The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-07-25

WASuINuIoN NLII, July 81 OSs
A striking evidence Of the close
afliliation Of those persons who ara
the benefciaries Of the tariff, and
their determination to conceal from
the public information to which 1t is
entitled, is furnished by the lack OF
success which has attended the ef-
forts Of Judge Griggs to secure .
copy of the especial Discount
Sheet" Issued by American export
ers.. While it is well-known fact
that American manufacturers, in
numerous instances, avail them.
selves Of special privileges conferred
on them by the tariff to mulct
American consumers, making them
pay nearly double what is paid by
foreigners for tie eame articles,
Judge Griges believed that the an.
thoritative statement of the "Spe-
cial Discount Sheet" would bring
the facts home to American voters
as would nothing else. He, there.
fore, commissioned an employe OF
the democratic committee to obtain
one. Every effort to do SO failed,
and then a reward Of 800 was Of
fered for a copy, but 80 far without
avail. 1t is also notable that .
number of the leading newspapers
Of New York City refused to insert
the advertisement which the Judge
desired to place in their columns at
their regular advertising rates,
stating that they could not afford to
antagonize class of men who were
extensive advertisers. This ground
for refusal explains the numerous
misleading editorials which appear
in these same papers, and the ire
quent perversion Of facts in which
they indulge.
While the committee has been
unable to secure copy OF this par
ticular sheet, it has procured q copy
of the export price list, and, al.
though the discount sheet would
show far greater difference in
prices, some of those contained 10
this list are interesting. Wire nails,
for instance, which sell in this coun-
try for ~ 25 per keg, are sold to
foreigners for 81 80 per keg. Barbed
wire, which sells here for So per
hundred pounds, sells abroad for
50 30 per hundred. Shovels, which
sell for $3.50 per dozen, sell thsre
for IS so per dozen. Fruit jars are
listed for sale abroad for 25 cents
less per dozen than the same article
here; washboards for 81 80 per
dozen less, typewriters for $45 each,
less than here, for the same ma
chine, tin plate for 81 per hundred
pounds less, and 80 on. And 1t IL
: known thai discounts are allowed, /,
' even from the prices here quoted.
Judge Griggs regards it as incon-
ceivable that American consumers
will be willing to continue paying
!, these higher prices for the benefit Of
: the foreign consumers once they re-.
l alize the facts. ~ am satisfied
!, that the Americans are paying forty
per cent. more for American made
J goods than are the foreigners. I" said
i the Judge yesterday, ''and do not
believe that they will be willing to
}, continue so doing"
: While the republicans are truck
Z ling to the trusts an announcement
i has come from abroad which has
9 startled them like the handwriting
2 on the wall. 1t is to the effect that
= : the Car has requested conference
o of the powers to take stepe to elm
n mate the trusts from their position
e as . controlling factor in the prices
! ! of commodities. While the admin.
istration officials state that they do
lr not believe that the European ma
y y tions can accomplish anything IL
a this direction, they admit that il, q
has been suggested, the real pur'
pose Of the proposed conference Is e
institute a tariff war against THU
country, the results must prove dis
= astrous to American commerce anc
= = industries.
= !: The greatest interest is manifest
= ed by labor leaders and others II
: : the prospective building Of battle
- ship in the New York navy yard
p Despite the opposition Of Senate
= Hanna and other stockholders u
~ = the ship building trust, the demo
= : Gratis in congress secured prov's,
= ion in the Naval Appropriation bil
~ that at least one battleship shoul'
A.. A. he built by the government: Il ha
on.llong been claimed BY the lsoo
y, leaders that such . ship could o
~ ubuilt at less cost than II construc'e
a.by private parties, and they WI
= watch with jealous eye the progret
IN y OF the experiment. Now that "a
up experiment is to be made, Is D.
comes the duty Of the advocates
the system to closely watch the pr
r. ceedings, with view to preven
- 'vsIing fraud in the purchase OF m'