The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-19
lars (30. 900 900 OO0) had been added during
these twenty yeata to the permanent

lars (30.000,00O. .OOO) had been added durin
these twenty yeata to the permanel
wealth Of tho Nation. Z
These results are regarded by tho oldt
Nasloss o! the world as phenomenal. Tbs
our country should surmount tho peril an
the cost oil agigsntic war and Tor m entir
period oi twenty years make Ru averag
gain to its wealth OF Sl25,0OO,000 pc
month surpassrs the experience OF all othe
Nations, ancient or modern. Even th
opponents o! tho present Revenue system
DO not pretend thst In the whole history {
civilization any psral lei can ha found to tn
material progress Of. tho United StRtes
since tho accession Of the Republican part
TO power. sYysrlAiy gG55., ILa !
The period between 1860 and to-day ha
not BEEN one OF material prosperity only
At no time In the history OF the UniteI
States has there been such progress in th
moral and philan.hrepic aelI. Religion
and charitable Institutions, schools, semi
narlea and colleges, have been, founde,
and endowed far moro generously than a
any previous tins in our history. Create
and more varied reliel has been exsendet
to human suffering and the entire progress
OF the country In wealth has been accom-
panied and dignilad by broadening ant
elevation Of our National character as I
people. --,.,,
Oar oppouents find fault that onr reve
nue. system produces surplus. But they
should not forget that the law has given q
specific purpose 10 which all OF The snrplu:
is proGtabty and honorably applied-the
reduction Of the public debt and the conse
anent relief Of the burden Of taxation. Nc
dollar hes been wae.ed, aud the ouly ex.
sravagaIcs with which the party stands
charged Is tie generous pensioning Of sol
die!s, sailors and their families-au ex-
trsvagaRca which embodies the highest
form OF Justice in tho recognition and nay.
mens Of q sacred debt. When reduction
OF taxation is to be made, the Republican
party can be trusted to accomplish II in
such fcrm aa will most effectively aid the
industries Of the Nation. q I,
& OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
Afrequen. accusation BY our opponents
is that the Foreign Commerce OF the eoun.
try has steadily decayed under the inilu'
ence Of the Protective Tariff. In this way
they seek to array the importing interest
sgairs! tho Republican Party. It isa com.
mon and YET radical error 10 coniouud the
coiDme1cs oil the country with its Carrying
trade-an error often committed innocent
ly and sometimes deaynedly-brt an error
80 gross that it does not dislirguish be.
tween the ship and the cargo. Foreign
commerce represents tho exports and i'm.
ports OF country regardless Of the nation.
ality Of the vessel thai may carry the com.
modities of exchange. Oar carrying trade
has from obvious causts su Il 5red many dis.
eouragemenss since 1850, but our foreign
commerce has in the came period steadily
and prcdigiously incressad-increased In.
deed ut q ls.e and 10 an amount which sb.
solutely dwarf all previous developments
OF our trade beyond the sos. From 1860 to
the present time the foreign commerce OF
the United S.stpa, divided with approx.
mate equality between exports and imports)
reached the astounding aggregate of,Wenty.
iour thousand millions Of dollars ($2f 900. !.
900 .000). The balance in this vast com.
mercs Inclined in our favor, but j. would
have been much larger il our trade with
the countries Of America, elsewhere refer.
red to. had been more wisely adjusted.
It's difficult even 10 appreciate the mag.
nitude ol our export trade since 1860 and
We can gain correct conception Of it only
by comparison with. preceding results in
the SANS field. The total exports IRON the
United States from the Declaration Of In.
in l77G down to the day Of
Lincolns election in 1850, added to all that
had previously been exported from the
American Colonies from their original set.
tlement, amounted to less than nine thou.
aaud millions Of: dollars Isl, 900. 900, ,0001.
Or the other hand our exports from 1850
to ths close OF the last f3cal year excesded
twelve thousand millions OF dollars lSl2,-
100000. .00o)-,he whole Of it being tho
product OF American lGbor. Evidently
4 Protective tariff has not injured our
export trade when under its influence, we
in twenty.iour years forty percent
more than the total amount that has been
exported in the entire previous history Of
American commerce. All the detailB,
when analyzed, correspond with this e;gan.
tic result, The commercial cities Of tho
Union never had such growth as they have
enjoyed since 1860. Our chief emporium,
the city Of New York with her dependen-
cies, has within that period doubled her
population and increased her wealth five-
fold. During the same period the imports
and exports which have entered and lett
her harbor are more than, double in. .butk
and value the whole amount:intported and
exported by her ha.s u I,
Of the first Dutch sssdeen tne sottlsms..; I.
Manhattan and the outbreak 81 81 ld6 UiviI
War in 1850. ,st3s 81
AGRICULTURE AND TuETAEIFr:
Tho Agricultural interest is by far the
largest in the Nation, and is entitled in
every adjustment Of Rsvenus laws TO the
first consideration. Any policy hostile 10
the fullest development CT agriculture in
the United States mus. bs abandoned. Re.
alizing this fact the opponents ei the pres
ent system Of Revenue have labored very
earnestly to persuade tho farmers Of the
United States that they arerobbed by a
protective tariff, and the elrJrt is thus
made to consolidate their vast
lDuueuUd lh lhVoT VI Hee tIhue.
But happily The farmers Of America are
intelligent ind cannot ks mialed by so.
phis!ry when conclusive facts are before
them. They eee plainly that during the
past twenty.iour yeara, wealth has not
heen acquired in one section or by one in
tefeats tbs expense Of another section or
another intereat. They See that the agri.
cultural States have mada oven more rapid
progress than the manufacturing Ststel. =
The farmers see that In 1850 Ma8saehu.
estts and Iilinois had about the same
weal,h-=betYesR $500 900 600 and $780,.
000. 600 each-aad lhst in 1880 Massachu.
sets had advanced to 81, 600 900 600, while
illinois had advanced to, So 200 600 600.
They ;es that Nav Jersey and Iawa we're
just equal In population in 1860 and that
in twenty years tho wealth Of New Tersey
was increased by the sum Of $3.50, 900 .0OO,
while the wealth OF Iowa was incraassd by
thesum Of Sl,5o0, 100000 They .sae thst
TIE nins leatiug agricultural Safes Of the
West ha7e growa SO rapidly in prosperity
that the aggregate addition to their wealth
since 1860 is almost as great Is the wealth
.