The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-17
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would abide by the vote of a majority
 of the committee in every case. When
 there was large imports of anything
 the duty on that thing was increased. | When there were small imports, or | none, it was decreased.
 And that is the story of how the | tariff was made. so far as the com mittee on ways and means is concern
 ed. no matter what Ida Tarbell says. | Far more valuable, as information to New England businessmen, was what MT. Hill had said about the advanta- geS that should accrue to the business of the New England states, if the bill
 remains substantially in it's present form.
 New England is in the meek of the woods" It produces no raw material. For 50 years it has been to a large ex- tent driven out of the iron business, l for instance. The new tariff bill gives
 free hides, lumber with a tax ofs1, and iron and scrap iron so nearly free that | in the opinion of MT. Hill, the iron business of the east will be rehabilitat- | ed.
 | MT. Hill thought that Bridgeport
 manufacturers do mot sufficiently take
 advantage of the drawback" This is
 a device by which a manufacturer who l imports a foreign material which he
 uses in goods which are subsequently, | exported, may get the tariff tax back. l This device has been improved in
 this way: It was formerly necessary for the manufacturer to identify the foreign goods in the exported product. I The imports were often so mingled in the export product that the identifca-
 ton could not be satisfactorily made. | The Payne bill permits the tax to be returned to the amount represented by
 inclusion of the import product in the
 export goods. Here MT. Hill conclud- ed.
 l But all of this contained a hint Of the industrial decadence of New Eng land; pointed to a time when New England must find an enormous out
 let in foreign markets. or quit as a dominating manufacturing community. Her remoteness from raw materials l is inevitably making it difficult to com pete with industries that are estab-
 lished adjocent to the supply, and pay large transportation charges; once to bring the raw material to New Eng land, and once to return it to the point of sale. Hence the eagerness with which New England is demanding free
 raw materials. The question that l thoughtful men present asked them
 selves was:
 | "How near at hand is the day when | the foreign market will be the prin- cipal outlet of New England manufac | turers. When that day arrives, hnd- | ing herself in the same position as England, will her manufacturers de- mand free trade with all the world as
 the manufacturers of England have demanded it?
 To the same point was the speech of MT. Moore, for the rationale of the | veloped it, is to give New England, In anticipation of the day that is coming the raw materials she cannot herself
 produce as cheaply as they can be had | New England not only wants raw materials untouched by a tariff tax,
 but she wants them with as little ad- ded in the way of transportation tax
 as may be possible.
 | is very wide-a-wake to the necessities of the case. Her far-sighted people
 are clamoring for wider and deeper
 water ways Their largest project is
 the deepening of the Mississippi until it will have a channel uniformly IA feet deep. Already the west has had Of the appropriations of the General gov ernment for the improvement of wa | terways a greater sum by almost one third, than the East has had. | Mr. Moore outlined the plan for an, inland system to meet the Mississippi river project at the Gulf of Mexico. l That system would be enormously ben eficial to the commerce and manufac- lures of New England, in cheapenlng | transportation, he proved. MT Moore devoted some attention to showing that New England has an ad- ditional need for water ways, espec- ially for heavy freight, because she IS dependent upon railroad system which | are a virtual monopoly in their terri tories, and which, he said, are already unable to keep pace with the growth | of the necessities of trade. Hon. Richard Reid Rogers, who IS general counsel for the Panama Canal Commission, made an interesting ad- dress, in which he advocated and de- tended the lock system canal now be- ing built across the Isthmus of Pana- ma.
 Col Charles Lyman, of Washington, spoke upon America, Stainless and Chainless." His remarks were direct
 ed to an advocacy of honesty in bus1- ness.
 Mr. K Midzuno, made a brief speech which was warmly received and much applauded. He said that there would tween this country and his country MT Midzuno is the Japanese Consul General at New York.
 The banquet was an entire success President Fred EnOS was tOaStmaSter. He introduced the speakers briefly and tactfully. The incident of the evening was a presentation of a great silver loving cup to Baron Takahlra, which he received with a brief expression Of gratitude.
 All the guests were welcomed by Mayor Lee The mayor referred to the fact that Bridgeport is pay as YOU go city and said that manufactur- CTS locating in Bridgeport are asked to pay only for what they get after they come.
 Trade gifted as singers from time to time enlivened the occasion With snatches of song. sacred, profane, or original. One unique verse was ad- dressed to MT. Mellen, president of the New Haven Railroad, asking for
 grooved rails. Another included a 1ab at the Water company and some other local enterprises.
 The banquet committee was: F. D. Bell chairman: Col. T. B. Warren, l.. B. Curtis. F. M Wilson, w. R. Web ster. Hobart French, G. L.. Gulick. Louis Neuberger, Friend w. Smith, l.. F. Cate, Fred AtYater, H. D. Stanley, Gregory S. Bryan.
 The reception committee was:
 Col. M. M. Downer. chairman; Daniel N. Morgan, s. A. Burns. J. A. Hurley, Frank w. Bolande. G. E. Betts, F. $.