The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-05
HURTS HIS BUSINESS
IMPLEMENT MAKERs DO NOT
 PROFIT BY THE TARIFF.
Wen Known Prnnsyiyania, Manufac- turer Speaks Plainly of The
 Effects of Prnfect5om.

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 In many different ways. evidently, ac-
 cordins to the particular interest con sidered among the many interests in- lvolved in such a Dusine&s Every deal- CT must study how he may Buy cheap
 handsomely to our aid in selling dear If holds our, customers fask---those in our own conntry--so that escape fs ltmpracticable; all that the nannfactur- CTS need do is to reach some gentle
 manly undsrstanding among them Iseives--not of the nature of trust. ! Of course. for the law at present makes Ithat tnconvenisnt. and # is also quite la suffioisntiy strong bond.---and selling dear, to our own fellow citizens, is easy enough. Assuredly the tariff works. and must work successfully, along
 There would be no motive for forcing or wheedling or buying 1t through Con- gress, 1t would be recognized for the attack on the liberty. of the citizen away to. join the other heritages from
 Yet even h dealing with our ap- pointed victims, the inhabitants of rniversaiiy viewed as the most vital interest by enterprising and broad minded manufacturers. They are feel.
 ax ns ss s Sroto fn0tasS sna dncs re turns" and have learned to prefer reader sales, and a greater number of sales, to q high percentage of profit are ready to reduce prices and have considerably reduced prices without waiting to be driven to 1t by the preB- sure of competition; they would be glad could. but are stopped by the tariff | lbarrter-by the cost of raw materials. No effect of the tariff Is more frnpor- tAnt to all branches of manufacturing | s14n fA 4 k AxN. -. G~. Aaf
 It is . character elven at the aource, | which influences the whole current flowing from it: an impression on the seed. which is shown by the WhoIe dril By whatever Amount raw raw ma terial is dearer than it needs to be, by . ccrrespondIng amount is Increased ! the cost of what is made from It.
 latter Is raw material. and finally the price to the consumer. the addition pecomtns Ereater with every .trans- formation. To be Affective, the remedy The natural impression Is that there must be something wrong, when our country. has been so richly favored by Providence for the production of all kinds of material for industries, and when the profusion of such produc- ton is 60 constantly boasted by our own countryn1en and acknowledged by foreigners. # at the same tiTne the raw
 
 had jn this country than by our rivals abroad. The fact Of their greater cost seems to give the lie to our boast of their greater abundance. WhicA ts the error 1t is naturally asked--does the higher price prove that tho material is rAaliy less accessible, hSvn. is prac~ ticallk SeAreer than eisewheTe: or does shs eeePtaps p5pSapesseD pFqxs thst the and ought to De cheaper to obtain from the producerb7 That question is one that answere itself The bounty of God Is not a rnockery-~it was actually to our people, and only the pervsFsity of man ln Legislative power has made lst a curse, by glving ug artificial soar Ieity for natural abundance.
 the implement nt-nlanufacturing business Are Iron and steel. coal, and hard and soft wood. With regard to the last, the the PosniticSS oS ,s q sns gnitsS
 uncont6BtAd Aale a c9nk1ry ago. whAn our "clipperr ships 4n the face of the worlds free compettki0n. were pre-. eminent Of late ysars, s. our supply ss P. nae ducers, forced to depend on 1t exclusive iy, are at a decided disadvantage as compared with those to whom the rich stores Of Canada are open. our manuss their competitors at the best timber supply in the world; they deserve t and khey ought to have it. whatever reducsl ton 1t may make in the profits ok the With regard to coal, there is but the fehaofest Likelihood that PennsylvRhtA RA1 will ever draw much upon any foreign
 supply sa' savS 1 ou . sWs nrlsnS sTs so maSu fartuFers at liberty to buy where ftltex. can buy best, not only will they re- ceiva. better treatment from the cor lRR AS S,,af k,sf --,S tr n4hxr aAcfinna rahy share in their good fortune.
 v AI4iS Sduestion with regard to iron and steel ie, briefly and simply, shall the annual proflts of snoss wno ,sss ysEnIsn port ed for the United States Steel 'c'9rs, poration as about 145 millions in 1906 and about 160 millions last yeaE--con- snail iY some S part be diverted fo those of. consumers, realized by them in the form of cheaper machinery? It Is well known to those who have inquired, and officers, that it can make pig iron for it's own purposes at Q cost or From S9 to 97, and can convert thls into steel and roll the ingots into stel rails at q total charse of SIP to SIS 2 ton. go moderate profit. whereas the price 1t asks is s2s, just double. Other costs and prices for its steel and iron pros duets are in similar @ @pr1portion: ~isn hn otar irnport duty of SE q ton on pig Iron, and S6 to S25 on different forms Of steel It Is well known. also, that the cost of iron and steel making by con cerns like this great corporation. or Jones and Laushlln, owning their own coal and iron mines and controlling the transportation lines that carry their freight to Pittsburg, Is far less than the feast that any English works can show; for when the matter was investigated some years ago by commission from that country, the cost of making ton S7. 90, while the best report for Middle borouRh pig iron was $i2.70 ton. In this report the labor cost at a furnace was ct two elaillings per ton in Pitts- bure. three shiilings in Middleborough. Though the daily wage scale Is tully forty per cent higher in Pittsburg, they seem to manage here to produce double the number of tons with the same mum Der of workmen, so that the labor charge per ton is considerably lower. Larger 6iast-furnaces and better appli- cations of machinery explain the dff- ference If British producers cannot compete with Pennsylvania. we may rest assured that nobody can; and those protective duties, of s4 end so on. nave in exacting a needlesgly high price from us who must have their products. If we had less to pay, we could sell TOT less and our customers might rejoice with us in our deliveranee from tarift bondage. ..
 materials on which this business nain- iy depends could be furnished at a reasonable profit te the producers though at far less cost to the con sumer, were they protected by. no tariff. It would be possible to oontinoe sIfsse