Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-06-13
A TARTAR.

Foreigners Than For Amertcans-W n z
Great Manufacturer Says-How Protec-
tion Hurts.
The famous Home Market club OF
Boston has been Investigating the
charge that our manufacturers sell their
goods cheaper to foreigners than in the
protected home market and the club
has certainly brought out more infor-
nation than it wanted
In the course Of his investigation Col.
Clarke, the secretary of the club, sent
the following letter to Mr.. A. b. Farqu-
har, the great agricultural implement
manufacturer of York, Pa:
THE HOME MARKET CLUB,
No. So BEDFORD STREET
Boston. Mass, May l6, 1891
MI. A. r. Farquhar, of A. b. f. 4 Co, Limited.
York Pa.
DEAR SIR: Having recently seen a state
ment attributed to you that your firm sells
goods in the Latin countries south of us and
in South Africa at prices from 5 to 10 per
cent less than they are sold for in this coun'
try, and that 1.-THE manufacturer who Is able
to export his goods can have no use for pro.
lection except to enable him to extort more
money from home producers than he Is able
to get from those abroad" desire to know
a little more about the facts pertaining to
this business.
viii you kindly inform me
/. What percentage Of your goods Is sold
abroad?
2. Whether or not you sell directly to
houses in the countries named or to pur.
chasers In this country for shipment thence9
3. What is the reason that you do not get
as good prices there as here?
4 Do you sell any goods In England,
France and Germany, and if so, how do the
prices compare with American prices?
8, What is the value of the raw material
entering into a plow compared with the fin.
ished product?
e Do you think the duty on such nipple
ments as you manufacture Is relatively
higher than that upon goods in other lines
OF wood and iron and of the various classes
ofteXtiles?
Z. Would you favor a reduction or repeal
of the duty on manufactured goods as well
as on raw materialp
s Do you believe that American manu-.
facturers generally would be able sell many
more goods abroad than now if they had
free raw materials, and II so, about what
percentage more than now?
Some of our New England manufacturers
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am DESTROYS of obtaining s much light upon
the subject as possible from the different in.
dustries in different parts of the country.
You Will confer II favor by answering the
above questions at you earliest conven'
fence, Yours truly.
ALBERT CLARKE, Secretary.
Now Mr.. Farquhar, although former
ly a staunch protectionist, has learned
through his business experience that he
has no need whatever for protection,
and that the so-called protection of
the American industry is but another
way of saying higher prices to Ameri-
can consumers. Accordingly he sent
the following reply to Col. Clarke:
YORK, Pa, May %, 1891.
Mr.. Albert Clarke, Secretary Home Market
Club, Boston, Mass.
DEAR SIR: In reply to your favor of May Is
1hayet to acknowledge it is quite true that our
firm sells implements and machincrythrough
Mexico, South America and Africa TAT prices
from 5 to 10 per cent. less than they are sold
for in this country" In adding that "the
manufacturer who is able to export his goods
can have no use for protection except to en-.
able him to eXtort more money from home
purchasers than he Is able to get from those
abroad.nI was only stating a fact that I he.
lleyed self. evident. 1t Is inconceiyable that
tho same rival manufacturers with whom we
successfully ompcte ON equal terms in for.
elgn markets can be thought capable of drly.
ing us from the market at ourown doors. On |
that point, among Intelligent men. no argu.
mcnt Is needed
Now, as to your questions. will answer
them seriatim:
First-We send anon an ayerare about one.
half of our manufactures abroad something
less lust now. owing to the troubles in Ar.
gentine and Chill. where we usually find our
best market.
Second-In both WAYS. We sell to the for.
eign houses directly and also through com.
mission merchants in New York.
Third-The reason we do NOT net no oood
prices abroad as nj home il that we have ia
compete with countries having the great ad.
vantage of free raw material in their mann.
ransnortatton foc1tjau Cro,. prtt,tn Il,
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roars haou =. aot : " pot'oy, mas lor
while wc nnrsuing onnosIto roIinr ~.
left her in fulI noss"ssinn rho Gid shtn
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who wishes 10 start a lima of sto,mors whna
we mnst sotisfv orrsoirns viii "nasa nm" hnu..
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GLAND France and Carmonr Ihr. ,,ar &C.
made especiaIIv for those morSots ord =.
would he rather hard IN comrora ,bo nrIoas
with tho .mericon TIT nrao,htaSiD
average lower for roods NJ sInniar oon
s,nua,a, " e''N' " S''''"t oon-
Fifth-The vo1po of tho raw ro.or,o, In
nlow certaI,Iv averagas moro ,han ha,t To-
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