New Britain herald., 1922-08-10
JUDGE THOMAS ONER-RULES OBJECTIONS, HEARING WILL
 BE GIVEN FOR INJUNCTION
NEW BRITAIN FEELS COMPETITION EFFECT Local Factories Find German
 Goods Undersell Them in Markets CLAIM TARIFF IS NEEDED

1orDm cabinet Lock May be Forced
 to Make Radical Change-Landers
 Vacuum Bottle Finds Cheaper Coun
 terpart on Sale.
 So seriously is the effect of foreigr and especially German competition being felt in this country that Ameri can manufacturers are afraid of a ser ious slump in business. representative. say. In fact, with conditions as they are today a certain amount of injur, to business is being felt and a great deal more Is inevitable, according tc the general feeling.
 Manufacturers who have studied market conditions. claim to be alarm ed at the vast influx of German goods coming into this country every day which are not being put on the mar ket at the present time Both A. C. kimball, president of Landers, Frary and Clark, and George T. Kimball first vice e-president of the American N--' vestigated the situation thoroughly say they are satisfied that German goods manufactured at one-third or less than the cost of making them in this country are being held in Am erica until the German mark either rises in value or a protective tariff permits a higher price, when the mar kets, they feel, will be flooded with German goods.
 May Close Part of Corbin Lock Co.
 So serious is the situation that ac- cording to George T. kimball, there is danger of the Corbin Cabinet Lock company being seriously injured, or even temporarily closing out a branch of its business, unless some relief is obtained soon.
 krupp Locks.
 The local lock company Is feeling the severe competition of cheaper grade of German locks, according to MT. kimball, who adds that no less a firm than the Krupp company, the famous cannon makers, at Essen, who built the Big Bertha" have turned eiiS'i d'seiitioIi lC hillE lOChS. I6 towns Of Essen and Nebert in the Rhine district are making locks so that special investigator or the American Hardware writes to he local office and estimates that ,ne concern, the Dammand Lading is turning out about 24,o00 ocks every day, 90 per cent. of which 're coming to America and are not being offered for sale now, except on ash orders.
 Sell at 10 Per Cent. of Cost.
 At a recent manufacturers exhibi- ion in Leipzig. 49 German lock were represented. A lumber of plants in the Nelbert egion, would compare favorably with my American concern in size, as to he manufacturer of cheaper grade ocks One concern turns out line .lmost equal to the American product, which sells at wholesale for about me third what it's American counter ,art must bring In fact, according o Mir, kimball. prices are quoted in 1ermany at about the American cost V Id " illdjflldls LII NltN ol tue act that the raw material is about , per cent of the cost of producing n article this seems rather startling tatement. Mir. Kirlball corroborates hese figures by saying that the Ger nan export duty and freight charges nables them to offer for sale in New 'ork the cheaper grades of locks al
 of a aF @ -merican factory cost.
 Locks 9 Cents a Dozen
 German locks, samples of which are ) be found on Mir. l<imball's desk, | all for as low ss 25 to so cents a | ozen, wholesale. These locks are opied after American locks, and | nile apparently of a cheaper con- ruction are so much lower in price | nat dealers write in and say their | lstomers can afford to buy two Ger an locks. wearing them out, and | them away and still save oney, rather than purchase one | merican lock,
 Stole the Trade Mark | The Corbin Cabinet Lock company akes a medium sized black paddock ith a dogs head stamped on the lrface. It is called The Bruno ck," and has established for itself world wide reputation, The factory ,st of producing these locks is about LOS per dozen, officials say, This as nothing to do with the subse- lent handling. overhead charges lesmen's commissions. etc, until 1t aches the final purchaser. The arman manufacturers have copied e lock, taking the same dogs head, hich is not a very good likeness, and aking but one slight change, that of ,inting the ears at different angle, Il it "The Bull Dog Lock- and are Hing them at less than IS cents a zen, catalogue price.
 Government Helps, { Various things enter into the vast ference in prices A recent letter { ceived from Nelhert states that Ger an industries are paying their skilled ,rkmep from 32 to 40 cents a day. { ,al and steel are provided by the vernment, which establishes a fixed aximum price and pays the differ ce in paper marks. These fixed ices are much less than prices paid r the same commodities in America.
 Corbin Lock May suffer. lt Eventually the American workman II suffer-" predicts MT kimball.
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