New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-10

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dress political meetings largely composed OF our n lho
est type of manhood, the mechanics an farmers
Create in patriots hcarts-if patriots they wsrera
desire to multiply such CONSTITUENCIES and efend
and over aS Now sVu o or cvaon
though the policy Of prescription and war on Ma
in my opinion, by Northern electoral votes
THE EXTENSION OF FOREIGN TRADE.
The President claims that his policy, illustrated
by the Mills BILL would increase our foreign trane.
with whom, and In what In the agricultural produces
OF many of those l grant now produce surplus
and have the capacity largely TO increase u.
has been claimed that price is established py '"o
foreign market, but that is not true as TO our hoo
consumption It's price is made in large ana Vaiu-
able home market the cities and manufact %
centres supplied and fed by the country 90
iectcd naturally by the cost Of transportation nom III
more remote nechboroods and largely py ,,, tho
foreign market controls the price of the surplus We
send to H. OF our edible products we export na sS
than per cent of production and LET me oc Tor
trace the history OF the prices Of that eAportaom 40
the last few years The average 9npo or than tho
syrraec nrcc from s7o to 1856 tho from
1870 TO 1875 10 per cent from le'9 " , ao
was go per cent, and from 1870 to 1857 the Sc
was 81 per cent Corn decreased In rs e1por, PrDo
from 1870 TO 1875 per cent from io'2 ~ 1850 10
iss4 there was further decrease Of cent
making OF 43 per cent from lsao To-, to d.
The fine brands OF wheat flour exported have ar
creased in their export value in The last zen s ye
about one-quarter. Bacon and ham IRON ~ Von
1873 io $50 30 per cent additional they have
tide more than held their own since dooY' pr hcese
declined from 1870 to 1875 Is per cent IN us p2Ina
value from 1873 to 1880 26 per cent ana IRON 1917
to is57 we find q reduction OF 40 per Gem. ,o
rho foreign priccs OF agricultural products nave
been constantly falling and IL IS nnneeoss" i
TO do than briefly mention me Saus" have de
facilities for transportation the world over nav o,tc
yeoped new grain e o. a of transit to those
where tho supply IS not equal TO tho demand and INC
limit of capacity for production in the agricultural
countries competing with us has nor De I'm. III
fact these Democratic lawmakers talk about me au
vantage Of foreign market for The fruits vi o"'
TRANSFORMATION is now the important question IN
the West Railroads have opened up there new S. ,s
GOOD reason that the cost OF transportation to the
Eastern states and seaboard mako their land unre,
the foreign market to which have referred. which in
wolves reach it further carrying cost IheLc IL
a certain remedy, In developing MANUFACTURING Whiy'
Will build cities with populations like those Oh inc
older states, in fostering the mechanical arts ana
ploymcnt. Why should the west pay Tor traIs n
ton TO the Eastern or to the foreign markes
parry invites the West TO do On the other hand me
proPSss ne 70 nsTSne by rail- and water
at cost that will well nigh consume their vaie' sul
then te Sppe The charges
will add their cost far more than the tar Iclicu
to insure home manufacture and home cohsuhp,ioi'
PROTECTION TO
| This question has been discussed generally with
reference to It's destruction Of the American manufact
urcs but there is equally involved the home market OF
ninety per cent OF the fruits OF our agriculture tine
ptance Of ten per ccnsix per cent excluding cotton
should not be considered except by the cotton grow
ers OF the cotton crop, seventy cent Is exported
and the rest Is manufactured here OF the other agr
cultural produces nlnctyfou or nnetyfve per cent
finds market here and only five six per cent Is
| lfnfo ant nsa1 hN N
of protective tariff IS that II is oppressive upon agll
culture 1t may be upon n the ,h Pps IT a. nour
ishlng and protective a. to The cotioh OF "ooncn i
Paper is an article OF necessity In one form or an
| other I'm business and domestic life and It's manu-
facture is absolute support of agriculture In me
manufactures Of the country was SJooUO,VV. It
| Der is made from vegetable fibre, rags. old paper
| straw corn stalks wood and grasses, amounting N
value I'm 1887 about $50. OUO.UO. ana III addluon ~
| this S2O,OOOOOO in chemicals and other material,
wero used I'm its manufacture II is fair say that
Than onchah the value OF all The paper we US
is contribution OF material. or fbrous products
which would be of little or no value except 10 manu-
facture into paper WOOen goods also illustrate INC
sus wear the value Of our woollen fabrics about
SOY 900 900. and last year lOOOOOOOO In value o
american wool was purchased and manufactured in''
The product of the starch industry amounted ir
ket for s., 100000 in and potatoes, and have
been assured that the product for The lasI year ma
required 4OOOOOO bushels OF potatoes ana loooo'oo'
| bushcl, Of corn.
In the OF 1850 agriculture cOnlilDutc
| twenty nine and half million pounds OF broom corr
| 10 the broom Industry. The amount conirbuicd Il
the manufacture of glue in 1850 was nearly ihre'
| millions Of dollars-largely a waste product IRON
slaughtered domestic animals.
Soap, which the Mills bill puts on the free list, 4
| It's manufacture consumes from Sl2.OOO,oOo u
Sl5.oO0OoQ in animal grease, largo proportion o
which would be waste except for that great ihuu ,
and the manufacture OF crude gycerlne OF Gnlo 81
5000 900 pounds made In the year 1857 al
from the same agricultural products. ,-.o. -, ,r,,
mattresses and goods of like character, utilities al
absolutely waste agricultural product-cxcept Tor H.
the hair OF slaughtered domestic animals ca'ie
| hogs and horses. The value OF the raw material ]
rot less than sl.750,o0o yearly.
OF glucose. Sl7.O0O.Ou0 worth IS manufactured an
! nually in this country, consuming 2oOOoOO0 bushels
Of corn. Each Individual farmer may not contribute
| to the quantity Of hair fat Of domestic animal
that is utilized TO the immense amount OF straw
made into paper MS potatoes may MOI De DE dspc co
factory but the total consumption OF those agriculture
products Of the various industries increases me pre
and every farmer receives his proportion OF bench
| from the increase.
THE SENATE SUBSTITUTE NOT SECTIONAL.
The Democratic measure approved by that part!
in National Convention and Endorsed by the Prcsiden
In his letter OF acceptance. and It proposes to opc
wide markets to the competition Of foreign good
without taxation for the support of the Government
the payment of the public debt and OF pensions TO tn
soldiers. The American producers alone are to bea
| the burden Of taxation and. weighted by II, c0ntes
with England Germany Belgium and india for on
own aud other markets The effect OF the NILS Oh
cannot be disguised and should not be- The subsi
tute reported to the Senate by the Committee o.
Finance Is equally pronounced in character ana pun
pose believe Il fairly illustrates the Republican
policy OF protection, and when its provisions are IN
law they VIII defend the American market agalns
foreign competition and mpOriat0ns, and quicken
strengthen and extend It for the consumption OF IN
fruits Of our farms and the products of our mines am
factories.
The substitute IS not sectional in the protection
would afford The Industries North. South. East an
west arc equally provided for the reductions propose
in the duties on sugars and riccs large but unGe
the substitute they viii remain higher than upon othe
eliminated against any American industry We di
investigate to determine whether by an equalzatlo
OF their labor cost with the labor cost elsewher
certain Industries would sustain themselves here, an
| do not know of any instance In which protecuo
was refused IL the committee concluded prOsperit
would follow ! do not believe the reduction o
! revcnues The experience Of the past proves
otherwise and the substitute under consideration VII
IN my Judgment I'm all instances reduce the revenue
where larger duties or increased protection + propose
| In its preparation that policy was pursued. wheI