The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10
PROTECTING THE FOREIGNER.

PROJECTING THE FOREIGNER.
The facts of commerce have become SO
undeniable that only the hardest moss
back Republican now denies that almost
every line of manufacture Is sent to for
eign markets and there sold in open COM
petition, after paying all charges, at less
prices than are demanded and obtained
In the home market The Dingley rates
operate to- permit this discrimination
against the domestic consumer and thus
operate to protect the foreign market to
the injury of the home Time was when
this same discrimination was practiced
and that, with one acclaim, Republicans
either denied it or said that the exports
were cheap and inferior product too
poor for our market. From Export
Notes." in the Manufacturer, the organ
few items bearing upon this question Of
ability of our makers to compete with
their foreign competitors
The International pump trust has a
croyd Iron works, of Philadelphia,
shipped the last portions for a steel
bridge over the Atbara river, in Africa.
The Maryland Steel company are sup
plying the Panama railway with rails.
The Brooks Locomotive works send loco
motives to Finland. The president of the
Maryland Steel company explains that
we secured our foreign orders for rails
simply because we bid lower than any
one else" The Johnston Harvester COM
pany shipped twenty-one carloads of har-
vesting machinery to Russia and France.
The British bark Port Sonachan is
loading at Sparrow Point with rails for
Melbourne, part of contract for g, 900
tons for Victorian railways The Great
Northern railway, England, orders TWEEN
ty locomotives of the Baldwin works.
The Phoenix Bridge company, Of Phoe-
nixville, Pa, has contract for six more
steel bridges for the Eastern Chinese
railway, making eighteen built for
that line. Twenty-Five years ago
brummagem" ware = knives. nails,
guns, hinges were imported from
Birmingham. The tide is now
turned and we are ourselves send
Ing great deal Of 'brummagem' into
England and into the city of Birming-
ham itself. -
Recently the secretary for the colonies
was interpolated by member of parlia-
ment, who wanted to know why large
order for an Indian railway went to an
American firm. He replied that tenders
were made to five English and two
American firms. Four Of the English
firms declined to bid, but another was adj
mitted. The most favorable English tender
asked for three years to fill the contract
and placed the price at e116O0O the most
favorable American tender asked about
one years time and ECO, 125 for the work
And 1 am sorry to say that this is not
the first time in which there has been g.
marked difference both in price and in
time of delivery between American and
British. tenders" No wonder. in view Of
these instances. which might be multi
piled into hundreds. those Republicans
who see that protection is choking itself
to death and will strangle the party with
it. are crying for a retreat under cover Of
the trusts. But the wonder is that so
many Democrats. posing as leaders, fail
utterly to perceive the opportunity that
an issue that will not only reunite the
party and inspire It as in 1892. but will win
to us that large body of intelligent Re-
publicans whom the issue that year
brought to us, giving us the victory.