Show STILL TALKING TARIFF earthenware and glassware marble and stone ALL WANT MORE protection I 1 deplorable condition ot of the glass blowers and the potters depleted depicted isy bv representatives of those industries comparison ot of wages under tile the mckinley kckinley law and the wilson law jaw japanese competition Is 1 touched upon and her C cheap h aap products shown to be a X menace e u ace washington glon jan 8 tho the schedule of the tariff including earthenware glassware marble and stone brought fewer business e s s r men n e n to washington ton and to I 1 bushta tho he waya and ale means ana committee ti than i ain had the L ol 01 oilier J ie r schedules considered 1 t this h week II 11 I 1 1 W walker of 0 deaver beaver 1 falls ails I 1 pa sanke on tiles asking for ficat lc atlon oil an and d a duty I 1 I 1 there was present a large delegation ot of blowers lewis Irr airrington ington ot of alton ili announced they desired tile the reenactment of tile tho acl mcanley Mcl nley rates edgar edi A gard card of ill IH read a I 1 statement tho the demoralization ot of t lie glass brittle bottle blowers business brought about by the wilson act the calet officer of 0 the organization 0 of f flint and lime glass class workers maj smith of fit pittsburg ritts alt burg asked for 9 a tariff which would secure the manu manufacture facture of u wd by american workmen the capital dinv inv invested ested in tho the industry in the united states was Od OOOO with annual production of about the same value simon burns of pittsburg president of the window glass class workers asso elation clation presented the case of the work ingmon ile he said their average wages per ann all under tile the mckinley law had find been 7 27 under the wilson law many mills were closed and hundreds hundred of in men e n ille tile the adoption re ire adopt lon of r the fc Kulley rates will the lie new r ates al plying applying to larger sizes of glass was recommended i I 1 POTTERY INTERESTS potteries were next taken up john W r morgan of trenton AN i I 1 spoke for the workmen who lie declared were riot not na an well situated as is the potters petters of england the average wages per week under the mckinley law had been til 1140 40 and under tile the wilson law a av 4 63 and hall had as many men been e employed in the laal period as the fig first wages would have hen been 50 per cent lower skilled potters were in a state sta 0 of destitution congressmen taylor of ohio alio ito represents mckinless McKin leys oli old district spoke as an elmert rl in potteries incidentally ile he remarked that the so senators n in charge of the ahe wilson lill bill had ad promised that thai it a strike then pending albang tho the petters aris settled bellied the rates would lie be advanced to 41 40 pe per r eel cent t on plain and 43 45 per cent on tic decorated orated wares mares the strike was settled but the senators were unable to keep their promise because the house accepted the lill 1111 as it came from the senate NIt without hout amending it in conference mr taylor spoke at length of the competition of japan whets potters were 25 S cents a day and doi do de I dared that hat a capital of ini vested in japan would capture the mat maikels bets of tile vol id anti anil drive the rest of tile the world to or protection by nay of illustration he exhibited samples of cups still and saucers of oc japanese make bold jn in now new york at a dozen the decorating 0 of 1 would cost I 1 that tat surn sum if done by americans icons till THE mancie BUSINESS I 1 frank C of rutland vt VL presented a statement agreed upon by all branches of the marble business the importers and producers ile ho explained that it was the first time the various interests ever had teen been able to asree upon al a tariff protection was chiefly desirable to shield 4 the A american r n laborer from ila italian com competition Petit i on increased duty on all classes clashes was a asked D of chattanooga asked for al a duty PC per r cross on lava ras gas jet alp tips representative sorg ot of ohio appeared in ili beliak behalf of the elio pasteur filter company to ask that the glass class used in the niter MILE anti and not made in this country be put lint on oil the free list the committee then adjourned |