The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-02-15
DEMOCRATIC TARIFF PROPAGANDA
CERTAINLY INSANE DELUSION
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hohie NO"pVNiliohi anu theitby Bitut-
ly reducing prices. Some gentleman
has said that the price of sewing
machines was exorbitant and that
great dividends have been paid. This
may be true as TO the so-called trust,
the Singer Sewing Machine company.
but II is not true of the smaller In.
dependent concerns for which ] am
speaking
I know from personal knowledge
that the National Sewing Machine
company, which Is the principal in.
dustry in the city in which ! live,
and the Illinois Sewing Machine com.
pany, of Rockford, ILL.,, have never
made exorbitant profits, have never
been able to pay dividends which af-
forded more than a fair return on
the capital invested; and know
they do not ask or obtain exorbitant
prices for the machines they manu-.
say they have been the means, with
other like concerns, of greatly re-
ducing the cost Of sewing machines.
The National Sewing Machine com.
pany has capacity Of 1000 sewing
machines a ray. They re not sold
by agents, such as the Singer Sew.
ing Machine company has all over
the country, on payments OF few
cents week or dollar month.
There is in the city Of Chicago
great mercantile concern dealing in
all kinds of merchandise (Montgom'
cry Ward e. Coz who sell only to
the consumer at retail. In sewing
machines they deal exclusively In
those manufactured by the National
Sewing Machine company at Belvi-
dere, Ill. have their catalogue,
from which find that they SELL
very good sewing machine, warrant
ed for FIVE years, for ss75. They sell
another machine, called a "High-arm
model" with drophead and com.
plete set of nickel.plated attachments
seven drawers, ball bearing. and war.
ranted for 0 years, at $ll.95. They
have other models which are inner
pieces of furniture, and possibly with
some additional improvements, sell
ing at $l45O, $15.S5, $685., $17.4O,
1875, 1895, s20.75, $22.s5, and as
fine a sewing machine as was ever
made in the world, with all attach
ments, for $3.50, which is the high
est price quoted. Gentlemen may
talk aboht 1t being necessary to pay
$40 or $50 or SIS for sewing ma
chine. That is not the case, as
can demonstrate to anyone interestd.
There Is another great mercantile
concern in the city of Chicago deal
ing in all kinds of merchandise and,
among other things, sewing ma
chimes, and that is Sears, Roebuck Il
company. / do not understand that
they handle any of the machines
made in my town, but think they
handle machine made by an indie
pendent sewingmachine factory at
Dayton, Ohio, and possibly others,
they quote prices of these machines
one at $S.45, guaranteed for five
years; one at 1855, guaranteed for
90 years: and others at Sl2.95, $l4.2O,
si7.25; slS.75, and the highest at
S23.70. These prices are retail prices
taken from the catalogues Of these
merchants.
II placing sewing machines on the
free list should, as ! think 1t would,
result in consolidating the business
in the hands of the trust, 1t would
not be long until the people would
realize that the destruction of com
petition at home by driving out OF
business the independent factories
would result only in increasing prices
10 the consumer rather than in low
ering such prices Mr.. Chairman,
was surprised the other day to hear
a gentleman on this side Of the
House say that, in his opinion, there
was no man or no industry in his dis
trict that would be injured by the
passage of this bill. | think he was
mistaken, and that his view is en-
tirely too narrow. | remember %
hearing a few years ago politica
speech by the greatest living Ameri
can, Theodore Roosevelt, upon thu
text that I'VE all go up together o.
we all go down together" And tina
is true. We are Independent
Prosperity, when IT comes, affects al
in greater or less degree. Adversely
when II comes, strikes the high an,
the low and is felt in every industr
and in every section Of the country
If men in my district are turned on
of employment II they are no longe
able to secure employment and T,