The Wilmingtonian., 1886-08-07

by guaranteed companies inclusive of th,
cost of the East India Railway.
Total expenditures on canals used for irri
CATION and navigation, from 1878 to 1884, g
period often years, amounted to s11, 433, 964. y
What is the result of this business.lke
far-seeing, wise, and courageous policy Of
England's statesmen
Why, simply this, that England has
snatched from our hands our wheat market.
In 1880 our wheat exports to England
amounted to $27S, 900, 900 in value Last year
they fell to s1C9 900, 900! A clear loss to us
of s12G, 100000
This Is directly attributable to the devel-
opment of the Indian wheat fields. In 1876,
the shipments of wheat from India to En-
gland were 100000 bushels. Last year
they were 60, 900, 600 bushels
The British Government aided its depen-
dency with money and ships.
What do our farmers say to this ?
What do our shopkeepers say to this, whose
livelihood is mainly dependent upon the far
mer's success-in fact what do all our bust
ness men and citizens say to this whose, sue.
cess-and indeed the main success of the
whole country during the year, is dependent
radically upon the farmers success, for
theirs is the hub in the centre of the wheel
that moves the trade of the land
What are we doingP What are own
statesmen doing
There is = small minority in CUfi, ress who
claim at every session that this Government
aught to aid in the development of this
country. There is majority, especially in
the Senate which rersistently clogs and op
poses every measure for the improvement of
our commercial development
We must meet issues fairly and squarely
if we ever hope, as one of the leading nation
alties of the world, to take and hold our
proper position amoug the people Of the
earth.
AS inferred, there is small minority in
Congress who look far afield, who use their
eyes for comparison, see what is needed, and
have the courage to vote in Congress accor-
ding to their honest, patriotic convictions.
Among this small minority in Congress
who always hold before their eyes the more
comprehensive needs of their country is
found in the name of Chas. b. Lore.
Delawareans should be proud of the fact.
People are getting to understand now
that the 100000 postal appropriation was
not subsidy, but small driblet, small |
sum relatively, but sufficient, when placed in
the direction asked, to develop millions and |
millions of American commerce and trade |
from that little golden egg!
Lord Salisbury, the new Prime Minister
of England, who has just supplanted Mr.. |
Gladstone, is quoted in Congress by Senator
Plumb of Kansas as saying, when speaking
of the United States and England
1--WE are rivals-rivals politically, rivals
commercially. We aspire to the same pos
ition we both aspire to the government of
the seas. We are both manufacturing peo-
Pile, and in every port, as well as in every
court. we are rivals to each other"
Let Delawareans remember these words
when rejecting on the business depl ession
of the country and their own State, and com
pare the action in Congress Of Senator Gray
and Representative Chas. B. Lore upon
commercial and trade domestic questions as
they have arisen during the past session.
Senator Gray voted against the postal ap-
preparation saying "oh, its subsidy -
Mr. Lore voted for it, Forty years ago,
one of Englands greatest premier's, Lord
Palmerston, said "where there is no mail
there is no trade"
The Hon. William D. Owen of Indiana.
in Congress said: "Forty-six years
lgo, in 1S4O, England, as an experiment paid
$3.50, 900 to line of vessels to carry her
mail to Boston and New York. This was
so successful in creating trade that the next
year the pay was increased 80 per cent!
1t was about this time that the crafty
Dlsraeli, the deceased Lord Beaconsfield
Mr. Gladstone's great rival, said, "Trade
follows the flag"
Then England said 1--WE will put our aag
in every port in the world" And she has
done so. The ocean mail policy of England
has been the master commercial stroke of
this century. She has now much more than
half the trade of the world
Trade follows the hag"-Ah! those are