The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-17

selling ksiis Abroad 90 Greatly keda~~d
frsees-fhs Foreigner .oes lntaxed-

selling ksiis Abroad az Greatly k~du~~.
rrsess-rh. Foreigner .os. Intax~d-
While the republicans are ask n.
ihis country 10 vote for higher dutie
on steel rails Ia protect our poor ull
lionaire manufacturers II j. well Ia in
auire what use is being made OF IN.
ST. - duty per ton now in force Tn.
Iron Age. Of March s. SAYS: Report.
concerning the ia.coO-ton order fol
Chilli are again cropping up. and hav.
taken the shape that the business i,
credited 10 a western mill"
Another Interesting report come.
from England. II is the leading article
ia Invention. well known technical
Journal published in London. It's i-~re
Of February % contains the follow II,
remarks:
During the past few weeks anot her
example of the strong foreign comp.-ti.
tion with which our nation has 10 con-
tend has come before our eyes We
refer 20 the much-taiked-ot rail order
Of 10000 tons for Japan. which has
been placed with the Illinois Steel 10.
50 far As we understand. the Illinois
Steel Co. ,of Chicago has undertaken
10 produce rails delivered at New York.
close on To 1000 miles from the locality
where they are manufactured. nj es->
81. l>2l. s6l per ton. We believe this 10
be the actual quotation given. In fact.
the American firm undertook 10 supply
the contract and deliver tat the por; OF
depariure) for :. Cd less than the
price quoted at he WORKS bv the En-
lish firms invited 10 compete This Is
perhaps the first time we have had
seriously 20 face this question in a
large way on the part of the United
states. and this must ODen our ewes TO
the fact that American manufacturers
are not likely 10 stop AZ the japanese
orders secured by the Illinois Steel ca. :"
According TO this statement. the IL
linois steel Co. which i the western
branch OF the steel rail com bination.
has undersOid English manufacturers
IN Japan. and has undertaken 20 de-
liver lo,eC0 tons of steel rails. free OF.
board FOR shipment. al sol ~ Der ton.
the English bid having been ss80--
The Iron Ages ca bic repor. of Febru
arv I. II may be noted. shows THAI
se3 o IS the price OF English rails fire.
on board at barrow
Now lie. rs see what j. the price OF
the Illinois Steel Cos rails - BUYER.
in this country. the price az the COM
panv's works: The Iron Ages report
of February from Chicago saws: The
for steel rails j active for ths,
season - the year Quite : run Of
l-oO-ton orders i reported Quota
tons are u follows: Steel rails. -.
and upward. according 20 quantity"
Everybody familiar with the recent
history of the steel rail Industry shows
that the price has been tixed for lon~
time pas. by the combination in which
the Carnegie Steel Co. j the leading
and tha. this price for
several months has been sss a, eastern
works and so al Chicago Eastern
rails are delivered al tide water for
3, - These are the prices which
railroad companies in this country
have 70 pay. X = maintained By COM
oination agreement ana is much high
er. proportionatelv than the prices Of
other similar products which are de-
'ermined bv ordinary competition
or example. the price of steel billets
II Pittsburgh works j. only ST. IS. ana
he COS. Of manufacturing rails ONLY
slightly exceeds the cost OF producing
,illets-
The difference between SO and sri -
; s1..s: the duty j s-.,s This shows
hat - per cent of this duty i ajax
nd that il j. not paid by foreigners.
'ut primarily hy our railroad compa-
iies. and eventually by the shippers
Ind consumers Of this countrv- VIII
hey continue To believe Mex inley.s
'ar-ot talk about the foreigner pairing
'nr tariff taxes? VIII they think il
necessary 20 still further protect the
tel rail trust while il j. selling rails
n the unprotected markets ~ ths~
~orle. These are question, which
will ~ answered next Norem Der.
BrinS ". HoLr