The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-10-13
HOLD-UP GAME
Figures Of Prices on Goods Exported
Expose Republican Protection Policy.

For a Republican paper the New
York Sun take a sensible view or the
recent large increase in the export OF
American manufactured goods, for IL
declares that while the showing Is en-
cOuraging, there is no occasion as yes
to point with pride" TO the record
Great as the increases are in certain
cases. the Sun observes that In none
is the increase greater than the safes
of one good sized concern. '
But the Sun omits TO state that IN
some of the Instances OF which IL
makes mention. the increase was due
very largely 10 the fact that The goods
were sold to the foreign consumer nc
much lower nrices than our neonle nc
home have 10 nay for Identical artI-
cles. For instance the Sun shows that
our export of agricultural imnlcments
has increa setl from S.00.0N 10 S2t,-
O00N00. This seems AT first thnnGht n
most extraordinary gain. hut u Ia rot
so when we consider That agricultural
imnlemnntS made IN this country gro
sold in Euronn ut from ten 10 twcrtv@
three per cent. less than the same I'M
elements can b, bought rnr hero. ~
churn either cylinder or thermometer,
is sold abroad twenty, three nrr cont.
cheancr than ut home: corn-shelior
Is sold abroad twenty ncr cont. chean-
o. than Mt home. ~rain mills thorsel
eleven ner cent chcancr: cultivatorS
harrowl. twentv.threa per cent. chcan-
or: culiivators fhpnin. seventeen ncr
cent. cheancr. What Is true of agrl-
cultural imnlcmcnts Is likewise true
Of hardware our cXnortS of whirr
have increased in value nv several mil.
lion dollars. American-mahe hardware
Of every dissertation Is sold 10 tho nNo.
Mo Of Europc ut nrireS far below
what our own ncoplc arc obliged 10
nav. For cvnmnlc. Snirt levels can hf
bought IN Errone thirty ner cent.
cheaper than they con he honght here:
tube scraners can h" had abroad at
nrices avera cling ihirty,three ner cent.
less than III" nriccs asked ut home:
augur bit sticks. twenty per cent:
drilling mNchines. fifteen ner cent:
breast drills. thirtv-thro" nor cent:
hammers. crowharS and Slrh""s, ciev-'
en- per cent: butcher saws ihirtv-fivc'
nor cent: shades and ShovclS, thirty
three nor cont. eagle horS" p'ows,
twenty-five nor cent; VI. T.. chilled
plows. seventeen npr cont.
In our cXnort Of engines AMI hoilrrS
there has also hocn lar"n increase.
hut this Is duo to n considerable "x-
tent 10 the fact that these aud oihrv
articles comm" under the head Of ma
ohinory are sold abroad NJ iiricos r1ug.
ing between twontyihrcc and thirty
eight ner cent below the prices asked
At home.
4 representative Of tho Democratic
National Committee mode 81 accurate
estimate cf tho valuo of single rNr"o
about Ia 10 Shipp"d from New York
10 South Africa. This cargo was nut
on hoard hv the frm Of Ernch, Evdc
& Co. Of New York. an1 IT cost tho
hnverS in South Africa Soi".iGi. Tho
SarNo CARGO. had ii boon sold to buv"rs
in New Work. woud hav" cost S2lf.-
0i5. Thus. on cargo of this ono
small steamer fof only $50 tons regis
| teri n rohato Of S32.4S1 was made IN
| favor of foreigners.
In other words owing 10 tho RCnnh-
lican high tariff taxes which permit
the trusts 10 charge high prices to-
home conSnmorS without fear Of for
oiGn connection. This ono small cargo
"ost American co'snmprS S33.4Si. or
15.1 nor cent more than the trusts are
clad 10 sell the Same coohs for 10 bnv-
crs on the other side Of tho globe. lf.
on 4 cargo of onr little steamer. Amer
leans arc mnlctod in such 81 amount.
it is perfectly clear that in tho case Of
oyrorts running into tho millions Of
dollars. the money practically filchcd
from the norkets Of home consumers
would be tremendous
No wonder some peonln sneak of the
Dngley tariff as the "rohber tariff"