New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-09
Calls for a Toll Road.

JCsfpn : AueTbdch, DeN"N'"' Sf
ing for plate glass and other manutdc''
urers. suggested that the tarh "aS
sho,,,d Il. toll road and not h!Sh-
WAY where highwaymen may ~! the''
trade and that the difference IN cos'
az PRODUCTION here and abroad must DC
taken into account in tarin revision
Mr. Aucrbach charged that the Coupler
no., abroad of more than on. American
t,Justrv WAS controlled in manufacture
outprt. management ana Distribution oy
,ttc,atorial IegsliZed combination OF trus'
ub,s. unlawful existence here would be
crio,ned and its promoters indicted ana
convicted. lie urged that the committee
consider what would be the lower ana
zeal cost OF the output II the foreign
,,ctorj.s we're permitted To run freely and
MOI held i'm the strange STRIP OF the trust
and "a they would be run IL YOU open the
eoodgates OF a cutthroat. ruinous aho
unlawful competition upon home manu-
facture.'
The pttsburgh Plate Glass Company
according to Mr.. Auerbach, controls ~
nor cent OF the plate glass output OF this
couo,ry. and nets a per cent income
mostly distributed from among It's
branch houses. on its output rake down
the protection, said the witness. and the
company would remain in business, not
as n manufacturing company, but as
,rod,nr company to distribute foreign
product.
Mr.. Aucrbach said the difference III
labor was that employers paid - day
here and 90 cents day abroad.
Thomas NJ. Lane. OF New York city
for importers of stained glass windows
asked for reduction OF duty on the win
doys. or for their free entry when I'M
nort.d for churches lie said American
manufacturers had fourished under a
nrotective duty OF IS per cent ad valoreT
,or practically. eighteen years. and a
higher tariff would raise bar against
some Of the most artistic glass in the
world
IF. W. Rowe. Of Toledo, Ohio, represent
ing the American Flint Glass Makers
Union. objected to any reduction or th'
tariff on glassware. saying IT "oul'
mean a serious disturbance in the in
dustry.
w. G. Nilsson. OF Harrisburg, Penn.
representing the Republic Mining Com
pany, seeking 10 have the tarff OF =
n ton on baJxite ore retained. was ques
toned closely about the ramifications OF
the Aluminium Company OF America
which. he said owned or controlled the
Republic Company. lie told OF the Re-
public company owning bauxlte mine:
in Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee. AND
EXPRESSED fear OF the influx of foreign
bauxIte.
Your proposition" suggested Repre-
sentative Palmer. lis that YOU want to
DESTROY your foreign competition on the
Atlantic seaboard and thus secure YOU an
absolute monopoly over the United
Sattcs.'
II would not put IT just that way.
said Mr. Nilsson
William Burgess. of Trenton, y. j., dis
c,issing the pottery industry, said the
average profit, because Of principal
labor cost. was less than s per cent. lie
insisted that there was no combination
In the industry. and that pottery peculiar
~ needed protection. lie testified that
labor IN American pottery plants costs
20 per cent more than in Austria.
William DorHinger Of Nov York. told
of the high cost of labor and materials
and low prices for the products of cut
glass factories.
"rhe women want imported glass" said
Mr.. Dorninger. THE word imported
charms them, and IL covers a multitude
OF defects" lie objected To any decrease
in the duties on cut glassware.