The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-03-03

free and the duty on cloth nominal.
Take the case Of the Hale IL Frost
factory, Of Fitchburg, Mass, an old
firm that was established in 1913,
using the same old looms that were
used from 1850 to 1860, hardly II
new invention in their mills, the
same old firm managing. Here
are the Hale IL Frost cassimeres,
light wool spring goods, cotton
warp, for men and boys /; with free
wool and revenue tariff the prices
Of these goods from 1850 to 1860
averaged 81 cents per yard. Az
erage price for the identical goods,
made on same looms by same pro-
cess in 1882, Is cents per yard.
Drawn from their books ! have a
statement showing hat from 1850
to 1860 they sold their cashmere
at an average price ofS1.07 yard.
Then came the tariff rate under the
law OF tS61; and the duty, you say.
j, always added to the price.
From 1870 to 1850, when we reach
ed resumption, the Hale &c Frost
cassImercs averaged in price from
their mill 81 cents Il yard instead
Of S1.O7.
Take the very item of wool, in
which YOU are all interested. From
1850 to 1850 wool was free, and
the wool interests of this country
were at a low ebb. The market
for wool was in the hands Of the
importer; itswas in the hands of
the foreign grower. To-day, I'M
der our tariff system, the market
for American wool is in the hands
of the American grower. Every
pound OF wool that the American
farmer can raise he sells to-day to
an American manufacturer, and
the money stays at homc-is not
sent abroad. DO you say that the
price Of wool has increased under
this tariff Of II cents a pound,
as against the free wool Of 1850 to
1861 | have here the figures
To-day wool is cheaper, pound for
pound, and has been for the last )
years, than it was from 1855 to
1860 under the free rating Of the
tree trade party.
Again, all farmers tools are of
American make. No nation can
compete with us in style or price of
reapers, mowers, plows, shovels,
hoes, forks, axes, wagons, harness,
saddlery, hardware, DC. Our peo-
pie buy cheaper and better goods
than any nation in the world can
sell us. Our hardware, much of it
is found on the shelves of English
dealers.
Permit me here to refer to a
purely American industry, the com
mon cut nail. Eight million kegs
Of nails are made in this country
annually, 500, 900 east of the Al
leghanies, I 200, 900 west.
Here is an industry born of the
old protective duty on wrought
nails, not one made in the United
States at the time the duty was
fixed, ali imported from England.
Under the duty the manufacture
was started here in the L. S. Ont
of the shops thus started came the
Perkin'onail-cutting machine. Now
all the nails used in the [. S. are
homemade ; and the price, instead
Of 20 cents per pound, varies from
1929 per cwt. to $500.
The price that kaolin or China
clay broughtin England was &l,2S
per cubic foot. The price under
protected American competition i,
10 cents per cubic foot. From TIN,
clay is made our fine pottery anC
China tableware.
From the authority Of a mer
chant and importer in y. Y. city.
Mr.. Davenport, facts CLEANED from
tue pages OF ms DOCKS, we learned
that the crockcry ware that wen.
upon the farmers table in 1892 anC
years following to 1860, was 60 PEI
cent. higher in price than to-da,
under protection. Here is one in
voice; 1872, one crate Of ware
5000, no tariff 1882, one crat,
Of ware, $3.50, 40 per cent. tariff
The identical goods, changed onl,
in style, handmade entirely in boil
instances.
On all the coarser kinds Of earth
en- ware the freight from abroaC
makes it impossible to import anC
transport them to the interior o
. the country, and these goods arr
made and sold by local potters, ant
the tariff in nowise affects tn,
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