Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-12
REAL IRISH DIVINITY, .
10 cts. a.,


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
jobber at 10 cents a yard and that they
were made in a New England mill.
Here was q supposed bargain" in
q supposedly imported" fabric, on
which the retailer was taking a profit
Of 30 per cent?
This happens to be a fabric repre-
senting tho highest efficiency in Amer.
lean manufacturing. II Is a class OF
goods In which we can compete ad.
vantagsOasly with any country in the
world. The tariff boards investiga.
lions discovered ON sample No. Sc an
Ameslcan cost Of production Of Z 1-3
cents q yard. In all the mills inves
tgated the boards representatives
found that tho low and high costs Of
manufacture Of this fabric did not
vary half a cent q yard.
Who Gets the Proft7
Th0 manufacturer Of this American
diSuity. that Ii sold az imported" and
Irish" does not get tho excessive
profit In some instances the manu-
fA=ceHRer does, but here be sells to the
3obber ut cents. taking only O nom.
inal manufacturing profit Of two-thirds
cent yard The tobbsP sells to the
retailer at 10 cents. q Is per cent mar.
gin for the jobbe1,
In Canada, with 2S per cent tarifY. q
cotton fabric costing 10 cents a yard
would be sold to the consumer at 12M
or sometimes at 16 cents II the nat.
tern happened to be in special 90
mand. In the United States, with its
prohibitive tarifr. the retail price Is al
ways much higher. The standard price
retail 10 10 cents for the fabric whole
sailed at 10. But when the tariff is ex'
cessive-it Is 81 per cent on this print
ed dimtty-the dishonest retailer can
get away with" the deception and
double or more than double his normal
pront By selling the domestic article
as imported" The retailer knows
that he could not buy a genuine I'm
ported dimity Of this quality from q
foreign manufacturer agent in New
York for less than 1871 or 1871 cents
and the trade would retail this at 70
He compares the domestic and foreign
fabrics and finds the American made
is equal in every respect to the fabric
rom abroad. So he says to himself
why not sell II as foreign goods at
price will make It attractive?"
The extent of this deception is not
realized by the majority Of mannfac
turers, but some mills-usually those
that have cried loudest and worked
most insistently and quietly for excess
siVe duttes-have been and are parties
to this fraud by labelling their goods
or permitting them to be labeled b.
their selling agents imported"
Mil Msn Pockets II.
In some cases the manufacture
takes the tariff favor for his owl
pocket. Tariff board sample No. "a
illustrates this. No. 81 Is . fancy
white goods used for dress wear TT
manufacturer encountered q fair de
mand Tor this material during the pas
season. Table No. 100 Of the tarif
boards report shows n manufacturing
profit Of 90 par cent II costs to manu-
fActure this cloth 1916 cents q yard
The min refuses to sell to any one sx
cepting the jobber. and through this
channel the cloth reaches the retailer
at 22h TO IS osnts yard. The retail
er charges the consumer IS to .!
cents.
For comparison take the value Of the
fabric on weight. At the manufaetur
Ing cost Of. t2t6 oents yard on
pound Of thIs goods 10 worth S1-2S nj
II leaves the mill. When Il reaches
tho eonsunsr Cat SO cents yard) thu
price has been boosted 10 sA2n |