Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-15
TARIFF REVISION
In Interests Of Common Sense AND NOT
Special Interests Says Guild.

New York, Jan. lahore than one
hundred members of the National AS
sociation of Boot and Shoe Manufac-
turers were present today at the OPEN
ing session Of the annual meeting OF
the association. Many states were rep
resented In his annual report Presl-
dent John II. Hanan recommended that
the duty on hides be abolished as IT
would greatly reduce the cost of max
ing shoes.
In discussing the general situation
in the shoe industry during the past
year, he said that during the recent
financial crisis, customers turned back
goods upon manufacturers in whole
sale and unreasoning way.
A resolution was passed calling upon
the department of commerce and labor
to rescind the order recently made,
which is to take effect in February, re-
Guiring that shoe manufacturers dis
infect hides before turning them into
shoes, or boots.
The convention concluded with din
ner at the Hotel Astor tonight. The
guests of honor were Gov. Curtis Guild
of Massachusetts; Marcus NJ. Parks.
president of the National Association
Of Clorhers. William II. McElroy and
Rev. Nehemiah Boynton of Brooklyn.
Gov Albert B. Cummings of Iowa was
also invited, but was unable to attend.
Gov. Guild. who was the principal
speaker Of the evening, said:
Demand will Re made after the next
national election for special session OF
| Congress for the revision of the tariff
in the interests of common sense rather
than OF special interests.
II am protectiorist I believe that
policy more than any other one thing
built up the industrial domination of the
United States. I believe that policy
should be continued but the time has
como when illogical and needless duties
tries and our people.
| wool is a proper subject for protec-
ton Sheep are carefully bred to produce
q certain kind of wool and the sheer
that produce the finest wool give the
poorest mutton.
| mo one ever heard of farmer rails
ing cattle for their hides or breeding
cattle to produce a certain kind Of hide
The duty Of hides helps the big mea
packers. I understand. to some extent
| but it certainly is of no value to thu
cattle raiser.
| 1.-The American manufacturers of uppe
leather import their raw material fret
OF duty. Common justice demands tina
the American manufacturers of sol,
leather should be able to import tnei
material of an exactly similar character
free OF duty.
"And 1t is not 50 very long ago tina
our home market was more than sufti
cient to provide for the product of th'
shoe manufacturers. Now the produc
Of the industry has far overflowed thu
possibility Of the home market. thu
fiscal year ending June. 1907. we export
ed nearly 100000 pairs of shoes, valued
at nearly sI1.tootOo.
at is a serious and significant Fact tina
this amount has remained stationar.
with scarcely ar increase since 1904
THE hard and fast lines of the pres
ert tariff leaves no weapon with wnicl
we may fight a tariff war. We have n
maximum and minimum schedules w
have no concessions that we may max
on the products of country that is will
ing, in her tariff, to make concession
. on ours
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sion OF bitulrinous coal and beef. and
reduction of the duty on wool. II
thought that revision would not caus
a general upheaval OF business. In con
cluson he said:
That I may not be misunderstood lie
me say that Il am not a candidate 70
lany further public office I am simply
business man who, for lack of a bette
business happens to be the governor g
New England's commonwealth. The tar
. if should not be treated as a poliiica
; question: but as 4 national question. TIL
test to which every proposed duty shout
be subject is not Is such duty demand
, ed y but is such duty needed A dut
should not he applied as bounty t
J.. some small locality on account of it's pc
Iitical influence. but only as a benefit I
the country as a whole and for the goo
of all it's people"
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