Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1902 — GET OUT THE VOTE NOVEMBER 4. [ARTICLE]

GET OUT THE VOTE NOVEMBER 4.

FOREIGN PRICE BUGABOO American Tourist Says Shoes Are Dearer Abroad. Washington Post. “In a recent Interview Senator Harris of Kansas named shoes as an example of American manufactured products which are sold at lower price abroad than In this country,” remarked Mr. Charles H. Bayley of Boston, who Is a guest at the Arlington. “During the past summer I traveled extensively In Europe. I am especially Interested In the manufacture of shoes, and made inquiries, both on the continent and in England, concerning the prices asked for Americanmade footwear. I found that the shoes which are advertised to sell at a certain price In this country bring more in Europe than they do here. Shoes which sell here for s3.cu and are advertised at that price throughout the country sell In Germany for about $4 .50. They retail for more in England, too, than they do In the United States. “Careful Inquiry convinced me that shoes which sell for as much as $3 In this country are retailed for from 50 cents to $1 more abroad. Senator Harris has been misinformed and should select other article? upon which to base anti-trust arguments. I have watched the extension of the American shoe trade into Europe for years, and know that footwear from this country has found a market abroad through merit, and that the manufacturers have not sold It for less than it brings at. home.”