Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-11-04
SALES ABROAD AT FIGURES BE-
LOW HOME PRICES.

- '~"So uutlnS the session OF
the Republican National Convention.
in which he said:
Our opponents lay much stress upon
the fact that some American manufac.
tures are sold abroad cheaper than at
home. Our friends sometimes depv
this' and they sometimes apologize for
IL. and few. in times past, have iolnod
our opponents I'm recommending n re.
moVal OF the tarin from all such mr..
ucies. II is useless to deny. and. I'm
my Judgment. unwise to apologize and
little short of foolishness to attempt to
remedy the assumed evil I'm the man.
ner proposed by tho opposition.
"A non-partisan commission ap-
pointed by Congress to investigate the
subject with authority to compel the
attendance OF witnesses. made n caro.
ful and detailed report. Basing his
computations upon the facts set forth
In the report. Senator GallinRer. of
New Hampshire. in a speech made I'm
the United States Senate ON April 23.
last. placed the value of exports sold
at lower price abroad than ut home
at S4,000,000. / cannot find that tho
substantial correctness OF this estimate
was ever questioned by the opposition.
But In any event the amount is so
small as compared with the aggregate
output of our factories as to be un-
worthy of consideration"
Secretary Shaw is either n novice
with figures or he is entirely willing
To fool tho 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 $4,000 900 900 worth
or manufactured goods In a year ready
Tor 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 lumber and of
furniture; OF leather and OF boots and
shoes In these few industries tho
Implications amount to $4,000, ,OO0, 900
or 0o0,000,O00. Were II possible to
take out the duplications-thati is. tho
products of one mill that are sold as
raw materials to another mill-it is
probable that tho total value of finished
manufactured products would not DO
more than half OF $4,000, ,0oo. 600.
Whether or not our census figures havo
been stuffed In order to make a great
showing for protection can only be
surmised.
The statement that only 81. 900 600
worth OF our manufactured goods are
sold abroad cheaper than thoy are sold
at homo is ridiculous. Secretary Shaw
says that he got his statistics from tho
report OF the Industrial Commission,
but he neglected to cito the page or
volume. AS "A matter of fact no such
statistics appear in any OF tho nineteen
volumes. Neither are there any state
ments from which he could reasonably
draw such a conclusion.
Secretary Shaw well knows. as does
every one OF the Commission, that tho
pretended investigation which that
partisan body made OF export prices
was a farce and that it is absurd to
attempt 20 draw conclusions as does
Secretary Shaw, from data obtained In
answer TO tho scattering letter OF in
quiry sent out by tho Commission.
In the first place schedules of In
quiry were sent out to only 1000 of
the 100000 manufacturing establish
ments OF this country-that is, only ono
OF every 800. In the next place only
4l6 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 ridiculous and absurd answers, such
as they supposed would please a ma.
Jc'AeJ Va NhO AACAnbCIh Ol luc COulInlS-
sion. Under the circumstances 1t is
remarkable that even IS manufacturers
admitted that they were discriminate
ing In favor OF foreign customers. At
this rate more than 100000 of our
manufacturers are favoring foreigners.
1t could with far better logic and
reason, be concluded from these In
dustriai Commission figures that, as
rs out of 416 manufacturers sold S4.-
100000 worth OF products cheaper
abroad than at home that, out of the
100000 manufacturers in this country.
100000 would sell $5,76S, ,0O0, 900 worth
Of goods cheaper abroad than at home.
This result is obtained by simple pro-
portion and is mathematically correct.
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