The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-06-12
WOODEN MANUFACTURERS
URGE MODERATION.

Admit That High Duties and Consequent
High Prices VIII Restrict the Use Of
Woo1ens.
Some Of the severest criticisms not
only of special duties and clauses. but
If the whole accursed protective sys-
tenn, cOne from the protected manufac-
turcrs themselves in their struggle with
opposing interests. Mr.. s. n D. North,
secretary of the Wooden Manufacturers
association. is now and always has been
a stanch protectionist. As such he be-
lieves that the 40. 900, 600 consumers Of
this country are legitimate subjects for
plumber and that the manufacturers
are the proper persons to enjoy the pro-
lection plumber.
The free wool experiment which we
have been trying for three years, besides
being an object lesson in the way OF
cheap woolens, has taught the wooden
manufacturers that they can make as
much or more profit with free wool and
moderate protection, which permits peo-
pie of moderate means to wear real
wooden goods, than with high duties ON
both wool and woolens, which restricts
the nse Of woolens to people in good cir
cumstances The manufacturers there
fore display more than their usual mod
csty and patriotism in the advice which
they are giving TO congress. Mr.. North
is in Washington to voice the manufac-
turers' patriotism. Here is part of his
advice as taken frola the Washington
CORES acudence of The Dry Goods Econ
o-Dist:
am free TO say the bill is far from satisfac-
tory to the wooden manufacturers. The chief
fault Is to be found with the raw wool duties,
which are so high that our manufacturers will
find themselves sorely embarrassed. 1t Is true
the committee has provided compensatory
duties which are probably sufficient to offset
the duties raw wool, but the difficulty Will
be, In my opinion, that the very considerable
Increase in price which must be made to cover
the additional cost Of raw material will have
the effect Of cutting down consumption to an
extent that will be disastrous TO the manufac-
turers. do not contend that the rates on
wooden manufactures in the bill are not sufh-
cient to protect against too severe foreign
competition, but the limit of the consumers
purel.i sing power must control him in buying
wooden manufactures, and fear the rates Of
the new bill will very materially restrict con-
sumption.
@Arf 10 Pt@st4S4it o1J ing W t|Ahf3tVgJ
Aldlith ard the other servants Of the
protected manufacturers at Washington:
''Ge slow with your high duties and
dent try 10 protect top many. If you
let everybody into the protection ring,
there will liz nobody outside to prey
uren and We viii have to prey upon
each ether rsu't make the mistake of
taxiGg raw maiti.s.is tso high. We
wen ,n't mind it if we could sell cur
goods aud charge the tax over to the
Consumer. But when the tax is so high
that G have to make cur prices almost
out of sight we have found that we can
got sell so many goods. because the PEG
pie can't afford to wear clothes-that
is, wcolcn clothes, which are the only
ones wcrth considering because they are
the only cilcs which we manufacture.
Our SOL, itude for the dear American
cousascr is such that we do not wish
to compel him to clothe himself in the