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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 18G2.
THE FINAL ISSUE.
This is tie Last Day in f Men to Con
- siderthe Subject.
NOW LET US REASON TOGETHER.
Take for Instance the Matter of For
eign Prices of Our Implements.
THE LITTLE CUSS LIED, THAT'S ALL
Jk. Hobby of the "Anything to Beat
Harrison" Party Folly and
Plainly Discussed.
. The free-trade, tariff-for-revenue-only,
tariff- for -revenue -with-incidental-pro-tection,
peoples-party, anything-to-beat-'
Harrison democrat, has undertaken
daring this campaign, to answer the
claim of republican protectionists that
American industries need protection in
order to succeed, by the bare delaration
that American-made agricultural ma
chinery and implements, by reason of
the protective tariff, are sold in South
America and even in Australia at a less
retail price than at the door of the fac
tory here. This old argument (?)has
been answered too many times to re
quire an answer now, and yet, like all
other fakes, it always finds takers.
In the first place, the true answer to
their claim is like the answer to the
conundrum: "A farmer had twelve
horses and a stable containing eleven
stalls with no room for more. He
' ordered his boy to put the horses in the
stable, and when the boy reported that
he had obeyed orders the farmer said
'You. must have put two horses in one
stall?' 'No sir,' was the boy's answer,
'I put all the horses in the stable, and
bo 'two in the same stall.' " The an
: wer is : "The little cuss lied."
. .Like all lies this declaration of our
democratic what-is-it, is all the more a
Jie because it contains a grain of truth.
It is hndoubtedly true that American
manufactured goods have been sold in
foreign markets at a less price than they
could be purchased for at home, and a
moment's consideration of the condi
tions of trade in foreign markets makes
it perfectly plain that this is in no way
the result of a protective tariff, and
-would be the same nnder a free trade
policy.
First, the character of agricultural im
plements required by the trade of some
of the countries of South America is
cheaper than required by the trade in
this country ; plows which an American
farmer would not have on his farm find
ready sale in Brazil ; if you ask an Am
erican manufacturer why it ii that goods
bearing his trade mark are sold there for
' less than he sells them at home, he will
tell you that he is compelled to furnish
that trade a class of goods which be
would not dare to' put upon the
market of the United States. The goods
resemble and bear the mark of the goods
old here, but are made of culled ma
terial and if sold here would soon drive
irom the market the makers goods. This
is more true of smaller implements than
. of harvesting machinery, but this fact
also has something to do with reapers !
and threshers.
Secondly, the gross profit of middle
men in this country in the class of goods
included under the term "agricultural
implements and machinery," is greater
than in any other class of goods ; and the
reason for this exists in the method of
their business. Few goods of this kind
are sold for cash. Dealers expect to
carry their purchasers paper from year
to year, and the risks of the trade are
therefore greater and the length of time
their capital is tied up is greater. If they
exercise good judgment in the taking of
paper their net profits are generally
large; whereas, if they are unfortunate
in this reelect theirlosses are heavy and
consequently their net profits are small,
The foreign middle dealer, being beyond
the usual agencies for the collection of
debts receives little assistance from the
manufacturer in the way of credit. He
pays cash for his goods and must sell for
cash. ..The risks of the trade are there
. fore removed and he can afford to sell for
a less gross profit than in the case of the
home dealer.
Under free trade the same conditions
would exist and the same results would
follow. . -
Thirdly, while the prices in the United
states are in one respect independent of
competition, in that each manufacturers
patent is looked upon by some buyers as
more desirable than that of any other,
there is no line of trade in which com
petition is so close. ' In every county in
the United States where agricultural im
plements are sold each manufacturer has
an agent, who sells only one makers
goods, and upon the number of his sales
depends his profits. He crowds the
trade as much as it will bear ; and some
times more than it will bear, while the
. manufacturer is protected to some extent
by his patent, and thereby has a limit
ed monopoly, this fact does not enable
any one to ignore his competitors and
make prices independently of theirs.
While one farmer thinks the Woods
mower better than any other, his neigh
bor thinks another make is better ; yet
each would yield his opinion if the prices
differed materially, inasmuch as the
actual difference is slight. The condit
ions of the .trade, as . before suggested,
necessiate a greater gross profit from the
home trade, than if the trade were con
ducted on a cash basis. If therefore the
manufacturer can ship his goods into a
foreign market, a market upon which he
does not usually depend, and dispose of
them at any profit at all for cash, what
ever profit he makes is clear gain and his
home market is not affected by the
sales.
Should a consumer from the northern
coast of California come into the Port
land market to buy a bill of goods and
make known his residence, and the fact
that the goods were to be used there, he
would be able to buy to better advan
tage for cash than would a regular cus
tomer from The Dalles. He would be
from a point outside the usual trade of
the Portland merchant, and if any profit'
at all was made it would be a clear gain ;
whereas, goode sold at the same rates
within the territory usually supplied, by
the Portland merchant would simply
disorganize his market and render it
impossible to maintain his trade in the
future with other merchants. It he
could cut into the trade of the San Fran
cisco merchant by reduced prices he
would not be doing his trade any harm,
but on the other hand, would be making
a small profit and opening a new market
and encouraging a new" trade. And so
it is that the Walter A. Woods manu
facturing company can afford to sell
machines in Australia or South America
at a less profit than at home. 'They
could and would do the same thing
under a tariff for revenue only, or free
trade. The price at home is scarcely
affected by the protecting tariff, but the
home market is protected from the in
cursions of foreign manufactures such as
the home manufacturer is enabled to
make in the foreign market. Under
free trade the foreign manufacturer,
after supplying his home market would
dump his surulus in here and sell it at a
less profit than what he could afford to
do liu-ii:e9 at home for, and if he made
a profit, however so small, it would be
clear ;tiu xwA no resulting disadvan
tages. Fwr'hly, it is probably true that
American manufacturers have sold
goode, particularly farm machinery, in
foreign markets for actual cost delivered
there. Trade in this class of goods is
periodical only, and goods made today
must be carried until the next season.
In the meantime the trade is absolutely I
at rest; his capital is tied up an ! li.-
stands in danger of having his goo'. !
come unsaleable by reason of improve
ments in the same class of good-! m-.uir
by other manufacturers. New patents
are constantly being taken out and new
improvements being made. If, there
fore, he errs in judgment as to what the
demand will be for his goods when the
next season comes around he may have
a large stock which cannot be sold in
the home market at such a profit as will
enable him to continue in business. To
force the sales here bv selling at cost
would ruin his trade for future years ;
he therefore does the only business like
thing he can do ; unloads in the foreign
market, the market heretofore supplied
by European manufactures; sells his
goods for actual cost, gets his money out
of them and is then prepared to make
improved goods for his home market for
the next season. Under free trade he
would do the same thing under the same
circumstances, and so would the Eng
lishman, the Frenchman and every
other man who had more goods than he
wanted to carry.
We believe in protecting our home
market from the incursions of foreign
manufacturers who would be only too
glad of the opportunity to unload .their
goods here at actual cost to them ; at
prices le6s than what, they could afford
to sell them for at the doors of their fac
tories ; we believe that the competition
of our own manufacturers is sufficient to
keep prices down to a fair basis, a basis
upon which the manufacturer, can live
and make a fair profit upon the capital
invested ; ana we Deiieve mat tne com
petition 01 our own manuiacturers is
sufficient to keep prices down to a fair
basis, a basis upon which the manufact
ures can live and make a fair profit ud-
on which the capital is invested ; and we
Deiieve tnat it tne market were thrown
open to those who would like to see it
unstable and therefore unsafe they
would strive to make it so bv disposing
f J 1 , i . . . r .. r .
ui lueir gooas hc cost, vve Deneve, in
other words, in the protective tariff ad
vocated by the republican party, and we
Deiieve tnat tomorrows election will in
dicate that a. majority of the voters of.
this country believe as we do.
TORTURED TO DEATH.
Young Girl Killei iy an Iporant
- ' Horss Doctor in Onio. -
CITY COU fc'CIL MEETING.
SHE DIED IN TERRIBLE AGONY.
It is Singular That so Much Ignorance
Should Exist in This Age.
THE NECESSITY FOB A LICENSE
The Impostor Deserves The Sererest
Penalty of The Law For His Bar
barons Act.
Chicago, Nov. 5. A horrible case of
torture came to light in Cincinnati yes
terday. For four months Mary A.
Kohacke, seventeen years of age, has
been an invalid from dropsical consump
tion. Her father works in a furniture
factory. Dr. O. Ebich lager, the family
physician, pronounced the case hopeless,
but Tuesday last GustaveHoyer, a horse
doctor and linament-peddler, put in an
appearance and declared he could cure
the girl, and the parents consented to
the treatment. He bought a peck of
timothy hay seed, which he put into a
tub and steeped it in boiling water. He
set a small chair in the water, and strip
ping the girl's legs naked, placed them
over thewater and covered them with a
heavy blanket. The hot steam burnt
her, and she began screaming. ' Her
mother and younger sister tried to get
her away, but the horse doctor stood
guard and forced the girl to endure the
torture for half an hour. Her screams
alarmed the neighbors and an excited
crowd gathered, but the doctor would
brook no interference. Taking her from
her torture of hot steam, the doctor laid
her on a bed. The skin hung from the
legs in twisted strings. He bound the
legs in finen bandages, drawing the rolls
as tightly as he could, and then took
pint bottle of horse linameht and eatu
rated the bandages. At this the girl s
screams became terrific, but the doctor
ordered that she lie in bed with the
bandages on for three hours, at the end
of which time she would be well. The
girl screamed until the mother could en
dure it no longer, and removed the
'"MiulHges after they had been on but an
Mom-, i he strong linement had cora
. leied wh it the hot steam had begun,
and the itN resembled great chunks of
i.aif-b.ile.l meat. For 25 hours the girl
!:.v mi, moaned, until morning, when
r-l.e l'e'l. Her father is almost frantic,
ami i lev' area he will kill Hoyer, for whom
a warr.iut has been issued, charging
him with manslaughter and practicing
without a license.
Consider the Subject.
Miss Kosa Stannug.
The Chronicle wishes to congratulate
The Dalles Epworth League in having
obtained the assistance of . Miss Rosa
Stannns at their entertainment on the
15th inst. as we learn from parties who
have beard her that the young lady has
been giving dramatic readings for about
eight years and has acquired considerable
reputation as an interpreter of 'Shakes
pearean and tragic roles her entertain
ments are ont of the usual order of elo
cutionists, as she dresses in costumes,
which give her a very beautiful appear
ance as she assumes characters. The
people of The Dalles will have an oppor
tnnity of witnessing an entertainment
nnique as well as interesting, and of
judging as to the merits of the highly
praised artist.
It seems harsh to even suspicion the
U. P. R. with doing such small tricks
as they resort to in the effort to steal
wheat from the Regulator line. The
Regulator has been the means of adding
over a hundred thousand dollars to the
value of the farmers products in this and
Klickitat county this year. This sum
the farmers have, snugly stowed away
in their pockets; and if they are capa
ble of appreciating a favor, they should
see to it that the Regulator leaves The
Dalles daily with every pound she could
carry, without any extra exertion on the
part of the owners or managers of the
line. It is certain that the U. P. R., re
gard the Regulator as its enemy. That
must be expected ; but whose friend is
the Regulator? and what worse enemy
had the farmer than the U. P. R. before
the Regulator started? These are sub
jects the wheat seller should consider be
fore giving the U. P. R., their prefer
ence.
A Safe Prediction.
A leading business man of The Dalles,
a democrat, today eaid, in answer to a
question as to his private opinion upon
the situation, that the utter confusion in
this state must be taken as an indication
that Harrity gives New York up, and
must endeavor to thrown the election in
to the house as a last resort. The
present phases of the contest are con
fusing and only the most reckless poli
tical prophet would venture upon so un
certain a sea. - But one thing may be
safely predicted : Tomorrow will wit
ness one of the greatest political battles
ever fought out in this country. To the
Oregon democracy this is a season of
great political unrest. Portents of com
ing affright the timorous leader, and it
is all that the bolder spirits can do to
keep their forces in line. There is dis
traction and uncertainty in every direc
tion; new elements have appeared in
the political situation ; nothing is really
clear except that the managers are dis
turbed and wholly at sea. Harrison's
majority in Oregon will be fully 10,000,
and he will have a clear majority in the
electoral college. -
Booms to Let.
Two pleasant bed rooms in a neat
cottage on the hill, to let. Inquire at
this office, lu.iatt
The Engine Honse Repairs-City Hall
Kepairs Tax Rebates, etc.
l tie regular meeting of tde common
council was held Thursday eveningat the
usual hour. Mayor Mays presiding.
rresent, frank .Henelee tfecorder
Councilmen Haight, Joles, Kreft, Lauer,
Menefeeand Maier.
Minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
. Several petitions for rebate of taxes
were referred to the judiciary committee.
except in cases wnere manifest errors
had occurred, and rebate was allowed.
Maj'or Mays suggested that it was tax
ing the attention of the council beyond
reason, and came with ill grace for eo
many petitions of this character to be
presented at so late a day, after so many
notices given, the work of the board of
eqnalization passed, etc., and some
means should be adopted to prevent
repetition of such occurrencee.
Petition of Messrs. Norman, Butts
Jones, Wiley and others, for a sidewalk
on the south side of Eleventh street, be
tween Union and Lincoln, was accepted
and orders given accordingly.
Petition of Messrs. Jeffers, Nichols,
Peters, Shackleford, Nowlan, and others,
for an arc-light at the intersection of
Ninth and Pentland streets, caused some
discussion.
AiemDers lavored giving tne light as
petitioned for, but on the score of econo
my thought one should be transferred
from some less exposed situation down
town.
The subject was finally referred to the
committee on streets and public property
fApplause from Councilman Haight's
dog Bingo, who vigorously rapped the
floor with his tail.
Reports of the city recorder, street
commissioner and treasurer, for the
month of October, were read and placed
on file. '
The treasurers report shows a balance
of $3,417.01.
Verbal report of the committee on fire
and water, explaining the condition of
the work .on the engine house, which
will be ready for occupancy on Monday
next ; and the cost of flue, painting, etc.,
added to the cost of hose house for Co.
No. 4, was made by Mr. Haight, and
proved acceptable to the council.
Question of renting a portion of the
Phillips property for the soda works,
was referred back to the committee with
instructions to act. '
Petition of residents on the bluff to.
extend the Laughlin street sewer, at
private-expense wan allowed, and Coun
cilman Menefee presented a resolution
covering the subject which was adopted.
Bill for merchandise furnished to a
family afflicted with sickness was al
lowed.
Bill for stationary and exempt certifi
cates furnished to fire department was
not allowed.
Warrants were ordered in payment of
sundry claims against the city, includ
ing officers' salaries, water and light ac
counts, etc.
Mayor Mays brought up the subject of
the importance and necessity for a new
roof on the city hull building,- and other
improvement, and on motion the com
mittee on streets and public property
were authorized to have the repairs
made.
Inquiry as to the ownership of the old
garrison guard house was instituted
with a view of disposing of the same. It
is located on a lot belonging to the city,
and the committee on streets and public
property were authorized to sell it.
On motion the council adjourned un
til Friday evening, the 18th, at the usual
hour.
The Denver Times is afraid that Col
orado will be overrun next summer with
Chicago people who will try to escape
from the world's fair.
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