The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-16
AS NEXT GOVERNOR
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| be a beautltul park, largelN brought about by good roads on which you can enjoy your automobiles and made attractive by men who have millions to put Into summer homes. This is the only salvation to our inland towns While those men are increasing the ! building up such industrial places as | Bridgeport, the Norwalks. New Ha- ven. Hartford and other places. The 1 question for you manufacturers is, whether or not you can eheapen the expenses of your employees. IL is cost | Ing too much to live and lt Is for you men to study the interests of those who depend upon you. And it Is such an organization like that that can work along the lines for the whole state
 Mayor Lee, the next speaker, con- ! graduated the association on the s1c- cess it has obtained in developing in i dustrial Bridgeport Congressman D.. | J. Hill also made q short address
 Congressman Hill spoke on the tar- I Tiff and said that the revision of the 1 tariff by the ways and means commit- ! tee will be on business basis di- vorced from politics. The new tariff, ! he said, will be made on the difference | of cost of manufactured goods here and manufactured goods abroad. Tho 1 American manufacturer will be given d fair deal and the American system of wages will be upheld.
 Congressman Hill in opening had much to say congratulatory to Bridge port, a city which in his judgment he thought was one of the greatest in the country. He read q letter from Collector of Revenue Fred Enos of the Bridgeport district showing an in- crease of revenue for the district of IS per cent. for the past fiscal year ending July 1, an increase due to greater business and not to increased importatons. Only one other district that of Providence said MT. Hill show cd an increase in revenue, all others showing decreases.
 Passing on to general trade condl- tions Congressman Hill said he had found Connecticut products in the Far East and they are scattered all over the world. Tt Is fair to assume" he said i've are to maintain the home market, but there is another market The world last year sold outside of home markets fourteen billion dollars worth of products and the United States furnished less than two mil
 lions The world bought thirteen mil
 liens of dollars and the United Statee bought s1,1OO,o0O The question Is shal the United States allow the other coun- tries to have nne-tenths of the busi- ness of the world. Steps have been talk en to get for the United states a more liberal part of that great world mar. let. American enterprise mas gone into foreign countries to get a share of that trade and In consequence S50,0O0,. GOO of our capital Is invested in indus. tries abroad" Congressman Hill went into detail in figures as to imports ant exports and then to the retaliatory laws being enacted abroad to compe Americans having foreign patents tC manufacture these products in the 'pNh'ilCH III NillCi lHpSc pilcllt5 Ult granted
 MT. Hill pointed out the flaws in the present tariff law some 10000 he thought and cited an instance of 4it items submitted by the New York ap. ntaisers at one time which wore moi in the law. In conclusion Congress. man Hill spoke of the money question end the prevailing hard times ali ovei the world. He said that some of u! are inclined 10 blame a certain mar for all or some of the conditions. Don't do 1t. This country had been going too fast. It had an awakening I now has a higher ideal, moral, business and social and l don't know but 1t 1! worth all it has cost"