Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
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~ Liverpool tEngland) Courier Of
aug. ~ devotes rather more than col
umn d. It's space 70 show how various
industries that exist in and around Liv-
erpool have been affected BY the Ding
ley tariff. Il said: 81
..sSetting aside the Liverpool shipping
trade, which must suffer through the
operation. Of the new Dingley tariff act,
owing to the curtailment 81 shipments
from Liverpool on American account.
the local trades which will suffer most
are the chemical. soap and paint trades. Il
Ever SINCE the repeal Of the cKinley
tariff the English manufacturers OF
chemicals have pretty near! ~ had the
run Of our markets This vas the in
tenticn Of the free trade Wilson bill IT
the Democratic party. aud, very natu-
rally. the Englishmen enjoyed the gift
But now we again hope to hold some Of
our own trade despite the efforts OF the
British alkali and soda trusts, two Of
the greatest monopolies on the face OF
the globe. Regarding - bleaching pow
der, = the Liverpool Courier says:
IF the Americans could capture the
trade III this article bleaching POWDER,
they would truly do themselves good
turn and the English makers ruinous-
~ bad one. 1t was bleaching powder
which carried the trade through it's bad
time aud which is still the mainstay of
the old works Manufacturers have been
able to make SO economically that Amer
ica has been one of their best customers
Now they have to trade under All ini-
post Of one fifth cent per pound com.
pared with free entry under the late
tariff. Fortunately for them, America
is not at present in a position to annex
their trade il bleaching powder, 50 that
for some time to come American con
sumers may bear the duty with what
grace they can. for it is they who will
have to pay it. !" ..s.fa @
If the duty imposed upon bleaching
powder under the Dingley bill be sufii-
Gent to enable as to manufacture all
the bleaching powder that we need in
this country. then there will not 10 any
complaint whatever about paying the
duty of one-f fifth cent per pound. In
fact. it is extremely doubtful whether
such a trifiing sum will ever be added
to the price paid by the consumer. the
competition in trade rather compelling
/ it's deduction from the profits of the I'M
porter or of the retailer We should
certainly not lament if some of the
prosperity Ut the great united alkan
trust of England be transferred from
the environs OF Liverpool aud OF the
Liverpool docks to some modest Amer.
lean town where employment can be
found for Americans. u IS .:2
h Since the rush to food our markets
before the Dingley tariff became law
ktAe q British chemical trade has suf-
fered a relapse and there has been
scurtailment of production, with it's At
tendant displacement of labor for
time As this country took no less
than 3.9l per cent Of the total value
Of alkali produced by the united alkali
trust of England that is. 1891 per
cent of the total alkali product, because
no independent concern is allowed to
live by the trust-it is not surprising
that the question nearest at heart to the
magnates of that trust is, "What will
be the position Of the trade when the
stocks sent to America in advance OF
the tariff are disposed off,
In point Of tonnage we took from the
English alkali trust no less than no.
$50 tons out of total Of 242, O5S tons
shipped to all parts Of the world. AS
the object of the Dingley tariff is to en-
able US to check some Of this import
trade in favor of our own industries. it
is called an effort ito prey upon the
English chemical trade" But what has
the British alkali octopus been doing in
the past in relation to American trade!
Those selfish monopolists now have to
,iisgorge some of their gigantic profits
and while doing SO they intend to
watch for opportunities and to seize
them as they present themselves. In
other words, they will lie in ambush
till they can once more prey upon 3
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