The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
REAL IRISH DIMlTY.
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We procured samples OF all of them.
There was not one piece of imported
goods In the lot. Investigation proved
that the store buyer had purchased
these Irish" dimitles from Boston
1obber at 10 cents yard and that they
were made in New England MILL
Here was supposed bargain" in
supposedly imported" fabric, on
which the retailer was taking a profit
OF 90 per cent!
This happens to be fabric repre-
,,senting the highest efficiency In Amer
lean manufacturing. 1t is Il class OF
goods In which we can compete adj
yantageously with any country In the
world. The tariff boards investlga.
tons discovered on sample No SO an
American cost of production OF 1-3
cents yard. In all the mills inves-
tgated the boards representatives
found that the low and high costs OF
manufacture OF this fabric did not
vary half a cent yard
Who Gets the Profitf
The manufactures of this American
dimity, that Is sold as imported" and
"Irish," does not get the excessive
profit In some instances the manu-
facturer does. but here he sells to the
jobber Mt cents, taking only NOM
inal manufacturing profit of twothlrds
cent a yard The jobber sells to the
retailer at 10 cents, % per cent mar
gin for the jobber.
In Canada. with % per cent tariff.
cotton fabric costing 10 cents Il yard
would be sold 10 the consumer at i2lb
Or sometimes nj II tcats lf the pattern
happened to be In s"rchll demand In
the United States, WI II its plUhlhltIve
tariff, the retail prize Is always much
higher. The standard price retail Is 10
cents for the fabric wholesaled nt 10.
But when the tariff Is eXcessiye--it is
81 per cent on this printed dimltythe
dishonest retailer can get away with
Ills deception md double or more than
double his normal profit by selling the
NNAiNHtAN AhhiNiC 10 lhiIptAIhs NV
retailer knows that he could not buy
genuine imported dmity Of this
quality from foreign manufacturers
agent In New York for less than l5,a
or 16ta cents, and the trade would re.
tail this ut 25 He compares the do
nestle and foreign fabrics and finds
the American made Is equal in every
] spect TO the fabric from abroad. So
l.e says to himself, ''Why not sell It as
foreign goods at q price that will make
II attractiyef'
Mil Man Pockets It.
In some cases the manufacturer
takes the tarIff favor for his own
pocket. Tariff board sample No. 81
illustrates this No, 81 Is fancy
white goods used for dress wear. Its
manufacturer encountered fair de-
tnand for this material during the past
season. Table No. 100 OF the tariff
boards report shows manufacturing
profit OF 90 per cent. Ii costs TO manu-.
facture this cloth 1916 cents yard
The mill refuses to sell TO any one ex.
cepting the jobber and through this
channel the cloth reaches the retailer
at 22Ia TO 25 cents yard The retail
er charges the consumer 80 to 80 cents,
according to location and local compe.
tition.
For comparison take the value OF the
fabric on weight. At the manufaetur-
Ing cost Of t2.t6 cents yard one
pound OF this goods 10 worth st.23 as IL
leaves ths mill. When Il reaches the
consumer (at SO cents yardl the
price has been boosted to s4.2o
pound.
The manufacturing cost OF this cloth
In England Is practically the same as
hsre.. vet the English manufacturer