The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-08-30
REAL IRISH DIVINITY,
19 cts.

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" dimities from a Boston
5obber at 40 cents q yard and that
they were made il New England
An4lL Here was a supposed bargain"
Ap supposedly imported" fabric, on
which the retailer was taking a profit
o8 80 per cent?
This happens to be q fabric repre-
Genting the highest efficiency In Amer
bean manufacturing It is class OF
woods n which W. can compete adr
Fantaeeously with any country in the
hRnG4h The tariff boards invest1ga4
lions discovered on sample No. SO an
Amer9can cost OF production OF la
cents yard. In all the mills investi-
gated the boards Representatives
Found that the low and high costs OF
Manufacture Of this fabric did NOT
wary half a cent yard
NY Who Gets the Prort7
The manufactures OF this American
&infty, that Is sold as imported" and
&rish," does not get the excessive
profit In some instances the manu-
Xacturer does, but here he sells to the
Aobber at s cents, taking only NOM
Hhai manufacturing profit of two-thtrds
cent a yard The 1ohber sells to the
l@tailer az 10 cents, 25 per cent
margin for the jobber.
In Canada, with rs per cent. tariff, a
cotton fabric costing 10 cents yard
would be sold to the consumer at 1915
OF sometimes at Is cents If the pattern
happened to be in special demand. In
the United States, with its proh1bitive
@riff, the retail price A. always much
Mgher. The standard price retail I'D
a5 cents for the fabric wholesaled ak
mo. But when the tariff IS excessive
a4 10 ID per cent. on this printed dim
1ty-the dishonest retailer can get
hVay with" his deception and double
or more than double his normal proft
Ry selling the domestic article as "im-
Hprteds The retailer knows that he
could not buy genuine imported dim
fly OF this quality from q foreign
manufactured agent in New York for
less than 1874 or 1919 cents, and tha
trade would retail this at 25. He COM
pares the domestic and foreign fabrics
and finds the American made is equal
In every respect to the fabric from
abroad So hs says TO himself, why
not sen Nc a. foreign goods at a price
thR& win make IL attracttve?"
The extent CT this deception Il not
realized by the majority Of manufac-
turers, but some mills-usually those
that have crEed loudest and worked
most insisteutly and quietly for ex-
cessfve duties-have been and are par
ties % this fraud by labelling their
goods R permitting them to BE- labeled
hF their selling agents imported"
$omet4mes the dishonest middleman
&S the one who collects the excessive
pPufR from this deception
Mill Man Pockets It.
In some cares the manufactures
takes the tariff favor for his own peck
Ct Tariff board sample No 81 illus
erates this. No. "a 4 fancy white
goods used for dress wear It. manu-
facturer encountered fair demand
FOR this material during the past sea-
son. Table No. 169 Of the tariff
boards report shows a manufacturing
profit Of 90 per cent. It costs to manu-
facture this cloth 1915 cents yard.
The min refuses to sell to any one ex-
cepting the jobber, and through this
channel the cloth reaches the retailer
AZ 221A To 25 cents yard The retail
er charges the consumer 50 to 80
cents, according to location and local
competition