Telegram-herald., 1890-07-24
OUR HOME PRODUCTION.
IMPOSSIBLE 70 nAisTaiN VII 1oOT
4 PROTECTIVE TARIFF.


st@tss-k k1ssts - aigh -aa Lss Esxisfs-
70 prove that the eject q = tariff ls
- create industries. Incre&ss production
AMI chezpsn shs cost of the pso1Cct iet
- pEOduce T.. facts in ogr Industrial
history both Ia periods or high aud low
taZl1 and note tie corresponding a.
f6cts.
Durilg our colonial history We were
prohibited by law from making even
hOrssshoe nal, 50 Of necessity We wers
dependent upon foreign nations for our
manufactured colamoiities for some
time after Our national existence began,
for msngfae5ories reqUirs both caV;ts
and skilled workmsn. We had neithsr.
England controlled our markets both as
buyer and sc.ler, and shs resolved 10 re-
tain them Ut al hazards.
As socn as our manufactures started,
under small protective tariff she glut-
ts1 the market with her goods 1t To
auced rates all We were compelled %
close cut, when she reisei the price 70
suit herself During the period from
1869. when ths French. Engl.sh aud
To- time our own embargo acts cut OF
the foreign supply. our factories started
again, only % De again closed By the in
fux Of foreign goods when the embargo
was removed. The war OF l5l2-lJ gave
the same incentive % manufacturing.
but il ended with hike disastrous results
to the business interests of the country.
What was lacking wGs sufficient and
permanent incentive 20 develop our in
dastries. This the tariff OF 1894 afford
cd, tho effect II which IS we'll summed
up by Henry Clay in speech in the SEN
ate, February, 1892:
IF l were TO select any term Of seven
years since the adoption OF tho constitu-
ton which exhibited a scene OF the most
widespread dismay and desolation il
would DC exactly that term Of seven years
which Immediately preceded the estab-
hshInent Of the tariff in 1894. If the
term OF seven years wore 70 be selected
Of tho greatest prosperity which this
people have enjoyed it would be exactly
that period Of seven years which i,niElo-
diately followed the passage OF the tariff
OF 1924. And is tie fact not irdieputa-
bio that al essential objects Of consump-
ton Affected By that tariff are cheaper
and better since tae act of 1894 than
they were for several years p.fnz TO that
law?"
Before the tariff of 1923 English axes
sold hero for from 50 to$i BY the tariff
q duty Of IS per cent. was levied on axes.
In 1896 foreign and home made axes were
selling side by side at from sl.25 to Sl.S5
each, and in 1876 they sold for 80 cents
each, decrease TO one-quarter Of the
price Of 1898, as result of home indus
tries foStered by protective tariff.
In 1870 the English furnished US our
saws at from $16.75 to $40 per dozen;
with tariff Of IS per cent. on saws they
cell at from s. to $40 per dozen, which
Is saving Of one-half in the price of a
saw to every farmer and mechanic. Be-
sides, the superior methods which we
have devised in the manufacture of saws
enable Us to undersell England in her
own markets.
Hon George II. Dallas in speech in
the senate Fob. 81, 1912, said: "Ths re-
duction of prices was necessary conse-
quence of ths domestic competition Gre
ated and excited by the policy of Protec-
ton. Since iS1S-19-20 the implements
of husbsndry have sunk in prices thus:
Axes from 81 to S12 by the dozen. Iron
hoes at 80 Per dozen have given way to
steel ones at "a per dozen. Socket show
els, once sold at $12 per dozen, now sell
az $3.50; iron yises, once at 80 cents per
pound, now az 10 cents. Braziers' rods,
imported IA 1921 at 1913 per ton, are now
made a. $3.50. Steam engines have actu-
ally since 1923 fallsn 90 per cent in
price, while 1t the same time the amount
Of material aad labor Of which they are
composed has nearly doubled" This re-
ducIiol in the cost of necessary imple-
meDts was brought about under duty
Of 35 per cent. on iron and steel.
What has been It's effect on other in
dustries2 CrOcEery, which in 1852 with
no duty sold az $3.50 crate. now sells
for $3.50, with duty of 20 per cect.,
the goods il each case being tho same
grade and hand made. An importer Of
such goods testified before the tariff
commission: II have here q turnbler.
known To the trade as a whisky tambler.
SIX years ago, when American manufac-
turers commenced 20 make them. they
were imported by the case az s1.40 per
dozen. We made some; the first price
was s125. They now sell for 40 cents"
The duty levied was 20 per cent; asa
result va had the article for IS cents less
than the duty upon the original cost be-
fore home production began. Not only
has the price decreased. bat q large in
dustry has been built Ep which employs
thousands of men and millions Of capital,
making a home market for our products
and increasing the wealth Of the country.
From 1888 the duty on nails was 5
cents q pound: in 1928 nails sold at s
cents; in 1925 at { cents, cent less
than the duty.
Before the tariff Of 1850 steel for loco
motive tires cost 30 cents per pound; to
day, with a tariff Of y cents per pound.
they are selling for 81 cents. Wagon
tires which sold for 18 cents per pound.
with no duty. now sell for cents with
duty Z 2 cents per pound.
When the English controlled our
market they sold Us cast steel for III
cents Per pound, which they now sell as
ss 1ot cents, although in their near I
market IN France they get 12f cents for /
the sane article. The reason Is that the I.
duty Of - per cent. has 50 developed our /
Industries thai ve control our market I
and tx the price ? cents lower than it is 4
IN FT-slce. and the English must sell At .
our price CT not az al.
II tae duty q cents does not chespen 4
tie cCunoddty % IA Why does be sci f.