Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-26
CANADA In CLOVER.
Her Pct Trusts Are We'll Protected
From Pauper Labor Products of
the United States.

Oh, what blessed thing is pro-
tectiye tariff especially in country
with small population and dependent
upon foreign countries for many of its
supplies. Canada is just now enjoy
ing this blessing. Her tariff wall is
not half rs high as was our dizzy
Mckinley wall, but it is doing most
effective work in shielding the numer-
GUS trusts which are springing up oil
over Canada since tho protection cap
stone was added to the well. This
blessingis expressed in advanced prices
for manufactured goods and in mills
closed to restrict production and adj
vance prices. Consequently the Ca
nucks, who dislike work and are very
fond OF high prices, are enjoying them-
selves immensely. Their Joy is added
to nearly every day when they read of
some new trust that is supporting or
advancing prices. The Iron Ago con-
tains several items in its Canadian notes
which must mako thousands of little
McKinleys in Canada dance with Joy.
Hero are soho of them:
"a large manufacturing firm in the
western part of Ontario claim to be
, able to import wire nails from the
United States Mt cost of $50 a car
load less than they can buy them at
home"
The Canadian duty on wire nails is
ono and half cents per pound. The
price of wire nails in the United States
being about S1,per key of 100 pounds,
the cost of these nails in Canada would
be at least $2.5S per kog. aside from
freight and other charges. But even
this is considerably below the price
fixed by tho Canadian trust. t'No,
thank you," says the Canadian
mechanic, joyfully, to his cousin
across the line, eve don't want any
of your pauper American nails over
here: we much prefer to pay So per
keg for our patriotic Canadian-labor
nails than 81 per keg for your cheap
and nasty nails
"The manufacturers of steel clad
'bnth-tubs have agreed upon list and
a discount of twenty per cent, with
an extra five per cent. off for dozen
lots"
A duty of thirty per cent. protects
this steel clad bath trust.
Wrought iron pipe manufacturers
have reduced tho trado discount on
some of their smaller sizes, the change
being equivalent to On advance Of five
to seven and half per cent. The ad-
vance has been made on one-quarter
inch, three-eighths and one-half inch"
Tho duty on pipes and tubes varies
from fifteen per cent. to one cent peg
pound and thirty per cent, the high
est duties being ON these smaller sizes
thus advanced in price. The lot of
the Canuck is happy one. He is re-
moved from the temptation of drink
ing or bathing in water contaminated
by coming in contact with cheap
American pipes and tubes.
''The new nail combine seems to DO
holding together, though the Halifax
men arc in under protest. They think
tho lease price, S2.10, is too high.
They have not ON their side, as the
Montrealers have, prohibiting freight
rates to shut out American COMPETE
tion, and they want to DO free to
lower tho prico when they please, rs
the Americans can easily afford to cut
$2.10. Also they want to be left
alone in their territory free from
Montreal competition. Tho latter
polnI was yielded.
This refers to the cut mil combine
formed few weeks ago and which in
cludes all manufacturers in Canada.
Prices were fixed at 50. 10 per keg for
nails that sell in Pittsburgh for eighty
five and ninety cents per keg. Tho
duty being only one cont. per pound,
there is a margin of twenty-five cents
to cover cost OF getting each keg into
Canada. The benefits. to labor from
| protection and trusts ara made clear
in another item in these Canadian
notes. It says:
ga nail strike, lasting some time,
has been brought about in Mon
treal again this winter. Tho proposal
the men rebelled against was reduS.
ton of ten per cent. during the de-
preston. They finally yielded"
This shows that the laborers in tho
nail mills OF Canada are unwilling to
work for whatever their protected
bosses may offer, but that they arc
drifting toward the dreaded rauper
wages across the southern border. It
also shows that q depression" may oc-
cur even in n protected country. But
probably the depression" and tho
wage reductions there, like those in
this country in 1898, were caused by
some wicked son of free trader who
broke up the whole protection process
sion by shouting tariff reform through
a crack in tho fence. Protection is a
very delicate and sensitive institution.
| 1t works like charm when every
body has implicit confidence in it, but
is completely ACKNOWLEDGMENT at
the first sign of scepticism.
Other items among these Canadian
notes indicate annealed wife and
barbed wire combines. both of which
have had to lower prices somewhat to
keep out tho cheap American proo.
ducts. Tae unpatriotio MONTREAL
merchant is kicking because the wirs
combine is charging him So for barbed
wire that it sells to the Ontario and
frontier trade ct $2.37--competition
being keenest there from tho American
side.