The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

siderable autag 1n-SEn. 1ItOSs NfFS aP
peavea were. william Rutasrford, OF
Oakland. Ca: Crawford Lyon. q Baitl-
more. John Wilson. OF Newark. \. j.
Leslie COMBS. OF Lexington, n.y. Con-
gresham Van Horn. OF Missouri; John j.
Bem.s. OF Boston: K. X. B.daIe OF New
York. Co1szF esSEna n-ssect Charles T.
Peanee, OF ST. Louis, and john ". Bell.
o. AHiover. Mass.
air. Rutherford. representing a company
which has been Misunderstanding t|lEe'
yarn and cloth for talrty years, was shs
first speaker. Ills request was that yarns
made Of Jute be advanced from 80 10 50 per
cent al valerera. second. that burlaps and
gran bags made OF hur.aps be transferred
20 the dutisble llst, the section 10 read
Tat bsITlaps OF any width OF material OK
the chef value Except such as may Be
suitable Eor bagging for cotton, IA cents
per pound: bags FOR grain made or
buriaps. : ceGts per pound: third. mat
guRuy bags and gunny cloths. old or
refuse m only FOR remanufacture, %
changed from the free list TO IL cents per
pound.
Rutherford declared that the wilson
Law had wrought commercial disaster and
social discomfort 70 the Paciiic coast oat
the farmers and manufacturers had n
the last election voted for protection,
knowing # would restore prosperity. lie
described the general use OF bags on The
PSc.ac coass for Shipping all kinds OF farm
produce. even grain. The Wilson bill. es
Il passed the house, gave 10 per cent. pro-
lection on the Jute schedule, but the SEN
ate had struck gut the duty and left the
bags on the free list. Unaer that law the
home market, whicl had taken IS per
cent OF It's goods from home mills, would
be given over 20 the manufacturers OF
Calcutta and Dundee, particularly the for
mer. who were running Their mills night
ard day.
one OF the industries OF the Pacific coast
had been stricken down. There we're 300
idle looms n Oakland. while mills IN New
York. New Jersey and Massachusetts had
also been e.osed. Under the operation OF
che present law horse blankets. plaids,
carriage robes. tarpaul.n and print cloths
were entered free OF duty. and came into
competition with American products. par
gicular.y cottons. They were entered by
virtue or the designation other materi-
as" 81 the Jute and hemp schedule Of the
Wilson bal, although the American manu-
facturers had protested against such a
construction % the law. Many goods en-
tered free were dyed. so that American
dyers were also robbed by the system.
The cost % making bslriaps n The United
States was e.46 cents a pound, while the
Calcutta make could be placed in the
American market az San Francisco or
New York al a cost OF 63-1oo cents a
pound. Mr.. Rutherford also pointed out
that Japanese competition was entering
the market One big tute nil had trans
ferred its machinery TO Japan TO get the
benefit OF japanese c>eap labor. one Jap
ansss capitalist sndeavored TO effect a
deal by which Mr.. Rutherford's mill
would be transferred 20 Japan, guaran-
tee.nE that ..Ie labor could be secured az
II cents per day of thirteen hours, ard
coal az 90 cents a ton IL had been found
That fore, Eners could not own nils in
Japan. however. and the deal had been
abandoned. Rates for water insurance
and taxes we're much higher In the United
States. as well as labor. than IN other
countries. so that American n1anufactur-
ers were az disadvantage. Two hundred
educated young men left California in thu
past two years for the Central American
states 20 grow coffee. ard many others
had gone 20 Alaska because no employ
ment was 10 be found at home.
In reply 10 a question from Chairman
Diogley, Mr.. Rutherford said that the Nc
Ktnlev bill rate % lssc per pound on bur
laps was as little as the Industry could
prosper under.
In answer 10 a question by Mr. Evans
% Kentucky. whether tute was eoIorsd
IN manufacturing 20 counterfeit hemp
the witness said II was done I'm California
and he predicted that fax and hemp in
the course Of Twenty-Five years would b.
grown probably on the coast with & suf-
Heient duty on the manufs ctured article
He would be glad TO see IS or SO a ton
on the raw jutA-
CO airrnan Dinslsy incidentally stated
that the government had received s. 1oo roo
duty on hurleps and $40 ~ on bags per
year, under the Mckinley law. al OF
which had been thrown away BY the WI
sen bit
ized Mr. Rutherford as an slarFnist and
declared that hla statements regarding
free entries % goods were absolutely un-
true. Mr.. Lyon is an importer and he
came armed with a load o. samples. de-
cisrinE that only three varieties 7s the
many he exhibited were entered free. IFS
plea was for lower duties on ouc}oths and
hnoleums. as TIE law. he declared re-
stricted lTnportatlcns and lsvfehIv D~o-
tected manufactures The witness de-
clared that Americans could make these
goods cheaper than they could be made
abroad by reason % more efficient ma
chine-y. and that any requests for an al
vance 90 tariffs should Ne looked on vi+s
suspicion Il would give TIRE four close
corporations controlling TIE American
market. - asserted an oura~tr1-f.-- tr,.,-
never had neglected 20 squeeze the ras'f~.
Chairman DiDg'sy stated th3t unfer the
Wilson law i-nortatisfs - Haales-, has
Increased - per cent. and revenues had
decreased e rer cent
leslie Ccomhs ef Lexington XIV VIZ,
said Pc was the largest grower - hsr-o
in the country before the a-t % 1ess saf4
thc placing % Sax. fute ans herno GA -
free Use has destroyed entirely hfs ahslf.v
% produce hemp and sio~e trst tt-9s Ia
had net produced a pound TIE sn9eatas
Re sait IN behalf e. the farmers ~ Ken
lucky. who were dependent on SIS r~o-
ductto7. He called attention 60 f-s f--t
thst ths 81 Louis platform promises no.
lection - solr articles Ep~~i1-aF~ ha---
sugar. wool sra lumber. re asked s>r =
duty - S0 per t3n On hemp ard So -s-
ton or siEai. manila ana t-te TF- a.s,
asSet fA7t lt ~ made a reoal ere-se =,
set fute goods - Americas se-uu goods
tuty ~ 81 a ton ~ heur ~ ass ~.
tank so1ietenr. IN 1sS5 =. 90 tons nee
T-otac@3 ID two states. IN 1855 under
daty RI - lt@e TONS wcre produced. srs
Lass year 3et so tons
Nj johnson - %e-rn Dakota. f-terr-z-.+
- - zsV taat t-e %orrtwsSt haf SIM
portea Free tafc and mani-a on TIE t-eo-v
taat teere was no substitute for ths--
cheap eu,ash tor binding twtn-
AZ Cco1,ss ssts he c.t not eiss-n tAxt
rratsctivs 2atv or fut@ manila and hA---
Wrel'i nct s.EEtly raise Ire cost. bgf an
e protective asElR -zls q as t9 "a expe-.es
Tae farmer rs % 2el3 Eet t-.s hack z sne
operation ia an increased prlca for saesr