The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-06

kets on the globe and buys
bis goods where be can buy cheapest
and then he sells to his patrons or
customers in competition with his
brother merchants. Having bought
his goods cheap along with his
brother merchants, he can sell cheap
to bis patrons. Not so with the
American merchant. The New York
or Richmond merchant says, "Well,
[ will 60 to Liverpool, Manchester,
Berlin. Paris or Rio Jaueiro and
buy a cargo OF goods to cell 10 my
customers The United States gov
eminent controlled by the republic
an party, says. " Nc, you must buy
here at home, you must patrOnize
home industries. you mast encourage
our home people," The merchant
says, "aII things else being equal that
| is right. / believe we all ought to
encourage home industry and home
enterprise but I can buy the goods
deal in in Manchester for Just half
the money | can buy them for here !,
and then | can sell them to nv Gus
| toners for half what | shall be com
PEELED to charge them if buy here"
! The best government in the world
answers back, That is all so, you
can buy in other countries for hale
what you can buy here; but what
difference will it make with you to
buy q suit Of clothes in London for
five dollars and sell them here for
seven dollars and fifty cents, and TO
buy the same suit here for ten dol
lars and SSH them for fifteen dollars?
In either case don't you get your
fifty per cent profit and is not fifty
per cent profit on the ten dollars
worth more to you than tue fifty per
cent profit on five dollars? And
don't you see your profits on the
same quality Of goods will be double
ifyou buy your goods here instead
of buying in London?"
The merchant is quick to see q
pOipt, he sees at a glance that it is
decidedly to his advantage to buy at
home. But be knows while this is
so, that it is not to the advantage of
his customers. SO he says it is not
right. II ought to be allowed to buy
where | can buy cheapest and SC
ought my neighbors."
AL right - says the United States
. government and the republican
party, ''yoa may buy just where you
please, | will not compel you mol
your neighborS to buy at home, you
and they too can buy in the cheapest
markets on the globe, bat [ viii
, make you pay the Federal govern,
ment fifty dollars on every hundred
: dollars worth of goods you buy
| abroad and bring to this country be
fore You shall land them in any por'
; Of the United States.' SO the mer
chant is at the end of his row. The
; republican party has got him by the
| horns, and has his customers by the
: throat. We are all bound to buy
here st home from our masters a
2 prices fixed by them, or We are
bound to pay the federal govern
B, ment fifty dollars on every hundred
: dollars worth of goods for the priv
lege, not of buying In London, bu
< for the privilege OF bringing them t.
| this country after we have bougb
). them in Londo1. This is the cas-
q when we have got anything 10 buy
: But how is it when we have some
e thing to sell? Now we can eros
the rivers, lakes. CULTS and oceans
n There is no Chinese wall now
d These same fellows who have bee
e selling US all we were able to buy q
c fifty per cent oyer and above cos
It and profits say look here--we wer
If selling heretofore and We wanted th
d biggest price We could get but no
'r We are buying and we mast hav
70 what We buy from goa at the loves
n possible figures. Just hold on ii
1t We can get cablegram from Live
" pool, Manchester or Rio Janell
ct ana find out the lowest figures 1t cs
& be had for there. Bat says Il
5, unsophisticated merchant, our go
j. ernment won't let you bring 1t heI
IS unless you pay fifty dollars on ever
a. hundred dollars worth you buy, s
er you had as we'll pay me that fifty p
h cent difference IN the price in tt
in countries and that will aid and ell
5. courage home industries.
Is Oh, no. The government is n
es taking care Of your business, it
ty only ours that the government
ne looking after. You fellows VI