Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1890 — At Home and Abroad. [ARTICLE]

At Home and Abroad.

It has frequently been asserted and as often denied that our protected manufacturers sell their goods abroad at lower prices than are charged to home consumers. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has found a recent issue of the Engineer-r----ing and Mining Journal which definitely settles the point. In this are thirty-nine columns of advertisements in which American manufacturers offer “discounts for export only. ” Hore are some of the figures: Per cent. Per eent. Articles. discount. discount. Planes 40 Wfliffletrees 45 Bakes 70 Vises 50 Drills 30 Waßhtubs 25 Scythes 40 Lawn-mowers 60 Hatchets 50, (Scroll-saws 23 Table knives 25. Water-motors 41 Shears 60lNails 60 Feed-cutlers 3) Post-hole diggers... .40 Grinding-mills 25011 stoves 30 Barn-door hangers.. .50 Farm pumps 70 Wrenches SSjWood-j orews 50 Screw-drivors 70IHammera ...60 Picks 0)| Windmills 40 A semi-monthly pamphlet issued by tbe Tariff-Reform Club of New York contains other information bearing on the same point. There are two papers in New York that ore devoted exclusively to the export trade in American manufactures. One is called the American Mail and Export Journal and the other the Australasian and South American. Their chief department is a table of quotations which gives the lowest prices at wh ch articles cun bo bought in small quantities by foreigners. For large quantities “special” rates are frequently advertised and generally given. From the information gathered from these sources tho following comparative table is compiled:

At Home. Abroal. Wheel hoe, cultivator, rake and plow § 11.00 $ 8.40 All-steel horse hoe and cultivator, with wheel 8.03 G. 75 All-steel plain cultivator, with wheel 7.20 4.50 Potato digger 8.00 0.75 Shovels,cast steel.round point, Jfo. 2, per dozen 9.63 8.21 Shovels, No. 3 10.00 8.55 Flat-bottom kettles 1.43 .85 Fiber ware, water coolers, and filters, per dozen 144.00 115.20 Typewriters 100.00 60.03 Sewing machines (retail) 45.0) , 32.00 These are only a few of the comparative prices given, but they suffice to illustrate the point. With the*e discounts as a guide it is easy to understand the affection which the protee'ed manufacturers entertain for “a home market.’ But how about the farmers? Can they compete with cheap foreign labor and at tbe same time pay so much more for their agricultural implements?— Chicago News.