The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-23
cannot be ascertained.
Must Sell at a Profit


they feel that they can sell the prod
ucts Of their factories at a profit.
Surely, they are not expected to pro-
vide employment and produce articles
for sale when they know that com
parable or competitive articles, the
products of workers in foreign coun-
tries, can be delivered into the
American market at delivered prices
which are less than our costs of pro-
duction. What is the result of the re-
duction in our tariff duties and the
apparent continuance Of such actions
in the hopes of purchasing World
Peace.
"Today we have some 10000 less
establishments providing employment
than we had in 1929. The wages paid
to workers in American manufacture
ing plants, ! understand, were some
four and one-half billions of dollars
less in 1885 than they were in 1929
Of course, we will admit that there
are other reasons for our present de-
preston. Yet, it must be admitted
that communities, such as Wheeling
and other places in this valley, where
the local merchant and local manu-
facturer is dependent upon the pur-
chasing power of the workers en-
ployed in the potteries, glass houses,
the mines, the railroads, to name but
a few, will not risk his limited saw
ings when he finds that those workers
he is dependent upon to buy his goods
are unemployed and have, to a great
extent been deprived Of their purchas-
ing power, because their jobs have
been transferred to workers in foreign
countries.
"The question Of imports of COM
petitive or comparable articles from
foreign countries is comparable to the
question of open or restricted immi-
grafton. There is no difference of
opinion on the part Of either political
party on he question of restricted
immigration. We can all agree that
there is no room for the hordes of i'm
migrants who would flock to our
shores were they permitted to enter.
Force Down Standards
"For years we have had an Asiatic
Exclusion law, the purpose being to
deny entry to the United States of
Asiatics. Why do we deny these
foreigners admittance to our country ?
The reason is that we have no jobs
for them and they would naturally
force down the living, working and
wage standards built up by years of
sacrifice on the part of the organized
workers
"What is the difference in effect be-
tween the importation of immigrants to
compete for jobs with our own work
ers in our own country and the i'm
portation of the products of low wage
paid workers under these allegedly
reciprocal trade treaties?
"At least, when foreign labor OF
immigrants were imported into this
country that labor beams consumer:
of a sort in this country. When We
import the products of low wage paie
foreign labor that foreign labor doe:
not constitute any consuming power
in our own country.
!. ''If for any reason one American
!, worker displaces another American
worker who is rendered jobless, the
=. first worker must help to support the
unemployed worker But, when VIZ
: import the products of the low wage
: paid foreign workers, and, to tina
same extent render jobless American
, workers, the foreign workers do no
help to support the American work
: ers deprived Of his job.
, "Of what value is our Restrictive
: immigration Laws and our Asiatic Ex
clusion Laws if we are to admit tht
: products of the very immigrants whc
, we refuse the right to enter ou1
country?
"When the Secretary of State init
ated his policy of selling our Ameri
; can industries down the river ant
transferring the jobs of American
: workers to workers in foreign
countries we had few, if any, Ameri
can war implement manufacturer
statesmen in foreign countries.
Austria, Roumania, Poland, Czecho
slovakia, and Ethiopia as well as othe
countries were at PEACE and thei
reserves had not been called to tn
colors
To-day, despite the fact that w
have entered into II allegedly re
ciprocal trade treaties with foreigl
nations and have reduced tariff du
ties on hundreds of items we find no
: the spirit of World Peace prevailing
but the spirit of World War.
Bring Back Plan
early this week the Public Pres
proclaimed the return of Ambassado
, Joseph Kennedy from England. TIL
Press reported that he was bringin,
7 back a plan to secure the settlemen
|. of Great Rritains defaulted debts il
{ order that our International Banker
| can again provide the funds for an
{ other war.
| During the past several month
negotiations have been on for our en-
try into Reciprocal Trade Treat
| with Great Britain. Is it possible tha
f we are to enter into a trade treat
! with Great Britain and open ou