Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-25

AAdAd ~ "a ~ LA4lN ~ ~ IL "a A.
utilization of lAbor-saving machinery
has been abundantly demonstrated ;
as, for example, in Consul Schoenhoi's
showing that the shoe factories
OF Lynn, Mess, pay double the wages Of
Germany and yet make better shoes al
one-half the coat; that American wooden
mills pay the highest wages ia the world
and yet, with free wool, could easily
underssll the English, German and Swisa
cloth makers right In Manchester, Berlin
or Geneva; In the standing offer Of 0ramp
4 Sons, Of Philadalphia, despite their
handicap on raw materials, to duplicate
any hrst class transatlantic steamsr for
the same money which she would cost Oh
the olydei in tho fact that We ars u, day
making and exporting clocks, watches,
cutlery, carriages and many other srticies,
and in the many other things that 90 TO
show that If we only had fair chance We
could compste with the foremost nations
of the old world in the markets of the
world. We are progressing faster than
they, but IL is foolish to mako the mis-
take that they have been standing still or
retrcgrading, even when we nnd that
wages in Germany have declined from
25 to IS per cent since the adoption of a
high-tsriff policy by that country.
Now to come back TO the subject Of
shoveis. II, as we said before, the price
OF shovel in the United States is as low
or lower than the price of the same
shovel in England or elsewhere, then
clearly the As per cent import duty on
foreign made shovels would be super
finity, because there would be no tempta-
ton to import what can be bought as
chenply at home. Then why should the
American shovel maker care for the re-
tsntion Of the dutys II would BIO dead
letter; he would have no nsed for it's
''protectionn and, il man Of proper
spirit, would feel rather insuited than
oomplimented by the inAinuation COZ
veyed in the maintenance Of this un-
necessary protection. Whore is the
African in this woodpile? We think the
following letter will show
OFIcIsA DE
u, Ladner y Hno.,
coMMERCIaSTEs,
En- EsTuFAs FERRETERA
0JALATERiA,
PIEDRAs NEaRAs, MExtoo,
AfuttGf q 1922 I
Mr.. Walter Nesley, Hdger sioDn. Nd:
DEAR Sin: Yours of the "a at hand. 10
reply rake pleasure in giving you the fig
uras ASKED TOR as nearly as possible. First,
In regard 20 shnvels. Our shovels bought
for our Eagle Pass store cost US about sc
per dozen, exclusive OF freight. Our shoVels
OF the same class and material cost us laid
down In Pledras Eegras S2.9l per dozen.
Another item: Agate ironware cannot be
bousht for delivery anywhere In the Unit d
States Cor better than SO per cent discount.
In Piedrns Nagras we can buy the same ar
ticios from the same houses at 60 per cent
discount The list " the same In both cases.
These are not the only articles. Dlsston's
saws can De bought with an additional 20
percent discount snowing that the manu-
faetuters could sell In home marke'e IN
competition with me outside producers
These figures are only partial list. Every
article known to thu hardware trade can
be bought from American manufacturers
for export cheaper than they can for home
consumption. Hoping that this will answer
your purpose, We remain,
Very truly yours,
A. ]. LADSEB h BRo.,
per Il.
The frm Of Ladnsr & Brother owns
and runs, as will be seen from this letter,
two Rte7ss; ere st Eaels Pasc "svrr;eh
SopGiy Tess, spa the ctrer right across
u tas Ssaez sids Of the Rio Grarae, ct
Pisdras Negras in the Mexican state of
ooahuila. The Arm buys the same goods
for both stores from American maaufao-
turers. What follows? "Our msnufac
turers,n says the Hsgeratown Mail "who
are 80 excited about the interests Of our
American labor, will sell the Mexican
Greaser his shovel for less than one-half
what they charge the American work
man." Why? Because when those
shovels enter Mexico they come into
competition with foreign made shovels on
equal terms. And that the shovel
manufacturers, the saw maui acturers,
the agate ironwsre manufacturers, the
hardware Manufacturers OF the United
States can compete with foreign manu-.
factuFers on equal terms is conclnBiysly
shown by the fact that they are doing II.
No one is fool enough to imsaine that
they serd these goods to Mexico for
glory they do II because there is money
in 1t. And there would be Just 40 much
money In II for them on the homo side OF
tho Rio Grsrde, but there the d5 per cent
protection" which they 40 rot need en-.
ables thom to squeeze the American Gus
toner, and by mutual agreement, they do
it. This Is how the tariff makes trusts.
Clearly tho parrot is right. The tariff
Is tax.
-S-N-1-
In his speech Of last Friday night, after
demonstrating, IL he demonstrated any
tding, that the duty on wooden cloth is
superhaous, aince "you cen bny ss good
an article at the Kiamenst mill
owned by John Pilling, for So a suit, and
you oen buy enc of medium queltty for
"a sGit, aud tell me where can Won Get
that cheaper in England il you dare n
(Q1ery--Then where does the objection
to free wool come in p Mr.. Higgins said,
as reported ky his organ The E1saiaq
Jouraal.
And that has been brought down by the
result Of competition In our American mar.
Bet. Why, gentlemen. there can he no