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A French Manufacturers* Committee For the Repeal of the McKinley BUI—Wilson Hopes That “Our Labors** Will “Benefit Both of Them.** The influence of the C'obden clnb of London has for many years been a po tent factor in American national legis lation, materially aiding the Democratic party in its free trade campaign. Backed by the wealth of English manufactur ers, it has endeavored to secure tariff legislation more favorable to Great Brit ain. But since the meeting of this con gress last August a new organization has come into being across the Atlantic. This new Democratic ally bids fair to outstrip at least in boldness the efforts of the Cobden clnb to influence and con trol tariff legislation in the United States. Members of congress have received at the postoffice of the house a pamphlet containing 37 pages of printed matter. On the fly leaf is printed in large type these words: France aiul the United States French Committee For the repeal of the McKinley bill. 15 Document published by the French Committee, Paris. Comite Francais, 6 Rue D’Uzes, 1894. On page 35 of this document there is printed a letter from M. Henry Petit, the president of this French committee for the repeal of the McKinley bill. This letter is addressed to the chamber of commerce and syndical chambers of France. In it M. Petit said: I Lave the honor to inform you that the French committee for furthering the abolition of the McKinley bill was completed Nov. 18 in the sitting held at the Grand hotel. This committee, organized to aid the Democratic party to abolish the McKin ley bill, is intended to be a permanent organization, and as appears from M. Petit’s letter is constituted as follows: President, M. Henry Petit, manufacturer in the firm of Gros, Roman & Co. Vice president, M. Louis Tabourier, manu facturer. Delegate in France and in the United States, M. Leon Cbotteau, barrister, publicist, mem ber of the Cobden club, London. Treasurers, Messrs. Gros, Roman <fc Co., manufacturers. Assistant treasurer, M. Prosper Staehle, cashier of the firm of Gros, Roman & Co. Secretary. M. Leon Guillaumet, manufac turer. Here we see arrayed against the Amer ican policy of protection and reciproci ty not alone the wealth and influence of the Cobden club of London, but also the organized wealth and power of the French bankers and manufacturers, members of the one society being offi cers in the other, the two co-operating in their efforts to break down the bar riers which have hitherto, protected the American producer and restricted the privilege of these foreigners to sell their products in our market. These French manufacturers are per sonally represented in Washington, their president, M. Petit, saying that: Our delegate, M. Leon CUotteau, will attend the legislative debates, give us an account of the proceedings and endeavor to get the de sires and wishes which we have imparted to him incorporated in the new law. What do onr Democratic friends who claim to be and who are good American citizens think of this proposition? This information ought to arouse the Ameri can people to a sense of the danger that threatens their industrial institutions and their markets by the adoption of this proposed Democratic free trade Wil son bill. Who will ever know the ex tent to which the wishes and desires of these French and English manufactur ers have been incorporated in this bill, and at the suggestion or request of their representative, M. Leon Chotteau, who is not their delegate only, and who does not alone represent this French commit tee, but is also a member of the free trade Cobden club of London, represent ing that organization as well, and who is in Washington with instructions as to what the wishes and desires of these foreign manufacturers are, and to have the same incorporated in the bill which is now being considered. Un page 26 of that pamphlet is print ed a “Letter From Leon Chotteau to Hon. William L. Wilson, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, ” dated Paris, Sept. 4, 1893. In this letter the author recites the interest these foreign manufacturers have in the proposed change in our tar iff policy and instructs Mr. Wilson as to his duty in the premises. In it also are many facts tending to show the in jurious influences of the McKinley bill upon the export trade to the United States of the principal European coun tries. Says this Frenchman: In 1890 $449,000,000 worth of goods and $391, 000.000 in 1892. The result is a decrease of $58, 000,000, lost, by the European exporters. If the foreign exporter lost $58,000, 000 on account of the McKinley bill, the American producer must have gained that snm in consequence of that meas ure. That sum shows the influence exerted by the McKinley bill on this side of the Atlantic. This is undoubtedly true, but it shows also the influence exerted by the Mc Kinley bill on this side of the Atlantic, which was to increase the consumption of American products to the amount of $58,000,000: Of these $58,000,000, 3d were wrested from England. 15 from Germany, 9tn from France, 6 from the Netherlands, 1 from Switzerland and 1 from Austria-Hungary. He goes on to say: Thus Belgium, which gains $936,000 in its dealings with you in 1882 over 1890, is compelled to buy from you for upward of $21,500,000. As for France, she loses on both sides, since her sales are $9,000,000 in decrease, while her purchases amount to $48,000,000 in excess. If this is so, the gain to the United States must have been on both sides, and we can understand why France is aiding the Democrats to secure this leg islation, and to this letter we find on page 27 of the pamphlet that the bon UNDER THE MISTLETOE. Grandmamma, in yonr frame on th* wall. Beautiful inaid of the long ago. Stately and slender, blond and tall. With the pinched in waist and the foot k small. Prithee tell—for 1 fain would know— What did you on that Christmastlde When great-greut-graudpupu made you bride? Handsome and courtly and debonair. With his powdered cue and his Roman nose. As richly dark as his bride is fair. He rests a hand on your straight backed chair To whisper to you, I suppose— To whisper again as in long ago When he kissed you under the mistletoe. Say, beautiful bride in the antique dress; Say, beautiful bride in your bridal white. Did you let him gaze on your loveliness Till lifted eyes did your heart confess As you led the dance on your wedding night? Did he press your hand as he bent to say Sweet words—as the lovers do today? Ah! courtly groom of the vanished years. Beautiful bride of the days long fled. Dust, but dust are your hopes and fears. Cold your kisses and dried your tears; But I hang here, over your head, A sprig of such Christmas mistletoe As you kissed beneath in the long ago. —Mary Clarke Huntington in Good House keeping. Hollow Spars. The use of hollow spars for boats de signed to attain great speed has intro duced a new and novel industry requir ing workmanship of the finest charac ter. The stick for this purpose is re quired J:o be of exceptionally fine and straight grain, and after being roughly shaped is split longitudinally from end to end; the center of each of the halves is then hollowed out, and a greater or less amount is removed, according to the intended location of the spar, the upper spars being much tho lighter. These hollows run nearly tho length of the spar, great care being essential to have them follow the taper of the out side of tho spar exactly, to insure uni form thickness at every point--of course when this has been done and the two halves of tho spar replaced in their original position, a circular hole is left in the center of tho spar, running near ly the whole length, and following its taper from end to end. After this the two halves are fastened in place again by means of wooden dowels, which fas ten the split together, being placed al ternately on either side of the central hollow, and both dowels and split are carefully glued. These dowels vary in size with tho size of tho spar, but are usually as long as they can be made without piercing its outside surface. They aro placed slightly nearer the cen ter hollow than the outside, in order to give them all the length possible. In small spars the glue and the dowels suffice, but in large ones metal bands on the outside are added.—New York Sun. As to Giants. There has been no subject concerning which more lies have been told than about giants. Until it was found that modern men could not be squeezed into the armor at the Tower, it was taken for granted that we had degenerated in size. This is not only not the case, but in the matter of giants we have the advantage of our predecessors. The Em peror Maximinian indeed wTas said to have been 8feet high, but ancient mensuration, especially in the case of an emperor, is not to be trusted; in deed, from its not having made him taller, it is certain that there was no one else nearly so tall. Orestes, it is true, we are told, was 10 feet long—aft er death, but he was not thought so highly of when alive; we may reasona bly take 8 feet as his ultimatum.—Lon don News. On tlie Free List. Poor Hankinson, who had come to make an evening call, paused at the doorway of the parlor. Young Fergu son was there ahead of him. *‘I can hardly hope for any inter change of ideas this evening, Miss Ka jones, ” he said, with a ghastly attempt to be facetious, •' on the basis of unre stricted reciprocity. You seem to be fully protected. ’ ’ “Protected?” exclaimed Miss Ka jones, with a ravishing smile. "Not at all, Mr. Hankinson. Raw material is on the free list here. Walk in. ”—Chi cago Tribune. Spanish Etiquette. There is a curious story of how the Duke d’Aoste, when king of Spain, told a muleteer to whom he was talking to cover himself, the sun being hot, for getting that by so doing he made him a grandee. Marshal Prim, to prevent this catastrophe, knocked the man’s hat out of his hand, and according to some the muleteer had something to do with the assassination that followed a few days afterward.—London Spectator. An Office Secret. Junior Partner—Our traveler cugnt to be discharged. He told one of our customers that I am an ignorant fool. Senior Partner—I shall speak to him and insist that no more office secrets be divulged.—Boston Gazette. In front of his early home, in Swe den, stands a monument with this in scription, “John Ericsson was born here.” It is a large granite monument and was built by the miners of his na tive region wholly at their own chargee. Conductor James McEnteeof the Un ion Pacific railroad claims to have las soed a deer with a bellcord, an experi ence that is vouched for by the train hands. The train was going at full speed near Echo, U. T., at the time. This is a progressive age. The king of Corea has purchased an electric light plant in this country, which will have 2,000 incandescent lamps and will illu minate the king’s palace and grounds. One of the largest retail dry goods houses in Boston has a standing con tract with a daily newspaper to take all the small change received each day by “■he newspaper. The average cost of building an Eng- ] lish ironclad is £48 per ton; French, £55; Italian, £57: German, £60. THE CLEVELAND BADGE. A Prevailing: Fart, Worn a* a NecMdity leather Thau Oruaiueut. Here is it story from actual life that is too good to be lost: A lady in Macomb, wife of one of our mechanics who voted for Cleveland and reform, was down town the other dittoing some trading at one of the leading grocery stores. She was well acquainted witli the pro prietor, and after through ordering goods fell into a chat with that gentle man. After awhile she suddenly start ed up and said: “Well, this won’t do. I must hurry home and finish my hus band's Cleveland badge.” The grocer is a Republican, and lie flew up in a minute, saying, “I should think you would be thinking of any thing but making Cleveland badges these hard times, and I can’t imagine what sort of a badge you would make.” “I’ll tell you what it is, sir,’’ the spunky woman retorted. “It's a patch about the size of a palm leaf fan on tho seat of his trousers. It’s the prevailing fad up in the Second ward since the present ad ministration came in. Why, even the Republicans are putting them on. And there never was a more appropriate badge in the world,” and with a smile the woman passed out, while the some what sold grocer soliloquized: “That woman diagnosed the case pre cisely. It’s as appropriate a badge for Cleveland and reform as the skull and crossbones is the proper coat of arms for a poison label.”—Macomb Journal. ■——-— LORD BACON ON PROTECTION. II<; Givesdood Advice to Villicrs, tlie K’lijV Favorite. “Let the foundations of a profitable trade be thus laid, that the exportation of home commodities be more in value than the importation of foreign, so we shall be sure that the stocks of the king dom shall yearly increase, for then the balance of trade must be returned in money or bullion."’ “Let the vanity of the times be restrained. Let vanity in apparel and, which is more vain, that of fashion be avoided.” “The excess of diet in costly meats and drinks fetched from beyond the seas should be avoided. Wise men will do it without a law. I would there might be a law to restrain fools. The excess of wine costs the kingdom much and returns nothing but surfeits and diseases. Were we wise as easily as we might be, within a year or two at most, if we would needs be drunk with wines, we might be drnnk with half the cost.” “If we rnnst be vain in laces and em broideries, which are more costly than either worn or comely, let the curiosity be the manufacture of the batives.” “But instead of crying up all things which are either brought from beyond the sea or wrought here by the. hands of strangers, let us advance the native commodities of our own kingdom and employ our countrymen before stran gers. Let us turn the wools of the land into cloths and stuffs of our own growth, and the hemp and flax growing here into linen cloth and cordage. It would set many hands at wqrk, and thereby one shilling’s worth of the materials would by industry be multiplied to 5, 10 and many times to 20 times more in the value being wrought.” The Sheep Industry of Texas. Texas alone possesses about 4,000,000 sheep, or about one-eleventh of all the sheep in the United States. These sheep bring into Texas each year about $7,000, 000, which is expended in the state for feed, herding, shearing, salt, shedding and the lease of lands. There is a vast amount of rough lands in Texas now be ing utilized in the sheep industry that pays a good revenue, as the land thus used increases its taxable value, and it otherwise would be comparatively use less. The agitation for a reduction of the tariff on wools has caused the value of the wool products to drop from 18 to 20 cents to 6 and 8 cents per pound—in fact, to no sales at all—and the value of '■ sheep has fallen in proportion. Taking into consideration the great number of men, directly and indirectly, who are : engaged in this industry and the vast 1 amount expended annually among all classes of people, it must be conceded 1 that the position of the people connected with this industry is less favorable than has appeared at any previous time. It is ruin that Senator Mills is advocating for his fellow citizens in his own state. Do Not Dread the Smoke Now. About two years ago there was a great outcry about too much smoke from the smokestacks at Chicago and elsewhere, and the question was mooted of making laws to compel the factories to consume the smoke, as it specked the clothing while being dried on the lines. But the solution of the vexed question was solved in a way different from what was at first expected. A large number of the people voted for free trade, and the consequence was that the factories soon stopped, and there was no further trouble from the smoke. But no w all the people agree that they want the factories running, even if they do have to put up with smoke. Let the factory fires all burn again. THE ENGLISH IDEA. *N UNDERCURRENT OF ANXIETY TO SECURE OUR TRADE. Interesting Comments From the British Press That Show How They Want to Sell Tlielr Goods—Closed American Factories Mean Hlches For Kngland. Exports to the United States have not been going out quite so freely as other wise might have been anticipated, and if the new tariff bill is accepted by the senate a large increase in tonnage is most probable.—Morning, England. The (Wilson) bill would reduce the duties in many cases if it became law, and intending exporters to the States are therefore holding back all the goods they can in order to escape the McKinley duties, should these be ulti mately repealed.—East Anglian (Ips wich) Times. It will be a bad lookout for Welsh tin workers if America ever succeeds in making enough tin plates to meet its own consumption. It will be still worse if America can manufacture more than sufficient for its own wants, for that will mean competition with Wales in markets now its own.—Western Mail, Cardiff, Wales. There is at present going through the United States congress a measure which ought to prove of vast importance to Irish trade, but especially to the woolen industry in this country. The time to be in the field is not when the new tariff has been in operation some time, but on the first day that it comes into play. The English and Scotch and other woolen makers will make il rush for possession. —Dublin Telegram. The Americans will settle their tariff with an eye to their own interests and not to ours. As free traders we may think the two identical, but the Ameri cans are a long way from seeing matters in the same light. British manufacturers should not let any chances slip them of utilizing to the full any opportunities for increased trade with the States a re formed tariff may one day afford them. But they must not trust too confidingly to a reopening of an undoubtedly fine market.—London Commerce. I he truth is that the effectual cure of the grave evils which afflict the body politic in tl.e United States, and which, in spite of the immense natural resources of the republic, have evolved there a social problem at least as formidable and urgent as any which confronts the crowded states of the old world, will never be accomplished until the people have got rid of the mere sordid adven turers who have been allowed to usurp the management of their affairs.—Glas gow Herald. In the Swansea and Llanelly district, which is by far the largest tin plate pro ducing one in Wales, the news that the tariff bill had been passed by such a large majority was welcomed with un mistakable demonstrations of satisfac tion. At this moment, when the indus try is in such a depressed state, no news could be better than this from America, for with a reduction to nearly the old tariff rate the old prosperous and regular state of the industry may be looked to in the near future.—Western Mail, Cardiff, Wales. The depression during the last two years in Wales has been felt so keenly that we can forgive the great rejoicing over the failure of the trade in the States, although Llanelly and Swansea people who are rejoicing at the failure of some of our employers who invested some of their capital in the States would do well to remember that had they been success ful a goodly number were preparing quietly to follow their example and are now patriotic only owing to the force of circumstances.—Western Mail, Cardiff, Wales. We must expect that the Wilson tariff bill will be keenly fought at every stage, and that plausible reasons will be found for not allowing it to interfere too sum marily with vested rights and interests which have grown up under the McKin ley tariff. In such a state of affairs as this and with so doubtful a future before them it will be well for our own mer chants and manufacturers not to expect too much from the Wilson tariff bill and not to be overforward in making prep aration for changes which it may or may not affect.—London Times. The writer in The Industrial World would have been more in place had he vented his indignation against the tele gram which a short time ago it was stat ed would be sent to President Cleveland by the tin platers, thanking him for his efforts in repealing the McKinley bill, which, on the face of it, was a glaring indiscretion and would lead the Repub lican party to believe that President Cleveland was subsidized by South Wales tin platers. The indications are now that the immense popularity of President Cleveland will insure his elec tion for another term, and providing the tarriff is now arranged on the lines already laid down, and if President Cleveland or the Democratic party with a leader of the same pronounced opin ions as Cleveland retain power after the next election we can count upon a good run of trade here for seven or eight years.—Western Mail, Cardiff, Wales. President Cleveland’s bill, while it does not go so far in the direction of free trade as it might do, yet makes changes of vast importance, which must have a highly beneficial effect, and in many re spects it goes further than many people in this country anticipated. The bill has yet to pass through the senate, and it is likely there to meet with more or less strenuous opposition. The new section dealing with income tax will in particu lar be unwelcome in that assembly. Whatever may be done with regard to this portion of the bill, however, it is practically .ertain that the senate will have to pass the tariff portion into law, even if some modifications are intro duced. A fiscal reform which must have an immense influence and impetus upon the trade both of America and this coun try is ther ore assured.—Leeds (Eng land) Express.
