Manufacturers Against The Tariff Bill

One ot the most striking lndicatlons of Uie growth of sentiment igainst high protection and of a liberai sentiment upon tarift matters is the movement against the pending tariff bill by the Manufacturera' Association of the United States. Mr. A. B. Farquhar, an extensive manufacture!' of agrlcullural maehinery of York, Pa., is at the head of the movement. It is well known that In the manufacture of agricultural implemento and machinery Americans are in advance cf tbeir eoinpetitors ín any ofhei land and that the prodiu-t of tti. i lories may be sëon in the floïfls all ovei the civilized world. These piep!!' KGèa no protection anti are well a Ole to uikf care of . themselves. All ihfy as!; Is to have untaxed raw material, bo that they will not be placed at a disadvantagti. A great ltst of other in'flustriHs are practjcally in the saine position anil de sire free raw material mox-e than tlioy desire protection. It is alsó significant that the manufacturera, in their petition to the senate, declare that their ability to employ ; American labor will be greatly impaired by the passage of the tariff bill. They aak that the Chinese wall that is obstructing the foreign trade and crippling American enterprise ahall be broken down. The plea which has been used ioi years by the protectionists- namely, that protection is in the interest of American Jabor - ia shown by census figures to be a sham. Of the &,000,000 persons employéd in mamifacturing in the United States it is shown in the petition that less than 200,000 are employed In occupations subject to activi! foreign competition and 016,000 in occupations Bubjèoi to inoilerate foreign competition. The rcmairirir, bVè'f 4,000,000, do not come at all in eèm petition with foreign labor. H is vory p)ain that the Dinglcy lrtll is not aeslgned, any niore tban ;.ny other liigh prolecüve measxire was dcsignécl, 'to ..protect Amerrcan labor oí i to prodnrp ri'Tennes f'fo.r tilt! government. It is designad primarily to protect the trusts and to foter óly.