Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-13
As DUMPING GROUND
GREAT BRITAIN is CONVENIENT FOR
GERMAN EXPORTERS.

The British Market Ii Supplied with
vast Quantities of Goods Made In
Germany, and Millions of British
W"rkmen Walk the Streets.
London. Oct. 25.-He was a foreman
plumber, English through and through,
but quite as Intelligent as man of
like occupation III the United States.
He was discussing Joseph Chamber
lains tariff schemes with some of bis
friends, including the writer.
Al the beginning of his talk he an
uounced that, although he had formerly
believed In free trade, he was now
heart and soul in favor of a protective
tariff for England. He justified his
present political attitude in this way:
Il hear a lot about all sorts of things
costing more IN the United States than
III England, because of the American
tariff" he said. "One thing l know,
and that is that men are worth more
l.! the United States than In England.
1t is admitted even by those who want
10 see England continue its free trade
policy that wages are much higher In
u,c United States than here, and the
government reports, which are being
got out constantly, tell us just how
much higher.
But it is said ii costs so much more
TO live in America than in England
that the American Is really worse off
than the English workman. You can
buy so much more for your money in
England, they say, that sovereigns-
$40 will carry the English workman
farther than $40 will the American.
1T may be so, but | doubt it. Yet
it il perfectly amazing what two and
sX-that's about 60 cents in American
money, isn't twill buy off the coun-
ters of some of the English shops. You
can't help but wonder how it is done
when you notice how many articles
that YOU need can be had for that
price. Perhaps you suspect there is
something the matter with them and
examine them carefully to find out.
You live III country where such lit
tie bit Of money will buy so much.
ard YOU decide TO take the things
tAat H. if YOU have the two and six
in Your pocket. If you are out of EN-
pioyment and your pocket is empty II
doesn't matter whether the price is Is.
I'd. OF f2 Gs. You can't buy them at
either figure.
When You get home with what you
lave bought you notice that every one
Of the things is somewhere marked,
Made In Germany You don't let that
worry You You knew that before you
bought them.
But you keep thinking about 1t, and
By and by You realize that those three
words tell pretty big story If you
know Il thing or two they explain why
your two and six has gone so far in
buying what YOU wanted
Made In Germany. where the
English wages as the English are low
er than American wages. Made III
Germany to send 10 England in eX.
change for English money, which vii
be used to pay, not English, but Ger
man wages. Made LIN Germany, l.
keep the German workman busy an
well fed while thousands of Englisi
workmen who might be making th'
things you have bought are walklu.
the streets in idleness, going withou
wages at all and wondering how the!
are going to support their families
next winter.
Let England once lay good, solid
duty on the things that are brought ir
from Germany and sold here in sucl
wonderful cheap two and six lots and
see what the result would be. Thou
sands of the capable workmen now
idle in London would be put to work
making these things. The money they
cost would be used to pay wages II
Englshmen. not Germans, and tn,
Englishmen would spend it here, no
in Germany"