Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-09-16

added 50 cents goes to the pocket of
the manufactures.
You see then that the raise In the
tariff gave the manufacturer n
chance TO go up 80 cents. Now what
difference To YOU or To me whether
we buy the English or the American
knife. for In either case 50 cents goes
out of our pocket. The consumer is
hit last and always.
What is true OF the knife Is true
of everything else you buy Only one
thing i'm this world will help keep
off the 80 cents on the American
knife aud that is competition among
4; the makers But the Connecticut
Cutlery Co commenced TO buy In
other manufacturers, and To crush
out those refusing until they had a
trust; and Mt last they have it all
their own way ard can fix prices to
suit themselves with you and me at
their mercy
Thus il is with the Leather Trust
called the u 5 Leather Co, -the
Woolen Goods Trust, the Harvester
Trust, the Tobacco Trust, the Stock
the Rubber Trust, the Steel Trust,
and almost every thing we use COM
Ing through a trust
I Another danger has arisen No com
petition, no better quality OF goods
During the days of competition each
manufactures aimed TO produce n
better grade OF goods than his neigh
Dor and so tempt the purchaser and
consumer But alas. the cry under u
Trust is. "Get IL out cheaper; never
mind the quality" Things are not
near!y SO good rs they used To be.
These same trust manufacturers
go into foreign markets and sell for
less than among us. That English
knife sells today in Canada for 81. 20.
while the Connecticut knife meets
IL Mt the same price. Does the Amer
lean Cutlery Co go over there and
sell at loss? You may give the
anwser.
Our cotton goods are cheaper i'm
Canada than here. Why?
Our sewing machines sell here at
$40; in England they are sold Mt $25.
Why?
Ploughs, axes, saws OF our make
sell for less i'm England, France, Ger
many and Russia than here. why?
The international Harvester Co
now controls six OF the leading
makes OF machines. Two more are
out OF the combination, drifting with
the tentacIes of the trust after them
either to be brough in or to be bruis-
ed out of existence.
Six yeas ago this trust began sell
ing their binders delivered in the
Australian field for 500. Here they
charged $3.50, and for the last two
years $l35. The Huffman seed drill
sells here at $50; there at 500 deliv-
cred. Why?
Again l ask WHY2
Simply In other markets they
must compete with English and Ger
man goods. Do they sell at loas2
or course not. Let me tell you, the
actual cost 10 turn out a sewing ma
chine is $1l. As. Now study il out.
The knife explains il and helps you
TO reason il oveI.
The cry of protection TO American
} labor against the pauper labor OF
! Europe is always raised at election
T time. Since these Big Fellows can
/ sell their goods in foreign markets
at foreign prices. l cannot for the
life OF me see where this protection
To wages comes in. The Big Fellows
appear so full OF mercy over your
= wages ut election time merely that
e they may get your votes To help big
profits as explained by the knife. Ii
e is their interest, not your wages
e that impels them TO this.
They talk about protection TO la
: Dor while pauper labor comes in tC
e them by ship loads and under per
. feet free trade. Look into your Goa
Il mines and behold. Why is there NJ
c duty or tariff OH pauper labor {,
v keep IL out? So often have I ponder
J. ed over this feature of the AIdrich
e Cannon crowd! But in this the BIZ
: Fellows are so satisfied with FIRE
n trade.
lie But oh, please never harm our tai
l. if prohts!
~ The Aldrich- Panye tariff bill rails
- ed the tax on stockings, on cotto
~ goods, OH ruboer articles, on medi
u cines, OH steel going into the bi
- buildings, as we'll as into your gras
~ scythes, on food stutfs, on paint
y and oils, and kept IL up so terribl
high on wooden stuff.
nc i begin TO see the reason why
many poor folks trot to the an
n Zoe stores buying that trashy stuf
eo THEY MUST.
The knife problem explains IL al
ID When you pay high prices, as W