The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-01-29
ITISACoNDITIoN THAT coNFRoNTS
US, NOT A THEORY.

On most OF articles OF domestic mann
facture, where well established, the con-
sumner pays about one-half the price the
same articles cesl twenty years ago. Salt
OF domestic manufacture is purehasable
at so cents per $50 pounds, that sold 20
years ago at So so. The present price is
less than the duty on foreign salt. Soda
ash that cost $4S per ton to import, with
s. per ton duty added, is selling new at
x2S per ton. The consumption of the
country is about Ito, 900 tons yearly.
There are made at Syracuse $4,000 tons
annually. Window glass is fifty per cent.
less ia price than il was 90 years ago, and
plate glass that used 10 sell at 50 80 per
square foot can now be obtained III 70
cents per square foot. Borax that WAS
formerly imported at % 10 80 cents per
pound IS now selling fer domestic pro-
ductinn 81 81 cents per ppunh Steel tails
that sold in 1878 al Si66 currency or $l3S
gold per ton have solsi wiihin the year al
$26 10 $2S per ton, with tl..iy ST. per TON.
Pig-iron Is no cheaper under Pralec-
live Tariff than al any time IN The last 81
years. Cotton cloth Is purchasalie at any
retxil store 10 the country At abanl The
duty charged Gu imported. The Free
Trader alleges that the ef,tion manufac-
tnrers 10 this country make enormous
profits. The answer 10 this is that 90
cotton mills in Massachusetts, aud New
Hampshire, with <53, 49,. 600 capital,
averaged annual dividends during the IA
years from 1874 10 1887 OF 8 l49 1000 per
cent. Carpets, body Brussels Of foreign
make, with crude colors and bad designs,
that in 1861 were s.. 70 TO IS. 80 per yard,
can now be purchased of Philadelphia
manufacture, OF original and chasle de-
signs, fine color, at SI.25 per yard. and
ingram carpets that sold in 1861 at $l35
to $3.50 can now he purchased nj as cents
per yard.
Wooden blankets, OF American make,
fer army hospital use were offered 10 the
late Secretary of War of quality superior
to the foreign ut 80 cents per pair more
thau the Government paid for foreign
blankets that were imported free OF duty.
Steel l4-inch files, that were formerly i'm
ported at 81 per dozen, 10 per cent. oil,
with duty 81. so, are now selling at So TO
81 10 for American make, or 40 10 so
cents less than the duty. Woolen clothing
can be purchased in New York If equal
quality, finish and color as cheaply ms in
London or Liverpool. The list Of articles
can I've indefinitely extended, showing
reduction in the price of most articles in
twenty years TO the American consumer
Of fully fifty per cent. An increase in
thirty years of ~ per cent. 10 wages aud
decrease in price, of nearly everything
the American consumer buys, OF fifty per
cent, is result quite unlike the Free.
Traders theory. Ga more than G5 per
cent. OF the $500, 600, 900 duties collected
on imports the foreigner pays the duty in
the diminished net price of which he sells
his goods and the money goes into the
United States Government Treasury. For
illustration: A Minnesota and Cana
dian farmer each send the same quantity
and quality OF wheat to the New York
market, where wheat is worth 81 per
bushel. The duty on the Canadian wheat
is 20 cents per bushel, which the New
York consignee pays and charges TO the
Canadian farmer, netting him so cents
against 81 which the Minnesota farmer
receives. The result is similar on all arti-
cles where VIC control the market. Still
with all these wonderful advantages at.
tanned under the Protective policy the
Free-Trader is not happy. at is con
dition that confronts us, not a theory. ~
american Economist.