The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-08-07

ad NalOrem anu even tnlS per CenJ
has been cut off in the bill now be.
| fore the Senate. The cement indus
try is one of the great mineral in.
dustries of the United States OF the
nonmetallc minerals that rank with
| copper and salt. Last year over
I 100000 barrels Of Portland cement
we're produced. employing a capital
of $150,000,000. About $4,000 per
sons are employed in this industry
and there are about 100000 depend.
ent upon 1t for a living. It is a ma
tional industry. That is, 1t Is not
localized, and practically every state
In the Union has cement works. Ce-
ment can be made almost any place
where clay and limestone can be
found. 1t is an industry that Is the
outgrowth of a protective tariff. in
1897 when the Dingley tariff law was
passed, only 2.677,775 barrels OF Port
land cement were produced in this
country, with a value of s4,315,S91.
The production in this country has
gradually increased from year to
year until last year It reached nearly
$4,000 900 barrels. At the same
time the price. which before produc.
ton began in this country, was 81
barrel, and was 81. 13 in 1901. and
81 81 in 1897, was reduced to as low
as an average of 81 cents barrel
in 1901. This enormous increase in
production with corresponding de.
cree in price offers no excuse for
the removal of all duty and the open
ing of our markets to foreign com.
petition. In times of world panics
America is made the dumping ground
OF Portland cement by European ma.
tons, and this is particularly the
case in view of the fact that Port
land cement could form one of the
most important articles of ballast for
foreign vessels coming to this coun.
try for cargoes of the products Of the
soil
A Smashing Blow. at the Glue
Industry
Glue has been treated in this bill!
in the same way as other articles
which have increased enormously N
production in this country as 4 re-
suit of a protective tariff and which
at the same time have been greatly
reduced in price. The rates on glue
and gelatin have never been high,
thus allowing ample competition from
abroad which has increased IN recent
years. In 1899 the glue imported
amounted to 2,7O6,9O4 pounds, while
in 1910 the imports were 5,947 ,lS4
pounds. That clearly shows that
there is no excuse for the provisions
in this bill to reduce the average
rate of tariff on imports, valued at
not above 10 cents a pound from
35. 06 per cent in 1912, to an aver.
age estimated rate of IA. 80 per cent.
Such Il violent change as tne manu-
facturers have protested, will prac-
tically destroy their industry in this
line of goods and will be of no ulti.
mate benefit to the consumers of the
country in the way of lower prices
but will mean an enormous loss by
sending abroad large sum to pay
fer product now largely produced
IN this country.
Wages in Europe and America
One importer tells of selling in the
past enormous quantities OF French
gelatins in this country, where now
he is selling very little, entirely due
to the superiority and low prices OF
the domestic manufactured article. "
That is very good testimony to the
but he has the assurance to ask fer
a reduction in duties so that he can
recover his lost trade, and the Dem
ocratic party seems to be anxious to
oblige him Consul General Dilling.
ham. reporting from Coburg, Ger
many in 1911, stated that the maxi.
mum wages paid there to men in the
gelatin industry for GO hours work
was 81 week. To allow as low as
70 per cent duty as protection against
such wages is monstrous and that is
the proposed rate on gelatin valued
ct not above 10 cents a pound
The Appeal Of the GIassworkers
Not Entertained
The appeal of the workingmen in
the glass industry against a reduc-
/ ton of duty which would admit Il
large proportion of foreign wares of
this kind is very touching, though It
will be ineffective. There are in
this country about 1000 skilled glass
bottle blowers, whose average wage
per day is about 81 60, and mere are