Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-14
THE MARKETS OF THE WORLD,

SANTA En-, Jan. IA, lS9J.-During the
late presidential campaign one of the prin-
ripal charges made against our protective
tariff was that it, and it alone, prevented
Us from selling our wares in the markets
Of the world. Our trade with Mexico was
II familiar illustration. Here, said the free
trader is a rich nation tour nearest neigh.
Dor) with whom we ought to transact an
extensive busln Ass, but this vicious tariff
bars us out and keeps us out of her market,
while England with her enlightened free
trade policy enjoys almost monopoly OF
that opulent business. Assertion, reit-
Grated assertion, is a strong point with
the udmlrer of the English system, but
When 1t comes to proof his weakness is
painfully visible. a glance at the follow
ing figures viii convince any reasonable
uau OF the utter lalacy OF the above as
serllOn. | quote from that most excellent
and reliable Journal, The American Etono-
mist.
Mexico imported from the U. S. in
1883 merchandise to the value of over
$40 700 900; from Great Britain in 1857
(the latest li1ures We have) she imported
uer. handI>e to the value OF 70 $50 ,3l3,
and from Great Britain, France, GERMANY
and Spain cOmbiued, taking the figures oi
1856 III the tmee last Mentioned countries
rhe imported merchandise to the value OF
81 | ,SoS SOB. Thus 1t viii be seen that
MeAiyo not only does not purchase most
Of her goods from Europe, but buys more
from the y. ). than from all Europe COM
lined. 1t seems to me that these very
favorable figures are worth volumes OF
baseles~ assertions. "In 1879 The total
amount OF exports and Imports passing
through FL paso del Norte (Juarez) was
I'll 900, while i'll 1857 they rose to ST.
JuU, 900, Now let US see how we stand
III that greatest OF ali Industries, iron. Ia
1879 the output OF pl5 IRON Tor The UniteG
States was 3,U1O,o1J tons ; in 1856 it rose t.
. 800 Us toIis, and last year the maguit-
cent az egate OF S,UJO,UJO tons was
reached, and 1t Is confidently expected
We Will push ahead Of Great Britain in
1897. In finished iron and steel we have
lett our only great rival far in the rear.
Let the figures speak. In 81 we turned
treat Brltaln's3 l7J,0JO tons. The sam,
year q. B. manufactured LII, O0J tons
ol iron, While our product Was 2,3JS.O0J
But our croMnlng triumph is in our out
put OF steel rails. In the good oldievenut
reform days before the rebellion this
treat, powerful republic depended almost
entlrely on England for her supply OF
railroad bars. a humillating position in
deed! lev years Of the ''ropber tariff
delivered Us lrOm tins condition and
made us absolutely Independent of the
world i'll this most important industry
In ~, SIX years after the enactment OF
The Morrill, tariff, our entire output was
800 tons OF steel rails in 1887 We had
pulled up TO 2,3J4,O tons, about twice
as many tons as Great Britain, and the
American Economist says the pri Of
steel rails to-day is July as great IN Lon
dor is in New YORK. .,..,s3y;
But here is a nut for the free traders to
crack. ~, 5. reports Of iron and steel
manufacturers for year ending June So
lo:D, vi ,l56, O71; U. 5. imports of iron
aud steel manufactures for same year.
except tin-plate, which We do not
make, S2l lo), l4J; excess of exports
1931,-N Y. Press. Aud thus in less
than thirty wears Of protective tariff ",
nave not only overtaken, but distanced
England in this great industry, and thai
TOO, after she had several centuries til,
start OF Us. This ought to b. gratllyin-
o every American who has a proper
pride in his country's resources and enter
prise. And yet, for one, am not satisfied
"llh the above results, pleasing rs they
are. Insist that, With our boundless dis
covered and undiscovered coal and iron
deposits, the tireIess ingenuity and Ell
-rsy OF our Mechanics We should no
import one ton of foreign iron OF
steel. Great profit and greater glory
Vii reward the man or men who in
tlate smelling in New Mexico. Goa
Of the best quality is cropping up from
the bOunteDus earth on every side
Of us, and have credible information that
ron ore as good AS the best has also been
discovered III large quantities. Gold ana
silver are very well i'll their respective
places, but iron is the king of all The
metals and rules the others even as II
monarch does his subjects. The world
| could dispense with the use of either gold
or silver, but national power, wealth ana
civilization without iron are impossible.
T. Novp,snv