THE HAT - TRIMMERS AND THE FRENCH TARIFF. [To THE EDITOR OP
TUE ..spscrsroa.-] Si,—May I be permitted to supplement your answer in last week's Spectator to Mr. Edward Chapman's letter re the hat- trimmers of Romily ? The - remedy is to protect the hat- trimming industry, and if all the users of hats are agreeable to pay the increased price, that would be good for the Romily manufacturer. Of course oiler manufacturers besides hat- trimmers would become entitled to similar consideration, and the prices of their goods would also rise, and presently the people would have to use hats without trimmings. Where would the Romily girls come in then ? It is interesting to know that the Romily manufacturer does send hat-bodies into France. But for the French tariff against wool, he might have to keep his hats as well as his trimmings.—I am, Sir, &c.,
WM. WILLIAMSON.
'Sandford House, Merton Road, Bootle.
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