The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-09-14
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M. A. DILLINGHAM;, Editor and Publisher
Published Every Wednesday at Challis, Idaho
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WE MUST FOLLOW SUIT
Quick to realize the danger of home industry by the i'm
portation of lowpriced German merchandise England
Australia and Canada have provided adequate protection
to their manufacturers that the workers in those
tries would not have to lower their standards of living
put is yet to act according to statement issued
composed of the manufacturers of this country.
Congress now has before it tariff BILL the statement
for assessing ad valoen duties imports will afford the
best relief to the evil which today threatens several of the
leading industries Of America with extinction.
When Australia placed an embargo upon German goods,
that government said: "Our boys fought against the
Germans and we going to when they come home
they have JOBS and we not going to allow Germany
ehabtae herself at the expense of people," Cam
ada, instead OF allowing German merchandise to be val
ued at the present rate Of the mark has arbitrarily deter
mined to value imports from that country at so percent
the normal exchange rate of the mark and
half times the present rate England has placed duty
against German goods for the protection Of its people, but
the goods shipped to the United States In other words
the duty is adequate to protect British industry but the
British nancer take in these goods pay the duty on
thcm and then ship them here and get return of
his duty plus profit on the transaction And the Ameri-
can workman is thrown into competition with the owpri
With the German mark Is times below normal, as COM
pared with depreciation of little than one dollar in
the English pound sterling two cents in the Japanese yen
and about 10 cents in the French franc America faces
problem in arranging schedule of tariff rates that will
provide adequate protection against Germany and not act
as an embargo agns other foreign countries the pres
But by determining all ad vaorem duties the American
valuation plan wholesale market value in this coun
try no discrimination shown and all countries will be
treated alike in the amount of duty imposed imports
IL the American valuation plan is not made part of
the tariff bill the lawn mower industry in this country
giving employment to than 1000 people at an aver
age Of S. per day and producing $780, 900 lawn now
ers annually will be destroyed j. NJ Lontz president of
me r. q N Lawn Mower company says in statement to
the secretary Of the American Valuation Association II
nave recently received German catalogue dated May e.
!92l' quoting price Of 60 marks lawn which
is an exact duplicate of popular American model that
at price OF labor and materials not be produced
in America for less than $42 With the mark worth but
fraction more than cent and half in American money
the German price for the 76 cents or six times
below the American price So you what
when say this industry will be destroyed crippled
adequate protection is not provided.
Many other industries face like fate The basket man.
ufactrers Of America, rs in ALL giving employment to
aoS 600 workers and with capital investment Of
Germany and JAPAN where labor is extremely cheap and
mch OF the work is done in the homes by the women and
children writes E. A. Florang president of the Burng
ton Basket company and the only hope compete
the American Valuation Plan"