The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-25
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AUGUSTA. yE-. July ia-Hon. J. C
Blaine issued hs lesier Of aeo-rsaDce ye<s~.
day. IL Is rather a lengthy dccumcn,
dated July Is. In reference To the tariff h
says: "Reveune laws are in their yer
nature subject to frequent re- sson in orde,
that they may he adapted 90 changes n;
notifications Of trade. Tie Repu5iiczl
party 10 not c~on,endIng for ne p~crmaneqf
Of any particular statute. The issue
tween the two parties docs nos have -
ence 20 q specific law. I. Is far br( ser
and far deeper. II invoi' - . prince OF
wide Application and beIefscen, infSfnce
against . theory which ". believe to un-
sound In conception and Inevitably tFtfnl
In practice. In the many tariff r<-ions
which have been Necessary for u past
tweniy-three years, or which ma hteai'er
become necessary, the ~l;epubiican ~ has
maintained and will maintain the kiscy of
protection to American industry. bile our
opponents ins;s, upon a revision. Nh prae-
tically destroys that policy. IN ssuc l.
thus distinct well defnei and ur0 "iiaole.
The pending election may dets4sine the
fate Of protection for a genera ~. The
overthrow Of the policy means large and
permanent reduction Ia the VIZ ot the
American laborer, besides involS the los
Of vast O OF Americzr& sapiiAl in
vested in manufacturing entertr>,S The
value Of the present revenue $S-m to the
people of the United States iskot i matter
of theory, and l shall snbGtE no arsu-
ment TO sustain IT, ] only injr attention
Ia certain facts Of official reco& which seem
10 constitute a demehstraiionf TN foreign
commerce he has this 10 say3,A frequent
accusation by our opponents : that the for
eign commerce Of the counts has steadily
decayed under the influence Icf the protec-
tive tariff. In this way tho seek 10 array
the importing interest agairSi the Repabli-
can party. IL Is 4 cominon snd We, radical
error 10 cOnfound the consnicrre of the
country with It's carrying frade-an error
often committed in%nocently and sometimes
designedly-but an error - gTo,, that IL
does not distinguish he,ween tie ship and the
cargo. Foreign commerce represents the ~:
ports and imports Of a country regardless of
the nationality Of the vessel that may arr
the commodities Of exchange. Dun carrying
trade has from obvious cat>e> suffered
many discOuragemen.s since 1850, but our
foreign commerce has In the same period
steadily and prodigionsly incrcasei-in-
creased indeed at a rate and Ia an mount
which absolutely dwarf all previous de-
selopnehts OF our trade beyond the sea
From 1850 To the present time the foreign
IN OF the United States, ldi, idcd
with approximate equality between exports
and impOrts) reached the astounding az
gregate of twenty-four thousand millions Of
dollars tS24,00 900, OO0.l The balance in
this vast ommerc inclined in our favor.
bun it wOuld nave been much larger II our
trade with the countries of America, else
where referred to, had been more wisely
adjusted"
AGRICULTURE
- document. which is protective
throughout, says Of the agricultural interest
1.-THE agricultural interest Is by far the
ofgest in the nation, and i, entitled in every
00ustment of revenue law to the first con-
fstdontion. Any policy hostile la the full
est Dvelopment of agriculture In the United
SotQl must he abandoned. Realizing this
fxet II opponents Of the present system
va ~ batC III WY w w
persuA3ov bA farmers Of the United STATES
that tho, - robbed by a protective tariff.
and the ert is thus maded 10 con
solidate fDlr vQei influence in favor Of free
trade. Buta a1 ~ the farmers Of America
are inteiliget cannot be mislead by
s0phistry wheA helusive facts are before
them. They - p1lnly that during the
past twenty-f0ur No. wealth has not been
acquired in one se3C o. u BY one interest at
the expense Of anot1pr 6pe8ion or another
interest They seq k'.oes Ne agricultural
States have made evel& poro Apid progress
than the manufacturfsA St91AL In these
extraordinary development til 1srmers see
the hopeful impulse g Nc nnEket, and
they see that the financiS and revenue
system, enacted since the Rt1 >eiieon party
came into power, has establfkA I'D CON
stantly expanded the home mafo They
see that even In the case Of whe1G vhtoh Is
Dur chief cereal export, they have ~, IN
the average Of the years since the q - 81
the war, three bushels At home to ono ley
have sold abroad, and that In the cas6of
corn, the only other cereal which we expIR
to any extent, 100 bushels have been used 81
home to three and q half bushels exported.
In some years the disparity has been so great
that for every peck OF corn exported LOG
bushels have BEEN consumed In the home
market. The farmers see that In the
increasing competition from the grain fields
Of Russia and from the distant plains Of
India. the growth Of the home market be-
comes daily Of greater concern to them and
thai its impairment would depreciate the
value Of every acre of tiilable land
In the Union.' referring to foreign
relations, Blaine Is rather temperate In his
remarks, nothing of . bellieose nature APP
pearing. concluding on that subject by say
ing: Our foreign policy should be
an American policy in Its broadcast
and most comprehensive sense pol
ICY Of peace. Of friendship, Of commercial
enlargement. The name Of American
which belongs TO rs In our National ca
pacity must always exalt the just pride of
patriotism. Citizenship must be The pano-
ply and safeguard Of him who wears II. The
American citizen, rich or poor, native or
naturalixed. white o. coIored. must every
where walk secure In his personal and civil
rights the public should never ACCEPT a
lesser duty. Is can never assume q noAler
one than the psUtection of the humbh=f
who holds IL loyally-protection ct
home and protection which shall follow hin
abroad. into whatever land he may 90 upon
. lawful Grand"
TIE SOUTHERN QrEsTIox.
Nr. Blaine says: Il recognize. not With
out regret the necessity for speaking Of two
sections Of our country. But Tie regret
diminishes when l zee that the elements
which separate them are fast disappearing.
PyejudIces have yielded and are yielding.
while . growing coriiaIity warns the South
em and Northern heart alike Can any one
doubt that between the two sections coma
}ence and esteem are to-day more marked
kan 1t any period tn the sixty
NyA preceding the election Of Prest
- lincoln? This b the result In
p0Sl time and in part Of Republican
prineks applied under the favorable con
ditto upiformity. IL would Be great
c~aianaeEP change thess influences under