Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-19

Of slaves.
"Iu these extraordinary developments the
farmers see the helpful impulse oi q homo
market, and they see that the hnauc,a
aud revenue system enacted since the
| Republican party came into power. mas
established and constantly expanded the
| home market. They SOC that oven in tho
case of wheat, which is our chief cereal
export, they have sold, ia the avor-
age of the years since tho close oil
| tho war, three bushels at home to tho QUO
they have sold abroad, aud that IN tho
case Ot corn, the only other cereal which
| we export to any extent, 100 bushels nave .
been used at home to 3 bushels exported.
In some years the disparity has been So |
great that for cvery peck of corn exported !
| 100 bushels have been consumed III the |
homo market Tne farmers SEQ that III !
the increasing competition from the grain
fields Of Russia and from the distant plains
! of India tho growth Of the home market
| becomes ut greater concern to them, anu
that It's impairment would dcprcciate the
value OF every acre of tho tllIable IAnd
in the Union"
| Iuterna Commerce.
With regard to the internal commerce.
OF the country, no says " The INTERNAL
commerce ot our thirty eight states and
niue territories is carried on without let
or hindraucs, without tax, detention or
governmental interference ot any kind
whatever. Ii spreads freely over al area
Of 3 800, 900 square mileS-almost equal IN
extent to the whole continent Of Europa.
Its profits are enjoyed to day by 81, 900, 600
American ireomen, aud from thus enjoy
meut no monopoly is created. According
to Alexander Hamilton, when h0 discussed
the same subject in 1870, 'tho internal
competition which takes place does away
with everything like monopoly, and by do
grCes reduces the prices of articles to the
minimum Of reasonable profit ON the
capital employed II is impossible to
point tn = single monopoly in the United
States that has been created or iostered by
, tho industrial system which is upheld by
tue Republican party.
Tho reduction of wages inevitably couse-
T Qdcnt upon throwing our home market
: open To tho world would deprive thcm of
. the power To do this. IL would prove a
great calamity TO our country. 1t would
, produce conflict between the poor and
the rich. and in sorrowtul degradation of
. labor would plant the seeds of public
danger. The Republican
, party has protected the fee labor OF
: America 80 that its compensation is larger
/ than is realized in any other country. IL
5 has guarded our people against the unfair
4 CpUlItllllOu Ol tOulIAtS lhONl llbh NhAho
Q and may be calcd upon to prohibit the
growth Of a similar evil from Europe
e our Foreign Policy.
Ia his remarks concerning our foreign
policy, he continues :" With the nations
4 Of the Western hemisphere We should
" cultivate closer relations, and for our
Il common prosperity and advancement we
should invite them all TO join with us IN
u an agreement that, for the future, all
v International troubles in North or South
il America shall be adjusted by impartial
u arbitration and not by arms. This project
> was part Of the fixed policy of President
10 iariicld's administration, and IL should, 10
10 my judgment, DO removed. Its accom-
io plishmeut on this continent would favor
10 ably affect the nations beyond tho sea, and
thus powerfully contribute at no distant
Is day to the universal acceptance OF the
philauthrUpic and Christian principle o
gu arbitration. The effect even of suggcstin!
le it for the Spanish American states ha
Us been most happy, and has increased tn
Il confidence OF those people in our friendl
III disposition. IL fell TO my lot as secretar
y Of state, in June, 1881. to quiet appTehen
~ sion in the Republic Of Mexico by givin
10 the assurance IN an official dispatch tha
- there is not tho faintes; desire in tn
u United States for territorial extension
III south of the Rio Grande. The boundarie
of the two republics have been established
in conformity with the best jurisdictiona
y interests Of both. The lue OF demarcatiOl
is not merely conventional. 1t is more. l
10 separates q Spanish. American people from
~ a Saxon American people. 1t divides on
~ great nation from another with iistlnc
= aud natural iipality.'
= "WC seek the cOnquests of peace. w
u desire 10 extend our commerce, and IN a
III especial degree With our friends an
Is neighbors on this continent. We hav
'n not improved our relations with Spanish
10 America az wisely ana as persistently a
u we might have done. For more than
" generation the sympathy Of those coun
40 tries has been allowed to drift away iron
u US. We should now make every effort
" gain their Friendship. Our trade wit
no them is already large, During the la'
year our exchanges in tho Western hemi
nc phere amounts ed $3.50, 0O0, ,00)-nelrly one
Ut fourth our entire foreign commerce. I
as those who may be disposed to uuderra,
OF the value of trade with the countries
ny North and South America, it ma
oS be well to state that their populatio
oi is nearly or quite 80, 600, ,0O0-aud tina
ld in proportion to aggregate numbers, v
10 import nearly double as much from thei
us as we do from Europe. But the result {
'lr the whole American trade is in a hig
eS degree unsatisfactory. Tho imports duriu
a. tho past year exceeded 1925, 900 600, whi
eh the exports were less than sl25 ,OOO, 0OC
30 showing a balance against us of more tha
10 800 900, 900. But the money does not /
,St to Spanish America. We send large sun
lie to Europe in coin or its equivalent to pa
European manufacturers for the goOt
which they send TO Spanish America. W
or are bat paymasters for this enormoI
il amount annually to European factors;
y, amount which is a serious draft, in evel
IN financial depression, upon our resources
m specie"
n War Issuss and UiyiI SERVICE.
es "Any effort to unite the Southern stat
he upon issues that grow out Of the memoir
he of tho war will summon the Northe
,ss states to combine in the assertion OF tn
ny nationality which was their inspiration
lr the civil struggle. The pub
les business will be aided by separating 4
70, legislative branch of the government fro
no all control of appointments, and the O
IN ecutiye department will DO relieved
lte subjecting appointments to fixed rul,
,ly aud thus removing them from tue capri
of of fayoritism. But there should be rig
Dm observance of tho law which gives in
gn cases of equal competency the preieren
cd TO the soldiers who risked their lives