The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-03-30
Effect Of the Tariff.

In his speech at Boston recently DR.. Loring.
Commissioner of Agriculture. made the follow
ing remarks showing the growth of our products
and industries under protective tariff
This Republic has increased in population at
the rate of million year during the last de-
cade, riyaIling now every country in the world
except Russia. 1t is not necessary TO go back
half century, or even twenty-five years, to OBJ
tam the most gratifying evidence of our prog
ress in the work of tillng the soil But starting
IN 1870, at which time we had reached an enOr-
NOUS production in proportion to our popula-
ton, let Us make our comparisons with the
returns of 1880. In 1870 the amount OF cot
ton produced was 1852 ,31T bales; in 1880,
more than 100000 bales. In 1870 the amount
of Indian corn raised was 760. $40 .594 bush
els; in 1880 / ,154, 40 ,435 bushels In 1870 the
wheat crop was 2S1, 745 ,626 bushels; in 1880 it
was 4l9, 661 ,022 bushels. In 1870 the crop Of
oats reached 2S2, l0I ,151 bushels; in 1880, 407,
800 .033. In 1870 the tobacco crop amounted to
262. 49, ,34 pounds; in 1880 it amounted to 4l3,-
l04, 5.3 pounds The increase of agricultural
products was nearly one hundred per cent. in
these ten years, and in the last year of this de-
cade, from 1879 to $780, out of this vast increase
of our crops and products. our cattle export
rose from $4,000 900 to S14, 000, 900: corn from
69S,000 to $3.50 ,546, 000 -four from $50, 900, 900
TO So, 600 ,OO0 cotton from 500 S52 009 to $245-
oh 81 beef, from 81 100000 to $12,000,000;
lard, from SOS, 900, 600 to 1913 900 ,000 and pork,
growth of American manufactures iii half a
century.
In 1880 the amount invested in cotton manu-
features was Il little more than SAC, 000, 900.
Fifty years have past away and the amount of
capital invested in mills and subsidiary work is
more than 1928 900 000 OF our wooden manu-
features the statistics are more imperfect, but
| have ascert aimed that in 1910 the value of the
product was S20,696, 500, and in 1880 the value
of woolens, wOrsteds, carpets and hosiery pro-
duced was 1924 ,5S7 ,611. In 1870 the silk pro
auctions of the United States were valued at
$12,2l0.662; in 1880, at 1884 1863. Fifty years
ago the shoe and leather industry had hardly
national reputation. In 1870, however, there
were 4 231 tanneries in the United States, en-
ploying capital of 800 annually, and
producing leather valued at $50, 169. 1888. The
growth of the iron and steel industry has been
equally remarkable. In 1910 we produced only
10000 tons of iron, and our largest furnaces
could yield only 100 tons annually. But in
1880 the product 49,, 900 tons in 1860, 900
600 tons in 1880 the iron and steel works in the
United States produced ,265, 100 tons.
The aggregate annual product of our manu-
featuring and mechanical industries is now
more than six thousand millions of dollars
OF this vast product less than two hundred mil
lions are exported. And Of the 5000, 00O, 900
produced by agriculture, less than 10 per cent.
is exported. On the self-supporting power of
the American people, and of the mutual rela-
tons existing between our industries, we can
dwell as Americans with the most profound
satisfaction