La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-19
AMERICAN TORIES.
MUST HAVE THEIR CLOTHES
MADE IN ENGLAND.
while at the same Time = Man Nay ne
Well Dressed and Wear None but
American Clothes-Men who Prefer
Foreign Made Goods.

In recent issue of the Washington
Post Mr.. E. NJ. Barnett. the represent
attye of London exporting firm, is
quoted as saying:
There will aways be q demand for
superior lines OF merchandise Of every
description from the old country. My
house makes speciality OF fine arts.
and our trade with the United States
is very satisfactory. The Arms that
send over high-priced woolens are
doing splendid business. They
They make cloths SO much better and
finer than they can be produced in
America, for climatic reasons, that
men who will wear only the best cloth
ing cannot be satisfied with anything
that Is not imported. There Is no sort
OF tariff law that your congress can
frame that will shut us out Of your
markets."
1t is melancholy fact that large
number OF well-dressed American men
cannot be satisfied with anything that
Is not imported" They seem unable
to dispel the Illusion that II you want
the best you must go to Europe for it.
They have not learned, and 1t IL DIM
cult to convince them. that the time
has passed when America must depend
upon foreign looms for its high grade
woOlens. and that some Of the finest
fabrics produced anywhere In the
world are being woven today In Amerl-
can woolen mills.
Grover Cleveland. w. L. Wilson.
John NJ. Palmer. Gen Buckner, Dick
Croker and W. C. Whitney and all
that class of Democrats buy all their
clothes in dear old England" The
cloth used in the inauguration suits OF
President Mckinley and Vice-Presi-
dent Hobart was woven in Connecti-
cut. and is pronounced by experts to
be equal in all respects to any material
manufactured in Europe. Millions OF
yards of equally good cloth are being
turned out right along in American
mills.
The four years of Wilson-Gorman
free-trade tariff and wholesale under
valuation of foreign cloths were years
of severe strain upon the woolen indus
try of the United States, but In spite
Of the difficulties incident to unfair
competition and insufficient protection
the American mill men hung on brave
ly to the home market and hoped for
better times.
Better times are here, and under
their influence the art and industry
Of cloth making In this country may
be depended upon to make tremendous
strides. 1t only needs a settled rate
Of tariff and a stable market to enable
this Industry to do In woolens what
many other domestic industries are do
Ing in their respective lines-that is.
produce goods that defy competition in
either quality or price.
In the meantime. however, the fact
should not be forgotten that In all ex-
cepting few specialized lines-for
example, West of England. Belgian
and German broadcloths-the high
grade woolens for mems wear that are
made by the leading mills OF America
are not in any way surpassed, and in
some ways are not equaled. by woolens
Of foreign manufacture.
No American gentleman, be he never
so exacting as to his apparel, need be
ashamed to follow the admirable ex-
ample set by the President and Vice
President of the United States on
Inauguration day. March 4. 1897. and
to be patriotic and perfectly dressed at
the same time.