The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-12

vanced in price. The lot Of the Cauncs
il a happy one lie is removed from
the tenn ptation Of drinking or bathing
in water contaminated by coming in
contact with cheap American pipes and
tubes
THE new nail combine seems to b
holding together, though the Halifax
men are in under protest They think
the lease price. g. 10. istoo high They
have not on their side. as the Montre-
alers have. prohibiting freight rates
TO shut out American competition. and
they want to be free to lower the price
when they please, as the Americans
can easily afford to cut s.. 10. Also
they want TO be left alone in their ter
ritory free from Montreal competition
The latter point was yielded"
This refers to the cut nail combine
formed few weeks ago and which in.
cludes all manufacturers in Canada.
Prices were fixed at s.. 10 per keg for
nails that sell in Pittsburgh for IS and
90 cents per key. The duty being only
one cent per pound there Is a margin
of IS cents to Overcast of getting each
keg into Canada. The benefits to La Dor,
from protection and trusts. are made
clear In another item in these Canadian
notes. 1t says:
"A nail strike, lasting some time, has
been brought about in Montreal again
this winter. The proposal the men re-
belled against was a reduction of 10
per cent. during the depression. They
finally yielded"
This shows that the laborers in the
nail mills of Canada are unwilling to
work for whatever their protected
bosses may offer, but that they are
drifting towards the dreaded pauper
wages across the southern border. IL
also shows that depression" may oc-
cur even in protected country. But
probably the depression" and the
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 tarin reform through
. crack in the fence. Protection il .
very delicate and sensitive institution.
1t works like a charm when every body
has implicit confidence in it, but Is
completely "discomboberated" at the
first sign Of skepticism.
Other items among these Canadian
notes indicate anncaled wire and
barbed wire combines. both Of which
have had to lower prices somewhat to
keep out the cheap American products
The unpatriotic Montreal merchant is
kicking because the wire combine Is
charging him So for barbed wire that
it sells to the Ontario and frontier
trade at So 81, competition being keen
est there from the American side.
But the one item which more than
all others will give our dear Mckin-
ley unalloyed joy is the following:
Notwithstanding the duty Of IS per
cent. imported bicycles from tho
United States sell at the same price
here as Canadian. This duty was the
source of large amount of revenue
las. year"
Kinley's oft-repeated and oft-denied
statement that "a protective tariff Is
not tax; but il it is a tax, the for
eigner paws it, In this case the for
eigner is the American. A half million
Americans generously pay $40 or $50
more for their wheels in order that our
manufacturers may be able TO supply
the Canucks at greatly reduced prices
This benevolent or missionary spirit
developed in foreigners, by protection.
is one of the most attractive features
of the whole beautiful system.
BYRON w. Holt.