Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-10-24
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What High Tariff Has L
NOrthwest-Interesting a.
Facts ard Figures--voiers,
and Ponder Them.
speech Of Mr. Blaine at Indiana
1t is the studied and persistent effoi
Democratic party in this Presidential cai
to pre- iudice the West against the East o.
subject o. the tariff, maintaining that the E,as
ern States get he benefit Of production snd tn
Western States get its burden. Now, il the tarii,
Tor protectlo so operates that one section gets
the gain and the other gets the loss, then tho
whole system Of protection ought to be abui-
fshed; aad II the advo sates OF protective tarfT
cannot prove that it IL OF great advantage to
to the south as Ii is to the North aud that 1t Ia
a national ana rot q sectional policy--if, ! say
they canuot establish those points, then the
policy ought to lie abandoned. But maintain
and in the few minutes shall occupy your at
tention shall endeavor to prove by ngures aud
by facts-that the West. the grent, growing,
OF tAe protsetiye tariff than amy section of the
whole Union.
Cent slnen, 1 know that yfssavos questions Of
fscts ard not questions of -: and / call
your atientien to the census Of 10. "a IL there
are ang Democrats presenl they will, ~. vfsslo
dispute the cssrfeetiless OF fAas.t. Ills, ~
KS IA ell tblSaf i3 elAxl1hf EN& 3 ~ 41 WE
cianGn ] quo the figures Of that census NJ 70
t wealth vi eleven Western States Ohio, In
diana Illinois, Michigan Wisconsin, Nj snne sofa,
Iowa, Missouri. kansas Nebraska and { oo ado
The last TWO were Territories when SIR. Lincoln
came into power. but were long since made
States. According to the census OF 1860 the ag-
gregate wealth OF These eleven Western States
something under St,0D,OJ0.V3j, and in 1 81
twenty years afterwGrd by the natiSAal census
the wealth Of those states Sl6,5 o. Uo,Ot.
1t has incrc ased and gr WI four-fD,d ia twenty
III ha In vans ptttyll 11pl
been added to carry up the wealth of these
eleven States lar lie yond SO 90, DJD, o.
deal larger sum than tbs whole wealth Of the
Initel states the day Lin soin was III uguratei.
Noa an test this question in smother way. In
Is o these eleven States had l0.tO1 miles OF rail
road or scarcely that ami to-day, twenty eight
years afterwafd, they have nearly 81 o. miles
OF railroad. Mind you, these e.even Western
States have almost three times much rail-
way within ter borders rs the whole Union
had before the civil war. Something or other
,has en1Dlsi you Western people to get along
pretty rapidly for these states have prospered
in degree far beyun1 that of the old Eastern
States, i'll ratio far q eater than the Eastern
states have maintained AS another proof of
that lro6re, 70 have here singular table from
the Official census OF 1850, III which he prnci-
pal towns ana cities in the Tn ted States arc
given. l will quote those of tae eleven West
ern states and give you their popua-
ton at that time: Cleveland was ~, - )
Toledo WAS not large enough to be in luuel in
the staten ut at all. J rot waa IS, 0Ja GRIND
Rapids, tina now has 40 20, was not IN sntiouei.
Chicago via do you say the popula ion of Chi
caSo WIS in IS Ut--lIt10h Its growth does not
sem to have be II much impeded by the protec-
tive tariff for it is now three-quarters Of mill
ion at least Milwaukee was 5000. st Paul
and Minneapolis had not grown oenouSh conse-
quence III ls,J 10 tie nent oned III tia table
all. Together they now contain nearlJ 4l3. -
people. Columbus. o.. had IL, 0, now some
1j,BU; Cincinnati had 5000; Louisville, 81, 90
Sc. Louis. I6 ,1Jl; Kansas City-the census di /
not know there was such place; Denvcr--it had
never b on head OF in the census indianapolis
how much do you suppose it WAS ia 1869? Un-
der 5000. Des Monies scmeth ng over 3,ou.
Omaha? Well. ema1a had no mention Mt all
The aggregate of these cities 5000 in
1860. and is to-day thee and Il half million. This
is the way. Mr. chajlman, the pr. tectvc tariff
has been retarln8 Tho growth nna development
OF the West. This is the great hardship the
IVES. has suffered by reason OF the protective
tariff.
When you drive the free-traders from every
other ground they tell you that the pro ective
tariff has stiiied the export trade of the United
States, that ii has bull UP lot Of fac or es and
railways, but that the foreign comm Of he
country has all gone to pieces. 1 again quote
from the census and show You that from he
time the eclaration of independence was made
down to the lime that Lincoln was elected
Pr sident-l will 20 further bacs. From the
tinas America WAS discovered by Columbus down
TO the election Of Abraham Lincoln the aggre-
gate shipment of all those ears of all thos
centuries, from the United staJos amounted to
$500 ,u0U.J}0 in vaue. Now mark YOU that
covered the entire history Of the Government
down to 1850 and from 1850 to 1855 the aggregate
amount has been SIS ego, 0j0-almost double
as much in the twentyeigflt years of the present
protective tariff as it was during he whole pre-
vious history OF ha American c ntinsnt. That
is the way, gen .lemen, in which projection has
operated.
had occasion in speaking on this same sub
iect in the East, when contrasting what prot &C.
ton had done for the laboring II of Am RIGA
as compared with the laburing man of Europe
to show what the iaboring men of New England
]a1 III savings bufiks compared with thos of
Old England, and saw i'll more than one West
EN- Democratic paper the remark: o. yes you
have go, q l the money in the Easl; 1t is well
enoggh Tor you TO uphold protection. But.
gentlemen, YOU must remember the different
conditions. The wealth OF the West has been
in growing towns, in settled farms, in great
lines OF railway, in vast agricultural develop
ment. all of which gees forward more rapidly III
the West. Those investments in the West tn o
tie place Of the cash deposits which the labor
ing men OF lhe East have placed in The savings
banks but the ratio o! increase of prosperity
under the protective tariff for the last twenty
seven Years Inns been largely in favor of tlIo
Wesl against the East, so that the policy of
protection has not proved sectional policy
Why, gentlemen, there is no longer the old
distinction between manufacturing StGtes and
the agricultural States. 10 you reckon your
selves here i'll Ind ana an agricultural State
simply Your manufactures this year in the
State of indiana have a larger cash value than
your total agriculture, product Manuac tuges
no longer concentrated on the eastern side
of the Alleghenies. The city of Chicago is the
largest center of eel manufacture in America
1t has run ahead OF PITTSBURGH, and undes the
influence OF this tariff tht manufacturing in
terest has spread each year fnrGher and fart her
westward, bringing the home market nearer and
nearer the source of food supply and proving ali
the while to every int lsent voter in he coan-
try that the nearey You bring the fool consumers
to the food producers the more certain is the
prosperity II DO h
had occasion to show the other day in Mich
igan FROM iudisputable statistic that ha tile
re 1io, of New England-with not so much pop.
ulation as Illinois and Indiana with scarce SO
much area Illinois alone-i had occasion to
show that that little area with six small States
takes more from taese Western States than is
shipped to Old England, and thai those little
States take from the other States of this Union
every year in food and raw material for manu-
facture the enormous aggregate of over 800
0t0,0 in money Add to that the amount New
York, Pennsy lvania. AM New jersey take from
the South, the Southwest, and the great West
and you have mn aggregate OF more than II, 0J1-
00o,t0) of material; and this country will ave
realized the great objective point OF the tariff
system when every agricultural State shall have
its market naar to the producers.
Farmers OF the West, you have been COM
planning of the price OF wheat and enormously
charging the fall upon the protective tariff
Why has wheat fallen during the last ten years ?
Because you have meet in the markets of
Europe the wheat OF Russia that is raised in
that vast couatry with labor that Is no. more
than to i2 cents dav: ard beyond hat, you
are meeting vast imports or wheat from India.
where England has been xpendin hundreds OF
millions of dollars to cheapen and expedite
transportation to Europe Neglect your home
market AMI the larger amount YOU viii find un-
salable and the harder will be your competition
with those hard worked wheat producers on the
other side. Suppose you turn half the mann
facturers and mechanics under tho basis OF
FREQ trade-suppose you turn half OF them into
wheat producers and farmers isn't the market
Of the farmer cut off just that much and the
surplus of his product increased? Supposs you
add another @. 900 600 bushels to the product OF
the West where will you marke4 it2 Where
will you find the,men who are able to pay for il
who want to eatY Remember, gentlemen. IL 10
the home market Of the United States that
every day is affor ing more and more &c the
agricuturists OF this country their best market,
and the home market Of the Uuited States is the