The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18

lars yearly. INC value OIL t1cSe same 6oou'
for export is only about four billion, eight
hundred million. THE difference between
these two sums ono billion, two htn-
dred million dollars, is the price, the
staggering price, which tho American pco-
plo pay for so-called protection.
Are Cheap Abroad.
number OF the shipbuldcrs who tcsti-
fled before the Congressional Merchant
Marine Commission, of5iWhich Senator
Martin is Il member. stated that foreign
.shpbuildcrs were purchasing steel plates.
angles, etc, from American ut cheaper
prices than were charged American ship
builders. When the commission was sit
ting In Cleveland a few weeks ngo Mr..
James i. Wallace. of tho American Ship
building Company. told the commission
that American steel was delivered t
shipbuildcrs at Belfast. Ireland, for 81
n ton. while the same steel cost American
shpbuidcrs So II ton In Pittsburg. His
authority was the assistant sales gent o f
the Carnegie Steel Company This state
mcnt brought forth from Senator Gal
ilinger. Of New Hampshire. chairman o
the commissions, and n litc-la1lg Repub-
lean and advocate OF II protective thrift
5'If that's so, IT'S al outrage ana ouellt
to be ren1sdied
When the commission was sitting in
New York. Mr. James J. I'LL, the prest-
dent Of the Northern Pacific Railway
told the commission that the Canadian.
railways were buying steoa rails Of the
steel trust at about SO a ton cheaper.
than they could be bought by American
railways All
In 4 letter to Senator Bacon, Of Gcor-t
yin, some time ago. james T. Wright
vicc-prcsidcnt and general manager OF the
Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railway, an
Indianan and 4 Republican,, stated mat
his road was compelled to pay SO ton
for 5,GlS tons of steel rails, although the
same steel company offered to sell him
steel rails for Honduras at $50 a ton. the
rails to he loaded on a steamer char
tered for n foreign port. MI. Wright
says:
"Allowing a liberal amount for cost
OF delivery at tidewater, which In this
particular case would have been very
small, we American citizens paid to this
American industry $4,000 In excess OF what
foreigners would have been compelled 10
nay. And $4,000 would have nut up n
very handsome library, filled with stand
ard books on protection
"And this was a very small transac-
ton, only about fifty miles of railroad.
Payments were cash and VIC neither need
ed nor asked any concessions IN the mat
ter Of time Because We were Amcri-
cans. Interested in the development of a.
small section Of our country, Involving
faith and sacrifices, we We're compelled
to pay out as bonus III excess OF 5000 per
mile"
Mr. William r. Lent. of tho Murray
Hill Hotel, New York, says he has
Republican friend who recently bought Il
sewing machine of all export agent for
SIS, FOR which he was asked $50 by the
New York agent The machine was de-
livcrcd aboard n ship. as of for export
but was taken off. and back to the house
of the Republican.
The foregoing are only q very few
of many Instances cited in the cam
pa!en book OF the injustice Of protection,
which Mr.. Roosevelt, before he became
the Republican candidate for the prcsi-
dcncy. denounced as vicious in theory
and harmful IN practice.