Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-18
SALES ABROAD At FIGURES BE-
LOW HOME PRICES.

statistics to prove that but an insigniti.
cant proportion of manufactured goods
sold abroad are sold at reduted prices
They quote The speech Of Secretary
Shaw in Chicago during the session OF
The Republican National Conventions.
i'll which he said
our opponents iaE much stress UpoH
the fact that some American manutac-
lures are sold abroad cheaper than at
home. Our friends sometimes deny
this, and they sometimes apologize for
It, and few. i'll times past. have joined
our opponents in recommending Il re-
moNai Of the tariff from all such al
ticies. 1t is useless TO deny. and III
my Judgment, unWise to apologize and
little short OF foolishness To attenlpj Ia
remedy the assumed evil III the mar.
.ler proposed by the opposition
"A non-parlisan commission ap-
pointed by Congress 10 investigate the
subject with authority to compel the
attendance OF Witnesses made Il care
ful and detailed report. Basine his
computations upon the facts set forth
in the report. Senator Gallinser, OF
New hampshire, i'll speech made il
the United States Senate ON April -.
last placed the value of exports sold
at u lower price abroad than at home
at 81 900 Vao. cannot find that the
substantial correctness OF this estimate
was ever questione by the opposition.
But in any event the amount is 50
output of our factories as TO be un-
worthy OF consideration. y
Secretary Shaw is either a novice
With figures or he is 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 $13 900 OOO, 900 worth
OF manufactured goods in a year ready
for final consumers. or anything like
this amount Our Census statistics OF
tions Thus we have manufactures OF
cloth goods and OF clothing; OF iron
and Steel. and OF foundry PRODUCES
machinery, ETC.; OF lumber and of
furniture: Of leather and OF boots and
shoes In these few industries tae
Implications amount TO 5000. .DDp hn)
IN
take out the duplications-that is tE.
products of one mill that are sold as
raw materials to another mill-it is
proba BILE that the total value OF finished
manufactured products would not ia
more than half OF SIS 900, ,DDD 0Do.
Whether or not our census figures have
been stuffed i'll order to make great
showing for prot o3eetioa can oasy Le
surMised.
The statement that only 81 .p0D,O
worth of our manufactured goods are
sold abroad cheaper than they are soil
at home is rdiculogs Secretary Shaw
says that he got his statistics from the
report OF the Industrial Commission,
5ut he neglected to cite the page ac
volume AS matter Of fact no snch
statistics appear IL any OF the nineteen
volumes Neither are there any state.
ments from which he could reasonably
draw such a conclusion.
Secretary Shaw well knows, as does
avery one Of the Commission. thai the
pretended Investigation which that
partisan ho:iy maie OF export prizes
was farce anu that it is absurd 10
attempt to draw conclusions as does
Secretary Shaw. fcom data obtained ia
answer 20 the scattering letter o. IN
aniry sent out by the Commission.
In the first place schedules OF ia
qGiry were sent out to only 1000 OF
the 800 900 manufacturing establish
neats Of this country-that is. only ona
Of every 200 In the next place only
as replies were received. OF course.
the answers were mainly from those
who were not guilty. The guilty ones
did not volunteer information which
would incriminate them before the
American public. Moreover, they
doubtless understood the makeup OF
the commission and knew that it 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 ridiC.'nus and absurd answers, such
AS they supposed would please a ma.
jority of the members OF the commits,
sion Under the circumstances it is
remarkable that even IS manufacturers
admitted that they were discriminat,
ing in favor Of foreign customers. AT
this rate more than 100000 OF our
manufacturers are fayoring foreigners
1t could with far better logic ant
reason, be concluded from these In