Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-11-08

will leave no stone unturned to crush our manufacturing interests that British
 monopoly may again prevail.
 Through the labors and money Of the
 Golden Club. the English free traders
 and manufacturers expect to turn the tide of American politics, destroy our
 industries as they destroyed our mer- chant marine, and thus secure the ad-
 vantages resulting from the absolute control of the trade of the world. | In this connection permit me to quote an extract from the minutes of that club,
 recently held: 'In the United States,
 the events of the last few years, the ef-
 forts of many able and active Free Ira
 ders, and the exertiOns of your commit
 tee in disseminating publications have
 had the effect of bringing free exchange
 (that Is the term they use for free trade) to the front as one of the great questions
 of they day."
 If any further evidence is neeled, of
 the machinations of English monopOlists
 and free traders, 1t IS furnished m the
 extracts from their newspapers which
 are beiug re produced in the American
 press almost daily. This political contest l IS DOt Oulg h hNEukElc nAAA bhc DNA-S
 cratic party, but 1t is also fright against
 the supremacy of British trade, and a
 battle of self preservation.
 We have 100000 of people engaged
 in manufactures. Our manufac' ured
 products amount to S6,OOO,OOO,OO0 annu-
 ally. For the production Of this S6,OOO- | 0OOOO0 We psy at least SlOOO, ,OOOOOO
 more than they pay in Europe, and our operatives generally receive at least
 double what they ard paid in the old
 world. This immense amount does not | go into the pocket of the manufacturer, but is distributed among the employees. | This of itself IS sufficient to justify and vindicate the wisdom of the protective
 system, If nothing else could be said Tn
 its favor. The operatives Of our country
 are not the ignorant slaves that they are | in Europe. but they are better housed, l
 better clothed, better fed and better ed- | | ucated than any similar class of people | in the world. The manufacturing oper- |
 atIve of this country IS a citizen armed |
 with the ballot; free man, and the pub |
 lie schools of this country afford him the | opportunity to rear his children Tn a |
 manner to enable them tO become use ful and intelligent cO-wOrkers In the |
 cause of human liberty. In this country |
 the mechanic, artisan and factory opera
 tive constitute large and very import
 ant part of the wealth and intelligence
 of the nation. Here they can afford to
 eat beeisteak instead of oatmeal.
 They can enjoy the luxu-
 ries as we'll as the comforts of life, and
 can raise themselves to the most eIalIvu
 position in society CT official station, if
 they have the character, ability and en- ergy to utilize the advantages of Ameri- can civilization.
 We had at the last census, J0.0O0.O00 of people. 1S,0OO,0OO os this are engaged m active employ ment. 1,COl,OOO o' these are engaged in agrculture. Now, fel-
 low citizens, We have l.OO0OO0 engaged Tn manufactures, and 1,6O1OOO engaged in agricultural pursuits. These 7,6OO,- 900 raised enough produce in 1880 iO feed the entire nation, and there was a surpluse sufficient for all the wants of Europe beside. We talk of hard times. but imagine the result II these 4,O00.OJJ engaged m manufactures were thrown out of employment. Thls F precisely what England is striving to accomplish. The more wage-receiving people you have tine greater the number of consumers aud the more extensive the market for your agricultural products. Destroy our manufactures and you throw upon fine world 4,OO0,000 additional people who would be compelled tO resort to ag- rIculture or stock raising, which would glut the market t1 such an extent that the farmer would b. left without any return for hls labor.
 Our commerce in 1861 was over $J0S,- 100000. In 1880 1t was over Sl ,5lI,OOO.- |, O00. In 1860 our manufactured prod ucts amounted to Sl,lSj.CG0,0OO, and in lSSO they had risen to the enormous | sum of S5,369, ,00O.OOD. In lSS0 we im- | ported of foreign goods a little over S479,000O00. Take a brief review of 1 the situation and ob,erve the wonderful i change which few years have wrought m the national prosperity Of this coun- ] try. I
 We are now making of the mauufac- . tured products used m this country to- day over 92 per cent. and importing only I $ per cent, whereas a few decades ago i the thing was reversed. Of the manu- ; factured goods used here then not more , than ten per cent were made in this | country, and ninety per cent came from ' Europe. Now 92 per cent are made q here and about 5 per cent are imported. What IS still more astounding IS the [ fact that the prices of articles are not [ for nearly every manufactured { article IS less to-day than 1t was ID ls6O. | In 1S6O steel rails could { be bought [ for less than Sl3O per ton; furniture is | twenty per cent cheaper than it was in q 1860; stone and eartheuware Is two per q bent less; cotton grOIs are 2 per cent [ less; silk goods over 3O cent less, and [ wooden dry goods 9 per cent less. d
 s.F N.-...a were S2S, ,JOO,0O0. In lSS0 they had risen | to over S2l4,OOOOO0; Our exports have n increased iD an astonishing ratio. and our cars, carriages, carts, edge D tools, cutlery goods, glassware and a every specIes of manufactures are at a ID premium and are successfully compet- n ing with English goods on English soil. Think of the steel of Sheilisld being eclipsed by the American article, and rivailing that famed English production in the very city of it's manufacture Think of American cotton goods sur = passing the Epglish production in he city of Manchester. and in greater ~ demand. Think of American agricul- .ural implements running ous of the markets of Australia similar articles of English manufacture, aud last, but not east, think of America supplying the English market with beef and cheese,
 In addition to these results to the protective system, money is cheaper iud more easily obtained than before he war. The increase of manufactur- ug establishments in the Southern States is another evidence of the rapid progress now being made III this import mt branch of industry. The great States of Georgia, Louisiana and North jarOlina are fast looming up as great centers, and the cen- us of 1880 shows the rapid strides which hese great commOnvealths have made D this particular paitment. Take the tate of Georgia for example, which Is he leading manufacturing state in the 'outh GeorgIa in 1860 had 1890 manu- establishments. In lSS0 she vi ad 3,j93. In 1S60 she had capital em- ha loved in manufactures tO the amount VI f SIO.S90.S75. In 1880 1t amounted to nS In 1860 the value of her pll uroIr,fa K, -