Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-23

ton with the ''pauper" industries
of Europe-and they do it at a
nrofit. or they would not do it at all.
The supplement of the Mining and En-
oineerinq Journal, of New York, for
MAY. intended for foreign circulation
only. publishes 80 closely printed col
umns of advertisements OF articles upon
which the manufacturers offer dis
counts for exports only" The list COW
ers almost every protected" article OF
manufacture and the discount to for
eigners is from % TO 80 per cent. The
st. Louis Republic says:
The assertion of Congressman Neidring-
haus. of st. Louis, that he can BUY pro
tected'' American borax after 1t has Deen
sent To london cheaper than he can BUY IL
M home. is not only true of boraX but OF
pretty nearly every other article OF protect,
ed Goods. If il were not, the protective
(nrohibitiye) tax would not foster the man
ufacturers pocketbook. Its sole purpose
is TO enable him to sell higher TO Americans
than to foreigners. II Mr.. Nledringnaus
sells his own tinware in open market nc
must either sell it cheaper than ne does III
this closed market, or else ADMIT thae ne
derives no profit from the closing OF the
market This he will not admit, for, eX-
cent in the case of borax and similar articles
he is obliged TO buy, he is IA consistent ke-
publican He is Republican, that is, IN
what he sells. and otherwise un-RepuoI-
can When protectionist gouges, he be
Iieves in protection. When he is being
igonoed he wants fewer restrictions on
trade.
The Repld,Iic has no means of knowing
how much cheaper Mr. Niedringhaus sells
in Mexico, if he sells there at all, than ne
does in St. Louis, but we have no oouoO
whatever that. if he has any Mexican trace,
he gives it as heavy discount over 81.
Louis as his bOraX combine gives LONDON
over St. Louis. The current number oil
the export edition" of the Engineering
ana Mining Journal, intended for foreign
circulation. contains numerous advertise
ments of protected" American goods,
with discounts for export only" mus;
Tommins & Adams advertise that they Will
sell spoons and forks 90 per cent cheaper 10
foreigners than their advertised home mar
ket prices. Page 5l1, issue OF May, lo9Ol.
pruning shears, 30 per cent; scissors, ~
and 10 per cent? butchers knives, ''35 and
10 per cent" table knives, ''25 per cent
discount TO foreigners, and so on.
s. l.. Allen Il Co., dealers in hardware
and agricultural implements, advertise on
page 515 of the same edition, discounts LOT
exports only'' of 80 per cent. on the Planet
seed drill; 80 per cent. on the Fire Fly
cultivator; 80 per cent. on hay forks, ma
nure forks, hoes, plows and potato dlggers
40 and per cent" on garden rakes, ana
40 and 10 per cent" on scythes. Colts
rifles are offered to foreigners at III per
cent. less than American market list prices !;
Smith x Wesson revolvers at ''25, 20 and
10 per cent" less. Ryder's hatchets at Oh
per cent. under home list market prices,
and so on through page after page OF ad-
vertisements, showing how greatly Tor
eigners are benefited by the Republican
policy, when our manufacturers accident
ally have goods on hand that the cannet sell
at home without selling them cheaper than
monopoly rates and so "breaklnS the nome
market
The managers of Tariff Reform have been
attempting through correspondence with
manufacturers to reach exact figures OF the
difference in the home market and foreign
prices of the same American good, and they
give the following as "a fair sample" OF the
written statements received from the lead
ing manufacturers and exporters OF agrl-
cultural machinery throughout the country
from Maine TO Illinois:
Our prices to the domestic trade average about
10 Der cent. more than to the export trade We
box and deliver in New York all our export
goods: domestic goods are quoted on cars here.
There is 40 fixed standard OF discounts
below its list prices for the home market,
as a favored buyer may secure larger dis
counts. but as result of its investigation
Tarid Reform has collected sufficient data
to give comparison of home market and
to foreigners prices on numerous arti-
cles.
Thus on cultivators, protected by duty
of 45 per cent. it gives these differences:
In Home TO For