The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-11


viNcd the complaint that
American manufactured products. pro-
terted in the home market by the tar
ifi. are sold cheaper abroad than at
| home. At the same time. Il has raised
the cry that prices of staple products
Of daily consumption have been in
creased in this country by reason Of
the tariff Under it's instructions every
Democratic party organ in the country
has taken up these assertions and EN-
pinsized them IT, the extent of their
power. notably in this community the
scranton Times.
Answering the last complaint first. it
may DE- admitted that prices. a. we'll
AZ wages, have Advanced since The be-
ginning Of the Mckinley administra-
tion and the passage Of tile Dinglcy
tariff law That law would have been
i failure ii it had not Increased the
wages Of the worknsmen and the
prices of the farmers products. which
represent the wages of that class. The
Dinslry tariff law revived industry.
gave men work and wages. and also
the opportunity for better living. In
1895 We retained only ".44 bushels OF
wheat per capita for home consunp-
li"i. and in 1899 We retained 6.os BUSH
els per capita. The American people
consumed nearly double the amount of
wheat -four and white bread in lSS!
that they did in 1893. The SANE was
true of beef. withstanding the high
prices nf beef today. the Ameri-
ran people consume double the amount
of beef that they did in 1899.
when Democratic. low tariffs closed tn.
mills. sent thousands Of men into idle.
Ness. and reduced their purchasing
pnwrr TO the minimum The advanc"
in prices is. in one way due to the
tariff. in ihat the tariff gave protection
/" American industry. enabled the p.u-
pie TO buy, and 80 increased the volume
"f home consumption aS IT, increase
prices by the natural law Of supply and
demand Eat these Increased prices
are not alone on articles produced in
this country and protected by the tar
iH. The Increased prices have been
general and more in harmony with the
purchasing power by reason of in
creased wages.
The bureau OF statistics Of the treas
ury department has recently issued IA
bulletin ON the "Morrin-nt of Prices
from 1910 tn 1901" A comparison Of
the prices for lS9I-th" last year Of the
WILSON, -Cnrnlan tariff-with The prices
- 81. I\.. a
il applies to articles that are on thu
free. list a. we'll As those that are pro-
t-ct-d. The following comparisons are
Of prices for articles that have never
had tarin, but are on the free list
now. as they have been for years. They
show the same. and even greater per-
rrntases of m"rraS. than protected ar
iirlcs. because some of them are lux
uries in times Of ,lepresSion:
FROM BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
Prices "f representative articles On the
free list:
Articles. Date. Price
GOA anthracite,
StuN" per iun...... July, 1899 Si.;n
,,"al anthracite,
stove. p"r t"n...... July, 1901 A.93
iuiirr Rio standard.
NJ, :, per puund,, Aus, 1893 ."f
'"tfr- Rio Standard,
N". :, per i,"und.. Aug, lss .oS'.
Nr;t, choice Japan.
per pound ,,....,... Aug, 1901 ISIS
Tea. rhoic- Japan,
per pound ......... Aug. 1902 -
Quiniuc, sulphntr. ~ April lN'I -
puinine, sulphilt, ~. April, 1901 ~
Pepper, whole Sinsa-
pore, per pOunu... July, 1859 .lO'2
Pepper, whole SiuE;i-
pore, per po,nd..., July, 1901 Ia.
Petroleum, refined, In
cases. per GALLON. Feb, lNHN .u,95
Petroleum, r"llued, IN
cases, per GALLON. Feb, l'nD ,lllu
Petroleum, or rlld G,
PH,l, per BARREL, Nov, lNa, "a
Petroleum, crudr =,
pa,,, per ba1rrl,.. NOV, iml i.ao
cotton iul New
York;, per pound.. Oct, lSs> - ia
Cotton tai Now
York;, per pound. oct, 1888 los.
Raw silk from
,'hnaI, per pound, Jan, lSsN a.Ji
Raw silk urom
chna,. per p"und, Jan, in1 5.G5
SiSal hemp 'Irom
Mcxiro,, per hound ApriL 1877 ,oe li-lG
Sis',l hemp 'lrom
MrNicoI, per pound April, lhr2 ,loi,
Julc ,lrom India, per
p"und .......,...,.., March 1898 ~ l3-l6
JuIr from India, per
pound ,.....,...,,... March, lS| .0t's
Tin pig, per lh,...... March, l%, ,l25
'riu piE. per ln,,,.., March, lFm ,a2s
Rubber, Para, 'rnc,
new, per puuud.,.. Jan, lN9, 80
Rubber. Para, fine.
new, per poun'I,,.., Jan, lbsi l,oN
So much for the Increased cost OF
living" fulSpIN rburpaI aSuingt nrnt.,-
lion. Nuw as to export prices. Accord
ing To The report of the industrial rom-
mission, the practice of selling surplus
products for export below the market
price Is not "A new one, ANA in no way
is ii confined To protected industries,
either in this country on any other The
British manufacturers, without any
protection from a tariff, have followed
this practice for half century. and in
British government reports it is de
Tended as u wise economic policy. in
that IL enables manufacturers Ia dis