The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-12-07
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a. the wsgs snd means eommltte o.
Congress. engaged in smeariug fhe I'm
derwood tariff law into some sort n
form. they only succeeded ia further
bef8ddIing those benightea apostles o.
free trade. The.Hght q reason vas r.
them = binding glare u was the
'sIight that failed"
Gas NANTES are manufactured In
Illinois. Ohio, Pennsylvania &ew York,
Miehigan, Wisconsin, Kansas and New
Jersey, . few fact0res being scattered
IN other state. About % companies are
engaged and several millions Of dollars
ia capital are involved. The sales az
erage s4,o00000 annually, and the pro
duet amounts 70 about 65,o00,000 man
ties. T~wentysix % thirty per cent Of
the cost Of manufacturing gas NANTES
gces 70 labor, the rest 70 material
overhead charges, etc. The wages paid
70 labor in this industry are q trife
more than twice a. much as those paid
in Germany IN the same line IF work,
while material costs from thirty 70
t~hirty.fge per cent more here than IN
Germany. Competition among Ameri-
con manufacturer has reduced the
price Of NANTES from % and % cents
each TO 10 and 20 cents for the same
grade.
Several contentious were made dur
ing the hearings On this subject before
the House committee. Mr. ". =.
Crown, representing % per cent Of the
gas mantle manufacturers, wanted the
duties on NANTES, and thoriBm, the
chief material from which they are
manufactured, to remain As they were
under the Republican Law, II 20 per
cent. He declared that q reduction In
Guty On thorium would be absorbed By
the German producers Of hat product,
inasmueh a. they had no competitors.
Mr.. Dallas B0udeman advocated put
ting tborium on the free list, stating
that IL this were done his interests
could stand a reduction Of the duty on
mantles 70 20 per cent. lie represented
the General Gas Mantle company, Of
New Jersey. Mr.. B0udeman rave fg
urss 70 show that If his suggestion
we're adopted the cost per thousand
NANTES ia the United States would
BE- 1921 against s4z50 IN Germany,
thus giving this country an edge Of
~ esEts Evidently before any bear
1ng On the subject had been held the
committee had decided On the rates.
When asked what would be the effect
= reducing the duty on thorium and
upon foreign NANTES 20 Is per cent
I'd yalorem On each, Mr.. Bopdeman
again presented a table showing con
elsiyely that such action would give
the German manufacturers an adyan-
tzge Of 1857 a thousand.
With Characteristic bull. Medicines,
the committee put a duty Of % per
cent On gas NANTES, not sufficient for
protection, and lowered the duty on
thorium 70 - per cent, which did no
body any good. II was anotbe' instance
o. the classical Democratic policy Of
giving the foreign manufacturers a
double advantage by removing pro
lection from the American industry
and putting a duty on the raw mate
rial used by that industry Under the
Republican law the American manufae-
turer Of gas NANTES at least had a pro
teetive duty On bis product Of forty
per cent.
The Underwood tariff law went into
effect October 4, 1913. Comparing the
period October ], 1912, to June 30,
1913, under Republican tariff rates,
with the period October 4, 1913, 70
June 30, 1914, we End that for the for.
mer period there were imported gas
mantles to the value of 1887, on
which revenue in the sum Of 1920
was collected, while for the latter pc.
rod we imported gas NANTES 70 the
value Of 10000, which paid revenue
in the sum Of S15,155. The Democratic
argument that lower duty rates In.
crease importations 10 such an extent
as TO increase revenues IL again proved
10 be unsound. Here We have on in.
crease Of Is per cent in imports within
a period Of nine months, and a decrease
Of "a per cent in the revenue, a dis
placement Of American labor CORES.
ponding 10 the Increase IN imports, a
less of revenue badly needed by an i'm.
poverished Treasury, and no diminu.
tion in the price Of gas mantles TO the
public. 1t Is one more example Of the
fsllaey Of the free-trade.wit a-handi
cap policy Of the Democratic party.
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