Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-08-01
HE STANDS BY HIS FIGURES.
H. CLAY Fields,
Members Of State Central Conn

With campaign gossip taking statistical
turn about trusts just at present and Repub
lican newspapers over the country attack
ing his recent interview about tin plate and
other articles, Chairman Griggs, Of the Dem
ocratic Congressional Committee has taken
another turn at the subject Mr.. Griggs and
his friends at headquarters pride themselves
that the attack on bis interview as to the
prices OF trust.made goods 10 America and
foreign countries has developed along two
lines only-tin plate and lead.
"rhe Philadelphia Press" declares Mr..
Griggs, whose editor lie most excellent
gentleman, who made good Postmaster.
General under President Mckinley, says
AS the United States exported only few
dollars worth OF tin plate In the last fiscal
year, while it imported nearly 100000
worth, II may be seen what wonderful ar.
gument Chairman GrIggs has brought, there.
fore, against the tariff on this question Of
the price Of tin plate
"Let us see what there Ia in this. Il is
trne that for ten months ending April, 1902,
the exports In domestic tin plate amounted
To only 1.5S5977 pounds, valued at $62 800
but, if the tin plate trust makes a standing
offer Of tin plate at 90 10 per hundred pounds
10 exporters and charges "a 10 per hundred
pounds TO American consumers, the state
ment nevertheless holds true that tin plate
Is sold at 81 per hundred pounds cheaper In
foreign countries by our manufacturers
whether we export directly ten or ten mil
lion pounds.
ut rs exceedingly refreshing To have the
Press appear TO believe that It can find all
Of the tin plate exported reported 10 the
Treasury statistics under the head Of Tin
plate. The trust sells 10 e exporters of canned
goods tin plate 10 be used only for export
purposes at 1919 per hundred pounds -
While the tin plate is not shipped as plate
the tin is supplied 10 these exporters of oils
&c, for cans, boxes, and the like, at the
prices named, and all of the tin used for thi,
purpose is certainly exported tin, just as L
II went out In the shape OF tin plate.
II understand that cotton seed oil ant
nearly all Of our other goods exported IL
tin vessels, except the Standard Oil Com
pany's products, are sent out In packages
made Of American tin plate, which is sold
10 them, as have stated above, at s. 10 pei
hundred pounds, while for other purposes
"a 10 is charged. The Standard Oil Com
pany Is practically the single exception.
"rhe Press also WAKES sarcastic about our
comparatively small exports of lead, and
wishes 10 know how II is that our lead pro
ducers can afford TO sell lead abroad at one
half Of the price they ask at home when for
elgners can export over 200 1000 900 pound
70 the United States, pay the duty on It, ant
sell 1t at profit.
"This is easy. The duty on lead Is q
cents per pound. The smelters' trust keep
the price OF lead here up TO the tariff leve
OF imported lead, hence IL lie not strange thai
importers bring In great quantities of LEAF
aud sell II at profit. The fact that we ex
ported about 100000 worth OF lead las
year shows what exorbitant profits the trus
must be making on lead sold in Our market
at cents per pound.
"Msny Of our exporting trusts are charginI
such high prices al home that foreign good
are composing freely here rs well rs abroad
The wire rope trust, which lie said " hav
given the Republican committee hundre,
thousand dollars 10 1896 and got the TART
schedule 1xed 70 suit itself, Is exporting win
rope 10 all parts Of the world while sellinI
In our marketa nj prices from 100 pef cen
10 800 per cent above its foreign prices. Thu
are the foreign trusts milking the American
consumers.
"But what say our friends about win
nails, wire rope, shovels, axle grease, wash
boards, meat choppers, barbed wire, clocks