Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-09-16
HOW THE TARIFF
REALLY WORKS

. the Tom mtttfe on ways anu Means
! to secure revenue, Is fell upon him
10 lead in the drawing al new tar
iT measure. IL was duly passed, aud
received the name of the Mex inley
bill.
Being a high protsctionlst lie saw
To il that rates were considerably
/ raised, eased up in some instances.
however, with a few leading nations
that would give us some advantages
/ for our goods To come in, this being
called the Reciprocity features of his
/ bill.
In shame be IL said, Mt his death
not one of these features were allow
eel TO be put into force.
All the rates of this new bill were
TO go into effect ON Oct l, following
/ its passage, save the cutlery section
which must operate already on July
lSt of that same year. The new cut
lery trust, just then found, could
not wait for its benefits till October
l.
Seeing that pocket knives were TO
be raised 20 cents piece by this new
| tariff, the writer of this article, who
had Tor years used four bladed
knife With horn handle, made by
George Wostenhohn, England, de-
sired 10 purchase "a new one. This
was about May lst of that year.
/ The knife had always sold at 81. 20.
Stepping into the hardware store of
n friend, the writer found he had
no more in stock, but that he looked
| for some in a week or ten DAYS.
Turning to me he remarked, "Why
don't you try one of these, four
bladei, white handled knife, made
by the Connecticut Cutlery Co? It's
The best made in this country.
GLOW much ?"I aksed. lone dollar
and fifteen cents" he replied. As
you see, it was 10 cents less than the
English knife.
Now allow me 10 say here that the
| English manufacturer eau put n
temper on small tools not possible to
obtain by The American makers, but
On large edge tools like large chisels,
axes, drawing knives. etc, We can
ouiGD the Eng lishman and the Ger
man. For instance, no wood carver
would think OF buying anything
but an English make OF carving
tools, usually the Butcher brand,
and for the reason just given.
Tho little difference of 10 cents
! did not appeal TO me as against n
better knife, and | agreed TO wait for
his supply.
On June lst he called me into his
store,- his goods having arrived Pick
ing out a perfect one, laid down
SIPS
Looking at me he remarked, "No,
that is not enough "Why not2''
said [ Because they are now $1.45,
owing TO 20 cents tariff" he replied.
But the tariff is not on till July
LIST, " | argued. ~ know" he re-
sponded, but | paid 20 cents more
for them"
To think the wholesale man was
squeezing me for 20 cent additional
was too much for me and asked fol
the Connecticut knife. Picking out
neat, clean one, l said, "Well,
this one is S1.l5, you say" "WhS
no, - he ialtered, THAT is now Al. So
"And why, / roared, "Why SHOULD
this he 81. 35?" "Why, eh-hem-
on.-on-account of the tariff" h,
drawled
Then looking him straight in tn,
eve, | spoke up: "Mr. w, you ar
much too wise d man TO make m
: think this American knife is affect
ed by the tariff l can readily, Sc
why the English knife should be ,
cents more after July LIST, tina
: much mole being collected at tn
port of entry-in this case NeN
Yoik-and sent to the u s Treas
L ury but why the American knit
o should move up 20 cents also is bG
q yond me, unless the manufac ture
:, makes that 20 cents extra, and h
does, because he feels L would p;
+ troniZe him. He could make and Sc
e this same knife before at Sl.15 an
at 81 So he simply Iobs me of
cents more To swell his Profits. An
he figures that by keeping 10 cen
n below the English knife he can hol
,e the American purchaser No, il n.
"a patriotism is worth but 10 cents,
lie Will throw it to the winds. Give n
re the English knife"
ts Just short time before the Co
II necticut Cutlery Go. had organiz
with itself and a number of othe
the American Cutlery Co., as
trust, they today control the bu
of our cutlery supplies.
-, Now the next tariff, called t
DingIey law, raised these knives
ne cents more and the American KIN
to promptly went up 20 cents additio
adj al.
Let us look at this thing by Fl
ures: