The Indiana State sentinel., 1878-11-06

other, and
:. THE GAIN FROM OUR PRODUCTS
sold will be multiplied a hundred times be-
fore their effects cease TO tell upon labor and
production Thus we see that when we
tighten an unwise tax the results are diHused
blessings on great scale to every class and
to every section of our country. Ii is true
that the state of things in Europe made an
unusual demand for our products. IL this
tax had not been taken of. and but for the
competition of more than 5000 canal boats,
this European demand would have been
used to put up charges, and many millions
of bushels of grain would have been kept out
of market and every form of industry would
have been harmed. Those who wish to
learn
THE CAUSES OF OUR PRESENT EXPORTS
must compare the cost of carrying this sea-
son with that of other years. It has been 10
cents for bushel of wheat by canal from
Buffalo to New York. This season, at times,
it has been less than five cents. The cost
from Chicago to New York has been % cents
for bushel In the past summer 1t has
been taken for less than seven cents. The
policy OF taking charges off from commerce
is not only shown upon water routes-t
brought down railroad charges. In 1873 the
Central road charged for taking wheat from
Buffalo to New York 81 cents per bushel IN
the winter and Is cents in the summer
months. This year the road has taken 1T
for five cents.
Competition has led TO railroad economies
and improvements, so they can carry for
less and all classes are benefited. While the
policy of low tolls has done SO much to re-
viye business, not only in New York but all
over the country, the republican congress
sional policy of making it cost more for an
American citizen to buy an ocean steamship
| than it costs the citizen OF any other country
| is adhered to-
THIS STATE CUTS DOWN ITS TAXES
on commerce; it increases the sale of our
! products in foreign markets; IL helps to turn
| the balance of trade in our favor; 1t starts
! the wheels of industry, and gives hope to
our mechanics and laborers. / do not claim
| that low tolls have alone done all this War,
short crops and other causes have made q
| foreign demand for what we make and raise.
But every business man in New York, dem
! ocrat or republican, will say that putting
| down taxes on our canal commerce to nom
| inal sum, together with the competition thus
excited between railroad and water routes,
has had much to do with the turn OF the TIDE
\ of business in our favor.
| CAN WE KEEP THE MARKETS THAT WE HAVE
GAINED
\ for our breadstuffs and provisions? We can
| il we send to them without too much cost.
| Nay, more, we can widen them if the gov
| eminent will not hinder our efforts, for
| never before could we raise or make as much
4 aud at so low a price as at this time. we
| ought to be able, therefore, to find new Gus
! toners in all parts OF the world. We raise
| grain, and cattle, and swine, and make
! cheese at price so low that we can under
sell many people on their own grounds and
we excel in mechanics If We do this We
| shall in a little time enjoy prosperity
greater than that OF any time in the past
| We have cleaned out the channels OF com
! meIce in our own state of taxes and abuses,
| and our products so cheaply to the sea-
| board. But here they are confronted by the
| government, which has destroyed our ocean
| commerce, and which says that no American
merchant shall buy a steamship In the
markets of the world to carry these products
where they are wanted. 1t is this fact which
| prevents sending our dairy products where
! they could be sold at proft-our consuls in
different cities and ports say they are want
ed, but we have no commercial intercourse
| with them.
EVERY NAN OF THOUGHT KNOWS
If we held TO- day the same relative position
on the seas that we held twenty years agC
that We should at once have prosperity in
every kind of industry. When we see how
much We gain by taking taxes off o.
one line of canals, it is clear, if our mer
chants were allowed an equal chance with
those of other countries, they would hnd
markets for all that our farmers raise or tha
our mechanics make. The class of meT
who hope to make gains by the wrongs o.
our navigation laws is very small. Those
who build vessels for our inland waters Of
for the coasting trade are harmed, for home
commerce is less when our foreign trade i;
crippled. 1t does not help the matter Il
give subsidies to few lines. These only
4 20 email NM har rnnnOnOliac nf ths
best routes at the public cost. Subsidies
will never cover the ocean with competing
ships, looking for new markets and carrying
at the lowest prices they can afford. HIS
tory shows that the nations which lead II
the commerce of the seas control the wealth
of the world. European nations try to builC
up their trade by encouraging their mer
chants. while ours hinders those who seek Il
sell our products abroad wherever they cal
find buyers. Can it be that manufacturers
the mechanics of our state will not
HELP THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO CORRECT THI
GREAT WRONG?
They know and feel that their trouble
are mainly due to this cause. They know
that if we had competing American lines o
steamships running to all the parts of tn,
ocean our business troubles would disappear
They know that if they send a republican Il
congress, while his views may be right oil
this point, he can do but little; for he must
oppose himself to the body of his friends
They know that until by some decided
action they teach the republican that thi
abuse will no longer be tolerated that tn,
laws will stand unchanged. There is n,
other question involved in this election
which SO deeply concerns all as the correction
of our navigation laws. 1t is just reproacl
to the republican merchants and bushes
men of New York and elsewhere that the,
have allowed their party in power witnou
J protest to trample upon the laws of trade
and upon the rights of our commercial me
. tropolis, and upon the interests OF our farm
, ers and mechanics. II was well founde,
complaint, when men in the country, an,
the forwarders and commission men in tn
} city, were struggling to get tolls on ou
, canals cut down, that the body of the mel
, chants and bankers and real estate owner
showed no interest. The meetings called b.
the produce men were attended by few out
, side of those engaged in the pursuits i'm
! I mediately connected with the canal bus