The San Francisco call., 1904-07-10

body being better on THE pity is
said Mrs. wilkins. that nobody ever
thought OF 1t before" The whole
trouble hitherto" explained. has
been the foreigner" All said Mrs.
wilkins. IT never heard much good OF
him, though they do say the Almighty
has a use for almost everything.
These foreigners" / continued. "these
Germans and Americans. they dump
things on US, you know" What's
that?'' demanded Mrs. wilkins
What's dump?' well, it's dumping.
you know. You take things and you
dump them down" But what things?
How do they do it7' why. all sorts OF
things: Pig iron. bacon, door mats
everything. They bring them over
here in ships, you understand, and
then. II you please, just dump them
down upon our shores" You don't
mean surely to tell me that they just
throw them out and leave them there
queried Mrs wilkins. "Of course not,
I replied; when I say they dump these
things upon our shores. that Is a figure
Of speech. What I mean Is they sell
them to u.s." But why do we buy
them, If we don't want them7" asked
Mrs. wilkins Were not bound TO
buy them, are We2" 1T Is their art
fulness," explained; these Germans
and Americans-and the others. they
are all just as bad as one an
other-they insist on selling Us
these things at less price than
they cost to make" TT seems a DIT
silly Of them. don't it2'' thought Mrs
wilkins; II suppose being foreigners
poor things, they amt naturally got
much sense" 1T does seem silly OF
them. If you look at 1t IN that way,
I admitted; but what We nave got 20
consider is, the injury 1t is doing US.
Don't see how IT can do US much
harm" argued Mrs. Wilkins; seems a
bit of luck, so far as we are concerned
There's a few more things they'd be
welcome to dump round my way. I
don't seem to be putting this thing
quite in the right light to you, Mrs
wilkins 1 confessed; st is long ar
gument, and you might not be able TO
follow it: but you must take II as a
fact now generally admitted, that the
cheaper you buy things the sooner your
money goes. By allowing the foreigner
to sell us all these things at about half
the cost price, he is getting richer
every day and we are getting poorer
Unless we, as a country, insist on pay
ing at least twenty per cent more for
everything we want 1t Is calculated
that in a very few years England won't
have a penny left" Sounds DIT
tOpsy turvy," suggested Mrs. wilkins
TT may sound So" I answered; but
I fear there can be no doubt Of 1t. The
board Of trade returns would seem TO
prove IT conclusively- We'll COD De
praised. we've found II out IN time,
calculated Mrs. wilkins piously. 1T Is
a matter Of cOngratulation," I agreed;
"the difficulty is that a good many
other people say that far from being
ruined, we are doing very well indeed,
and are growing richer every year"
But how can they say that" argued
Mrs. wilkins. when, as you tell me,
those trade returns prove Just the op-
poster" 'FWell. they say the same.
Mrs. wilkins, that the Board Of Trade
returns prove Just the opposite"
well, they can't both be right" said
Mrs. Wilkins. you would be sur
prised, Mrs. wilkins" I said, how
many things can be proved from Board
of Trade returns" But have not yet
thought Of that article for Pilson-
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