Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-05-06
WOODEN MANUFACTURERS
URGE MODERAflON.

Admis That rilgh Datiss and Censeqnen1
High Prices WIN Restrict the rss e
Wessene.
Some Of the seyexest criticisms not
only CT special duties and clauses, but
CT the whole accursed protective sys-
tenn. come from the protected uarnfac-
turers themselves in their struggle with
opposing interests Mr. s. n. d. North,
secretary Of tie woolen ManufaSsurers'
association. Is now and always has been
a staneh prctectionist As such he be-
lieves that the 20. 000. 600 consumers Of
this country are legitimate subjects for
plumber and that the manufacturers
are the proper persons 20 enjoy the pro-
lection plumber.
TIE free sool experiment. which We
have becn trying for three years, banides
being IA object lesson IN the way of
cheap woolcns. has taueht To woolsn
manufacturers that hey can mako g
much or more profit with freewool and
moderate protection, which permffspeo-
pie Of moderate means to wear real
wooden goods, than with high duties ON
both wool and woolens, which restricts
the use OF woelens 20 people In good cir
cumstances The manufacturers there
fore display more than their usual mod
esty and patriotism in the advice which
they are giving 20 congress Mr.. North
Is In Washington 60 voice the manufac-
tsrers' patriotism. Here Il part Of hin
advice as taken from the Washington
correspondence of The Dry Goods Econ
omist:
am free 20 say the biii 10 FAR from sasisfac.
tory 70 the xooien manufacturers The chief
failt Is 20 be found with the rsw wool duties
which are so high that our manufacturers viii
ind themselves sorely embarrassed IL IL true
the committee has provided compensatory
duties which are probably sufae.cat 10 offset
the duties ON raw wool. but the difficulty will
he, In my opinion, that the very considerable
increase In price which must be made 90 cover
the additional cost Of raw material win have
the effect OF cutting down consumption % 81,
extent that win he Disastrous - che manufac-
turers. do not contend thas the raies on
WOODEN mannfacturcs In thu hill are NOT suffi-
cient 10 protect MS against too severe foreign
competition, but the limit or the consumers
purchasing power must control him I'm buying
wooden manufactures. and fear the rates Of
the new bill win very materially restrict con-
sumption.
This Is practically saying g Dingley.
Aldrich and the other servants of the
protected manufacturers at Washington:
Go slow with your high duties and
don't try 10 protect too many. II you
let everybody into the protection ring,
there will be nobody outside TO prey
upon and We viii have to prey upon
each other. Don't make the mistake Of
taxing raw materials too high. We
wouldn't mind IL IL we could sell our
goods and charge the tax over to the
consumer. But when the tax In 50 high
that we have to make our prices almost
out of sight we have found that we cam
not sell so many goods. because the peo-
pie can't afford to wear clothes-that
is, wooden clothes. which are the only
ones worth considering because they are
the only ones which we manufacture
Our solicitu1s for the dear American
consumer Is such that we do not wish
70 compel him TO clothe himself in the