The farmer and mechanic., 1913-12-30


iesS throughout the country is suffer |
hg on account OF the impending iegis- |
,aiioh- ihe currency bill. particular |
~ through the banks is affecting
,oi.s,' octlon. extensions and manu-
Iactore There seems To be little hope
u conditions improving until the |
country knows definitely at least un
der what restrictions business is 10 b.
placed
A Montreal steel man wrote: Il do
not think your tariff will affect ,ha
business OF Canadian steel foundries
Even II the duties were taken OF
Steei ana iron and manufactures
tnereof. Canadians would not be able
TO enter Your market for years"
The president Of a large company
III ONO manufacturing engineering
said: I'm reference To the
tlnkerlng with the legislation both
tdIuL ana nnancias. would state that il
Is paralyzlng our business completely
We usually quote on an average Of
million dollars OF work n month
Last month We had only a quarter Of
million Of quotations. The business
taken since July has been only about
20 per cent OF what il IS under nor
mai conditions"
"A woodworking machinery com
pany OF Cincinnati said: business
turers since 1888"
Lumber Companies Affected.
Wisconsin lumber company said:
Month after month OF jangling
and the frequent outcropping OF the
Bryan crazy financial ideas make the
outcome SO uncertain that in hangs
like pail over all business and the
dire results are arriving. The lumber
business IS suffering almost TO "A paIic
condition. Our own 1913 business
shows an average decrease Of 2S4
per cent for each month as compared
With last year. Prices net the manu-
lacturers in most instances a loss, and
this is being met by material reduc-
tlon IN wages( averaging in our Iocali-
" possibly 10 per cent. Idle men have
not been so numerous since 19O7-0S" :"
A New York city concern with mills
III South Carolina noted this: TODAY
We are manufacturing one-third the
amount Of lumber we were wear
ago. The value of our product has
decreased about Is per cent. There
| is most fierce competitions among the
| manufa cturers. We expect to cut our
| force TO the minimum and to insist on
| full days labor for a full days pay
A lumber company at Chapman
Ala. said: During the last six
| months prices on manufactured lum-
ber have declined on an average Of q,
least 20 per cent 1t seems II US [ al
they Will go lower"
The president Of the best sugar cor.
poration of Colorado wrote: "Busi
ness is unusually dull. l might say al
most paralyzed. The tariff bill ha:
hit Colorado in the solar plexus w,
probably would be able to operate
under the reduction due Marcl |, bu
looking forward to May, 1916, it doe:
not seem possible that we can operat,
under free sugar tariff"
From a southern California suga,
company: The sugar tariff will de
stroy over S100.O00.000 worth of husi
ness property"
Utah beet sugar company saw
this condition: The tariff means tn
closing up Of our factories. Thi
company alone deals with 5000 farm
ers and 5000 employees
A Wheeling manufacturer of har
ness leather wrote: I'VE are feelin
the effects of competition, especiall
from our Canadian neighbors"
A cotton and linen textile manufac
turer OF Fall River, Mass, wrote: -
mill should have a profit of 81 a spin
die. I think that the mills in Fal
River have not averaged for the las
year 81 a spindle. The effect Of tn
!, | tdEuI CnanR0 10 gate mas prODdDl
been Indirect
Agricultural Implements In Demand
A Mansfield. o.. concern manufac
turing farm machinery. wrote
/. American farmers would not use tn
threshing machines traction engine.
: ETC.. made in foreign countries be
, cause they are by no means the equa
, of what is made here. The presen
! tariff in reducing the cost OF material
may help us some. We think that
all probability. business will be large
: in 1914"
II A harvester manufacturing concer
of northern New York, said: We ar
unusually busy at present, and e1
pect to continue So until the comm
: harvest at least"
From the president of a Wise onsi
company: Our business is not affeci
: ed BY the tariff The only countr
that could hurt us TO any extent woul
be Canada"
BY Pennsylvania company mai
: ing from asbestos sheets: We al
/. shipping from our Canadian plar
: under the new tariff into the Unite