Sharp County record., 1891-08-06

OF the duty on manufactured GOO.
as on raw material? '4h
s Do you believe that Auorio-
facturers eneralIy would be abro-
more goods abroad than nnw NM + r.
free raw materials, and if 50. n.y. q
percentage more than now? =
Some of our New England mann,
favor free raw materials and ,or,.saa
am desirous of obtaining as muc1 h.. I
the subj ct as possible from tbe dif D, Z
dustries in diff rent parts of .ho q, fe
You viii confer favor bv ars,r. u n
above questions at your e3rIo, 2e
ience. Yours truly. We
ALBERT CLARKE. Sec,...
Now MIR. Farquhar, although to + I.
ly staunch protectionist has Ivy =
through his business experience ~
has no need whatever for prc,, :, :
and that the so-called protest, ;
the American industry is but o..s ~.
way of saying higher prices +o 1
can consumers, Accordingly be /
the Following reply to Col, Clarke.
YORK, Pa, Nav q ID,
Mr.. Albert Clarke, Secretary Homo NJ 'N
Cub, Boston, Mass. |iia
DEAR SIR: In reply to your ravorot,, ,
Ihave to acknOwle .ge it is quite trro, = Y II
firm sells implements and macbina,r,l h
Mexico, South America and Africa so.l 'uiOOs
from to 10 per cent. less than thew a,i P''7
for in this country" In adding tS'. .e 9i :
manufacturer who is able to eynortbI.. e
can have no use for protection evcon. a''i
able him to extort more money from E,-
purchasers than he is able to ge, from N.Y. roD
abroad, " was only stating fact tba,T 'ryS
lieyed self-evident. 1t is inconceivor.n~
the same rival manufacturers with VIII
successfully compete on equal term, n.
etgn markets can be thought canabIoa',''
ing us from the market at ourOwn H.
that point, among intelligent men NO o.v
ment is needed "r
Now as to your questions. Iwfl aD,r,
them seratim: ''a
Flrst-We send upon an average abor,,.
half of our manufactures abroad qo,or,sr
less just now, owing to the troubI. - 4,
gentine and Chill, where we usually andar
best market. ''uOl
Second-In both ways. We sell IN that.
eign houses directly and also tbrongb o.n
mission merchants in New York.
Third-The reason we do not get as g,,,
prices abroad rs at home is that we bo2ss
compete with countries having the oraot.S
vantage of free raw material in their mons
tactures and the further advantage or bs,,
transportation facilities. Great Britor
pursuance of her free trade policy, ha, n,
years been extending her foreign comme,s,
while we, pursuing an opposite policy b'r
LETT her in full possession. The CLYDE sb,
yards are open to every European lnye,tn
who wishes TO start line of steamers. Vbr,
we must satisfy ourselves with vessels hui,
at a dozen disadvantages.
FOurth-Yes, we sell a few goods in r,
gland, France and Germany but they an
made especially for those rarke ; ami +
would be rather hard to compare the prcs
with the American. They undoubtejT
average lower for goods OF similar col.
struction.
Fifth-The value of the raw materlah, 4,
plow certainly averages more .hgn half
total cost. We manufacture ,uous md, d
four horse plows for instance, for the A.
rican market, weighing, "full.t'mmed. With
draft. rod, wheel, cutter, two extra shaes'
box d, about two hundred pou7ls each
This pillow is delivered on board vessels h
New York for less than five dolarI-abOn
the cost Of the material in It If purCnssedr
retail prices.
and beam. m.........................G $40
Nteel and trOn..................,.. ....,,..,. "a
Boxing, freight, etc. tc....,.................... s.
IOtal. .'............,.....,, AN
leaving about one dollar for cost Of Sbor
and profit
Si1th-The duty on our Implements and
Is not relatively higher than lD
on other manufacturers need not enlarge
upon this, but may respectfully refer you5
the tariff schedule of 1890"
SEVENTH would unhesitatingly favor q
repeal Of the duty on all the manuiacturd
goods we make. Since we can and do d
port, the duty can be of no possible service,
and since it tends to provoke retaliation We
find 1t a serious obstacle Reciprocity
treaties covering our goods are acceptable
to us.
Eighth-I do believe that American mann
facturers generally would BE- able to sell
many more goods abroad than now Ifthg
had free raw material. The importatond
this material would Of Itself stimulate a de-
mand for American products abroad lti
/ fllcut TO estimate the percentage, but !
should expect an increase of at least o pei
cent,
Very respectfully, A. B, FABQUHm