The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-11-03


Indiana corn into the same New York
market. The Corn Oil Trust can and
does ship Corn Oil, processed in Eng
land or Scotland, from Argentina
raised corn, into their Atlantic Coast
plants at total cost which is less than
freight cost alone of shipping equiva-
lent Indiana corn to Eastern markets.
While we have a surplus of cotton
seed, importers of cotton-seed oil find
it cheaper to import their Oil from
cotton-seed produced and processed in
foreign lands, as they find they secure
such cotton-seed oil at from 1870 to
1870 less than the cost of comparable
coton-seed oil made from American
cotton-seed.
The American Beef Trust can and
does import some 100 million pounds
yearly of canned beef from their
wholly owned South American plants
and deprive American wage earners of
some 10 millions Of dollars in wages,
while charging the American people
all the traffic will bear.
Pottery, tableware, to an extent OF
millions of dozens of pieces is yearly
landed in New York at more than two
dollars per gross cheaper than the
same product can be delivered in New
York, the product of workers in Ohio,
Indiana or West Virginia.
While 500 or more of the Anthra-
cite coal miners in Pennsylvania are
unable to find work, we find some 400
thousand tons of Anthracite coal from
Wales and Russia yearly being landed
in New England cities at from $1.58
to 1898 per ton less than comparable
coal from Pennsylvania, the product
of American coal miners.
Our completed survey of eleven
items alone, three farm products, five
processed farm or land products and
three manufactured products, shows
that while the products of workers in
foreign countries have an advantage,
delivered in American coastal markets,
of from 20% to 500 over comparable
products of American workers, our
railroad workers alone lost in wages
in one year, almost IA millions of doll
ars; or, wages which would have pro-
vided a years employment for more
than 5000 unemployed railroad work
erS.
Bear in mind if you will, that prod
ucts of workers in foreign countries
principally Japan, supply some 4O%
of the Earthen and China Tableware
purchased in the United States each
year. These figures are taken from
survey made by the United States
Tariff Commission.
Some may contend that Pottery,
representing direct labor cost of
more than 500 is exceptional.
Surely, Window Glass which is ad-
mittedly highly mechanical, even
though our American plants are 1000
unionized, can be considered fair
sample
The United States Tariff Commiss-
ion in their analysis of the trade
treaty with Czechoslovakia, on Page
Sc shows that 600 of the Window
Glass sold in the Pacific coast area
and 40R of the Window Glass sold in
the Atlantic and Gulf Coast areas, are
the products Of workers in foreign
countries. Yet, while our American
plants are closed and our workers un-
able to secure jobs, we provide jobs
for workers in foreign countries by
transferring the job opportunities of
American workers in this country to
workers in foreign countries, because
of lower wages which prevail there.
Free Trade theorists and Economists
who are or hope to be employed by our
International Bankers often harp on
the necessity Of a balanced trade.
They allege that we cannot sell our So
called surplus products unless we buy
what foreign countries have to sell.
Few Americans, | regretfully ad
nit, realize the falsity of our import
and export figures as they relate to
job opportunities for Americas work
ers.
Let us take Pottery, household table
ware, imported from Japan, as illus
trative of the deception practiced by
our own government on our own peo-
pie.
Workers are interested in jobs.
When products of workers in foreign
countries, which are comparable with
products which Americas workers can
and do produce in volume, are deliver
ed into American markets at total de-
livered costs which are less than
American costs of production, such inn
ported products displace American
made goods and deprive American
workers Of much needed jobs.
When the Japanese ship what they
term and what they represent to our
Treasury Department officials, ten
millions of dollars worth of household
tableware into American markets, with
the addition of customs taxes, freight,
brokerage, insurance, etc, these goods
have a wholesale value of some % or
% million dollars, although our gov
ernment statistics will allege a figure
of ten million Of dollars.
These goods displace the jobs of
American workers who otherwise
would secure in wages some 57fS or
some l3 millions of dollars. This would
provide more than 10000 American