The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
RECIPROCITY
 IS DISCUSSED Manufacturers Meet in
 Washington. r q SEARCH pRESTnENT
T. c. SEARCH PRESIDENT
Many Delegates Speak for
 High Tariff.
George A. Laughlin arraigns the United States Steel Corporation for Destroying his South
 American Market.

- ufacturing industries of the United States were represented at the National Reel procity convention, which began its ses- sions here today. There were 300 dele gates present in response to call issued by the National Association of Manufac- turers at meeting in Detroit last June The convention is representative of all sections and it's object is to give express sion to the views of manufacturers gen. orally on behalf of reciprocity. D. A Tompkins of Charlotte, N. C.. was chosen temporary chairman, and Theodore c. Search of Philadelphia then was made permanent chairman. The organization ing:
 Vice Chairman, W. F. Draper, Massa- chusetts; T. l.. Hickman. Georgia; Charles H. Harding, Pennsylvania; James Deering, Illinois; Titus Snearo. New York City; Robert J. Morgan, Ohio. Sec- retaries, Edward H. Sanborn. Pennsylva- mia, and l.. F. Wilson. Cincinnati. The conv vention adopted resolutions Of greet ing to President Roosevelt, pledging it's support and exprs sing its confidence in his administration. MT. Search in taking the chair, outlined the work before the convention.
 Committee announcements and the read ing of papers largely technical occupied the afternoon session.
 A committee that will call on President Roosevelt at noon tomorrow will be headed by Theodore c. Search of Phila- delphia, Ellis M Smith of Pelzer, s. C., will be a member of 1t. The following were named as Committee on Resolu- tfons: D. A. Tompkins, Charlotte, N. c. General w. F. Draper, President Home Market Club, Boston; Hon. Titus Sheard, Little Falls, N. Y.; w. R. Farrand. Prest- dent Farrand Organ Company. Detroit; P. w. Gates. Allis-Chalmers Company. Chicago: Charles A. Schieren. New York Chamber of Commerce; &. T. Mcknight, President Mississippi Valley Lumberman's s Association, Minnesota; Frank E. Kauff- man, St. Louis Millers' Club, St. Louis, Mo; Murray s. Shipley. Manufacturers Club, Cincinnati; J. Gorda Gray, Manu- facturers' Club, Philadelphia.
 Charles Heber Clark of Philadelphia made a strong plea to the convention for protection. He contended that past ex- perience showed that reciprocity treaty was not beneficial to the country; that under the Dingley bill the balance of trade had swung around in favor of this ~oN~---~- us under the Wilson bill
 Frank Leake, representing the Manu- lecturers Club of Philadelphia, favored the creation of a Department of Con- merce and Manufactures to avoid exten- siye fuctuation in business conditions brought about by i'll advised agitation.
 George A. Seabury of New York advo- cated the upbuilding of strong mer- chant marine and construction Of an isthmian canal as paramount in import ance to reciprocity treaties. He advo- cated reduction in the war revenue tariff but not in the Dingley tariff His speech, which he said was New York's contribu- tion to the meeting urged a "procrastina- ton in general commercial reciprocity He said
 "A disturbance in the present tariff is absolutely unnecessary and can be enacted only by those operating in the iAteersts of foreign manufacturers"
 George A. Loughlin of Wheeling, w Va.. interested in the manufacture oi steel billets. arraigned the United State: Steel Company. He said that before it: organization his company had been able to buy it's materials at figure thai enabled them to sell to all the market: of the world, but since the reorganization of the United States Steel Company his trade had been seriously interfered with and the present outlook was that his companys trade with South America would soon be lost.
 The night session. devoted to the sub feet of reciprocity with the Spanish American countries, developed the fact that delegates were having difficult time in avoiding making straight-out high tariff speeches, while striving to confine themselves to the discussion of reciprocal relations. One speaker said that he had heard nothing but high tariff speeches all day and that were the dele gates not so earnestly trying to attain the ends mapped out, one might believe himself attending a political meting at the height of an important campaign.
 The discussion tonight centered mainly around the matter of importation of hides from Argentina. w. B. Rice of Boston spoke especially in the interests of the leather industry and in mention ing the tariff on hides from Argentina said that this tariff benefited nobody and that the hide question between Argentina and the United States offered a good chance to try on the mantle of reciprocity