The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-27
STARVED BY TARIFF
STEEL INDUSTRIES FORGED TO
 LEAVE. MASSACHUSETTS,.
Example of the Barrier Which High Protection Raises Against Manu-
 facturinH--Hides and shoes . and the Duties.

Boston, Mass, Oct. 26.--tSpecial. )-- '.The industries of this neighborhood are being starved by the tarin
 Such was the characterization of the economic condition of Boston and its vicinity nladssAo. ouracorrespondenty ny "
 An inquiry into the detailed condi. tIons covered by the Mayors statement shows that every steel industry ot any importance has been forced 70 aenEe ? this State The Fore River ship Build . ing plant has recently been forced into liaufdatin, and the United states Steel Company at Everett has had to go out of business. The metal stamping m dustry has likewise disappeared from Massachusetts. The Atlas Tack Com pany at Fair Haven, the largest tack concern in the world, was forced to re. duce the wages of it's employees oy zo per cent only a short time ago.
 All Massachusetts industries are likewise suffering from the tarin tax which they must pay to the coai truse through Inability to get the coal ITom in the neiRhboring mines of Nova Scotia free of duty. Thus 1t may be said that here in this State are found the most complete examples anywhere m the United States of the barrier which a high protective tariff wall raises to the development of industry. The burdep here Is not so much upon the consumer. but 1t hits hardest at the wage earner and the investor.
  been before over this blight which has been cast upon it's industrles and the Republican party Is to pc caileo seVvEe- ,. Iy to account for its stand pat policy.
 No more precise statement has been made of the present attitude Of the public toward the existing condition in Massachusetts than that Of the Hon. Nathan Matthews. Permanent Chair- man of the Democratic State Conven . tion, at Boston, october 7th, 19o4, when he said:
 "As to this State and city in particu- lar I assert that with the exeep,io1i of those persons who had the money and good fortune to buy stocks oetore the speculative rise began ana 10 sell before the reaction, there mas peeH t,,,so no o increased prosperity at all at any time since 1897: and that at the present mo ment the commercial outlook Tor New England Is darker than at any tlme since the war of 1912. our inoustrIes have one by one been moving away, our manufactures occupy a precarious position, and our foreign commerce IS rapidly declining: These are paeent pt facts admitted by every one ninP ley tariff and the politicians who es- pH Massachusetts feels most keenly the tariff tax upon raw msterlals. ine ns haavily protected trusts deprive her or the cheap raw materials to Whlcn she is fairly entitled. and as result her great industries are sunerlns, s.te e total tariff burden carried by the State of Massachusetts is astonishing. m 1903. the manufacturing establish ments n,s of inc state used materials or stocH valued at S6s0, 900. 900. Upon sncn oI these Su materials as were dutiable the tariff tax amounted to proessssnd,yS sssd ySoS Sl, nao 00O. 900. In other words, $6bo ooo;VV0 were paid for materials which nad there been no tariff tax. would nave cost the manufacturers only *SeS'ooV'- 900. .o wages Might Have Been Raised 30 Per Cent.
 Tn 1eos about s25O,00o. 900 was paid in VI waSes to about 535.ooO workers In Maesachusetts Each employe earned Sn averare of $47l 23 for the year, Had the manufacturers been able to save inc tariff tax at $71.0o0.00O on mate rials. this amount would nave been paid out in wages and the goods still Been produced at the same cost as at nreaenf In other words 1t would have Keen nossible to raise wages by 30 per cent and not made the goods cost more Tie greatest industry in Massachu- sat,s ts the manufacture of boots and sboes six hundred and forty-five es- tabIishrnents in this industry reported