The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-10
MEN RAP
DUTY ON HIDES
Manufacturers Resolution to Be
Sent to House and Sem
ate Committees.

At a special meeting of the patent
and enamel leather manufacturers of
this country, held here on June "a, the
action of the United States senate in
the matter of voting to retain the pres
ent Is per cent. duty on important
green sailed hides, was earnestly con-
demned, resulting in adoption of the
following resolutions:
1--WE the Patent and Enamel Leather
Association of the United States, as
se1nbled at Newark, N. j., do most
earnestly protest against the action of
the United States Senate in their vot-
ing to continue the duty of 10 per cent.
on imported hides; thereby obstruct-
ing the efforts of the peoples national
representatives to relieve us of an
evil which has been denied us for the
Fast twelve years, and which to con-
tinue will tend to the ruin of our busi-
ness and place the control of the trade
in the hands of a few great Backer
Monopoists.
This duty can only be considered as
a subsidy to the packers and q burden
some and uncalled-f for tax upon all
Consumers of leather goods, to still fur
Their enrich a few whose aggregate
wealth has already become so great as
to be a ena to a republican form of
government.
Resolved, that we commend the ie-
ton of our national representatives and
urge them to stand firm in the defense
of the people against monopoly.
Believe Duty Unjust.
stTfba oopJan,nino of tbie sJ,4r nvb;oI,
we believe to be unjust, will sooner or
later prove disastrous to the many
independent tanner now in existence,
and will only help the great packer
monopolists to accomplish the end
which they are now striving to attain.
1T is scarcely necessary for us, at
this time, to go into details, in view
of all that has been written and did
upon the subject, to prove that our de-
mands for the entire removal of the Is
per cent. duty is reasonable and just.
The action of our national repre-
sentatives in the House in placing
hides on the free list express correctly
the will and expectation of the people
and was sufficient proof of what the
majority of the people, manufacturers
and want, aside from the
law tiid Al IcpitocllS tile lullllliltiI
of the promises of the Republican
party.
T act directly contrary to his X
preston on the peoples part, as has
been lone by the Senate, is SO danger
ously reactionary in character that in
our opinion the integrity of the Repub-
lican party Is at stake; Ignoring as 1t
does the reasonable demands of the
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made, and establishing by law monop-
oily in industry.
Say Business Is Menaccd.
I'm as few words as possible, and in
conclusion, we ask that hides be placed
on the free list, thereby permitting
honest competition, in our business to
continue, and saving our business from
being crushed by the m~onopolist in
dustries which, are threatening to crush
us daily by their strivings to gain CON
troll of our raw material supply. Very
respectfully,
PATENT AND ENAMEL LEATHER
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
Copies Of this resolution will be sent
to the m of the House and
Senate committees having charge of
the tariff bill. Those in the Senate are
Aldrich, Hale, Penross, Cullom, Bur-
rows, Money, Daniel and Bailey. The
House committee consists of Represeu-
tatives Payne, Dalzell, Boutek, Mccall,
Calderhead. Fordney, Clark, Under
wood and Griggs.
This committee of the association in
charge of the resolutions is made up of
Lewis Strauss, of M. Strauss & Sons;
James F. Taylor, of the American Oak
Tanning Company; James b.. Reilly. of
the Radel Leather Manufacturing Com
pany; Peter Loehnberg, OF the Atlantic
Leather Company. and Harry N. Hill.
of the Cleveland Tanning company,
Cleveland. o.