The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-10-31
prices of nearly every class of agricul-
.o1

1ssoasI esSA
prices of nearly every class of agricul-
tural implements.
But the misrepresentation of the Econ
omist-which sent out man 10 investi- |
gate The MoRLD's exposure and had his |
report that 1t was absolutely accurate
is as nothing to the deliberate forgery
which Farm and Fireside. 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 cory of the New
19fe WoRLn S9rtanns an a 9ps o ferisS WbSb
! that PAPER attempts TO show that the American
are " tne than az
home, and asks II the WORLD is trying to hum
We thlnk that IT .ts-,ust liEosnnny other Politi-
given. it is stated that The No 40 oliver plough
is sold to English farmers ior less than to the
Of The statement, and defy their aecgsers to pro-
duce truthful evidence 10 sustain their charges
The Oliver plough had not been named
by The WORLD. Farm and Eireside
wanted its advertisement. and TO please
the protected mill-owners generally, and
perhaps get an advertisement worth
few dollars from the Oliver Company for
QelelQlnr III IRON blulcHleut utNci illdtit
in The WoRID-or in any other paper, so
far as any one can learn-it deliberately
coined this paragraph, which is still pub
lished by Republican papers, although
Farm and Firesido has since apollo
gized" by declaring that it did not say
anything OF the kind, as it was not talk;
ing about The WORLD. but some ing
; or somebody else--what or whom Il does
not know. The conduct OF the honest
Farmers Call in publishing Mr.. Farqu-
har's letter makes strong contrast with
that of Farm and Fireside. which deliber-
ately deceived and deluded its readers.
+ The Republican weeklies throughout
the country are publishing paragraph
it reads the same in each one-that The
WoRIn has been compelled to ncknowl-
edge that the prices quoted for export
were false and fraudulent, and that its
statements concerning the prices charged
4 Americans lit has never made even one
4 statement of this naturel have been
G triumphantiy refuted." But no Re
T. publican editor has ever given the refu-
z fation or published anything from III
t Womb to refute. Not one dare let his
g 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
i York began last Autumn TO gather from
u
r count sheets. By correspondence from
# foreign countries, through foreign mer
It chants, the foreign discount sheets wer'
= obtained, althotyE in some. cases they
J. were furnished directly and with th'
: domestic discoults-the sender being
II cynicnlly Indifferent TO any comment
is The work of compiling aud collating wa
h intrusted to Mr.. j Alexander Lindquist
Q of Cornell University, one OF the mos
r painstalIing and careful OF tarih writer's
and he has now on iile. tabulated and ar
q. ranged many thousands of these discoun
!. sheets, covering every branch OF pro
= tected manufactures and showing that II
J. every industry the mlll-owner can AM
o does and is only too glad TO compete il
q the foreign market, where he Is 10
I, protected, with the foreign mill owner
e Omitting the Illustrations, here is
p summary of his report OF the nome an
e foreign pllces charged by the protecte
e firms engaged in some of the protectet
d, metal manufactures. In every case III
!. foreign price ~ is retail, tor single al
;; ticle Cor PACKAGE. free ON board IL Ne
!. York City, while the domestic price is &c
l. large wholesale lots at factory, freight {
j; express to be paid by the buyer;
"a cULTlyAToRs-PRoTECT As PER CENT.
e ma'Isl %SIi .t5Ss1 i5Ss'
4, Wheel hoe, ,cutiyator raia 90
s- All iTi'ttt steei horse hoe and cul-
" uyator, with wheel. ...... 500 81
ie All steel plain cultiyato-.
- MAKES AND TEoDEns-PRorEoTED 45 PER
CENT.
d Lock lever rakes.... ....,,..Slo. 90 Sl4.
IN -dH9p laAeS'''''''' '''' 55SS' 90 u
" " o'I'H ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As IER CENT.
a. Chilled, 6.inch cut .,....." $500 s5.c
~ All steel. o-inch cut..".... $40 20
~, Chilled. lO-inch. ..,.,..,..'. $50 -
w. AL steel, 1u-lLch...,....... lo'hO y. q
a iATpt-hUrsc,
y; Chilled, sr..-,.............. s7.7o sos
mi Chllled; Jr..'.''' ''.'''.''''' ,;'59 80
AL s'te!, af,....,..,' ',.-'''s' lfsuu = {
Al s'ttt' H-,''''''''''''''' lf'"O l-''
m Two. sang ploughs, all steels5s. so a5e.I
al These TIRE the prices that the foreii
H. farmer has 30 pay tor one plough, a.
of the prices which the American dealer
Ia ploughs has 10 pay in large lots NJ Il
As factory. The foreigner pays no no
Ia. freight than the American dealer $
kNeights are CHEAP. Farmers know Z
ys- hlc6s they have 10 pay the local dealer
ns 1 sHoyEIs-rRoIEcTED 40 rFR cENI.
q: \ ns}G.. @s@i 'i3s. "a {
.E Shoyels, cast steel, long
S5 aS NJ. \ At Ss5 3sd 5ss : 1898 S.SS q. I.
M Cast y el. u handle, round
ssnlt POM 10; = per ao@'''' ,W'h0 D
.G Spades, Nast steel, ID han
SR dos, NJ ., per doZ.n,, 0,20 2,
are No. 9, can steel, LONG bel-
dles, perli lioz...,...,.,..,, $50 s.
ng These are the prices for home and {
he port trade or the shoveis mGnufaciur
for by one OF ths most prominent memb,
no OF the famon Home Market Club"
le- Boston. Othet manufacturers Of ahov
for offer similar diA,Ounts. One firm in p
ep- tieular, whose advertisement has ',
led prominent plaeb in the Australaisian q
US South Amengtu papers, gives a diseol
wo on It's list " ces TO the home. market
OF from 10 10 per cent while for the