The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-30
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duction IN the Pottery industry is
some so per cent of the factory
selling price of the products.
Competitive Products Landed,
Tariff Duties Paid, 40ft-608o
Our Costs of Production
''In securing the legislation
authorizing the entry into trade
treaties with foreign countries,
and, the reduction of tariff rates,
the sponsors of this legislation
implicitly promised US that they
would secure tariff rate increases,
where the same were shown to be
necessary, as we'll as agreeing to
tariff rate reductions.
Insofar as we have been able
to learn no increases in tariff rates
have been agreed to even when
Government reports, such as those
cited by the Tariff Commission,
have shown the same to be neces-
sary in order that the landed costs
of competitive foreign made goods
would equalize the difference in
our costs of production.
'The Trade Agreement Digests,
compiled by the Tariff Commits
sion, show, in number of in
stances, the delivery into American
markets of several articles at total
foreign costs, plus tariff duties
paid, which are less than the same
Tariff Commission reports show
are the American costs of pro-
duction or directly competitive
articles.
Congressional Hearings on the
request for the original authority
to secure reductions or increases
in Congressional set tariff rates,
and, Hearings, where the authority
was extended, are replete with
assurances that those entrusted
with the negotiation Of trade
treaties, and, reductions in tariff
rates granted no tariff rate re-
ductions until a careful review Of
all available facts had been sub
mitted, and, as a result it was
contended that no American indus
try had been harmed.
"The Trade Agreement Digest,
compiled by the Tariff Commits
sion, show, Volume 2, Pages 104-
105 that
The approximate average unit
value, at the factories, of the small
amount of medium priced china
made in the United States i'm
1937-1939 was $3.50 per dozen
pieses.
"The landed, duty paid aver
age unit value of ware of similar
grade imported from Japan was
about 40 per cent of that figure,
t$4.50) and, that from Germany
and Czechoslavakia was about 60
per cent of it. ($4.50).
"The low priced Japanese china
averaged about Is per cent, in
landed unit value, of the factory
price of medium price of medium
grade domestic (American) china.
1.-the unit value of this Japa-
nese chinaware was about two
thirds of the average unit value,
at the factories, of United States
earthenware, and it offered strong
competition to (American) earth
enware.
"'With the then existing
duties and allowing generous
mark-ups by importers, the con-
tinental European china probably
had some COMPETITIVE AID
VANTAGE over domestically
(American) produced ware and the
japanese China had a MATERIAL
ADVANTAGE
How long can we maintain
FULL EMPLOYMENT IN AMER
ICAN INDUSTRIES with com
petitive articles delivered into
American markets at from 40 per
cent TO GO per cent of our costs Of
production 2
as there any wonder that only
a small amount of china was pro-
duced, at that time, in American
chinaware plants when the Tariff
Commission is able to report that
competitive products were deliver
ed into our markets, the products
of workers in other countries,
tariff duties and all other costs
paid, which were only 40 per cent
or 60 per cent Of our costs ?
Industry Found Efficient
"The workers i'm the American
Pottery industry are as competent,
as efficient and more productive
per hour that the workers in the
same industry in any other coun-
try in the world.
"We are not mechanical mass
production industry. The Tariff
Commission reported that labor
costs represent some so per cent
of the factory selling prices of our
products.
Our organization has not re-
fused TO use such machinery as the
employers see fit to install. Inso-
far as we know our plants have
been mechanized as far as the
same is practical.
"Other countries have a s o
mechanical such production, as
will be noted in the same volume
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