The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-01-22
BUSINESS DEPRESSION.
Continued from lhlrd pago,

are 1852 rer cent. higher, Flax and jute
good lO3 per cent high r, and bontH aud
Shoes US per cent, higher, ana | mignt
c intlnuG 10 cite from this valuable re-
port, but II ~ not necessary for my pnT
p IN, The item OF food Preparations
alone shows that labor receives u geuer
Gus share OF The large product aud can,
not possibly be Indebted 10 the tar II
laws for any OF this share, The sans N
trne OF boots and shoes quote from
Howard NJ Newhall, OF Lynn, Mass.,
whom thu Boot and Shoe Reporter certi.
aes one of the most intelligent and en-
terpIislng persons eng ged IN the trade,
In his testimony before a committee OF
the Massachusetts Legislature In Feb
raaTy, 1889, no says thai no other COnn'
try knows how or could make shoes M
fast aud AZ cheap a. the Yankees on
ACCOUNT or MAGNIFICENTLY EQUIPPED
mechanics, aud appliances for manu-
featuring the trade could supply In ak
months, all the boots and Shoes needed
In a year by our population, He con
tlnued, "that on account OF the tariff
they were curt tiled IN heir operations"
and In ana yzilg the comp nent parts
OF u pair OF shoes adapted Tor market In
a warm elm ate, for which there was q
large demand. He showed conclusively
the cost OF the materials was enhanced
90 cents q pair before the process OF
manuf ictufe begins. Aud claiming
this AZ the only drtriment they encOunt'
cred 70 extending their trade To foreign
countries.
THE CLAIM THAT MANUFACTURING
would have TO suspend II tariff duties
were removed, because our foreign com.
petlt0rs would food our market with
their goods In absurd, Commerce Ia
controlled by natural laws, just as sure
ly az any other NOV ment Of forces. Let
us suppose that O ngress should nj once
and suddenly suspend the tariff duties
and the tide OF foreign goods begin to
Il W.. Suppose we grant that our mann.
~factnrers would have TO suspend, and
this should continue indeil lltely, In II
not q fact tina. three forces would event.
ually combine TO abate this flood OF
goods.
First. Human nature asserting its
natural inclination TO make largo
profits, manufacturers would at lrst DO
very firm, then advanc', tho price OF
their merchandise.
Second. As the quantity OF raw ma.
terlals being consumed arrived nearer
the amount Of supply, their prices could
not DO kept down.
Third, and most important. Foreign
labor would necessarily have 10 DO con-
stantly employed, aud its supply neces
sarily become limited. and would do
mand Increased remuneration, and for.
eign IN lrkets would ba no less quick TO
respond TO these natural conditions than
our own, and a very few years would
suffice for ns TO renew manufacturing.
have recitei the natural and philo
eophical reason why We could not DO
flooded with foreign goods, are there
any other reasons why we could notp
Take the three countries OF England,
Germany and France, the two latter
protective tariff countries, who pay
theii labor from 3b 10 80 per cent. less
than England, II II IL a fast NJ we are
told, that Oh account OF the high wages
paid In thil country, we are prevented
from exporting manufactured merchan.
disc, would II not on the reverse theory
DO possible for the Germans and French
abiding "a they do, under q protective
tariff,
TO FLOOD ENGLAND AND DRIVE HER
from her own market. But what are
the factap The high rate OF wages paid
English artisans 10 no bar 10 holding
their own market, or TO acquiring thu
lions share In all the mirAets OF the
world. A rule that applies 10 England
and her work people, cannot help but
apply TO our own country and people.
THE FARMERS ARE TOLD.
They are protected. VIII any one be
kind enough 10 tell why no needs pro.
teotlon. have shown that OF the Gus.
toms revenue paid In 1880 their share
was almost q half. But while they are
being stripped OF a large share OF their
profits, they are the only class who by
any 20 liability can bring 10 out Of this
depression. II was they who made re-
sumption OF specie payments possible 10
1879, and again In 1884 they are called
| upon. This time TO help our languigh.
Ing manufacturers TO their feet, by
starting their products 10 market. The
export OF their nrodurta IL enormous,
amounting In 1883 TO 90. 300 40, and In
the ten wears previous and Including
1880, "a, 705, 100000.
WHILE OUR AGRICULTURAL STAPLES
Must always predominant In our exports
our manufactured products might be OK
| ported In greater quantities 40 Ia proven
they could be, nv The statistics OF manu-.
features for 1860 Then WI had Ia0,43
manufactures, q gain OF II, 1903 over
1850; ZACH employed 0 hands aud all ex'
ported manufactured In 1860 were f69,
68l 400, u gain Of S127 0l0 over 1850. In
1870 our manufactOrles under tina I'm
petus Of the tariff almost doubled, but
In the decade 10 1880 they olly grew
1901 and employed au average Of II men
each, and the exports were $l37 085 282
IA gain over 1870 OF $4,000, Perhaps
/ can state this more clear when ! say
that the exports for each man employed
In manufacturing In 1850 was valued nc
$50; IN 1860 II was $i5; and In twenty
years TO 1880 had only advanced TO $65.
In the movement OF this enormous yield
OF tho eoil aud our manufacturer, aud In
the |migralions and emigrations OF the
human family from one country or con.
tinent 10 tho other, there must be en-
tailed an enormous carrying trade over
tho ocean.
Speaking Of the carrying trade, | can
not but think Of the
STORY on FOX THE ENGLISH STATESMAN,
and tho lrst Napoleon. II was.
during u respite OF tue incemant wars
waged by the latter, that Fog was In
Paris, aud often In tho society Of tho
frat Consul for whom he had cOncel we'd
a lively admiration. Walking toset1o r
one day In the Louvre, they we're pas
Inn ntprreptTinl globe. Nnpoleon atop.