Daily Republican., 1886-01-04


Thty who are opposed TO retaining
our productive tariff and pursuing the
policy Of multiplying new industries,
thereby itaprovisg our own market,
advocate seeking foreign markets for
our surplus manufactured goods and
and farm products. They do rot stop
to explain the dangers and uncor sain-
ties Of n foreign market, nor how the
adoption OF protective tariff or pleuti-
full crops may all Of sudden stop all
demand In those countries for our pro.
ducts and react In stagnation OF busi =
ness, decreased demand for labor and
low wages as home.
Take tho ca.e Of the silk industry OF
France fifteen years ago, the United
States vns the best customer France
had for manufactured silk. The pro-
tective tariff encouraged our silk man.
ufactursrs 10 increase their capital, i'm
prove tbair machinery and methods Of
manufacture and pay good wages for
intelii gent, skillful wofkmer, so that
within the last ten years our silk In
dustry has trebled itself paying out tet
or twelve millions OF dollars yearly In
wages, aud the total value Of silk man
ufactnrea thirty-fve or forty million.
OF dollars year KEEP. ut home to en-.
rich the country. The importatlons
have beep growing less every year AND
1t is safe to say that In Ave years more
II protection 10 continued, very httl,
French silk will be imported. The re
suit of this has been lack Of employ
ment and suffering among Frencl
workmen engaged In the silk industry
It 10 tho same with the products o
the farm. Mr.. ] r. Dodge, statisti
clan OF the United States Agriculture
Department ut W ashingtop, says In on
OF his reports: There Is no doubt tina
the wheat farmer is ut the mercy Of tn
foreign demand. II British fields ar
blighted there 10 rejoicing on our pral
ries over remunerative harvests.
the gamers OF continental Europe ar
full and highlands wants nc q mini
mum, there L. dissatisfaction in ia
West, liable TO be ventilated ON th
tariff or the railroads. The heAvie.
foreign demand may occur in o seaso
OF low production and the lightest in
year Of abundance, increasing the flu
tuation. The wheat grower is at OIL
time elatsd with remunerative price
and at another depressed by ra.s
which fail 10 pay the cost OF prod stiol
The grain crop for 1873 for instsuo
larger by six per cent. in quRntit
than that Of 1877, was less in value b
twenty pe per cent.
That IL Just the situation at the pre-
emit time and our farmers ore exper
enctng the full effect OF 1t. 1t may
said that ou- home market is subject
depressing fluctuations. This is tru
but they are less than those abroad. b.
cause the home market depends mai,
ly on orr own crops and welfare, viii
foreign markets depend upon the croI
and welfare OF several countries.
The farmer of Wisconsin or Mict
gan, near the lumber regions, sells b
hay, wheat, oats and corn 70 the caul
and mile at good rates, greatly ind
pendent OF the rating Of former pric'
The Pennsylvania farmer or Delaws
peach gro yer with . ready sale 81
good prices among the great neighb.
ing iron industries Is much less co
oeFned about European troubles tn
his brotbor FARMER OF Iowa and Dako
The increase Of factories near the far
or tends 10 make this irdepender
national The Western farmer nee
sarily has and will have q surplus
export and 1t 10 both natural and "
that he should watch foreign mark
and desire cheap transportation, bu'
is very nuwi5e that he should harbo
feeling OF animosity against Americ
manufacturers or favor "a tariff
revenut" policy to iDjure the Y,
home market that consumes the grea
portion OF his products.