Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-11-01
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t "NOw. I do not say, nv friend,
; that the domestic manufacturer does
In fact, add 10 the full amount Of tbs
duty upon the imported article the
: price OF the domestic one in every
instance. because it sometimes han.
pens that competition here at homo i
50 sharp and strong as to compel them
70 bring DOVE their prices. But do
say and Iehallenge contradiction from
any source. that whatever article Of
foreign production, subject tn .,~.,, 10
s"'-~'iy SsiHa brought into tn.
country and lie actually paying duty,
and is actually being sold in our
markets side by side and in eomrst;.
uon with a domestic article of tina
same kind, in every such case thu
domestic manufacturer or producer
has added the price Of the dptv 70 n,
domestic article. 1t is an unaltsrabIs
law OF trade that two men cannot sell
the same article in the same msrks,
unless they sell at the same rr;css.
one or the other of them will bs drive
out. IT two men here in the CITY Of
Baltimore are selling the same kind
OF calico. or the same kind of wooden
goods and one sells at 25 per cent
less than the other, that man who sells
Tor % per cent. more must 90 out Of
business because he cannot 60 on sell
ing his goods in competition with the
other.
Mr.. Hoiges.-"Two and a.hal?"
Mr.. Carlisle.-"Two and -a.balf ner
cent my friend, the mayor saws. I
only used it for the illustration. ANY
other amount would do as WELL"
Therefore, when you find that the
article of foreign production, subject
to duty, for instance of 25 per cent
Is actually being brought into this
country and is being sold here, duty
paid, in competition with the same
Kind OF an article produced here, it
Is absolutely certain that the article
produced mere has had its % per
cent. added to its price too.
Now, what are the facts? I shall
not worry You with statistics.
AaAe up the oInciaI reports OF your
imPortations, as kept by the Treasury
Department Of the government, year
alter year, and month after month.
because you can see every month, or
at least every three months, the enor-
nous quantities of goods that are
brought there from abroad, paying
higher rates Of duty, and still being
sold In your market in competition
with the domestic product Of the same
kind. OF wooden goods, forty.nine
million dollars worth, l believe, in
1887; cotton goods, iron and steel in
various forms, chemical products,
glassware and earthenware, and many
other things are coming into tn is
country constantly. paying duty at
the custom house, and still being sold
IN our own markets in competition
with these products; and these domes-
tic products, in every such case as
that must add this duty to their prices.
And who pays them at last? But, as
have said before, this system affords
to the domestic purchaser the oppor-
tunity to add the amount of the duty
to the price of his commodity.
"Now, gentlemen, am not here to
denounce anybody. / have the most
profound iespect-aye, have admir-
ation-for these intelligent and en-.
terPrising citizens of my country who
have had the courage to invest their
money in these great manufacturing
establishments. They have con:ribut.
ed much to the prosperity of the
country and the welfare and happiness
of the people, and I am the last man
who would knowingly strike them
even the gentlest blow. But l say
that the very purpose of this protec-
tive duty is to enable them to add it
to the price Of their article.
Gentlemen, there is Just as much
human nature in a manu- facturer az
there ID in an ordinary man. TAp.
plause.
"And when be has afforded him by
law the opportunity to increase the
price of his article be is absolutely
certain to do it, and don't blame him
for it. am blaming the law under
which this opportunity is secured to
him, and which enables him in nany
cases to COMPEL the consumer al home
to pay more for his products than he
sends them abroad and sells them for
to foreign people.
"If q man goes TO France or Ger.