Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-09-02
Your Gum Boots.

| Rubber boots made in this county by
the United States Rubber Com pany
1.-THE trust and for which the Ameri-
can consumer pays an averge price Of
"a pair, ere sold by that corporation
In the English wholesale markets st
an average price Of As cents pair.
Ia other countries in the world the
American trust gets little more for
is roduct, but an average for the en-
tire world shows price Of about So
cents pair.
The wholesome price for what are
know in the trade as Rhode Island
mems shorts-that is, boots that come
to the knee, esterday was 1927 pair.
| For Bay State mems shorts it was 50 u
pair.
Since the passage of the Payne-Al-
drich tariff law, increasing of tariff on
manufactures Of rubber about IS per
cent, the price of rubber boots has been
. yanced here by the trust about % PER
cent, local jobbers say.
These are a few of the facts that tend
to show the extent to which United
State Senator Aldrieh and his friends
in the rubber business have benefited
| by the additional tax Aldrich helped
to levy on the American people. 1t
was levied by advancing the duty on
! foreign made rubber goods to point
at which their importation is praetic-
ally precluded'
In the year ended June 80, 1909, the
! exports Of rubber boots and shoes con-
sisted of ,, 396,485 pairs. The invoice
value of these, by the statements filed
by the exporters, was 1922, 1913. That
II, that actual price at when the United
| States manufacturers invoice their
goods to their agents or customers
abroad is about 55 cents pair.
But those figures are for the whole
world. The statistics for Great Britain
show that the exports to that county
in the year ended June 30, 1909, were
742, 543 pairs of rubber boots and shoes
for which the invoice price was $50, 105,
or an average of As cents pair
Almost all the manufacturers are
subsidiary to the United States Rubber
Company, the "infant industry" With
Its assets OF more than $4,000, 900 and
actual surplus of almost $4,000, 600.
1t was to give additional protection
to this struggling business that United
States Senator Aldrich caused the tar
i'll on rubber to be increased from 80
per cent ad valorem to 80 per cent, or
to Is per cent, more on the actual
value.
The United States Rubber Company
buys all the product of the Iuterconti-
mental Rubber Company, the $40, 900,
coo corportion virtually owned by Aid
rich, which produces the guayule rub
Der, the chief article that enters int
the m anufacture of rubber boots and
shoes.
In one of the largest department
stores in this NewYork it was learn.
ed that the 3prices OF rubber boots
for men ranged from $3.50 to $3.50 a |
pair, or an average price OF "a.
In regard TO the export trade Of the
United States Rubber Company Pr. ST.
dent Colt in his last annual report said.
"fhe export business Of the company
was larger than in any previous wear
The several foreign agencies for oar
standard brands are now established
on substantial basis, and we look for
steady growth of this branch of cur
busl ess."
With the company selling its pre-
ducts in Europe so low, it was believed
IN Wall street that Colts optimistic
prediction had the American consumer
suffered did not enter into con,ilera
ton.