Show A ROBBERY in looking over the ctet n num u her ot of tl e inland Printer loix attention was especially drawn dran to a contribution trib ution horn a newspaper news paper min who had made a close and thorough investigation of all al tile cyp typesetting lichine on tl ti e market one on state m antin nt in particular we re te rd is 11 sig 11 the writer states anit he v visited the world fa r at st louis lou ib and si sin all the machine side by b side ind and the interest ing ing i one imong imong them thein vps aps tile the machine from canada the operator in charge to tol I 1 me that this machine sells in canida it it to 1 I 1100 but that it could not be sold or used in n till this country till tle the COMP 1111 s patent on the slug cating devie device expires s but it made my mouth i tr r and almost made my ea acs e N valer a ter to see tl is 1 1100 I Canad Can adrin nii nachine machine 0 0 v 1 cry superior to our 2500 american machines ind apparently superior to our machines be on ond J the reach of i i free born american cl ci ien now here i is an instance of tile the rink injustice of car laws which protects trusts in their extortionate methods it cost cosano zine more to man the best american machines that it does the canadian machine it is 1 stated on authority that the cost of manufacturing either does not emceed c aeed soo the Ci canadian nadian manufacturer makes a profit of from about 30 to 75 per cent a good dividend making margin the amer acin manufacturer the company compan derives or to SOO per cent an all extortionate nd ind unreasonable profit thu that th u is nothing less than robber robbery the mergenthal hak halu co is enabled to 0 o do till this because of the patents it controls conti and I 1 nd a prohibitive triet which gives it exclusive ec lusie privileges in this country the com company pilly os us about patents on typesetting mn hinea but uses les than half of that number it is emblem to keep anybody else elbe hom manufacturing fac turing the same bame kind of lichine and keeps ou any foreign mide machine that will come into competition with it hie exorbitant prices charged b the company simply prevents the ordinary class of country newspapers from getting machines and yet et they are forced to ente into competition throughout b the countr the product of those machines in the hands of printing establishments which lii li hie i c tile money to install them the best typesetting tin machine today could be sold h aiom om I 1 to I 1 soo 1500 and be a I 1 big dig mony mon in iker fol foi tile manufacturers while we NN c would not like to see an amei acin in by having to compete openly v ith I 1 foreign product pio duct we believe that if it i is pos possible ible to get the best typesetting machine mide for 1500 and leave I 1 good profit profi t forthe for the kanuf WL we hould h hive ii e th it t pria privilege elege |