The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-10-29
SALES ABROAD AT FIGURES Be.
LOW HOME PRICES.

statistics to prove that but an insignia.
cant proportion Of manufactured goods
sold abroad are sold at rednoad prices
They quote the speech Of Secretary
Shaw In Chicago during the session Of
the Republican National Convention.
In which he said:
Our opponents lay much stress upon
the fact that some American manufac.
lures are sold abroad cheaper than at
home Our friends somstimss deny
this. and they sometimes apologize fer
II, and few, in times past. have joined
our opponents In accommodating a re-
meyal Of the tariK from all such ar.
ticles. II is useless to deny. and. in
my judgment. unwise to apologize and
little shsrt ef foolishnsssA to attempt to
rsinedy the sssanlsd sylf In the man.
nsr probossd BY tlls epposition.
"A ncapartisan eelpmission ap.
pointed by Congress o investisate the
subject with authority III compel the
attendance of@witnessas, made a care.
ful and detailed report Basing his
computations upon the facts set forth
In the report, Senator Galllnger. of
New Hampshire. in a speech made In
the United States senats on April %.
last. placed the value ofsexports sold
at lower price abroad than at home
at si.000.000 cannot End that the
substantial correctness ofthis estimate
was ever questioned by the opposition.
But In any event the amount Is 80
small as compared with the aggregate
output Of our factories a. to bs un-
worthy Of confederation"
Secretary Shaw In either n novice
with figures or he 10 entirely willing
to fool the voters with big statistics
which he knows are not true. II is
hardly possible that our Secretary of
the Treasury does not know that we
do not produce $4,000, 900, 900 worth
OF manufactured goods In year ready
for Anal consumers, or anything like
this amount. Our Census statistics OF
manufactures contain many dupllca.
tions. Thus we have manufactures of
cloth goods and OF clothing; Of iron
and steel. and of foundry products.
machinery. ETC.; OF lumber and Of
furniture; Of leather and OF boots and
shoes. In these few Industries the
Implications amount to $4,000, ,0O0. 900
or s3,ooo.ooo0O0. Were II possible to
take out the applications is, the
products OF one mill that are sold an
raw materials to another mill--it 10
probable that the total valne of finished
manufactured products would not be
more than half of $4,000, 900 900.
Whether or not our census figures have
been stuffed in order to make a great
showing for protection can only be
surmised.
The statement that only $4,000. 900
worth Of our manufactured goods arc
sold abroad cheaper than they are sold
at home is ridiculous. Secretary Shaw
says that he got his statistics from the
report Of the Industrial Commission,
but he neglected to cite the page or
volume. As matter Of fact no such
statistics appear in any Of the nineteen
volumes. Neither are there any state.
ments from which he could reasonably
draw such conclusion.
Secretary Shaw well knows, as does
every one Of the Commission, that the
pretended investigation which that
partisan body made Of export prices
was a farce and that 1t ia absurd to
attempt TO draw conclusions as does
Secretary Shaw, from data obtained in
answer to the scattering letter of In
quiry sent out by the Commission.
In the first place schedules OF In,
quiry we're sent out to only 1000 of
the 100000 manufacturing establish.
ments Of this country-that Is, only one
Of every 300. In the next place only
416 replies were received. OF course,
the answers were mainly from those
who were not guilty. The guilty ones
did not volunteer information which
would incrlminate them before the
American public. Moreover, they
doubtless understood the makeup Of
the commission and knew that II did
not want evidence OF the great extent
Of this business. Hence, nearly all of
the guilty manufacturers either re-
Trained from answering at all or put
In ridiculous and absurd answers, such
as they supposed would please ma
jority of the members OF the commits.
sion. Under the circumstances 1t Ia
remarkable that even rs manufacturers
admitted that they were discriminat.
ing In favor Of foreign customers. At
this rate more than 100000 Of our
manufacturers are favoring foreigners.
1t could with far better logic and
reason, be concluded from these In
dustrial Commission figures that, as
rs out OF 416 manufacturers sold a..
100000 worth Of products cheaper
abroad than at homo that, out Of the
100000 manufacturers in this country.
100000 would sell s5,76s. 100000 worth
of goods cheaper abroad than at home
This result is obtained by simple pro-