The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13

com binations with which prominent DEM
Ocrats we're connected. which derived theil
strength and support from congressional
Legislation, but which congress had thus
far shown no purpose TO tackle. As to such
minor affairs rs the great steel rail trust
the cotton trust, wooden trust, india rubber
trust, &c, &c, he doubted their existence
at all-anyhow they are doing nobody any
harm,
But his big speech, thus far, was al
Grand Rapids, Mich on Tuesday, In which
1t was largely advertised he would "chaw
up" =. NJ, General Dickinson on the sub
ject of "Home Markets" The speech was
nearly twenty minutes in length, and con.
sisted of figures 10 show that New England
now took annually of the west and south
$400,000,000 worth of their cotton and
breadstuffs, quite as much as our entire
foreign expectation. He forgotto mention
that while New England makes all her
Purchases from the west and south at free
trade prices fixed by competition In the
markets of the world, she pays the south
and west back In goods on which she Is
through tariff protection able to extort
prices from 40 to 10 per cent higher than
they would be worth In the markets of the
world.
But the widest and craziest notion put
forth by Blaine was in substance this: Tha,
II the Republican programme was adopted
to 30 Increase protection as to put an entire
stop TO the present importation of some
$400, 100000 worth Of manufactures from
abroad. the manufacture of these goods at
home would put 100000 more people to
work In our factories and shops, and these
would be quite abundant TO eat up the en-.
tire present annual surplus Of the farmers
and give them forever q reliable home
market
The question arises, where are these
5000, 900 OF !aborers TO come from II they
are TO be taken from the farms and hill
sides, they are here now, and their transfer
to the cities would make no additional
mouths to feed, and the farmers surplus
would still remain on hand to rot, or about
one fourth Of the farms and farm property
Of the country must be abandoned and al
lowed to 60 to destruction to put stop to
raising any further surplus, as the scheme
to cut off all importations from abroad
necessarily involves the exclusion of the
farmers surplus from all foreign markets
Or does Blaine propose to bring his 3,0OO,-
600 additional workers from abroad? That
,oo,tId be picnic for the importers of cons
tract labor. The present entire immigra-
ton from all the outside world is not over
100000 year. What would the country
say to a rush Of 100000 to fill our shops
and factories.
Then again; The number of operatives
at present employed In all our protected in,
dustries is about 100000, whose product
is estimated at 1000, 100000 a year. Add
5000 600 to our present one million of op.
eratives, and increase their annual product
from two thousand to eight thousand mil
lions Of dollars, and where does Mr.. Blaine
propose to sell all this stuff ? All foreign
markets being closed against U.S. how Is the
number OF buyers to be bankruptcies
The truth is, Blaine as stumper is a
dead failure. About every time he has
opened his mouth thus far he has put his
foot In It," The defense of trusts with
which he started out disguised his own
party, and every subsequent attempt to ex-
plain or defend has only added to the
blunder His savings bank statistics-his
second big spread-were at once proved
inaccurate and absurd his home market
argument is burlesque and his attack on
the administration for depositing part of
the surplus In national banks has made
him the laughing stock of the financial