The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-02-06
SWAIN DESTROYS
A FEW ILLUSIONS
uPsETs THE GOVERNORS CHAR
GEES OF PRICES ABROAD.
AMERICAN GOODS In EUROPE.
Not Sold Cheaper There Than They
Are In This country--A Blow to
One Argument For Tar
if Revision.

u.
Jarnagin yesterday received the fol-
lowing letter from Albert w Swain,
for many years the editor of the Os-
kaloosa Herald, and now consul to
Southampton, England, from this
country. The letter upsets one OF
Governor Cummin's pet theories that
) 'the tariff needs revision because
American goods are sold cheaper
abroad than they are at home" and
is in full as follows:
Southampton, England Jan. 20, '0S.
My Dear Mr.. Jarnagin: Your note of
inquiry, with printed enclosure, came
10 hand in due time, and | have de-
layed answering It until could re-
assure myself as to what may follow,
as to fact stated:
First--As to buying standard Rem
ington machine here for $50 in retail
way, can only say that | never heard
of it, and have made some diligent
inquiry in several ways to find out
the truth of that statement. / am
compelled to say that it appears TO
be untrue-and further, it never has
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IN eoya,. ~ tho ,rno,ish ronufoctnror
ha onebt 70 cell a GOOD deal cbeanar
thor he doos mt he 10 nrotaotod nv
,otonts ord hv oonoossior of terri.
80, ora ha La,s bis rr;oas CO thot
10 No., Mil tho ,,o,l,at ond ba sofa
tron ovnort comretition tbat MIGHT
eoy fron,, -otber Iands
On anv r,acbipas of -anv MAKO for anv
n,,rnoeo ON oorth II &c ahsolutolv tho
fraas, ,,,o,l,o+ in tho whole n,or,d
and. aIso hos ono milton bur,on be.
inos Now on tho noor Iists in reo,.
Ior nov ond ,bo,,Id Iohor ha In ony
NAV intarrunted for tbree months an
FnsIiob statesmon oivoe ~ under bis
own name and which odont,on NV a
no,iticoI comn,ittoa oc sorrowSnl
FOOT tbaro would he ton n,il,ions
moro needing nub,ic or other relief
than that which toeir own bonest Ia.
boring -bona., could srnnIv -
dc NOT cav that FREQ trade and
poverty go hand in hand, but | do
say, and dc know. that have never
seen free trade land oil any stand
ing nut that the most popular thhg
as wei as the most necessary IN II
was the tree Sup Kltchen. nave
mad some experience IN TINS sort OIL
way at home--you remember some
thing ABOUT heilys army ana that
y Soo. men gong down the Des
MONIES river; ana now iater on one
room IN the ola herald once Duiiu
ing was used as a store mousse, ana
Where nour ana meat was Dousht ny
the ton-lor the ieeulhs ol men anu
women whose work mad gone out WIN
the incoming Oh the wilson Dill.
ana = know that men had 10 accept
supples from that source VINO never
IN an their hVes before had eaten
meal that tney had not honestly Work
ca ior-or one OF common courtesy
iha' 10 practica1 rememorahce tha'
l shaii never lorset-ls d lesson al
tose'ner 'oo pit.er lor one oele'ihs
IN tne common Kinship OF humanity
Agricultural Implements.
Third--As to agricultural nipple
ments. Here in England American
agricultural machinery has but little