Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-16
SANDY DUNN.EIL.
n SHOCKING ALLUsION no HIS SAL
AIRY GRAB RECORD.
A Wicked Republican Newspaper Excor-
iates the Member from Minnesota, and
Shows Why. He Ought to Oppose Sub
sides.

iates the Member from Minnesota, and
Shows Why He Ought to Oppose Sub
sides.
chicago Tribune 14th.
GRACE OF SUBSIDIES.
The Tribune yesterday published the finn.
sy explanations made by Mr.. Caswell, of
Wisconsin, of the reasons why he voted to-
report the bill granting money subsidy
from the Treasury to build Tom SCOTS
railroad in Texas. The intelligent people
of Wisconsin will reach their own conclu-2
sions as to the suf6ciency of the reasons for
that and all other subsidies.
But however surprising may be the course
of the Wisconsin member in voting to build
railroad through Texas at the expense of
the United States, the speech of Mr.. Dun
nell, of Minnesota, also in favor of subsi-
dies, will perhaps prove greater surprise to
the people of that State. Some years ago,
when Congress spent several weeks trying to
vote a subsidy of $1,000 extra pay to each
member, and at the same time make no rec
ord of the names voting for the bill, there
WOO oA uApAcdSduG COutIOfcISy dS u low Mr.
Dunneu voted upon the steal. The clerk
recorded Mr.. Dunnell's name in favor of the
back-pay swindle, but subsequently Mr..
Dunnell denied the accuracy of the record.
The question of veracity has never been de-
termined. In this case, however, Mr.. Dun
nell leaves no room for doubt. He an
nounces his purpose to vote whatever sum
be needed to substitute transportation COM
panies to run steamships on the ocean, es-
pecially to Brazil. That the people of Min
nesota may understand why they should be
taxed to enable steamship company in
Philadelphia to run their steamers at the ex-
pense of the treasury, we give SO much of
the remarks of Mr.. Dunnen as have come to
hand:
'Mr. Dunneu spoke in defense of the
consular system, which was not only self
sustaining, but actually brought $500, 200
year into the treasury. He attributed partly
to want of consular agencies the decrease of
American commerce. He declared himself
in favor of voting government aid to Ameri-
can commerce. Congress sullenly and
stupidity refused to give aid to commerce,
because the cry of subsidy was rung in its
ears. The great American question to-day
was, how American producers could reach
foreign consumers. He characterized the
impending tariff bill as the wooden horse
overlooking the walls and threatening the
prosperity of the country. It was direct
attack on the agricultural interests, and got
up in the interest of some little two-penny
manufacturing institution. He regretted
that there was proposition to revise the
tariff, but its promoters were vastly mistaken
if they supposed they could pass it. Re-
turning to the question of subsidies, and re-
ferring particularly to the Brazilian trade,
he declared himself ready to vote $780, 900
or 100000 to an American steamship line
to Brazil as having tendency to revive
American commerce, for in it's revival there
was increased protection to agricultural in.
| terests.
There was a convention of so-called tex
porters" recently held in Washington, and
the purpose of this convention was to urge
Congress to vote subsidies to build American
steamships, that these steamships might car
ry our products to foreign lands. The inn
preston which these people, including Mr..
Dunnel, wish to create is, that there is
difficulty at present in finding transportation
of American products to foreign countries;
that the warehouses on the Atlantic and Pa
cific and Gulf coasts are filled to overflow
ing with the products of American industry,
unable to obtain transportation to the
|
raise the blockade the government must
open the treasury and give money to private
companies to build ships, and thus relieve
suffering American industry in its efforts to
reach market. OF course there is not a
word of truth in this. The means of trans
portation are vastly greater than the demand,
and ocean freights were never SO low as they
have been during the last years. Boston,
unable to furnish outgoing vessels with car
goes. has to send to New York to get goods
to fill up, and the Baltimore and Philadelphia
lines have never been troubled for want of
room to carry all that was offered them. The
great difficulty of American commerce is not
the means to export but the products to
export.
The United States produce a surplus OF
cotton, breadstuffs, provisions, tobacco
petroleum, and other yield of the soil, the
forest, and the mines. The United States
have, in addition, vast stores of iron, coal
and all the raw material for an immense
manufacturing product with an unlimited
supply of cheap food. While the producers
from the soil have immense surplus annual
1--WE think Minnesota alone last year hae
a surplus of $5O,OO0,O0O of breadstutfs te
sell, the manufacturing producers have nc
surplus to sell. A million of operatives tina,
have been employed in manufacturing arr
now idle. With our fuel, our labor, oul
cheap food, and raw material, this countr,
ought to produce surplus of manufacture.
annually equaling in value that of our sur
| plus agricultural products. Why do we no
do it? In the first place, the policy of tn,
!, legislation since 1860 has been to confin,
manufacturing products to the mere demant
for home production, and to make good t,
l the capital invested in manufactures the los
from short production by grant
A.. ing subsidies or bounties from tn,
3 treasury. The expectation of American
l manufactures has been regarded as sort O
8 national calamity, to be avoided as some
thing worse than war, pestilence and famine
The result has been that we have not ha,
, and have now no manufactures to export
: The expectation of manufactures has bee,
practically prohibited, and wherever it ha
: been attempted, as during the last few year
t with cotton goods, it has been done in vic
lation of the american system,'' and in vic
> lation of the whole legislative policy of Con
9 gress. y We do not understand Nj
j, Dunnell's reference to the tariff; but if b
f ever expects to have American manufacture
exported, and the ocean covered again wit
s vessels bearing the American flag, he mus
rigidly reject all subsidies, and all bounties
/ general and special, and open wide the dor
8 to all the people to buy and sell, and bu
! and sell ships, wherever they can find mai
g ket.- on the hest terms- thew ran obtain