Show THEY DENOUNCE THE BILL decade it would boaen IB cn tho ci r rowe r to rob kob liu ito people l tho afo 1 I club s anu billias bill was drawn a op p by enlightened linI fish anil and disinterested te sted men men who aro ara anxious to see bee their country prosper the worst that tho can bay of thoin them is that alipy pro fro theorists and hobby I 1 riders I 1 1 I hoy hey a bill which as compared with the r res resent sent tariff would 1 la c justice itself yet even bill does inot not do away with avith special cs for it leavet leaves an all average protection ot of 23 25 per cent to tile tho favorite industries of 31 C kinley this ii an ail to compromise brith tho the manufacturers who now get an average of SO per cent protection the tha lacni manifest great anger at the proposition to 81 split lit iu in two gieir I 1 rates aw of levying taxes u von upon the consumer they dance and stamp and eay cay all manner of foolish things it if a abanil of pirates wre wiro in control of all of on our portland ports port sand and hail had they r not only levy tribute upon the great bulk of our imports import but could dictate legislation to EO that they would collect from tho the people GO per cent of tho cellina value of clothing and of soule some kinds of food tuini fuini luro turo utensils amplo ments tie etc then if they lind had held this social privilege tor for 30 years we could im liginO led ic a 11 tile m falcis ce they aliey would get anil and how they would storm and curse pt at the proposition to break down their industry by allowing 0 them to take only half as much plunder blunde r as formerly it is ia not strange then that tile nl manufacturers w alio ho have enjoyed similar eriv privileges if ages khouli rave at tho the reform club bill as they do in their organ the alio american economist tile tho issue of april 21 contains letterstrom letters from il manufacturers on the effect of tho the proposed measure it would necessitate a le ici luction of it at le least GO per cent iu in wages paid in my industry says the proprietor etor of tho the riv ers ersida knitting icell it would blot out the fino fine kid glove business entirely in this country says dempster place glove manufacturers would cripple our business seriously says pratt R read cad co ivory cutters there would be no wages paid hero by us for wo we would have no business says bays james lindley Li udley manufacturer of lime anil and cement A incubator is what E 1 A I hartshorn flax hemp and juto jute spinner Epin ncr calls the bill it would certainly wipe out our industry unless our operatives would submit to a reduction in their wit wages 0 es of fit at least GO 30 per cent says the british Gritis li hosiery company compi iny to tell the truth troth not all of tho the manufacturers rs belong to the pirate class eliou though ii has become bacomo so cleva elevated ted that it lias has become quite tho the fashion for manufacturers to claim membership mills would continue to turn knitting mills and spinning machines to revolve hammers chisels and saws to pound and cut and machinery to run at even greater speed than formerly it is true arti 0 that in somo some branches of manufacture some departments might h havo e to cease but the increased work in the other departments duo to cheaper raw materials and to tho the greater demand for goods at lower prices would moro than offset tile loss to the t ho wago wage earner though it might not do so for the abo manufacturer la P gi Q cejp I 1 f e f I 1 of tji 14 W ill businell a is that it should apparently never occur to the Aine american rican economist to con consult sult any but these piratical nian manufacturers u rs in its opinion tho the reform club men who drafted the bill are arc theorists cannot be ba practical business businessmen men because they do not belong to the pirate hand band for SO 00 years this band 0 has told us what rates of duty would bo be good for it and tor for tile country shall we now think hinl of fixing rates without consulting it Ilu impossible Possible supremely ridiculous says the bands chief mouth mouthpiece byron W holt I 1 |