Gunnison news-champion., 1911-08-25
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Gan we couspese wstk foresen
cosptrses wsthesst q tariff Lea Us
sse. ouS corn brsnes ~s nearly q
bsisaoa and hall dosl~ss. eossoa over
a asll'oa. tobscce the same Sesfher
r.nglasd, frsase Ror Germsav can
arcs any IT thess. Spans king
sscceeded " growing twe STALKS oi
eosn ssd had kis p.ctsse tsken with
u. We have ossaees. Isssous. ha-,
dsss., psscLss. psss@ppies. Lsus.ss.
snd seosss ID traits that hrsEe We
aasllsoas a dollass whsch cannot be
gsoss N the cosstr,es ueStloned
Can we eompete? Are we
champs? CompsFed With Enghsh
conditions oSr ose lses - toy oi the
srossa. Tk< greater depth. the IN
sssiIssson of safety dev.cee. ese,, costs
mose TO hay the oSe ea top IN Eng
land than kese II costs inhnisely
mose " bssid . factory Cor the same
ressons. ID costs more 10 pslld
railroad. and there 10 no government
10 give them msliions Of acres
Every foot II the wsy msst be paid
los, and fenced, and land is dearer
there; MO wooden tresslsss. everything
must be masonry, or steel France
and Germany also insist on these
eond'tsons. yet they do business with
clocklIke se9slsrlty and earn fair
profits. Unlike our railroads and
other big corporations, they do not
'ss'st on from 33 to 1000 per cent
dividends on money they never pst
IN the bssiness, but will invest mil
lions ON . san per cent profit ON
actual investment. The factories in
Englsnd-durlng bad periods-
never put their employees ON short
time till the profits fsIl TO 3 per cent
Can We cosapete in manufacturing?
Yes. Those cosntr,es have been
flooded with our goods for the last
thirty-hve years 10 INV positive
knowledge. Our more plentiful and
cheaper raw materials offset the diff
terence in wages, which is not near
~ much ~ our unpstriotlc msns-
tactsrers toll rs II yos dosbt this,
Jest send fos the London Graphic,
o. Loadoa Illustrated News. and
fv0o the advertisements yos will be
q the priees they get.
Thirty five yesrs ago ] saw American
wstches auctloned of in wagons in
England ut prices which paraly zed
she jewellers. American sewing ma
chimes in most English homes,
American machinery on the farms
and factories, aud American beef in
The markets selling from 4 to 6 cents
below the English price. Our re-
soarces aRain-free grazing
downed the Englishman, who never
saw . foot Of government land in his
life.
Can We compete? Are We
chumps? les-to both questions.
There is not an Eaglishmen living
today-nor was there = century ago
who ever saw a rabbit, partridge,
deer, OF any other wild game that
wss not private property, and yet,
with all these teeming resources We
are bancoed into crying for protec-
tion from these small, densely peo-
pied countries, who are compelled to
scoar the corners Of the earth for
We are allowed, in the
to see our boundless re
sources, once in a while, in the cold
storage. When the crop gets un-
wieldy they dump our produce into
Cherry creek to keep the market
from being demoralized and our peo-
from being overfed.
Are we ehumps?
Ask CarnegIe-who for twenty
seven years has enjoyed a protection
which he plainly told congress, he
did not need, and who gives money
away in eobs of ten million. and
won't live long enough to get rid Of
it. But old Andy does not give US
away by giving monkey parties and
bathing suit dinners sume of our
other protected darlings do. Our
breckenridge boys-iust returned
IRON South America Hound the flags
OF other nations at every port thev
touched, hnt-no stars and stripes
Travel Is great educator. We
must come cut II cur protected shell,
or 1,a .nS,As a a A. -. -