The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-31

prices Of nearly every class Of agricul-
tural implements.
But the misrepresentation Of thA Econ
sent out . man to investi-
gate TIE WoRLD's exposure and had his
report that it was absolutely accurate
II 40 nothing to the deliberate forgery
which Farm and Preside. of Springfield.
O.. an agricultural newspaper subsidized
with the advertisements Of protected
mill owners. started on general round Of
the Republican press. Farm and Fire
side said:
A friend kindly sends us . copy Of the New
York WORLD containing one OF q. series Of
on q sss snas r. z
man nfacturers are plrndering the farmers by
ceiling farm chearsr abroad !, than q
sS,nf sS.s i. ,.-,ust like many other politi-
r1.a sGR Rs n st sr
e es pubey
their own slRnatures. give 40 unqualified denial
Sucs truthful evidence e snssa,n their charges
The Oliver plough had not been named
by TIE WORLD. Farm and Fireside
wanted lts advertisement. and to please
the protected mill-owners generally. and
perhaps get M advertisement worth a
few dollars from the Oliver Company for
defending it from statement never made
in TIE WoRLD-or in any other paper, SO
coined this paragraph. which is still pub
lished by Republican papers, although
Farm and Fireside has since .apolo-
gized" by declaring that it dill not say
anything of the kind. rs il was not talk
ing about The WoRID. but something !"
or somebody else--what or whom it does
not know. The conduct of. the honest
4 -. E.~h saV.t N
har's letter makes strong contrast with
that of Farm and Fires:de. which deiiber-
ately deceived and deluded its readers.
The Republican weeklies throughout
the country are publishing paragraph
il reads the same in each One-that The
WORLD has been compelled TO acknowl-
edge that the prices quoted for expert
were false and fraudulent. and that its
statements concerning the prices charged
statement Of this naturel have been
- triumphantiy refuted." But no Re-
publican editor has ever given the refu-
fation or published anything from The
WORLD to refute. Not one dare let his
readers even know what The WORLD has
really done.
GENERAL REVIEW OF HARDWARE.
To get at the exact facts, the tariff reform
committee Of the Reform Club of New
York began last Autumn TO gather from
the protected firms their domestic dis
count sheets. BY correspondence from
foreign countries. through foreign mer-
chants. the foreign discount sheets were
obtained. although in some cases they
were furnished directly aud with the
domestic discounts--the sender being
cynically Indifferent TO any comment.
The work Of compiling and collating was
intrusted to Mr.. j Alexander Lindquist,
Of Cornell University, one of the most
painstaking and careful of tariff writer's.
and he has flow on file. tabulated and ar
ranged. many thousands Of these discount
sheets. covering every branch Of pro-
tected manufactures aud showing that in
every industry the mill-Owner can aud
does and is only too glad to compete in
the foreign market. where he Is not
protected, with the foreign mill owner.
Omitting the illustrations. here is a
summary Of his report Of the home and
foreign prices charged by the protected
firms engaged in some of the protected
metal manufactures. In every case the
foreign price" is retail. for single ar
ticle (or package). free on board in New
York City. while the domestic price is for
large Wholesale lots at factory. freight OF
express to be paid by the buyer: