Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-03-18
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enfx4a og 1sx TR1nUSK. ST.,
s1rtbGnS of December q,
HIT koE6: tfIe also knows
l4fS%EA NtlqaMh4lk Ane&rican ingenuity,
g 1E4aS13 III ptoduce And sell cheaper b
NJ hflai ccileuiners than had the Industry
never been established in this country.
I He KNOWS thAt these things will follow be-
cause ex~actly,.snch things have followed
IN G4Ek hlfHG4O8 Ok fnstance&n win Mr..
Hurf ptease nanc twenty Orfisifty OF these
s@Af6enm41in which Nc consumers are nov
getting products cheaper than they could
eettflen from abroad, II we had free trade ?
And Also SAY why such products should
not now be admitted free, if We are now
underseiliRg the foreign articles at their
cOStn1 production abroad? am q strong
prQtccttQnist and hope your answer may
sflAllte some carping fools. Yours re-
sp Wasaisoros. + ep q, pe :: s soI ISL.
Mi. Collamer calls upon me to name
tweRty Or thirty articles which consum-
ers are buying at . cheaper price than
they can buy them abroad, and asks Ii
we are now ~underselling the foreigners,
why should mol all such articles be put
on the free list. That, again, il precisely
WAYS states the case. ] am surprised
that good proteceionist coasld have
been deceived by free trade juggling OF
words and induced 10 aGk the question
In that form.
Let me repeat once more am glad
To- do III inst vhat pf~0tectiODists do
claim. We claim that when we have
the materials in this country out OF
which to produce any given article
economically, or when we can get such
materials u cheaply as the foreign
manufacturers can, and when, owing to
the cheap labor of the Old World,
which gives the foreign manufacturer
an advantage in cheap production, that
particular article has never been pro-
duced.in this country. in such u case,
understand, WI claim that by placing q
duty on the imported article, at such a
rate ~ will mako up for the difference
in tho cost of labor and give our home
producers ar advantage jp our hoWe
markets. then, by the levyihg of such a
duty, the industry will be built up in
the United States; and this protection
ulWuSb ICbuitS III lHO p~IOuuCNiOA
and sale of tho article at a
price lower than 1t vas selling
at when we levied the duty. and in all
probability lower than it would her be
selling at had We produced none Of that
article in this country. Is not that q
cefinite proposition? Is it in any way
hard to comprehend? Is it trueP That
proposition does not for II moment claim
that the foreixl producers will not also
cheaper their p,ice for the same article.
If we cheaper the goods for our own
consumers, the result Is that the price
is cheapcned all over the world. That
fact 10 not ID be urged against the pro-
tectiye system, but should be named to
its credit.
Now then. can I name twenty or
thirty articles which are selling ut q
lower price than they were when the
duty was levied, and which have been
constantly growing cheaper and
cheaper. Notwithstanding the duty?
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