The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20

the special discount sheet, which fur
nishes the speciaL--Asw erices TO for
eigners on these goods. The difference
in price shown here Is great enough.
but If we could only secure the special
1t would show much lower prices
IS. xod ok. ....d dFy
Could Not get the sheets.
This information came to this gem
tlenan from friends in exporting
houses. They told him that the prices
quoted in the regular export price list
are usually not bottom prices, but that
the special discount sheets give the
lowest quotations. This agent of the
Democratic Committee has made many
vain attempts to obtain one of these
sheets; he besought many manufactur-
ers and others well acquainted with ex-
porters to obtain for him., If possible,
one or more of these special discount
sheets. Time and again when he ask
ed for 1t he was told: oh yes, / can
get ii for you, have known these peo-
pie for years, and I am sure they will
let me have It,. In every instance,
however, this friend of the exporter
had to admit defeat. though he some
times did get a squint at the coveted
special discount sheet, like the Sun"
reporter who interviewed Mr.. Bradlee
on this subject-only a squirt. He was
sometimes told, We know you are ell
right, and will not make improper use
OF the special foreign discount sheet,
but 1t is a rule rigidly enforced not to
let one of the sheets go out of the
office, except to mail them to certain
trusted foreign agents. 1t can't go out
of this office otherwise for love or
money. 1t might make endless trouble
for us Some of our friends were
told, I should be very glad to accom-
modate you, but those sheets are un-
der lock and key, and l have not the
key
Refused TO Print the AID.
Failing in ordinary ways to obtain
this special discount sheet, the COM
mittee gave to this gentleman permits
sion to advertise, offering a reward for
It, To his establishment five of the
leading papers of New York City re-
fused to print the advertisement 1t
was admitted that it was a perfestly
legitimate advertisement. but the bust
ness office did not care to accept it,
In one case the advertising manager
figured on the amount of advertising
space used by the exporting houses,
and which might be lost should he
SLAP them in the face by printing this
advertisement"
I'm the face of these facts, Mr.. ]. r.
Bradlee, of the firm of Henry w. Pea
body & Co., had the nerve to say to a
reporter for the New York Sun:
1--WE should have thought however,
that the Democratic Literary Bureau
in Washington would have come to US
for any information they wanted
rather than resort to means of this
kind
would you give one of your discount
sheets to the Democratic Literary Bu-
reau If they should ask for it?" asked
the reporter.
II doubt If we should" Mr.. Bradlee
replied. 81 would not feel that we
were at liberty to do So
THE Democratic Congressional Com
mittee is as anxious as ever to obtain
one of these special discount sheets
for use in the congressional campaign
of this year, and. as / said in a min
terview on the subject few days ago,
we will gladly give 800 for it. if de-
manded. 1 understand that about 5000
OF these sheets are published every
month, yet they are as scarce in the
United States as snakes in Ireland"
This is the whole story in a nut
shell. The people of the United States
are paying 40 per cent. and upward
more than the foreigner for the same
American manufactured article. The
question is, will they longer submit
to it? / do not believe they will"