The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-10-22
irices az Farm IInpleIne .lts.

AIlef being thoroughly exposed and
Withdrawn from service by the Democrats
IN the campain OF 1888 and 1890 the old
ialseh00d concerning the prlces Of farm
implements III the United States and else
where IS being pressed into service again.
Ia answer to ntHncr0u~ Inquiries we repro
auce the substance 81 the old controversy
that is undergoing Il renewal in certain pt
the less generally circulated Democratic
newspapers
The retail rfice oi farm implements is
lower II the | nited states than in any 9th
cr country. That is to say the American
farmer can buy a hay tedder. Il mower, a
reaper, a cultiyator. a roller a threshing
machine. or any like implement at low
er price than the farmer OF any other coun-
Try.
Tie figures dishonesty circulated by the
Democratic press represent the retail price
the price for one implement III the L nlfed
states and the wholesale price-thc price
for very many such implements to foreign
dealers.
But even these figures are false in
amount as well as dishonest in their APP
plcatl0n. The country press frequently
las given instances OF lower prices IN VII
iage stores thal are quoted Ia the Demo
cratic list. and farmer at Bridgeport, \.
y. wrote to the New York World, in
which newspaper the wonderful Wilson
first published his false charge. that he
haa bought a hay tedder III the local store
al less price than Wilson quoted as whole
safe ratc Tha World was honest enough
70 print the letter ). l.. Allen x TO-. OF
Philadelphia. also wrote the World III con
tradietiola OF Wilson, figures. They said
among other things;
We DENY altogether -:,ai our prices to the
domestic trade for I ha same quality OF goods
are higher than to the export trade.
II is ti,e practice of many makers to pre-
rare an inferior, and therefore lower
priced, class of goods Tor the foreign trace
but for the same quality of goods there IS
no reduction.
Furthermore Allen 4 Go. said:
We DENY that our Figetiy hand plow il ever
quotea at the price you give
We deny that we are adNertslhg to sell
abroad at retail cheaper, or cheap. as we sell
at wholesale a. home.
The Mccormick Reaper Company, the
Studehakcr Wagon Company. the oilVer
Chilled Plow Company, the AmeS Shovel
Company and several other eminent firms
made explicit denial through the columns
of the lnter-Occan OF any knowledge ot
| lower prices to foreign than To domestic
customers. This put an en% TO tine wicked
| system of falSehoodS III 1870.
Please notice that during the two years
| in which there was no political excitement
| the Democrats have not dared to repeat
| these false charges. They are reisSueo
now on tine eve and in the excitement oi q
general election. and are confined 10 tn"
| country press evidently IN hope that they
will escape the notice ol the larger and
| better-lntormed newspapers.
Except where sales are made IN very
| large lots and for cash on delivery on
| board ship no standard American ihple-
mcnt is sold lower to the foreign than 10
| the domestic trade. Inferior goods, made
| purposely for export trade. of course, sell
| lower than standard goods made for the
| home market.
Eeyertmg to our first assertion that the
American farmer pays less for his lmrie-
ments than the farmer of any other conn
| try. We reproduce some figures, hrSt pun
| iished hy an American country newspaper
the Anamosa Iowa. Eureka in proof
| thereof Its about four years since they
were published, and no 1ree.trade writer
| or speaker has dared 10 call them III queS-
| ton. Tie British prices are prices at the
| factory the American prices are prices at
| d store III Anam0Sa- which IS a llttie town
| of 2.01a souls. Note the difference:
| Trfs+al EnrId, P.fee.l Iowa Price.
| Four Il eel Best star ~aG- -
wagon. If5,eI 2G5 on. sGs1 -
| Light cart .-..-.. 761 s@,ligat wagon tug -
| stowmaTket. Iowa
| Eng. Price. Price.
, Grain grinding mills, ~.slaa s5,9 s2.@st'
| Horse -harrows......... ......... i21 p 20 y
Horse -rslkc@......... ..-.-.-,..--.. 2.et - q
! Hon. Thomas Dudley. when acting as
| American consul in France. made care
| mi examination as to comparative prices
| of farm implements III America anu Eu-
| rope. and found that they We're, on an aN-
| erage. - per cent. cheaper III price anu au
| per cent. better III quality here than
/ abroad.