Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1891 — Cheaper to Foreigners. [ARTICLE]

Cheaper to Foreigners.

The Eastman Company is the name ol a firm of manufacturers of photographU materials, and its home office is in Rochester, N. Y. It has also a branch at No. 115 Oxford street, London. A comparison of the price lists which it issuei from the two places will add one mori to the many instances of the overwhelming affection of the McKin'ey tariff sot the American consumer. We append • table showing how the -Prices of Eastman’s Bromibe Paper”in London compare with those exacted in this country by an industry which has to be protected from the dreaded competition of foreigners: London prioe Amer* blze ' per doz. lean sheets. price. 4>tfx 3>4 *0.16 *J.2J 6 X 4 12 .40 6%x 4% 37 .60 7J4X 6 41 .70 8 X 5 60 .76 8&X 6)4 62 110 10 X 8 87 3.60 12)4x10)4 1.50 2.25 15)4x12)4 1.87 3.36 2) xl7 8.50 640 25 x2l 5.25 9/0 30 X 25 7.12 14.00 Thus the London photographer gets his supplies from this American firm at only a little more than one-half as much a« the Americ an photographer has to pay. Turning now to the columns of the McKinley bill, we find the rates on albumenized paper to be 35 per cent ad valorura; the old rate was 15 per cent. Of course, “the wisest and bravest tariff that was ever framed” was manipulated by this endangered American industry in the most shameless and ridiculous manner. What does Mr. McKinley think now of a company that asked for 35 per cent protection, and then gives the Londoner 50 per cent off its prices to Americans?—New York Evening Post