National Tariff Convention; Hemingray represented

PROTECTIONISTS IN COUNCIL.

Meeting of the National Tariff

Convention at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Nov. 13. — The National Tariff Convention organized in Fairbank Hall this morning. At a preliminary meeting Hon. Rufus B. Bullock, ex-Governor of Georgia, was chosen chairman pro tem. The following compose the Committee on Permanent Organization: A. E. Buck, Tecumseh, Ala.; B. T. Osborn, New York; Louis T.Hawley, Syracuse, N. Y.; Horace T. Smith, Santa Barbara, Cal.; W. F. Nickerson, Boston; G. W. Potter, Illinois; Melton Remley, Iowa; J. Fuller, Maine; D. J. Morrell, Pennsylvania. Upon taking the chair, ex-Governor Bullock in a brief speech stated the objects of the convention, which are the purification of the public service, the restoration of the national flag on the ocean, the advancement of the interests of ship-building industry, the regaining of our lost place in the carrying trade, the discussion of the advisability of the early reduction of internal taxes of the general government, and a discussion of means to naturalize new industries upon our soil. James Scanlan and E. H. Talbert, of Chicago, and J. M. Barker, of New York, were appointed secretaries. The convention then adjourned until three P.M.

Afternoon Session.

Governor Bullock at 3 P.M. called the convention to order. The Committee on Permanent Organization reported for permanent president Hon. William McKinley, of Ohio, and a long list of vice presidents, including the following gentlemen from Pennsylvania; Hon. James S. Negley, of Pittsburg; Henry Winsor, of Philadelphia, and James Park, Jr., of Pittsburg.

Among the industries represented are the Bessemer Steel Company, of Philadelphia; Columbia Iron Works, of Baltimore; Cherokee Iron and Railroad Company, of Cedar Town, Ga.; The Union Iron Company, of Buffalo, Hemingway [sic] Hemingray Glass Company, Covington, Ky.; John Roach & Son, of Chester, Pa.; Leland Iron Company, of Detroit; Glendower Iron Works, of Bauville, Pa.; Lafayette Iron Works, of Lafayette, Ind.; National Board of Steam Navigation of Chicago; Natchez Cotton Mills Company, Natchez, Miss.; Bessemer Steel Company, of Pittsburg; McKeesport Iron Works. of Pittsburg; Pottstown (Pa.) Iron Company; Spang Steel and Iron Company, of Pittsburg; Henry Disston & Sons, of Philadelphia; Reading (Pa.) Bolt and Nut Company; Illinois Watch Company, of Springfield, Illinois; Tecumseh Iron Company, of Alabama, Chamber of Industry and Trade, New York; Wayne Iron and Steel Works, of Pittsburg; Black Diamond Steel Works, of Pittsburg; and numerous others from all parts of the United States.

A vote of thanks was tendered to Governor Bullock for his efficiency as temporary chairman. Mr. McKinley on taking the chair made a speech in favor of protection, for the sake of protection he did not believe in a tariff for revenue only, with incidental protection. After the appointment of a committee to which resolutions should be submitted without debate, Mr. Adams, of Cleveland, and Mr. David H. Mason, of Chicago, offered resolutions of an appropriate character. The latter gentleman denounced British free trade as a scheme to protect British manufactures in American markets and enable British capital and labor to deprive Americans of the benefit of our laws.