The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-09
Mr.. BLAlNE'S RESPECTS TO DICKINSON.
What the Little Bit OF Country Called
New England
Is Worth to the Great West and the
Growing South.
A Day Of Republican Enthusiasm In
Grand Rapids.

GRAND RAPIDS, Oct. S.-Mr. Blaine was
received by large and enthusiastic crowd
OF people here this afternoon. A procession
of uniformed clubs escorted him and his
party to the hotel A number of manufac-
turers gave their employees holiday and
helped swell the throng in the streets and in
Hartlands Hall, where the speaking took
place at o'clock. Mr.. Blaine paid special
attention to the statement attributed to Post
master General Don M. Dickinson, that the
system of protection was destined for The
benefit of New England which, with the rest
OF the East gets all the advantage of it,
while the West bears the burden. Mr.. Blaine
said he had been gathering statistics and
found that New England takes between half
million and six hundred thousand tons of
grain annually, and raises only four per cent
of what her people use for breadstuffs.
Next" said Mr.. Blaine, there are an
nually raised in this country 3OO,O0O,0OO
pounds of wool. We had only 6OOOOOOO
pounds OF wool grown annually BY the farm
ers OF the country when the free trade tariff
was In operation just before the war I'm
DER the effect OF the protective tariff we have
increased the amount Of wool, grown almost
wholly In the West to 300, ,000,0 900 pounds an
nually, and it brings the vast aggregate up
to 500, ,0O0, 900 cheers to the farmers Of the
country. President Cleveland recommends
that the duty on that be repealed, and that
we shall put the wool grower Of the West on
the same plane as the wool grower Of Austria
liza and Canada. The Republicans say mo-
and New England takes every year half that
entire wool CROP and pays the West S45. 900
a year for it. CHEERS. Besides, as New
England needs bread, for which she pays
she needs also provisions, which includes all
forms OF meat and for that, and poultry in
addition imported from the West, New Eng
land pays the farmers of these Western
States S55,OO0,0 900 a year. [Cheers.l More
over, the people of the East want some but.
ter spread on their bread, and they do not
make enough at home, laughter and ap-
plausel and they pay the West over S3,OOo. 900
a year for that. Then New England needs
good deal OF lumber, hard wood and pine,
which she gets it.. Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, and she takes S15,000,OO0 year
Oh western lumber principally from Michi-
gan. Then Of copper and lead, and salt, and
nldes and lumber, which are taken from the
Western States, in the aggregate, reach about
So, 1000 more. The aggregate, you will OBJ
serve. Is well up to two hundred millions
This little bit Of a New England, of which
MI. Dickinson speaks contemptously, only
having four millions of people. this little bit
OF frozen place on the northeast coast of the
United States, takes $60.00O, 900 worth of
cotton from the Southern States, and goes
down to Pennsylvania, Maryland and West
Virginia and Of the products of coal, iron
and steel takes S56,0O0,000 more In grand
aggregate, that little bit of piece of country
takes more than S40O,OO0,OOO worth Of
material from the other States of the Union.
and in the grand exchange between the East
and West makes trade profitable to both and
then keeps money at home instead of sending
1t beyond the sea. The total value Of the
products we sent to old England
last year of all imitable articles was $325,-
100000. Now, gentlemen, If you want to
know what the value Of home market at
your door is, by exchange Of industries, see
what four millions of people engaged In the
arts and industries of life can take from YOU
at your door, and among your fellow citizens
as compared with forty millions beyond the
the seas"
There was procession Of 1000 torches this
evening and three largely attended meetings
In as many halls Mr.. Blaine reviewed the
parade and briefly addressed one meeting.