The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

bought the mines The Canadian ore
were owned by Americans.
COPPER PRODUCERS.
Stevenson Burke OF Cleveland spok
FOR the Canadian Copper company. o
| which nc is president. and which IS en-
! tirely IN Ohio corporation They haS
| sold % .he government copper-nicke
mats al II cents 9 pound when the mar
ket price was - cents. that its value il
armor T,;ats might be proved All IN.
refining in their pr&iuct was done in tn.
United States English capitalists OF
fered a market for all nickel matt. hav
! ing an improved refining process. II ;
| duty was put on the ore the refining /.
| the United States would be stoppeS:
| He knew OF no ores as rich as 10 o. L
| per cent in nickel The average was on
/ iy ) per cent
| MISSOURI LEAD MINES.
| H. j. Cantwell spoke for the Missouri
| Association OF Lead Miners. He sais
l that the organization had nothing TO d,
| with the control OF the output of prices
| that the labor cost OF producing leat
was so great a factor thar iI should no
be classed as raw material. All OF IN,
companies. except a few in the south
western part OF the state. had made 4
| positive loss in 1895. He contended tbs
| the present law was impossible OF en-
| forcenent and complained OF the smelt
| Ing OF ores in bond. He recommended
| that all ores containing s per cent o.
| lead Be dutiable at q cent a pound or
, The mass. Tie price OF ores in the Unit.
ed States would be the London price
plus the duty and less the cost of trans
portation from London 70 New YORK
The duty should exclude Mexican ores
THE IRON MEN
The subject OF pig iron was next TAX
en- up. William a Ingham OF Phiiadsl-
phia. for the Eastern Pig Iron associa-
ton. composed the smelters east OF the
Alleghenies, asked a restoration OF the
Mckinley rate OF s6..2 a ton tpreseni
rate SD
If We raise the duty on pig iron we
must on bars suggested Mr.. Dalzell-
Not necessarily" was the answer.
I'm other words. raise all along the
line" remarked Chairman Dingley.
Raises where they are necessary"
''Since less has been imported under
the Wilson law than the Mckinley law,
how has it hurt your Mr.. Payne ask
ed.
1T has not hurt US. but II Will when
business revives. for l know how cheap
ly Engand can produce IT,"
Mr.. McMillin declared that the Ten
nessse Coal and Iron company had ex-
ported 10000 tons to Great Britain in
the past four or five months and prac-
tically controlled the English price.
Mr.. Steele asked him If the Tennessee
company favored free iron. to which Mr..
McMillin replied negatively.
Mr.. Ingham explained that the Ten
nessee Coal company was disposing Of
its surplus.
rI nj -
ton, stated that the present price OF the
pig iron in the United States was lower
than in England, the result OF home
competition.
Mr.. McMillin enquired how a duty
would help the industry unless the smell
ters combined 10 put up prices.
The witness replied that whenever the
American prices were raised by reason
OF good business, it showed that English
prices had fallen
]. G.. Batteller. president OF the Piqua
Rolling Mill company. in behalf of the
sheet iron and sheet steel makers. asked
tariff on taggers sheets and lighter
gauges which would give the home mar
ket to American producers.
Representative Morse of Massachu-
sets made statement in behalf Of tack
manufacturers who. I'm his district, en-
ployed 1000 men before the Wilson law
under which the Germans had captur-
ed the American market. A change
from ad valorem to specific duties was
asked by him.
Representative Simpkins OF Massachu-
setts spoke on the same question. asking
also that nails IL inches or shorter be
Included in the schedule with tacks.
THE SHELTERS.
Another member OF the Eastern asso-
citation. J. c. Throop of Everett. Pa, ad-
dressed the committee after the recess.
The smelters regarded the present con-
dition of IN market as abnormal, ne SAID.
Prices here were lower than they should
be. Al present the Wilson rate 81 ton.
was sufficient protection. The depression
in the United States market was due TO
domestic competition and decreased con-
Last years consumption was
/, 200. 600 tons less than that of 1892.
The view OF the association was that
on products which American resources
could supply for American consumption
the duties should be high enough to keep
out foreign goods.
TIN PLATES.
W. c. Cronemeyer OF Pittsburg asked
the following advances on tin plates and
similar wares On tin plates or sheets OK !
ron or steel from l LIS 70 IL cents |
IT glanced. from u 10 I. cent a pound: |
sheet. common or black. between 10 and l
,5 cents; wire gauge from / lilo 20 2-l0 |
,ents.
The witness said that congress had |
guaranteed six years protection when |
he Mckinley bill was passed % the TN /
1.ste interests. and since then Providence |
iad favored them after the government |
lad deserted them and ;heX mad been
ibie 10 make great improvements. but 4
he manufacturer had been obliged 10 re-
luce wages to live. The witness COM
,lained that the Standard Oh company |
'bta.ned rates on tinware imported and /
afterwards shipped out Of the country. |
With oil, the labor on which would give
American workmen e. 90. go a year =
made In the United States.
John Garrett Of Plttsburg spoke N ai-
ition on the subject or dra awbacks.
Lightly per cent OF the goods receiving
he benefit Of drawbacks. he said. was
in plate. Tin plate making cou.d not
ave been continued ia the United states
nder the Wilson Law except for the re-
uction Of p per cent n wages and the
hesper price OF steel plates resulting
rom The general depression in business.
SHOTGUN MAKERS.
The wants o. the shotgun uanufsctl1r-
rs were presented by Mr.. Thomas Hunt
: Of Csyuga county. New York. They
fish specific Instead OF al valorgn dr-
IS and system which would prevent.
le consignment of parts of guns % df-
srsnt ports IN the United States % be
VI together. thus sFadlug me duty On
le finished a-;icses. he said that since
le adoption os tire Wilson Law. wages
al been reduced . per cent. and z0rk-
< forces 20 per cent Gun bsrTelE coald
%. he said. be rnzEcfsc- -gred an The
nised States and should remain On the !
ee LIST
OTHER METAL WORKERS.
r Z. Hastings o. PhIaaelosla spoke
r ti1s makers ~ gors. silver and ais
ioG1l leaf. TIE wages n ne Urft-5 | ,