Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-10-04
HON The TARIFF
HTS The HONE:
Figures ShoTirg American Goods
Sold Chea2er abroad.

There are about 100000 house
holds III the Ju..I = axes. That 10.
enc Of them esca .Fes The greed OF lh-
ta!ifr-Trorectod manufacturer viii be-
very plainly st,n by comparing export
and domestic prices on articles of
common use in the home.
ir-pite the alleged BLESSINGS = pro
lection" a large proportion Of Amer
lean households have to ct ~ early ,
ae The long day is s'ill the rule. In
"prctccted" industries the nine and
ten h0ur day is common, and even the
tWc'le-h0ur day still prevails. lhe
american who tolls TO prove pr0.ec-
tion 4 blessing is entitled 10 the cheap
g., Weakening 20 his days labor. but
t'-.o%d OF Il cheap alarm clock the
american gets dear one. after voting
81 protective duty Of 10 per cent. that
rrthiti;s competition from foreign
clOckmakeIs. says the New lorA
World
IiiJ ty tariff discrimination at their
waking moment. the American family
meet il a. every turn. To get GreaS-
fast they use a kitchen coffee mill
which is offered for export at 81 cents
bat 10 the American purchaser not IA
Ger $ll3- one-f0urth added 20 The
price while the protective tariff Per
miis the American manufacturer Ia GO
business without competition from
abroad.
The oil heater on which the work
irCman's family might make d hasty
cup of coffee and boil the eggs for
trcakfast-if they could afford eggs
Is sold for export at $500. but for the
protected" American purchaser tho
price is 40 per cent. higher. or Sos.
A two-quart aluminium coffee pot, on
which there is protection OF 40 per
cent. is sold in this country for $1.30.
which is Al per. cent. more than the
American manufacturer asks for il
| for export to any place under protect
ions wing.
On Monday morning the American
mother puts the washboiier on the
tariff-taXed cook stove. A Peekskill,
n Y, manufacturer quoted the Tariff
Reform Committees export agent
! SIS as the foreign price for the stove
he charges $40 fol in this country
because the government has dacreed
tax OF 45 per cent. on cook stoves
For her Anchor Brand wringer she
| is charged one-ffth more, the export
price being $31.65 a dozen and the do
nestle price $3S.
| So it is all through the week. Sat
urday is the last day of work for the
week in most industries except the
highly protected steel industries and
| a few others like it. Father gets
back from work early and mother asks
! him to fix up the furniture or the
| house, and he does it with a hammer
on which he has paid bonus of 20 per
cent, a hand saw on which he has
paid a bonus of SO per cent. and a
screwdriver on which he has paid a
bonus of 81 per cent, above export
prices. He doesn't want to miss his
lodge, so he keeps his eye on the SITS
Camden mantel clock. What would
he think if he knew it sold for export
at $120, Or As per cent. less? The
duty is 40 per cent.
Sunday they may try to get away to
the country. The hammock cost 4C
per cent. above the price asked of for
eigners Instance the Gen." made
in Racine, Wis, and quoted to our
export agent" at 81 a dozen-the
same hammocks sold here wholesale
for $3.50.
If they go into camp they pay q per
cent above export price for folding
camp beds and so per cent. more foi
camp stools.
When the head of an American
household comes home and catches
sight of himself in a mirror-which
cost at wholesale SIS, against $685.. the
price to foreign purchasers-is he not
| justified in asking himself whether he
looks more protected" than he is
He has been ''stung" through "protec
ton" on nearly everything he and hi:
family have used from end to end Of
the week.