The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-12

Henry Ward Beeoher, Tom SheaTm'r
Deaicl G. Thompson, Charles Frederick
Adams and othsc prominent citizars Of
Brooklyn have commenced tatiA-reform
crusade on their own account, setting forth
in eircu,qr the following propositions
"Frs.-Amoricaa shipping has been
nearly Vanished from the seaf Not only
has tho aggregate tonnage immensely de !
creased in the last twenty years, but it ep-
pears that in 1879. while goods to The value
Of SGG ,OO0OO0 we're carried to or from foreign |
pors by American vessels, goods to the
value of 81 600 .OO0 600 were carried to OF
from our ports by foreign vessels.
"Second Although cur foreign commerce
has inc-essel i. has net done so q. anything
like the rats ut which itw,. advancing twenty
yesrs SGD. In TIE ten years ending in lo0O
our total csmmercl increased 1871 per ccat.;
in the twenty years ending III 1879 only
seventy.fye per cent. In 1919 cur COM
merce amounted to Sl2 65 per heed Of our
population; in 1859 to S22 GO per head in
| 1879 TO S25 20 per head. In 1893 the com~
merce of Great Brain was S56 per head
in 1879 it was $50 per head. In 1909 We
we're gsinng at such rate that II /! had
continual, we should now have Rad COM
marce $500, 900 larger thaa Britain.
VS. wore then 1921 100000 behind her. IL
1879, instead of having gained upon her, we
were 81, $50, 0O0,l0O behind.
"Thrd-lt is generally supposed TIA. our
manufactures have been encouraged ny the
LEGISLATION of tho last twenty yesrs. Macy
statements have been published as TO tie
progress Of our cotton manufactures abroad.
The total export Of our cotton goods IN lot9
WAS less, by over 100000, man IN 1850.
The British export increased IN the same
ueriol by $50 goo 0GO. Ofour WOODEN man.
-, ufactures, less than S3i1 600 in all were ex'
rorted in 1879 notwithstanding m cNcfmGu,
= protective du.y upon imported wcoleo:, Il
J IA constaltly asserted that CIR cutlery is sup
- nlnna,s sheffield cutler in Sheffield. Oul
i e,norl Of cutle.y to all the world in 1877
d was $4,000. Our import, mostly irOu
J Sheffield, was Sl,170,OOO. The propor'ioi
% of cur msuufactur1d exports 20 tho eEncul
w. tnrsl is less than mlf what II was IN 1907
% me census Of 1880 IS not ucce. slolt; but Una
3, OF 1870 showed that tie actual quantlty (uo
" vsluA OF manufactures had only increase
o, Gfiy-Lwo uer cent. IN ten yeirs, Wh!lo oe
" tween 1850 sad 1860 the increase wa4 oIe
ea oFSpttn-Tho pro5on!tari0 impo''7 duuc
lg which arc destructive 10 revenue N sewers
'g impors,n. cases. A day OF ab'u, iO) pa
ie cent il laid upon steel rails aad o. blanket
n. Tnn negotiation has therefore eoased, ~
ID the government receives no duties iIom The
". worip mentioning. In 1917 only $4,000
or rsils were imported; in 1878 only S53
in OF 6nnle.s ouly $1,000 worLa we
at ;nnortea in 1879. But the American peop
or NV eaca year SIS 0O0 coo Tor rails aud 81
he 100000 for blankets IL cxc.ss OF Ea!ope'
~, 1--WE noliovo that these results arc direct
vas etlr;butabloto the c.cossise duties lmpos'
III. by the present tariff, and that the welfare,
by the nation demands searching reform. V
hGr should be glad to hear irom you, and
ing Lnow whether you W Ii join IN m sssocian
the for The purpose of discussing these qu'sn9S
nor and briasipig tho foc's botcra the pubic, Z
. 50 rrn,s abuses and anomalies OF the eXs!l
scy Tariff can not be defyaded upon any taeoi
,Ays and arc not founded upon any. WIZ y
lent ioin with us in coudjering them with Vi
~ n lLiclous reforu.'