Telegram-herald., 1890-10-24
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TIE sane zgricslrussl implements are
sold 20 foreign countries az rom ~ -
50 per cenf below the pylcs At hich
they are sold ia tas United States. la
order - hefoy stitl further the reseers
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e. determine whether the prices are for
Consumers o. for dealers. The article
carefully Avolis speclne Information on
tals subject
A plain statement q the facts ia tho
eass Vii serve - zarisfy every reader
trst that Jhs statements Il The World
Ga tins subject are deliberately intended
T. deceive It's readers and the readers Of
other journals throughout the country
which mixht see % 10 copy them. IN
tie drst place. the price lists AZ the low
rltes said % be intclded for foreign
countries are the net prices with al dis
counts taken off 81 which foreigners can
buy these implements ia the United
States FOR sale ia other countries. with
cost of transportation. dealers profits
AMI other expenses added. The other col
RuIn. representing the same instruments
- very much greater prices, represents
the prices at which American dealers
may purchase these articles with vari-
ous discounts which, when taken OF. re-
euce the net price TO point rs low or
lower than tho rates advertised for for
eign markets in the other column.
That this is the plain truth may be as-
certained by any person who chooses to
make inquiry either Of the manufacturer
or OF the dealer OF whom nc is in the
habit OF making his purchases. There
Is nothing secret about it. Gnd nothing
which either the manufacturer or the
dealer need have any reason 70 conceal.
To substantiate what we have said we
have the deliberate statement OF The
Mail aud Export Journal. a reliable
j,urnal, in which tie advertisement re-
terred TO has appeared. We haye also
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these implements, aad many of the
4 wholesale dealers who sell them both
/ for home and foreign consumption.
The distinction IN the prices of these
! different articlco ia therefore plainly
distinction between the wholesale and
/ the retail price. IL il Do said then that
this distinction isso enormous as 10 be
an injustice To the consumer, we might
reply that that objection has no bearing
( upon the discussion 50 far as regards the
tariff question; 1t is y matter for con-
suners and wholesale dealers to settle
/ between themselves, whether the differ
ence between the manufacturers whole
sale price and the retail price TO con-
I sumers is unreasonable or not We will
not undertake to argue this question,
/ but admit that the handling Of agricult-
ursl implements, OF plows, horse rakes.
etc, is very costly business, and often
times involves greater expense than the
/ original cost of the article itself Farm
ers and others familiar with the facts
viii readily understand this.
I It Is not practicable in q short article
| to produce all the details Of evidence
which might BE- required by persons not
familiar with the business 10 sub
I stantiate the statements given above;
but this argument is addressed To
: farmers and consumers who are suf-
/ fciently intelligent and sufficiently ia
miliar with he details of the business to
Judge FOR themselves of the unreasOn-
a5leness Of the circumstances and Of the
pos ton we take. Il is comparatively
easy for any Of them 10 ascertain the
facts for himself. and IL he is sufficiently
Interested IN the charge against Ameri-
can manufacturers he viii take the
trouble 20 make inquiry for himself,
and he viii then ascertain that our state
meLts IN regard - the SO called pic
t0ral proof aud the allegations OF The
New York World are literally true. and
thereby that it is strictly true. ne stated
a. the beginning, that there never was a
more aUdaci0us attempt to deceive and
delude tho intelligent farming popula-
ton Of the Uaited States than this,
which has been perpetrated By The New
F YORK world. and Is now being widely
circulated in the hope that it Will benefit
the Democratic party. We arc conf
dent that in this hope they viii be BIT
teTly disappointed, for i. viii be found
in time that the farmers of the United
States are too intelligent TO be thus mis-
led, and when tkey recognize the attempt
70 deceive them. their Indignation viii
recoii uQon the party whl-h has intended
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Western Mortgages
That Protection has enriched the man.