The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-26

sert is they are ignorant Of the fact
that the producers do not control
their own selling price, therefore
they are ignorant of the fact that far.
mers cannot shift the burden of the
tariff.
cata'og Houses and the Tarift
l. The catalog house proposition Is
destined to become a serious ques.
ton some day-A trust which will
control the local merchant like the
beef trust has become to the meat
market. While they are preparing
their trust proportions they will un.
der sell local merchants until they
have obtained the great bulk of trade
Then the CHI will say to the manu.
facturers: I'VE demand that You H.
qmre local merchants to sell at GER
tain figures else refuse them the sale
Of Your goods, and, also limit your
sales to local merchants, % they can
not give satisfadun to their Gus
toner's Does anyone doubt for one
minute that the manufacturer vii,
refuse the CHI when they sell AZ
much as 10000 local merchantsq
Then We will he compelled to nay
double trust price on everythinx Va
buy. There will be no avenue OF ca
cape. The CHI absorbing process IL
smoothly gliding on the maelstrom
OF sure destruction to local merchan-
tile business. What has the tariff
laws to do with this CHI trust prep.
aratdon? It. is not only the father
and nourisher Of the plan tut the un-
deTWr&ter guaranteeing SUCCESS to
the CHI. How? The local merchants
goods are all plus the tariff There
are always manufacturers who, by
hiding Their identity in the CHI will
sell minus the tariff" Thus the tar.
III discriminates against the local
merchant. ! may not he understood
by some people that the manufac-
turers will do such a thing Let Mr.
r. K. McLea, one of the consulting
experts to Pres. Taft's tariff board
answer the question, viz: "Taniff
Board Sample No. Sc, dimity, made
1q America, sold in England at 10
cents sold in America at 10 cents
tariff 80 per cent"
"Tariff Board Sample No. %, dress
of dotted swiss made in America sold
here for 50. rs, sold in England for
$751;" -@~<. =: @=@
Seamless cotton and silk Isle
stockings of mercerized cotton top.
with eight inch top, and boot made
from Japanese silk, total labor cost
3 1-3 cents (tar1n 10 cents) mills SEN
to johher for 20 cents, they sell to
retailer for IS cents sold to consum-
er from so to Is cents. same stock
ings sold in Germany from 30 to 4;
cents"
Cook stove made in Peeksville. N.
T., sold to Americans for $40, solo
to foreign trade for $15."
ALARM clock made in New Haven
Conn, u. 8. A., sold here for IS
cents, sold to foreign trade for IS
cents" -@~.-. .e.s.. s.....
"Oil heater or stove made in this
country, sold to Americans for 81, 0s.
sold to export trade for $50"
American baby carriage, home
trade. price $12. 81, export trade price
50. So"
Fiat irons. used by an housekeep-
ers, sold to home trade for 81. % Get,
for export trade, 50 cents.
Toilet soaps Cashmere Bouquet
(per sross), sold to home trade fer
sS5 IS, to foreign trade s21, White
Rose domestic trade, ~, to export
trade, $50 81
Vanilla Extract tguss), sold to
Americans for SIC to export trade for
311.'
II there are manufacturer that
will seM to the forelgn. or export
trade where their "secret agreement
does not extend then there are fac
tories that win use the CHI brand
and sell accordingly.
Some one may Say, why don't
the local merchants compete with the