Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-20

OUR BEAUTIFUL TARIFF SYSIEH.
The beauties of the protective tariff
system under which this country Is doing
business q handsomely illustrated by
the expert aces Of f IN Of business men
operating IN establishment st Esgle PAss,
Tex, snd one st Piedras NagEss, Mexico.
The firm is a. ]. Lsdner & Bro, and they
do q general hardware business, buying
their goods for both houses from the
same American manufacturers. Some
time 80 g. disc ussioE srose SIS 10 whether
. certain kind Of shovels OF American
make could be bought at a less cost for
foreign than for home trade. Mr.. Walter
Negiey wrote 70 the L.dners, asking their
experience in the matter, and here Is the
answer he got:
PIBDRAs NEGRAs, Mexico, Angus. 9, 1855.
To Walter Neg'ey, HagerstowD, Md.
DEAR SIR-Yours of the II at hand. In
reply take pleasure In giving you the figures
asked for as nearly al possib e. First, In re-
garsi to shovels. Our shovels bought for our
Eagle Pass store cost US about S. Per dozen,
class and material cost Us laid down In Piedras
Negras g o. per cozen. Another item: Agate
iron ware cannot be bought for delivery any
where in the United States for better than IS
per cent. discount. In PIedIas Negras Wa car
bay the came article from the same houses at
60 per cent discount. The list is the same In
both cases. These are not the only articles.
Di,s,on's saws can be bought with an adci
-ntN1--
manufacturers could sell In hon markets In
competition with the outside producers. These
figures are only a partial list. Every article
known to toe hardware trade can be bought for
expor. cheaper than they can for home con-
sumption. Hoping this viii answer your pur
pose, we remain very truly yours,
A. j. LADNER & BRO.
Do you gee the point? We pay tribute
year after year 70 protect these "infani
taIus.-ies," and they repay US By selling
to us at one price and to our neighbors at
5 less. 4 Mexican merchant and an
American merchant go to one Of these
factories together ard each buys the
same bill Of goods. The American pays
500 for his aud the Mexican only has 10
ply S75 or $50 for his.
The Baltimore Sun gave circulation 70 the
Lsduer letter, whereupon the Young Meu's
Hsrr son and Morton Club at Fort Scott Kan
sas. forwarded the following to that firm:
DEAR s1Rs The enclo,ed article was pub.
lished in one OF Our papers here, and as come
think is probably forgery, write to know II
1t is genuine. Alto please stats where tie
shoyeIs furnished the Mexican store were pur
chased. Thanking You in advance for the in
formation, am. very respectfully,
G. HoRNADAY, Secretary.
To the above the following reply was at once
forwarded:
DEA3 SIR Your favor of the 18th TO hand,
inclcslng copy Of our let er 10 Mr.. Walter Neg
ley. VIII this letter was not Intended for
publication, the statements are none the lees
true, and We can and will substantiate them.
The difference in the cos. of American goods
forced US to open our house IN Piedras Negras
in order to hold our Mexican trade. Should
any of your friends or members of you; GLIB
still doubt the geuuineness of the letter 70 Mr..
Negley, We ara willing 20 make affidavit to 1t
ST ould you publish this, please send us copy
and oblige, yours truly,
a. j. LADNER & BRO.
The Messrs. Lsdner did no. intend
their tst letter to be made public, for
they did not desire to offend the firms
from whom they purchase articles
named. That is the reason, SO we are
assured By the Esgle Pass Guide, they
did not mention the name OF the firm
manufacturing the shovel spoken Of.
They make their living selling hardware,
and they fear to encounter the hostilities
of the manufacturers, for those lordly |
fellows have way of blacklistirg mer-
chants who cfsnd them and refusing to