New-York tribune., 1906-09-11

stated =. tOoTif SS FSE every soo in paid
resulting products disposed OF in foreign mar
! ke:s at reduced prices
psrtly prepared foods. export but a snail frae-
lion above per cent In other words OF every
81 600 IN finished products at the door OF our shops
! and factories. the production OF which has con-
s0med sun sbsosd "a ana OF this s aetas ~ worth Is
over s. worth is sold below the American market
America nor Is i limited TO countries where the
protective principle prevails Every government OF
George Pash Editor OF The London statist per- r.
haps the largest economic journal published in the
English language. Was my guest at De Witt. Iowa
during the campaign OF 1904. I introduced him 20
The discussion OF this subject made lie statement
oaf the sale Of xdpag saPS
cheaper than at home. and added that was not
Pash fT 3orao Pompyy SSy aaS aa asked s la1 Mr.
England does not eneouTage II. but our people
German policy. ''' S'''A-
TWO CATALOGUES ISSUED.
Special agents OF the Treasury Department
T9 sv SS PGk up two csta
export and the other do@este These PRs @aIsed Gats
so ad % the Be pS @ P fSK x be
per cent lower than for the domestic market They
SAME cstaiogSes 6Ti regularly oeFns 10 sell foe foe
export 10 the United States materially lower than
a manufacturer in Switzerland. the heading 70
which locates its ofces and shoxrooms in London
also II written ard IS addressed 70 a we'll
known firm IN New York City. and reads as fol-
Replying to your favor March O. we beg TO state
and SonfTm that our European market price is IS
count There differences between the diff
fe-ent states except such necesstated by the
customs duties of every country (for instance Ger
many. oS5; France. Ll0).
our regular price of pfenngs: Ten per cent plus
per cent plus per cent plus 10 per cent which
Thus this Swiss manufacturer openly offers his
proou,t n America approximately IS per cent lower
The law requires merchandise 10 he entered at
levied thereon The importer has the right. ot
he must pay duty on the full foreign value. All
importers required file their original invoices
ket value they must add to this invoice an amount
equal 10 the difference. This Is technically known
s @ % @ aad the TO 4s s o S ysgs R
During the last fiscal year. at the port OF New
York alone upward OF seventeen thousand invoices.
covering more than sH,oO00o worth Of merchan-
disc. were fled and thereon the importer made
voluntary advances aggregating over N.soooo. This
,on 10 this country during the last fiscal year
per cent beioE the prioe st which IL Could haye
been purchased for consumption in the country OF
England is free trade country. and Yet English
Inerchanoise is freely and openly sold every day in
ago the English china mSnutactarers lin Amsri9
can parlsnoe. the English china trust) arranged
among themselves 70 sell their products for expor-
tation 70 the United States IS per cent below the
regular English market. The Treasury Depart
ment. earning OF this for II was no secret ad-
was tried ~ Baltimore before Democratic mem
Clelland. The sole issue at the trial the reg
yar market price OF t5is mp0Ttsd CHINA in the
were hled with him at the trial large number OF
speciioaily that the invoiced price was the Tegu.
lar price at which the affiant would be willing
v 20 oS o one ,aS S - Ns b 20 pe I4s al @ SafeS 9y
would sell 20 any one for consumption in England
IMPORTERS URGED AMENDMENT.
SO general has this practice become that large
he Wsvs ana Means -omTojttea st ne resent ses
sion OF Consress 10 urge an amendment 10 the
proposed levy and collect ad valorem duties not
as now. on the market price IN the country whence
might might be willing TO sell for export to the United
that the price OF nearly every kind OF merchandise
Is from to Is per cent cheaper when sold for ex-
Consumption. and they sought in this indirect way
to effect material reduction in our tariffs,
agents in Europe. and ] officially meet a large
annually go 10 Europe on business. Through these
two sources have sought 90 ind what IL any,
abroad cheaper than at home, and Incidentally
have seeumylsted abundant evidence 70 disproye
dumping. II IS called throughout Europe is gem
Of Ne% jersey & oa % he subject He says he T
Gently purchased az Trenton. " j., a McCormicB
mower for sS6 This, no says, was the price at
which any one could buy. spot cash He found the
M identesl make and pattern for sale IN Engiand at
275 francs, or s55 He found Smith & WessOn
vovers, which regularly sell IN New York $40 -,
for sale IN Paris at the equivalent OF 80 He found
the Douglas shoe, advertised In every town IN the
United States for sS - a pair also popular in Lon
don. the metropolis of free trade country, at the
equivalent OF 81 pair, and Paris the equiva-
lent Of S4 c5 q pair. The identical SOrosis shOo,
which sells in New York at 81 %. IS SOLD IN London
Europe. wrote their mother, who was soon TO Join
them, 70 bring shoes, for they could not get good
shoes cheap IN Paris My friend says he found
a Singer sewi7Z machine at a cheaper price IN
Europe than IN America. but he added that II was
a machine made az their German factory, and or
But what shall be said OF this practice as pol
icy? Is the practice bad per 50? Who suffers be
cause 81 IL? Does the American labOrerf Go ask
the man who produces these exported wares thus
dumped abroad. / have been criticised for saying
that I would prefer have the American manu-
home rather than have the foreign producer sell his
in America cheaper than at home This Is
the same saying that ] would prefer to have the
products OF factories close foreign shops rather
than have the products OF foreign shops close our
factories ] wish all the world well. but II any one
suffering somewhere. then I viii use my best
efforts that II come nigh my country. II. 10
accomplish this. II shall be necessary that pay
more for my clothes more Tor my Shoes more Tor
my sewing machine. more for my typewriter, more
for the barbed wire used my Iowa farm than ls
paid for the same articles in Europe. then Will
object long as the products or American
q rms feed, and the products Of American looms
clothe. and the products Of American labor Sener-
Rllv supply every need OF those who produce these
consent pay little more than otherwise would
be necessary 20 the end that the products OF Amer
can labor shall be put foreign markets