The Columbus commercial., 1904-10-25
SALES ABROAD At FIGURES BE-
LOW HOME PRICES,

sold abroad are Bold at reducA pT1ces-
They quote the speech OF Secretary
Shaw In Chicago during the session OF
the Republican National Convention.
In which be said:
sour opponents lay much stress upon
The fact that some American manufac-
lures are sold abroad cheaper than &c
home. Our friends sometimes deny
this. and they sometimes apologize for
IL, and few, In times past, have Joined
cur opponents In recommending . re-
movai of the tariff from all such ar
ticles. 1t Ia useless to deny. and. in
my Judgment, unwiss 70 apologize and
little short Of foolishness to attempt to
remedy the assumed evil IN the man
nsr proposed by the opposition.
"a non-partisan commission ap
pointed by Congress to investigate the
subject with authority to compel the
attendance Of witnesses. made a care
SuI and detailed report. Basing bis
computations upon the facts set forth
in the report. Senator Gallinger. Of
New Hampshire, in a speech made in
the United States Senate on APRIL 2S.
last, placed ths value OF exports sold
at g lower price abroad than at home
at SA,O0O, 600. / cannot ind that ths
substantial correctness OF this estimats
was ever questioned By ths opposition
But In any event the amount In so
small as compared with the aggregate
output OF our factories as to be un'
worthy of consideration"
Secretary Shaw Ia either q novice
with figures or he is entirely willing
10 fool the voters with big statistics
which he knows are not true. II ia
hardly possible that our Secretary Of
the Treasury does not know that We
do not produce 5000 100000 worth
of manufactured goods IN a year ready
for final consumers, or anything like
this amount Our Census statistics OF
manufactures contain many duplica-
tions. Thus we have manufactures Of
cloth goods and of clothing; OF iron
and steel. and OF foundry products,
machinery, etc; Of hmber and OF
furniture: OF leather and OF boots and
shoes. In these few Industries the
Implications amount to $4,000, ,0o0, 900
| or $4,000, 900, 900. Were 1t possible to
take out the duplications-that is. the
products OF one mill that are sold a.
raw materials to another mill-it La
probable that the total value of finished
manufactured products would not be
- 1
| Whether or not our census figures have
| been stuffed in order to make q great
showing for protection can only be
surmised.
The statement that only $4,000, 900
worth OF our manufactured goods are
| 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
/ statistics appear in any Of the nineteen
| volumes. Neither are there any state
ments from which he could reasonably
| lraw such a conclusion.
Secretary Shaw well knows, as does
every one OF the Commission. that the
pretended investigation which that
! partisan body made of export prices
vas a farce and that 1t is absurd 20
tempt to draw conclusions as does
,eeretary Shaw, from data obtained In
| .nswer to the scattering letter Of In.
.uiry sent out by the Commission
In the first place schedules Of In
| }uiry were sent out to only 1000 OF
| he 100000 manufacturing establish.
GENTS of this country-that is, only one
| Of every 800. In the next place only
16 replies were received. Or course.
The answers were mainly from those
who were not guilty. The guilty ones
| lid not volunteer information which
| would incriminate them before the
American public. Moreover. they
| doubtless understood the makeup Of
| the commission and knsw that 1t did
not want evidence of this great extent
| Of this business. Hence, nearly all Of
| the guilty manufacturers either re-
| Trained from answering at all or put
/ III AAOAI02O05 anu 1bS&& ~ &Az WSA Hs E1[As
as they supposed would please q ma
| jority of the members OF the commits
| sion. Under the circumstances Ii In
| remarkable that even rs manufacturers
admitted that they ware discriminate
Ing in favor OF foreign customers. At
this rate more than 100000 OF our
manufacturers are fayoring foreigners.
1t could with tar better logic and
reason, be concluded from these In.
dustrial Commission figures that, a.
76 out OF 416 manufacturers sold 81.
| 100000 worth OF products cheaper
abroad than at home that, out OF the
100000 manufacturers In this country,
100000 would sell S5.76s. .000. 900 worth
| Of goods cheaper abroad than at home.
This result is obtained by simple pro.
portion and is mathematicaIly cnrraek