The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-17
SENATOR HALE DINED.
The Complimentary Dinner rendered
by the Norfolk Club in Boston.

| anu among OtlleI SCHbiohiOu present WEI
Lieut. Gov. Ames, Hon.. F. Ames, Hon
Cakes Ames, Treasurer Beard, Hon. Rolan
Wellington, Major Gould, President Capel
of Tufts College and Col. J. j. Whipple
| Previous to the dinner, Senator Hale an,
o. d. Baker held reception in the hote
parlor, the presentations being made b,
Judge French, Major Gould and Mr. f. Fl
Williams.
| After the dinner Senator Hale was intro
duced, and when the applause had sufficient
ly subsidized to allow him to be heard, said:
| Gentlemen of the Norfolk Club:
| In addressing this association, / am no
unmindful of the fact that its members rep
resent, largely, not only the business and in
| telligence Of Boston and its neighborhood
| but also that sterling Republicanism which
believes in keeping the Republican party
in its day of prosperity, free from debasins
| influences, and likewise disbelieyes, wher
| the time of trial for the Republican party is
| at hand, in deserting it, and giving aid anC
| comfort to the Democratic party. | desire
| to present to you, gentlemen, the necessity
| lying at our door, of acquiring to our people
a much greater part than we now enjoy OF
| the commerce of the countries of what is
known to the historian as Spanish and POr.
tuguese America. Setting aside Mexico, for
the present, these countries embrace the re-
publics of Central and South America and
the great South American empire of Brazil
Two considerations strike the mind most
forcibly when entering upon this field of in
yestigation-first, the magnitude of the en-
tire commerce of these countries; and, sec
ondly, the small proportion of that COM
merce controlled today by the people of the
United States.
THE TOTAL FOREIGN COMMERCE
of Central and South America is more than
CSH0 of ial, OH :
100000 consist of merchandise imported from
the United States and Europe OF this total
commerce of $S50,000,0Co the United States
has $3.50 600, 900 annually, $90,co0,Coo Of this
being in imports from the countries, of which
l am now speaking, into the United States,
while we furnish them, of our exports, but
about $40, ,000, Geo annually. In other words,
with all the advantages which lie at our
door, the United States furnishes but 10 per
cent. ofsall the natural and industrial pro-
ducts Imported by our neighbors of the
American continent.
Not only do the people but the governments
of these republics stand ready to welcome
any step taken by the United States to in
crease communication, business and friendly
political relations In the last 20 years, the
balance of trade against US, our commercial
intercourse with Brazil, has reached the
enormous sum Of $579G00,C00 the imports,
during that time, have been 1921, ,000, 900,
and our exports only $145, 100000. The an
nual value OF merchandise imported, from all
bin 1ts MI itad ia1 y anous SaioooVooo, 1l
1'.t see 20 zoo GgeeS oly
more than 100000, 600 and France about $24,-
0C0,C00. On the other hand, we import from
Brazil, of her production, about $50, GEO. 900
ao ono Miie nno uIeaI oIisann imports less than
@'o'ooo'ooo' "iiiiuaiiJ' ieafAis
A BALANCE OF TRADE AGAINST US.
each year of about $40 COO. COO. and almost as
large balance in favor of Great Britain. In
our trade with the Argentine Renublie n
country that has steady and rapid growth
anSp anu pioP4%rsi9late % commercial increase, the
palaneS oI tIaue agaih&s6 81 Us, N the last 70
years; ea as tba 9een over $9z,VCoooo and IN the
is;tad a .i.ae country were not
and bU o9lv y fe1y AmaTicon sii,,l siGa aessgl
;,y aG ~ 20 u1iy q iom Aiellcan salnls veSsels
taaT, +aso .art pass epely Week pc
SwJu ,nTso LOO anu european countries,
rs 1911 ~ tJ Nv sJ'9Si HiEii ~ Salty pas
dliu nits II we GeltraI
tha Tstbn eAic4 ~ lH ~
- La+, 49, ,oeo ~ nc ?, III IiH ~
Sfstee, evnorts omo'mtad Iiis onieeu
fban son odo a biIe npr " s,ae itls
10 e, SSy 900 900 aiiao hoId,,n 70
mora tbsn COZ ooG ooo as"iuse 10 u
vears the Saiance If troda Is; DE-, Tao saiho ~ 9
Stata, of cfo cnion,h; " elaue III Isrtl, tne
South Amerno,' Sts+os Ia,oI str. uG,,es
ne and in ohout tho sama pronnrfiay,s 81 Az
oot;eS g ba ~ gions 3 az ~ tie
monev whos udr people paii 90 ticse tI Suuil2 aho
tries went largely into the pockets of Eng
countries has increased to remarkable ex-
tent For instance, in 1882 the trade between
the United States and Chill amounted to
S35S5, 600, while the trade of England with
Chill reached nearly $73000,00O, and that of
France and Germany about $13,OC0, 900 EACH
Seventy-one German steamers and lat Ger
man sailing vessels entered the Chilian ports
in 1882, against four steamers and 81 sailing
vessels under
THE FLAG OF THE TINTED STATES
,is,,,+ ;,,,,s+na+;o. =, ~. .,;-oa.io,,
nlg1t 90 on iiiustratlIlg ~ IN tlls ulrection,
p.o ~; ~ ny ari miei " w ioon 'iio
up9n viils S vi paa1loIl E,roy VI ay suDjege ,,
, IioW nSs0 Iulopotn oounsiieo - SeGuieu Jus
t1ntr1i tb Iid % 80 atge p pU[.nun u ~ Mny naS
et Sn4 f., end1 W
dn, away s anu 10 peopie' anu "na' can po
wy T;1st % tE,,nn,a55 q ,+; ,a s,,.o;.u..
CIT rarsi, rtaiopSSn ma.aoas ,,d amu espeflany
~. r0ao -, "a aiad ~ ase,
ny M GM4s6iniHent d aid, nelpeu W pullu up anu
i,,,,atio, ,, ;os 20 am Speeuy o3
hnt,nea,, o,d u the l,nt
South American Countries @ % se pSecondiv 'Afbe tbe
,1oo,nIa of AZ 1Tn;to5 Stofas boIe hn,ro+a Sl,o
fa Iea, on 'f l,to1
@ Dter, Uv,dei WI ~ eapLea1
a. daIn;, , % ~
or i iS'
sgsinst s,ibsidies which are songht IT, ens en.
eIa,o ,'d st;,1otn a,,J Ji9 briSd @
n,au 4,p GU 10y
t st .tes ' uas @ I,os s1di, ~
Sno ia3o m0
a astaad ro,a
a. ay,to,o+ If IiU;,,g aIo ~, oaina ~ W
have g;uen In snhs6ias u rs;lrnad IL, oS
Is ooo 600 go 1,,d Id -; -;
5;as d Inc 600 600 pt+b;s ,I -, ~ 49,,
and other and grayer conditions now nresent
themselves to be considered by our
business men and by our government.
What 1--we want. then. are the mar
kets of these neighbors of ours that lie to
the south of u.s. We want the S4OO. coo. Geo
annually which TODAY 90 TO ENGLAND. France
Germany and other Countries. To seek by
every means to bring this ahout. the Repu6-
lican party is. and has for wears been. com
mitted. both in the administrative depart-
ment of tbe government while II was in now
-er. and in Congress-. When the present ad-
ministration came into power. ali this
changed. An augmentation which had been
carried through the last Congress-. to he dis
trihuted in the aid of American lines was
deliberately abandoned by the new nostmas-
ter-general. who refused to distribute it. and
who made contracts at rates greatly below
what is maid for nostaI communication on
land During the present session fine com
mittee on REPRESENTATIONS. in the Senate.
placed upon the postOffice appropriation hi III
which had come to that body from the
House of Representatives a provision Civ
ing $SCo,000 for the transportation of for
eign mails, to be divided among American
lines of steamers, for carrying the United
States mails to the countries of Central and