The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-27
ASK WILSON TO
SHOW THEM HIS
PROMISED
Pennsylvania Manufacturers
Again Send In Appeal
to Cut Tariff.
CONFESS FAILURE AND
SAVE YOUR COUNTRY"

WASHINGTON. Dec 2s-Ths Manufac-
turers Association OF Montgomery county
which created IA stir last
summer by sending "a letter to President
Wilson complaining about the conditions
Of industry in the Schuylkill Valley and
asking him to use his influence to hav,
the Underwood tariff Law repealed. has
sent second remarkable communicates
to the President.
The election being over. aid nc
campaign imminent. many of the
prophecies contained in the first letter. 4
10 declared having come true, and none
of the Administrations promises of a
speedy readjustment Of the new tarif'
conditions having materiallzed. the Presi-
dent Is asked to consider the matter
again. simply as a business proposition.
The letter in part says;
Under date OF July II. 1914. the
Manufacturers Association OF Montsom
cry county. Norristown. Pa. through it.
president and secretary. addressed Il
you letter setting forth the existing
business conditions of those manufactur
ers and other industries which make vi
tho Manufacturers Association OF Mont
gomery county. Pa, and appealed 10 yol
as the leader OF the political party IL
power 10 give that relief which aion'
would save the business OF the countr!
from disaster.
Your secretary courteously acknov,
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means We ""'e vi N"o"'e "
pefore you ~ through hot'ce ~hich ap
peared in the public press at that time
attributing to YOU a Statement, that II we,
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necessary.
Look for Good Tinses.
I'VE now address to yo,f this sscon,
letter for the one specific purpose of IN.
forming you that the good times 20 hap
p.ly predicted al Wsshinxton have no,
arrived.
ION the contrary. the forecasts mad,
TO you In our first letter have ma ,erializet
10 the extent OF being AN unusual publ,
calamity. We are aware that the Ian
guage oc this letter is strong and direct
For this We have no apology. We NEAR
that II shall be 80.
situations like TIE one before us de
mand heroic treatment, and heroic treat
ment cannot be applied through the weak
ness OF circumlocution. We say TO yol
again that we Write You IN thls way oe
cause me tar1n law OF inc Democrati'
parry no" III power mas Drought 'hi
country race 10 race win business caE'in
NY,
mere the fehnsyiVama manufacturer
recent Appeals lot char'taoi' he'p to care
TOT the thousairs VINO are out OF EN-
pIoymeht besides the actioh OF the councils
Oh i'hi'a"tipf'a IN 'o''hg soo'Voo 10Y I'M
rehe' OF the ci'! y unemployed
"h"s sh~ F"css Pr"Ve'
The manufacturers add IN their ie,
ter.
,Sbou,d /, still, he sa,d tina, IN ,,,,
submitted above nroye only thu, IN.
depression ltss In m. SchuvIliu V,,ley
and tina, we prescn, an Isolated an,
Local circumstances wa Law dou,n A.. a,,
this
9Th. >sa,i.pn, As,o,I,t;o, -, uoo
a ,ahle shou.Ipe rat IN ~, 80, -,
dustry on December I. 1914. more thai
one-thlrd of all the vast machinery Wa
idle, and that table shows that the de
pr, ssiou is now greater than It was /,
September last. and that table shows tina
the depression In that industry was
greater on September | than II wa
June last That table shows that thu
depression throughout the country Il
deepening and spreading with each sue
ceeding month until nov we are face {,
face with that condition which in GU
former letter W. told YOU was nothin,
less than frightening.
Should II he still maintained that W.
have set forth the condition of but on,
industry our answer is that the state o
any one large and staple industry in tint
country always reflects a general condi
ton Ihat single great Industry on.
suners IN 40 tar as other industries which
teed upon IL suner also
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