The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-10-23

ings OF Repu bllcan press ana speakers
should feel II waa their duty" to inl-
pose charges upon exports TO their
countries equal % the reductions made
in the cost Of carrying from Chicago 20
New York IN 1863 by our water routes
and railways. There are evidences that
they mean TO put charges on these ar
ticIea, and Republican speeches are
highly approved by British aud C0ntln-
entail journals, France aud other Euro
pean countries have already prohibited
the importation of some Of our PROV
siOns, and they contemplate further
action In the same direction. II IL
urged with truth that II we give pros
| peTity to our manufacturers all other
indu tTies would he benefited, but II ~
also tTse II we harm our farming, car
Tying and commercial puranlta We
bring great dlaastera upon our manu-
lecturers, Oar agricultural Interests
are thu most Important OF all, not only
on account C the great value Of the
farm products, hut from The fact that
more Of our citiZena ara engaged IN II
than In any other pnrsnit
There IL no Free Trade party In our
! country nor one opposed TO raising the
largest share OF our national revenue
10y taxes np0n imports.
The amount raised In this way IN
1884 was over $l9b 100000,
Nearly all of this vast sum, which,
has been paid by our people, who used
imported articles, has benefited our
manufacturers. Since 1870 the amOunl
raised by taxes on imports has been
more than two thousand seven hundred
millions Of dollars. No party objects I,
this method of raising revenue,
Az this IN the customary mode OF rAiH
Ing revenue among all nations, II cal
give no OlfOnse nor excite retaliation
~ II does not put taxes upon those tina
use foreign productions solely for III,
purpose Of excluding such production
from our country.
The discussion between parties ha'
been how the amount TO be raised 6l
taxes on imports shall be app0rtiOned,
There IL no Free Trade party in u
country. There will be none II higl
tariff men do not call II into exIstenc,
by extreme measures,
There IL q general complaint Of TN
burdens of taxation; they add 10 Tn
cost OF production and thus cut dow
the amount of our exports aud tnrn IN
balance Of trade against us, and thu
harm all industries,
II Is our duty, then, at this election L
consider and discuss the interests Of al
our Industries, and TO legislato not h
build up one Mt the cost Of the other
but to benefit oil.
Those engaged upon our canals, rly
era. lakes and railroads In Transporting
the varied products Of our land, are
large class engaged In laboriOus pur
suits, which demand mental and phys
ical vig0r,
Any dimlnutlon Of our exports wOul,
bring great lOss 10 them. The fallin.
or In value of our railroads and othe
facilities, has been caused by tho Zoe
that for u part Of the year thu balanc
Of trade has been turned against "
This WAS 0ue In part I the heavy taxi
ton which has added 10 the cost of pro
ducti0a, II In evident that every charu
on our productions affects our export
In the same way that the cost Of carry
ing does. This IL shown In n atrikin
way In the statement with regard TO III
lowering OF charges on the Erie cana
Taxes imposed by our G0vernmen
should be reduced for other reasons
They are not only hurtfnl TO our farm
era, mechanics ana Iaboring men, 6u
also to our manufacturers, for no pur
suit can be prosperous when all other
are depressed.
The erroneous idea that Europe Is de
pending upon IA for food, Is lending u
into many mistakes and into seriOu
difficulties,
Our great exports TO that COntinen
during the past eight years were cause
partly by the lailureOf their crops, Nn
partly by the fact that we cut down Oh
cost Of carrying to their ports,
We cannot sell our grain and prov
si0ns to other countries unless we ca
d. 10 AT lower prises than they have I
pay elsewhere.
This year We are advised that thei
harvests are abundant. We are told thu
the dealers In grain In the west relyiu
upon the necessities Of European cour
tries recently engaged In wild specula
tons In provisions and bread stulfs. /
the meantime our foreign customer
provided for their wants elsewhere
This fact made many bankruptcies an
other disasters; II WAS one OF the cause
OF business trouble In our country,
harmed the carrying trade and brok
down the value of railroad and other In
yestmenta,
The outlook for our farming interest
Is not favorable. In addition 10 tho fac,
that, this season the European harvest
arc abundant, we have evidence that IN
leading Governments Of that UOntinen
are taking measures by founding Colo
MES and other means 10 get foreign pro
duetsi In exchange for their manufacture
Great Britain, by building railways an,
sending improved tools TO India, ha
raised IT, product OF wheat 40 that
now exports more than 100000 bush
els. This amount will rapidly increas
as the cost Of labor IL only about twu
shilli1gs per day.
In addition to this, France, Germany
and other Powers, now shut out some 0
our provisions, and we have reason +
think that this pulley IL to be extendel
to our breadstulIs. There are great RI
gioDsin South America fitted for graf
growing, and as to provisions, we know
that cattle are killed there only 70
their hides. Commerce between tina
country and Europe can easily and raj
idly develop the resources OF the Sout
American Continent 10 Europe now cor
trolls the ocean trade, We cannot main
tain our shipping merely by an expor
trade; we must have return cargoes.
The outlook for our grain and cattl
raisers IL not favorable unless by q wis
policy we can avert the dangers whic
threaten them. Light taxes as tart,
would drive them from European port
Our farmers engaged In the dairy bus.
ness are not AT this time ~ prosperou
as they were In years past. II, ther,
fore, the British Government shOul
yield to the demand Of Its land owners
made in effect like the declarations {
the late National Republican Conyer