Show HELPING OUT THE FOREIGNER tho ali on pocket liilie A pocketknife ii nu innocent little thing they cost usually f from robil ten tell ceas ts to two dollars dull irs each tile tho editor of aln his a paper is ii the possessor pos semor of one and thereby hangs a talo tale A friend of ours brought this thia knife horn flout scotland pentland Sent land mil all I 1 1 present presented Lil it to us its it is a very knife and on oil examination wo we found it hail had been manufactured manufacture il by 1 1 noti 1 american manufacturer wo we knew it had been purchased nt at Glat glasgow gow scotland I 1 for the merchant s card caal of that place was still on it for curiosity we inquired of tile gen who bought it what it cost two shillings was his answer two shillings make litty fifty cents in our money struck Str IlLIC by the cheapness of of f tho the knife we w a looked around in our hard hardware waie aio stores in this city dillwo till wo found a mato mate to it A at t lai lait t we found it and asked the price wo we were told we thought our merchant was a little steep steel and ami said so xo no lie replied these knives co cot cost t vs ri at wholesale twelve dollars dull per dozen or one dollar doll each we cr doubted this though hough lie is a reliable merchant ile he noticed our dubious look and imin immediately produced tho the bill from the wholesaler whole baler to prove that the knives did cost ono dollar each the alio more we think of this i matter mattel the more we v wonder onder liow how these high tariff projectionists protectionists can call explain emiil iu this state cf affairs it dont seem to reconcile itself with the idea that protection dont cost the consumer anything it hardly seems seeing possible that this american manufacturer through lovo love for the people across the water would send liis his knives over there to bo be sold below cost of production there the c seems little doubt but ali it this knits hilife which retails in glasgow for fifty cents was vas sold by the manufacturer at a sw fair profit if this were true and no sane man inan would dispute it how does it become necessary fur for the same manufacturer to sell tho the same knife so it must be sold in his it own country for 1 Is any one simple enough to suppose that tans manufacturer fac pays his men this seventy five cents extra on oil each knife no lie dont pay his workmen one mill extra but well wager ten to ono one that his donation to tile republican national commit top next summer will be away up in the thousands well it can call afford to lie be so long iong as lie ho hopes to keep the harrisons Harriso nr the Il laines or tho the mckinless McKin leys in power so that lie can rob the consumer of 01 seventy div five a cents on each knife the lie people ople are beginning to seo who wh 0 4 this it seems wonderful bondee ful that it should have bave ta taken an so many years to get their eyes open des monies moines leader |