The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-12-09

T~.nty rhou,s I'd boiisrs Tor Fr"i'e's""
That tompei~ America =" tsN h'S"'f
Prices For Coed. Than sorfi<""rs'

T~.niy rhau,a, po,isrs For Ps",ee'l"" !
That aompei- America : Z" rss higher
Prices For Coed. Than lorsiS""r--
Hamilton DisStnn, of Philadelphia, 4
who paid $40 OO) in 1855 To the repnD-
lean campaign corruption .und 10 have
the duty on saws increased, and VINO
foolishly invested $4,000 more this
year for the same purp pse, l. the largest
manufacturer of saws IN ne world.
Ills saws. files aud tools gocverpwherc
This seems strange. IL lie cannot pay
American wages and compete with .he
..pauper goods" OF Europe in our own
markets without protection, how can
he compete without protection IN South
| America, Australia and Europe? The
answer is simple enough he could com
pete here without protection but nc
| don't have to-" Without protection ms
| profits from American sales would be
! about the same as from foreign sales
now they are much greater. Without
! protection he might have been mil
ionairc or two or threc-millionaire
but he could not have been ten-inii-
| lionairc as now.
The facts are that Mr.. Disston puts
his prices down in the open markets.
down far below what he charges Tor
the same articles in the United States,
where he save he has to have pr otec-
ton in order to keep up the pay OF his
workmen. down even below the prices
fixed by the Sheffield and other foreign
manufacturers, driving them out of the
market and practically monopolizing
the saw trade of the world The fact
| a ~, "a ~
more of that foreign trade proves con-
ciusively that he finds 1t not entirely
Improbable. Spear K Jackson, OF
Sheffield. England, are perhaps the
> next largest manufacturers of saws ana
files. and are the Disston's principal
: competitors in the markets of The
world. but they find it very uphill work
irving To undcrsell them in foreign
markets.
Ccpies of Henry Disston Il Sons
wholesale price list, with discounts, for
;. usc in the United States, and copies o.
u their price list and discounts for tn,
r foreign markets tell an interesting tale
u For instance. they show that 2i-inci
"a solid-tooth circular saw. which sells a
u retail in the United States for Sl2. am
is sold to the hardware dealers at - pc
ie cent and 10 per cent. off. or s5.9i !
I sold to the dealer at the other side Q
II the world Tor s. 80, or 10 per cent les
Re A similar saw. - inches in diameter,
OF wholesaled at home ~ $500, and !
IN foreign countries for $50.
OF Another article. one that every cal
I'd penter in the world uses, is hand-sav
ne Disston 4 Sons make great many
ok them. but they have one, 26-ineh sav
IN which they describe in their America
e. catalogue rs ''thc finest hand-saw ma
ly ufacturcd" This saw j. put down
IS the home trade dealer at $50 doze
hs with 20 per cent and 10 per cent o
e, or s2i. so. while abroad it is sold at q
in same price with IS per cent. off, or I
m 1850
TX Quite difference. that. in the pr
be of 4 dozen hand-saws-s5. 10. nearly
ng cents saw. What is the result? II
an hardware dealer in isioJaneiro or Auc
land can sell that saw for 81 in Anne
his can money and make 40 a dozen.
OBJ 50 cents dozen less than the Amcric
rx- hardware dealer makes selling the SAL
on saw at $3.50 each. The foreign pri'
DE quoted arc the prices packed and del
cred on board ship. The articles mi
hat toned were taken at random from
rcd long list Of goods sold by Dis~ton
nee sons Compared article by article
tor lists show a difference of from 10 10
Who per cent in favor Of the foreign p
ate chaser.
in Can any carpenter in this protect
lge- land tell why he should be compelled
cnt pay 80 for hand-saw made here
ing his own door when the same arti
inc. may be sold at an almost equal profit
sch. South America or far-off Australia
Fos- saa And il these saws can be sold a
but profit for si6 80 dozen in the 81
net markets Of the world. why cannot 1t
4.