The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-24
The Cost of Protection.

Many times on the floor of congress and
in the public prints the statement has
been made that the protected manufac-
tuners make the home consumers of their
products pay more for these products than
the foreign consumers of the same pro-
ducts pay. 1t is against this abuse of the
protective system that the democrats
make their greatest protest. Why, for
instance, should the American farmer
pay more for moving or reaping ma
chine, pillow or hoe, or threshing ma
chine, or any other article manufactured
in this country than the Mexican or South
American farmer pays for q similar arti-
Gle manufactured in this country
The manufacturer is protected in this
country, and, hence, can charge for his
products to the full limit of the tariff He
is not protected in the foreign market.
There he has competition, and must sell
at a lower price if he sells at ALL But he
does sell in the foreign markets, and at
profit, or he would not seek those markets.
Representative Grain, of Texas, speak
ing of this matter the other day, said:
"When men talk about enabling r man
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ufacturers in other countries they ought
not to try to accomplish this result at the
expense of our own people in our home
market. personally know that under
the tariff legislation of the republicans
American manufactured goods are pur-
chasable in Mexico at a much lower rate
than the same quality of manufactures
can be bought in Texas. These goods
compete successfully in Mexico with
goods of foreign manufacture, but COM
mand higher prices in the home market
of Texas than in the foreign market Of
Mexico"
Speaking of instances of discriminating
in favor of Mexican purchasers, Mr.. Grain
said: sit is known that duplicate in
voices, one for Mexico, the other for
| Texas, in date of purchase, quality of
goods, etc, differed from 20 to 60 per cent.
in favor of the Mexican purchaser. al
| though only the Rio Grande river separa-
! ted him from his Texas brother-merchant.
Again, have known men to buy goods,
wares and merchandise for their myth
ical Mexican stores, order them shipped
to said non-existing stores in care of their
| Texas stores, get the benefit of the re-
| duced prices and stop them in transit
when they reached the Texas towns
in which they really transacted bust
ness" .~
In face of such facts as the foregoing is
it to be wondered at that the people of
! the last national election put into power
the party that pledged itself to reform
the tariff Why should our people pay
from 20 to GO per cent. more for goods
manufactured in their own country than
| foreigners pay for them2 There is no ex-
cuse for such injustice to our own people
The Republican party insisted upon per-
petuating this injustice. 1t is fighting
for system that gives the protected
manufacturers the power to rob our peo-
pie while selling their products to for
! eigners at reasonable profit 1t is time
| that such robbery was stopped, and the
Democratic party is going to stop it.
Representative Simpson, of Kansas,
authorizes the announcement that he will
be a candidate for reelection to congress.
1t was some time ago his purpose 10 re-
tire from Office and devote himself to
the propagation of populistic doctrines
and the reorganization of the populist
party throughout the several states. But,
considering the way the cat jumped in
Kansas last fall, Jerry will try to save
his own bacon, and let the party and its
principles take care of themselves. Jerry
amt no fool, if he don't wear socks"
Nine. Sara Bernhardt narrowly es-
capped producing bit of realism that was
not in the plot, during recent perform
ance in Paris theater. During one
scene the madame drinks cup Of tea.
Through some blunder the madame's maid
poured laudanum into the cup-real lauda-
mum, not stage laudanum-and madame
drank several swallows of the concoction
before discovering something was wrong.
! But the discovery was made in time to
save madame more inconvenience than
] that caused by a stomach pump.