Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-06-21
IN TIMELY PROTEST
DEMOCRATIC FREE TRADE POL.
ICY Is DENOUNCED.
Head Of Brooklyn Church Sees Ruin
for His and Many Other Parishes II
Contemplated Plans Arc
Carried Out

The headstrong and headlong tariff
busters OF the Democratic house have
struck snag. They will strike others
In due time. but this one is a particu-
iarly bad snag; bad for a political
party which In the northern states
gets big percentage of Its votes from
great religious denomination. Now
there Is no politics in the Roman Cath.
oHc church. Its priesthood does not
SOIL It's finger in any such way. But
there Is world of practical charity.
ol broad humanity and of sterling com
mon sense In that vast aggregation.
Inc Catholic church looks after its
own as perhaps no other church does
1t Is looking after it's own in BROOKLYN
IL scents hardship. poverty and wrong
VI the Farmers Free List" bill which
me mousse Democrats have now passed
mat Dill takes the tariff from cotton
ana )ute bagging used in baling raw
cotton. In Brooklyn there is a bie
factory whose doors would be shut and
! lts army OF work people turned ont tn
starVe II that bill becomes a law
mere are several hundred other fac.
Iories In inherent parts OF the coun-
Try OF which precisely the same thing
would be true. But this BROOKLYN
factory claims especial attention he.
cause OF an indignant letter of protest
addressed by Rev. Patrick f. O'Hare
Saiu 10 De the most eloquent preacher
OF the Catholic church in BROOKLYN to
representative Fitzgerald, Democratic
chairman of the house committee on
appropriations. This big bagging fac
tory Is In Father O'Hares parish and
'ts work people are very largely his
parlshioners. So the good priest takes
nls pen In hand and writes Congress-.
man Fitzgerald as follows:
1T has been brought to my attention
that a bill just introduced into Tho
mouse places bagging for cotton bales
On the free list. 1t happens that the
largest establishment manufacturing
thls product In the United States ia
In my parish, just three blocks from
the church. This establishment hoe
Tor more than ten years empIoved
more people than any other single
manufacturing enterprise I'm Neu,
Iork. The pay roll right here ia
more than Sl,OO0000 a year. The
wages paid are now per Individual
twice what they were when the Wilson
Dill was In effect. The present wages
per yard OF cloth are about six times
as much as the wages current in India
IN similar mills there. and are ~ timee
as much Per individual here as in In.
dia- In addition to this establishment
there Is another belonging to the same
people american Manufacturing corn.
pany) in South Brooklyn or the
Greenpoint people employed in this
mill very many belong to my congre.
cation and they are well treated and
satisfied
i particularly urge that you do what
you can TO see that the present very
small duty r. retained on this bag
ging It is worthy OF notice that the
duty now existing only amounts To
about 10 per cent. ad valorem on bag.
ging, while the average duty on ter.
tiles Of other kinds exceeds 40 nor
cent Why should an industry in
which ] and my people are particular.
~ interested be singled out for de
strIction?"