The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-01-31
DETROIT PRICES
AND CANADA s


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Payne Aldrlch tariff on dressed
poultry aud this typical consumer
went up Woodward av, asking an
Interested crowd
Amt II damned ehame7"
"Thia il market day across the
river" explained Collector Lewis,
and lot OF Detroit people do
their marketing over there Most
Of them buy their poultry un.
dressed. though" he added THE
duty 10 only cent pound on un.
dressed poultry
al that" calculated the col
leetor that fellow isn't out any
He'd have 20 pay ~ cents a pound
for that goose on this side"
DO people buy anything but
produce In Canada and brink Il
oyerT"
"oh. yes Here IN Detroit they
80 over aud buy English clothes
Here's an ad noticed the other
day They can buy an English.
made g. hat Ia Windsor for g..
They wear old hats over on the
ferry and throw them away when
they wear the new ones back"
Farmers IN southern Michigan
and farmers In western Ontario
are the most prosperous IA the
world Both can produce food At
the same arbitrary cost Why,
then. should the prices Of farm
products be from 10 20 100 per cent
higher IN Detroit than hrrel
This was the natural qucation
after ! visited the Windsor market
house and priced everything for
sale there Il was question. va.
tll remembered the goose
wasn't an authority on groceries,
but W J. Cheney, Who runs the
hisgest srocery Ia Windsor. lh He
said
my candid opinion. after 20
years N tho grocery business or
both aides % the river. is that u
10 q per cent cheaper 10 live IN
Canada than In the United states.
You ear buy frat quality groceries
ard produce here Ter less money
thar you can Get second rate
goods In Detroit.
Hundreds Of Detroit people live
over here Ia summer aud rent
homes It's cheaper for them 20 90
to work IN Detroit and pay the
f"rry rate than 20 stay Ia Detroit
and pay Detroit prices
How does the tariff come IN op
thasf"
"Hsre. l'll anew you. sec sha
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lard, and this 10 quarters worth.
Tire leaf IN that piuq ~as raised In
the United ssasee. shipped 10 Eng.
lard, made lnte plugs and shipped
back here into Canada, and yet II
10 better than other brands that sell
for lcth mere money IN Detroit. n
u wasn't why ~ouls people irem
Detroit eone 20 my store ard 90
oct ~ith their pockets full % itf
The duty on the tobacco. II en
ported ASST feet across 10 Detroit.
would be ti66 on each pound PLUG
The retail price in Windsor IA 8 .
pound Ia Detroit u f. g. a pound
The brand ID = wollknown wosid
standard
Walter Bong. Who owns wind
sors blggeAt clothing store. Is the
mae who sells Chnntyn London
hats for o. here they cosi g. ia
Detroit, g.1Gi feet away
"Oi course. che duty n tho unly
reason vby ! can seii 4Chriaty hat
Tor g. less than they do IN Detroit.
be told me They invoice 20 me
SO a dozen ! sell them Tor g.
The Detroit merchant would pas
about tibQ duty on each hat
There must be lo' % money
for somebody Ia American made g.
hats .ts the same way with
cioihss The duty on good ailwool
clothes r. "a cents = pound and 80
per cent Of their value That would
BE- tizEo on that SIS suit hanging
there. It's ~ good a suit ns you can
bug ia Detroit for SaS Il Nouid
have 70 be sold there for more.
Butter. the best and pureat coun.
Try butter In the world. the pride
~ western Ontarioa fine dAiriea.
sells here retail for "a cents
pound The same grade Of butter
sells In Detroit Tor 80 cents, an
Increase Of just - per cent
The Central livery stable rents a
horse and sleigh all afternoon for
~ IN Detroit the same rig rents
for $3.50 an hour
Horses live on hay n they eat
Ontario hay. u costs the liveryman
here tii ton. II they eat the same
hay In Detroit. 2.bsi feet away, Il
costs the Detroit ilveryman $3.50
ton. But the Detroit horses don't
cat Canada hay They eat Michigan
hay But Il costs tif50 ton. too
The tariff on hay IL - ton.
The farmers around here and
around Detroit sell their hay for the
same price 20 the iobher
Who gets the extra pr0fltf ON
any snowy sunday afternoon doc.
ems o. Detroit young men cross
the ferry. rent a sleigh. and cross
back 90 Detroit, paying 10 cents
fcfriage each way They take their
girl friends rlding for less than a
fhird what they would have 10 pay
I n the ferry didn't help them across
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