Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-28
TIE DUMPING" POLICY.
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Democratic writers and speakess fss-
euentiy Try 90 make pshiirA espiesl by
elsiminx rtst the psosscsise tsst9 b ~
si-sisib,s for the fact that s1 sspsssass
in some oasss sell Ihris assehsa4i.s ss
irss than priees ehsrysd 1. shs hsns
market.
IL !. the vsry root Of sssrsas 10 ell
eammsrciai ventures ~ AAsd vhs1 you
have spd gain what yss ess. - chs
10 the same ia all highly sAvssrsA com
mersisi nations. Including EasAas1. Vhsv
fr-s trade prevails whrsss0 . s>us'
fsetur-r has produced isass gss1s han
be can dispose of In che hsos asskss.
10 always good business pois~y fss hin %
try Go E-s rid OF his surplus stsssse rsth'
or than 10 reduce his satpst and inel'
dentsiiy the number of men be rspASs
snd the wages be pays ss~n- This
-dumtans" paii.y. 0s the Doisorrass call
u. has again and again served n pre-
vent depression la our hosss markets si-i
has saSed millions Of dollars 10 wages
60 American woskinsn~a. II 10 iniiiiss-
ly better chat the foreigner shsaid ora
sIonaiiy set goods cheaper than th-y
-rn be bought as home. rsth1s ihss pot
have sarh surplus soil at all. aud !Amssl'
tan mills tr forced Into iai~sr>s ssd
American uofLin.nasn Isis srrisaa ioss
In wages
How British manufacturers rssrsus
this dumping policy Just the ssme rs
American manufacturers viii 10 wh-u
the necessity arises. is shown IN r.s~ns
consular reports. .ss. circular No. .oJ..
Department Of Commerce AMI iAharJ
Samuel N. Taylor. u. \. Csasrii ss Gias.
row. Scotland. says:
Asnufsetur-i steel for -,t.ss IL s~,a fer
10 !" prr .~nt i-s. than for dsm~stfr 90.
and even at sr-at-E rs.iurttau, In eshrs
s.as,r,~. -h--- s.aI-,iiisa = ssssk !.
srx-iy assumed By tho iiri'ish sst-sss-r .r
msnafs.,gr,r by mrsa, Of is,. rrssr'i.a.
Even EnEiini ts tr-a;-d ~s fos~irn ~ ths
sroieh Manufacturer sai gets rs.inssssts
ae.sriinsiy. Tn- ss.,.h ,n.nsfsrtu'.s
on bis sI,ars to far-isn sssn,siss that he
chssiIs at home. In s~.riaai y eembtns.
tien a. prices exists ~Li.h nss~ the rssrss
cf steel plate for the whole sf k~sti.nat. anA
gives the m-mb~r. Of the s"usbinatiea
po~es To s-ii In other districts than seot.
land. At rhs'.,-r ss't-s sh-y sA.;...
American s-~ins m.sLin~ eassrsuy. whirh.
IN sidiiioa To having large wosts ln the
Client TO supply the Eurup~an TRADE. mskrs
.asssfae,urri in Gi-st Iriiain ihs. An...
lean sonsum-rs pay for th.~~ manufactures
In the unt~'i States
Rufus Fleming. u. 3. Consul ss Edin-
bursh. Scotland. says:
Il I. the policy of nr,ii.h ssasssarsnssrp
| to msintain rrir-s In the hnrs~ n,sstst ~
| the highest possible i-rri ard ts make whst.
ever concessions may W. necessary In for
sirn msrk.'s- AZ all ,in,... even whes
general trade condition. at home asd shsuad
sss s1e,.. n:, ,a, tsl. 10 ,ds,ss .,.h san IN
The difference In favor of the foreigner es
have seen Invoices Of nriti.h arm ss steel
wirr manufactures to I-rsnan buS~u IN
which the prices were fuiiy :OM ser cent
lower than the prices qa.i.d Ia heas~ Gus
Il TONERS. This reduction was not doe to sn
-xtraot,iinary surplus but prt..tpaily To .
its ss%rs,iise p p%srs., IL % s.s Z tsa
tho enc n.sd purpose 10 net To rvdnec
prices to Briiish customers until fsse~d TO
do 30.
A promincu. brewer. un e,-munbcr Of
Parliament. said:
have been dumping ale and b~er en- for
si.n markets all my life. Whenever ] hsvs
had . surplus. Practically every msnufac.
turuf In ihis country -elis b.. eosss. ah<osd
his stock is too heavy To be usiosd-si u
home In a reasonable time. without break.
Ing the market.
James Boyle. u. s. Consul as Liver
pool. England. says:
The most Interesting instance Of dumping
In this Consular district of which ] hnvr
knowledge. was TINT Of Hummer. Mond Il
Co. chemical manufacturer. Of Sosthwich.
Cheshire. Tho products involved were Sssia
ash and bicarhonntc Of soda. u wns = dis
iinct policy Of this frm to sell their prod.
uctp on the American market At n rute
which not only nndrrcut the American
product, but wns less than the price In Eng
iish markets. This went on for sotne time
until the nrm effected an Arrangement with
parties, both American md foreign. Inter.
cstcd In the sale Of chemicals In the United
States, md then. nz am Informed. became
part owners In chemical factories In Syra.
cusc, n. Y, and In Michigan. ] believe it
is true, even now, that occasionally certain
chemicals. and particularly birnrbonntc of
soda, produced In this ncighborkooi. nre
sold cheaper In the United States than IN
this mnrkct. I am Informed that certain
other mnnufn cturcrs. like the we'll known
nrm Of Nctticfoids U.imitctD Of Birising.
ham, which makes Iron and brass nnd
wooden screws. often sell abroad cheaper
than Mt home.
II. Clay Evans. Consul General at
London, England says: 81 find that man
ufacturcrs here cndcavor to s'nintain
home markets but when they can find
foreign market, they will bid for It.
get 1t IL they can without too great
loss, and thus increase the dcmand for
their output and reduce the cost Of pro-
duction without denornlizing home
prices"