viii not End u easy 20 throw Us out; s;lii.
ia tIme. & viii be possible
The most significant feature OF the
whole interview is contained in these
words: ''The idea of creating factories
PIE the United States has hean considered.
ne would do Il ~ once we're we sure
that 1he duties would he kept up; that.
however. 40 man can predict
No stronger argument In favor Of the
American protective tavia system. and
10 stronger proof % the beneficial work
iug q the Hew tariff law. 50 tsr as AmeTl-
can Interests are concerned. could be
framed than thar presented IN this COM
plaint Of the German hosiery nauusac-
turer. no sees clearly that under the
RaN tsrin law che supplies OK hosiery
which have heretofore been drawn from
Germany win hereafter be made in the
United States. and that a nFoagahla trade
"a 60 be diverted RI once into American
channels, Cooid be and the other Ger
man manufacturers 81 Chemnltz only Re
assured - che continuance e the Rtpub-
Hcan party 81 power. and thus - salts
nca that tee present tariff lsvs Woala
rena9n unchanged. they would erect
manufacturing plants Ia IRE United
States. ana aasadon those Row Ia exist
enee ta Germany. This Is the substance
OF his remstks.
TIE terS taing q ~h.ch the German
manufacture complains ls ameux TIRE
objects whseh ere present ;asss law Was
designed - accomplish. the making e.
tAe Cnlto8 States Inasstrtally lndepeas-
sat. nat atone ot Germany. hut of every
other manufacturing eeuatry. Evsry
do.iar - tra3e w5sss5asn t-aas
ths GsFEaaa manufacture y seA-
son e the aasp .on % the dag
Icy arE law meaas q dollar whiea
remains ia circulation Ia tais eonatry
paving wages 20 American wc~kingussa
ANA profits 20 American nISnufac1urers
Every complaint g = foreign nansfac-
sarer So - less - business ~ rvasoa -
sAe rev taTlT 8sw IS = trfha;c 70 gse Wis
aem w3th "a e3eh ;has ststgte was framed
Tee yarr es- Framed BY the Demo-
erstie Fsr,y surias SIS last tenare e
ance starred the factory ares ~ Bsr-
rssrgs&u and MaashssssE as wsn a. n
the German manufacturers. hsrt closed
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