The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1904-10-21
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q n which be said:
. "0ar OppOnsnts lay much stress upo
the fast that some American maRufs'
tures are sold abroad cheaper thaa Z
home Our frisads sOne'imes den
this. and they sometimes Apologize ~
y Il. aud few. IN times past. have lOine
car opponents In recommending & n
= mOval Of the tariff fTOm ali such Al
, tielss Il l. useless " deny. and. u
;. my judgment. unSiss % Apologize an
little short q fOOiishness 10 attempt u
) remedy the assumed evil In the man
; RsE proposed BY the opposition
, "A non partisan commission az
pointed By COhEress 10 Investigate the
! subject Sith authority 70 compel the
, attendance Of witnesses made q care
fuI aad detailed report basinE bis
computations upon the facts set forth
In the report. senator GallingeT. "
New Hampshire. In q speech made la
the United states Senate On April %.
last. placed the value u exports sold
a q lower price abroad than at home
Al st.V0V.UVO cannot and that the
substantial correctness Of this estimate
Was ever Questioned b. the opposition.
Bat In any event the amount is -
SNAIL a. compared Sith the aggregate
Oatput Of our factories ~ ~ bc IN
worthy Of confederation
Secretary ShaN - either = novice
wtth figures OF he IL entirely willing
70 fool the voters Sith big statistics
which he knows are no, true Il Is
hardly possible that OaT Secretary Of
the Treasury does not knON that We
DO not produce sl3.VeO. OOO W. worth
u manufactured goods In = year ready
foT anai consumers. OF anything like
this amount Our Census statistics u
manufactures eOutain many duplicA
lions. Thus we have Manufactures Of
sloth goods and Of ClOthiHg. q iron
and steel. and Of foundry products.
machiheTy etc. Of lanbST and Of
furniture. OF leather ana Of boots and
shoes. Ia these fee Industries the
Implications amOant 10 t2.0v0. 40 VsO
o. 81 eOo. O0o.VO0 Were IL possible "
tAks cut the Implications that Is. the
products Of one mill that are sold ~
raW materials " another mill-t IL
probable thai the total value VI finished
manufactured products would not be
mere than half Of sl3Coo. OOa. 100.
WHISTLER OF not our CENSUS figures have
been stated In order 10 make q great
shOStng fOT protection can only be
saTmised
The statement that only ttVUo 40
worth Of our manufactured goods are
sold abroad cheaper than they are sold
a home Is ridiculous Secretary shaw
says that he got his statistics from the
report VI the Industrial Commission,
but be neglected 10 cite the page OF
volume A. a matter u fact hO such
statistics appear In any Of the nineteen
volGmes. Neither are there any state
mShts from which he could reasonably
drAN such a conclusion.
Secretary shaw veil knows. a. does
every one u the Commission. that tbs
pretended Investigation which that
/ partisan body made Of export prices
Sas a farce and that it IL absurd to
sttemVt TO draw conclusions a. dOss
Secretary shaw. from data obtained in
answer u the scattering letter Of Ia
Quiry sent out b. the Commission.
In the hrst place schedules Of In
Quiry weTe sshl cut 10 only Zoos Of
the 60o.O0o manufacturing establish
meats of this COaRtTy-tbat u. only one
u every 80. Ia the next place Only
tl6 replies we're received Of course.
the answers we're mainly from those
Who weTe 40, guilti The guilty ones
did BOt volunteer Information which
would iRcIiminAte them before the
American public. Moreover. they
doubtless uAderstOOd the make Hp Ol
the commission and knew that u dad
net want evidence Of the great eXtent
u this business. Hence. hearty ali Of
the guilty manufacturers either re-
Trained from answering a all OF pat
In ridiculous and absurd answers. such
a. they supposed would please a ma
iority % the members Of thu comma
sion. Under the circumstances u 10
remarkable that svea Is manufacturers
admitted that they we're dlscTiminsi-
ins IN favor % foreign customers. AZ
this rata more than 100000 Of our
@anufaetuFsrs are faverins fsroisnsrA
% eoald with fsr better logic and
reason. - oonoisdsd from thsss In
dastrial cemmissisn assrss that -
rs eat e Sis naa1fsssuFsrs seld o..
GO .eoo worth 81 psea0sss cheaper
sbrosa than 20 hons tAst. Oaa 81 ne
co. eoe maBsfsctsreFs IN thas oouassy.
los.Oes would ell sS7Ss. go. eco vsFtA
of geods cheaper abroad than &C hoRs.
Thfs naaufl n obfaiEe1 IN a.muie nro.