Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1890 — The Tariff on Binding Twine. [ARTICLE]

The Tariff on Binding Twine.

The action of tho Senate in putting binding twine on the free list caused a veritable panic in the cording industry. The Bay State manufacturers were especially indignant, and from all sides a chorus of protest went up, which, it is understood, has already convinced Congress that the step is a very hazardous one to make. At the same time tho pressure from the West is almost irresistible. Binding twine is comparatively a new article, dating back only to 1880, but now about 50,000 tons per annum is used in binding tho crops of the country. —Dry Goods Economist.