The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-11

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Ian. 1O.-Pitts-
burgh and Pennsylvania were largely in
evidence at the tariff hearings of the
ways and means committee late yester-
day afternoon, though eariier IN the day
iron and steel interests occupied a rear
The hrht demand for special dnties
came from W. c. cronemyer' OF Pltts-
burgh. who asked the following au-
vances In rates on tin plates ana similar
wares:
from Id to ~ cents pound; sheet
iron or steel. polished or glanced, from
y TO 4 cent a pound: sheet, common or
black. between 10 and 20 wire gauge,
from 1-10 to 2-lO
Mr. Cronemyet said that Congress
hadN guaranteed six years protection'
when the Mckinley bill was passed; TO
the tin plate Interests, ana since theH
providence had favored them atter the
government had deserted tnein' anu
fhey had been able TO continue IN pusl-
ness. American engineers had been able
Ia make great Improvements but the
manufacturer had been Obliged to re-
tn,ce wages TO live. The witness con-
planned that the Standard OIL COMPANY
Obtained rebates on tlnware Imported
md q ftarward shipped out OF the coun-
try with oil. the labor In which would
give American workmen S5,OOO,OOO year
II made in the United States.
Jarrett on Drawbacks.
John Jarrett. also OF Pittsburgh, spoke
in addition on the subject Of drawbacks
Eighty per cent of the goods receiving
the benefit of drawbacks, he said, was
lin Mate, Tin plate making could not
have continued in the United states
under The Wilson law. except FOR the
reduction OF % per cent in wages ana
tho cheaper price of steel plates, result
ing from the general depression oil Dust
ness A.
gmelters regarded the present condltlOn
OF the market as abnormal. AT present
the Wilson law. 81 u ton, was sulllcieht
protection. The depression In the United
states market was due to domestic COM
petition and decreased consumption.
Last years consumption was l.IOOOOO
tons loss than that Of 1892 The south
ern mills were milking no money me
view of the tariff question held by the
eastern manufacturers association was
that ON products which American re-
sources could supply for American con-
sumption the duties should be hlgh
. enough 10 keep out foreign goods inc
average cost OF pig iron in PennsyiVa-
mia was $40 TO $40 so q ton. The ore Iaid
down nt The works in Pennsylvania cost
So Is 10 81 ton, while the southern
sinelicrs could secure It at 81 or more
chcaper Another advantage held by
southern manufacturers was that they
could practically compel their workmen
10 deal al company stores, which was
forbidden by Pennsylvania law. one
Virginia company had made $4,000 ON
its store last year, while IT mad lost on
every ton OF iron turned out
H. w Hartman, OF Ellwood CITY "a
smoke for makers OF seamless tubes.
The business had grown in four years
so that IL now employed many thousand
men, three or four millions being in
vested. The chief use Of the products
IL In bicycles. The manufacturers de-
sired changes which would prevent the
AUTHORIZATIONS prevalent under ad va
loren rates.
Lower Rates ON Lead Ore.
Earlier In the day lead held the boards
Congressman Draper. OF Massachusetts
in behalf Of the machinery makers OF
New England. wanted Mckinluey duties
restored, while the smelling WORKS oil
tho west asked for lower duties on LEAD
ore. He wanted provision that tn,
lead in all metals containing lead ore bt
dutlablc at threc-fourths OF cent
pound. He held that the importation ol
lead ore was necessary Tor smelling ana
under an erroneous Interpretation Of tn,
present law It paid az high rates as
and 5ikcents a pound. Duties of III
cents on lead bullion and ia cents or
pig lead was asked. John ID. Davis o
California, asked duty Of one cent &
mound on lead ores. Dwight a. Jones
representing the lead mines of MlSsou'
ri. spoke for protection.
Representative Hermann, OF Oregon
recommended duty OF 10 cents pount
on nickels. saying that Oregon coult
produce nickel cents pound cheaper
than Canada. Representative Turner
OF Georgia. suggested that II Americans
could do that il would be necessary L
offer a bounty To Canadians to compete
To this MIR Hermann replied thai
freight rates favored the Canadian pro
duct.
on behalf Of the refners, said the Oregon
nickel was hard Of refinement. and add
ed that Amerlcans,ownedt the Canadian
mines.
In behalf OF he Canadian copper compn
ny. OF which he was president. and Is en-
tfraly an Ohio corporation. They ha'
sold 10 the government copper nicke
mats at II cents a pound when the mar
ket price was - cents. that It's value II
armor plate might be proved All IN
refining OF their product was done IN Tn
United Statcs English capitalists offer
ed n market for al nickel matt. hnvini
an improved refining process. II a dul,
was nut on the ore the refining IN IN
United states would be stopped.
H. j, CantwelI spoke FOR the Missour
Association or Lead Miners. He sal,
that the organization had nothing TO u
with the control Of output mr. prices, tina
the labor cost Of producing lead was $
great fnctor that 1t should not b
classed M rnw material. He wanted
duty that would exclude Mexican lead.
Pig Iron Demands.
The subject OF pig iron was next takel
up wmlnm 4. Ingram, Of Phiia
delphia, FOR the Eastern Pig Iron Asso
clation, composed Of the shelters east o
the Alleghonics. asked n restoration o
the duty OF the Mckinley rate OF SO ~
ton (present rate 80.
III we raise the duty on pig iron W
must on bars" suEgcstpt Mr. bntSsr.
"Not necessarily" was the answer.
I'm other words, raise all along IN
ilpe." remarked Chairman Dinglcy.
"Raises where they arc necessary
"Since less has been imporled unde