Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-05

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Goods Cheaper at Home Than Abroad
Speaker Champ Clark in his zeal tt
collect data favorable to his propa
ganda against the tariff has recently
made a statement in our city trying
to show that American made goods
are sold to the foreign consumer at
lower prices than are asked Of the
home buyers. As is usual in cases OF
this kind, the Investigation, such as
1T is, into the extortionate prices ask.
ed by American consumers, appears
to have been conducted along the lines
to meet the ideas Of Mr.. Clark. without
due consideration of the real facts In
the case. Inquiries Of various type,
writer manufacturers whose prices
we're cited by Mr.. Clark of discrimina.
ton in export prices show that in
nearly every case the real facts Of the
matter of export shipments had not
been learned, nor the conditions
under which shipments to foreign
countries were made certainty.
I, as manager of the Remington
Typewriter Co. of this city, will prove
the stateme nts which I have made.
The statement made by Mr. Clark,
many believe without stopping to in
vestigate the facts, assuming that this
has been done by Mr. Clark and the
tariff reformers. Searching after
4rto mt
enough to warrant the effort on the
part Of Mr. Clark and the socalled
tariff reformers; and aside from the
fact that the typewriters which are
made in the United States are sold
abroad, his statements SO far as they
relate to the Remington typewriter
business are misleading and untrue,
and to the best of my knowledge and
belief they are not true with regard to
and typewriter manufactured In this
country The typewriter industry oc-
cupies position of large importance
and a fair examination of the facts is
but reasonable, and as the typewriter
was made a horrible example, the
statement by one of its representa-
tives as to the real facts of the case,
should hold unusual interest. 1t is
fair assumption that I, as manager Of
the Ottumwa branch Of the Remington
Typewriter Co. should know the condi-
tons at home and abroad. To the
man who really knows the facts, the
amount of misinformation distributed
by the socalled tariff reformers is
astounding; especially glazing in its
misstatements is the remark recently
made in his speech by Mr.. Clark; part
of the assertions in his speech are
absolutely untrue and part are half
true, the latter being more dangerous
truths. Mr.. Clark stated that type
writer's are sold in the foreign coun-
tries for less than in the American re-
tail market. To great majority of
the people who are not in the manu-
featuring or export business this is
q terrible indictment of our tariff
system and calls for radical reform.
Bring an axe and smash the protec-
ton wall; let the Americans buy their
Remington typewriters just as cheap
as the foreigners can buy them.
Here are the facts:
Our wholesale price for export to all
foreign countries is precisely the same
as our wholesale price for American
trade.
The retail price to a consumer Of
our goods in any foreign country Is
the American retail price plus the
cost of transportation and import duty
imposed by that country.
In every foreign country, without ex-
ception, the consumer therefore pays
more for Remington typewriter than
the American consumer.
The real question which the Amer
lean public would like some light on
is: Is the English, the German, the
French, the Italian or other foreign
business or professional men, in other
words, the foreign typewriter con-
sumner buying his typewriter machine
cheaper than the American consumer?
The tariff reformers tefog, but do not
The answar to the question
is that the American consumer is buy
ing his typewriter for s100, while the
foreign consumer Is paying from S 100
to $145 Those are not theories but
facts. Unlike the socalled tariff re-
formers, can back up every state
ment made with absolute proof I'M
questioned by any reasonable man.
MAX KAPLOW,
District manager. Remington Type
writer Co., Ottumwa.
Don't Make Mistake.
Why take a free trade stand, when
abor is in such a great demand. and
It's nearly impossible to hire a hand,
and the banks have plenty OF money
On hand.
Be honest and upright with your
souls, next Tuesday when you go to
he polls. You know that mortgage
Is coming due, then vote for Bill Taft;
he'll pull us through.
1t has been three years or more,
since a tramp has been at our door,
The reason why is easily defined, he
has to work and hasn't time.
am Charley Wilson, George Will
sons son, and I know just what free
trade has done; and l say to you be-
fore it's too late. don't go to the polls
and make mistake.
c. W. Wilson.
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