Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
Mr.. ARMOUR IS PLEASED, Of
COURSE.

Tile new tarlU law IL tne ueS' 'hi"s
that ever happened to the business III
tercsts of the United States"
Thus over his own signature says
Philip II. Armour.
II we may amend Mr.. Armour's
phrase so as to read the new tariff law
Is the best thing that ever happened'tO
the business interests of Philip ID. Ar
mour and men like him we will be able
to agree with Mr.. Armour.
Let us have the specifications. The
Dingley hill IA II came from the hands
of the Committee on Ways and Means
proposed full protection to the tin plate
industry and more drastically than
hitherto. 1t forbade the drawbacks TO
exporters Of imported tin when sent
abroad in the form of coverings for
meats and the like. Mr.. Armour did
not propose that the tin plate industry
should he protected In that way. He
| desired practically free trade In tin ana
he lifted his voice in the chorus of self.
| ish interests that make tariff bill. anu
ut his word the people ut washington
who are said to represent the whole ma
ton became Immediately Mr.. Armour's
REPRESENTATIVES, and the drawback on
tin was restored.
Mr.. Armour Is II cattle killer. utiliz.
ing. as Is proper. the utmost Of the
product. For u quarter of u century
the leather manufacturers of the INT
ted States have been permitted free
trade In hides. Under this policy they
have 40 succeeded that their product
has been sent to all parts of the world
In successful competition with the
manufacturers of boots and shoes ana
other forms Of leather from any part
of the world. The Dingley tariff bill
put an end to free hides. imposing a
duty of 10 per cent. nd valorem there
on, but providing that manufacturers OF
leather shall have n rebate II they OK.
mort these hides In manufactured
form-that II. Mr.. Armour was enabled
to yet more from the hide Of the cre'l
ture he killed. and payment thereon
was to bc made by the people Of the
United States exclusively. not by the
foreigners. for they were to enjoy free
trnde In hides. inasmuch rs the leather
manufacturers could have drawback
| II they exported. The price Of boots
nnd shoes will he made dearer to every
man, woman ana child In the United
States. and Mr.. Armour. like other eat.
tie killers. relatively few In number.
will have the benefit of an increas''
| domestic price In hides.
Under the tariff net Of 1904 glue
stock was free nnd glue was dut!nble ut
% per centum nd valOrem. Under the
new tariff, constructed for the benefit Of
men of the Armour kind, who are 20.
tency In legislation, glue stock II still
free ana glue, valued mt not above I'D
cents per pound, II dutlable mt ~ cents
per pound; valued ut above 10 cents per
pound and not above 81 cents per pound
Il II iutinble mt % per centum nd va.
lOrem: valued mt 3j cents per pound. IL
cents per pound ana 10 per centum ad
valorem. Albumen was free Of duty
under he net OF 1904. MIR. Armour
manufacturer albumen. He placed ut
his orders people who are supposed to
represent the entire people Of the Unit.
cd States, consumers Of albumen ~
well ~ manufacturers, and ordered
them to look out for albumen. We ind
II consequently dutinble ut 3 cents per
pound. Dried glue. when soluble. III
cents per pound. 10 w'.h other Of the
Armour by.prOducts.
Are these benefits In the tnrIfY blll
benefits also to the labOring interests Of
this country? We have not heard TINT
the wages paid ut the stock yards ~.
dustries have been increased by reason
Of the various advantages which have
been gained to the capital Invested In
the stock yards interests.
Therefore, the new tarif law " q good
thing for Mr.. Philip ID. ArmOur's busi.
ness interests. 1t II difficult to ascer-
tain where II II Il good thing for the
business interests that use albumcn.
that use hides. that manufacture tin or
for the labor interests that IRE employ.
I'd either In the highly protected indus.
tries which Mr.. Armour cOnu,icts or In
those industries which IRE taxed for the
benefit OF Mr.. Armour and men Of his
character.
vlTs sAGmOUgs Suuuscu'u'VsS sso"s ss"7
rope, says that France and Germany
''are both taking down the wall they
have built up against American prod.
ucts and within few months our goods
will ind market there which they
have not had for years."
And what sort Of a wall have We
erected against German and French
products? The same kind of wall that
Germany and France have erected
against ourselves. They will no more
take down that wall than We
take down the wall we have erected
against not only their products but the
products Of the world.
Mr.. Armour ana men Of his interests
may rejoice In tariff bill which they
themselves make, hut the seventy odd
million people of the United States are
mulcted and drngOOned by law into the
further enrichment Of men cOlOssally
rich already, and rich through Just such
methods as the policy Of protection pro.
vides for the producer while utterly
neglecting the consumer and the labor
employed In the protected industry.
Chronicle.
WHAT Will THE DRAINAGE
B0ARD DO?