Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-11
SHAW DISCUSSES TARIFF
Secretary Of the Treasury NAB" Two
Speeches in Esrth Carolina.
REPLY TO ONE DEMOCRATIC CONTENTION
Charge ,thst Americas Products Are
SOLD More CheapIy Abroad is
Refuted--PrincipIe Of Pro-
tectiOn Explaised.

GREENSBORO, N. C, Sept lO-secre-
tary Shaw spoke to AN immense gathering
Of republicans at winston-salem today and
again at Salisbury tonight In his evening
speech Mr.. Shaw said In part
Our political opponents lay much stress
on the fact that some American manufso-
home That the practice prevails to some
extent all must admit, but that IL does
not prevail generally or e any consider
partisan Industrial commission was ap-
pointed by congress in 1898, which, after
%ors .d nin s r thsse nhes
was published In eighteen large volumes
This report contains all available evidence
compilations from the data therein con-
tanned, Senator Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire stated on the floor Of the United
mately $,000.0O0 worth of American manu-
featured products are annually sold abroad
No one has ever attempted to disprove
Senator Gellinger's conclusions, though
our political opponents continue to speak
This 100000 worth can be far more than
accounted for by the advantage given to
Re S. nnd ssT t our Sws and
1t has been the policy Off the republican
party for many years to allow manufac-
turers who export their product the ad
vantage of the cheapest possible raw ma
terial. The Dingiey tarif law provides
two ways by which exporters may avail
First, the law authorizes the manufacture
OF merchandise for export in bonded fac
tories and permits to be transferred thereto
not only imported ores, iron and steel
billets and other material free Of duty,
but also spirits and tobacco free of in
year approximately 100000 worth Of inn
Sfaetars dnd dIstiifsS spirits and 'V tobacco 5
nd nj he
exported and no duty or internal revenue
paid thereon Had this material been en-
te ntx a r05 Il this country the
been quite large amount, and, to the
extent of this saving in the cost of the
nnished product, the smelter and manufac-
turer could reduce his export price and
stu make the same profit
- Policy & sound.
The policy OF allowing drawbacks upon
the exportation'o Of manufactures into which
dutiabie raw material has entered Is In
econ The %se OF psS
and In fact gives the American producer
an advantages within the American mar
American producer an advantage over his
foreign competitor In the foreign market.
The republican party from the time of
Its birth until now has protected the la
borer who PRODUCES for the American mar
Het IN every way possible for man to con-
Chinese labor primarily because the China
man ma n, refuses to I've, on, the American
The republican pafty gives the American
! manufacturer for thu foreign market, how
ever, every possible advantage except that
OF cheap labor. No law can protect the
American producer in the foreign market
hence the exporter of the product of Amer
lean labor Is given the cheapest possible
| raw material IL Il be said that this is to
the advantage of the exporter, reply that
| 1t aids quite as much those whom the ex-
porter Employ white those, who supply the
e ORC ns, neeas SIS mess employed artisans
Perhaps I can 4fske this dra wback prin.
Sipie clearer byssssans Of. an Illustration
producer Of spiitess and bolts has a protecs
1lSs sS& s sfr st Ten
| ing company, OF Lebanon. Pa, was paid
last year in, rosnd; numbers $4,000 drawback
on the exportetion, Of $4,000 worth of rail-
way spikes and bolts produced from I'm
ported steel billetse
Foreigners Follow Plan.
The practice complained OF is not confined
to S,a MmeriSs nor Is 4 limited 70 countries
Every government Of Europe approves It
and all. save one, encourages II. George
haps the largest economic journal pub
ilsned IN the. English language. was my
at De ws lea Curing 56 the campaign
the discussion Of this subject made the
except England escSurss esn the saIe
manufactured products abroad cheaper
than at home, and added that I was not
certain as to the English policy and asked
Mr.. Paish for information. Promptly did
/, he reply: England does not encourage It.
but our people practice t." The practice
Is frequently referred to by writer's on po-
litieal economy as the English German
But what shall be said of this practice as
a policy? Is the practice bad per Sc?
\ Who suffers because of tit Does the
American laborer? Go ask the man VINO
produces these exported wares thus
dumped abroad have been criticised for
American manufacturer sell his products
| abroad cheaper than at home rather than
4 have the foreign producer sell his wares In
the same as saying that l would prefer
| to have the products of our factories close
foreign shops rather, than have the pro-
wish all the world web, but II anyone
has to be out OF employment. II there must
be suffering somewhere, then will use my
country II. to accomplish this, il shall I
be necessary that I pay more for my
clothes. more for my shoes. more for my
more for the barbed wire used on my Iowa
farm than IL paid for the same articles I'm
Europe. then / viii not object so long as
the products OF American farms feed. and
the products Of American looms clothe,
and the products Of American labor gen.
orally supply every need Of those who pro-
duee these things thus sold abroad at Re re-
tie more than otherwise would be neces-
sary to the end that the products Ct
American labor shall be put on foreign
markets
At winston Salem he arraisned the demo-
cratic party declaring that It had no plat
form and stood for nothing
He will speak tomorrow at statesville
and "Wednesday AsheYflle.