The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-27

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industrious and economical they may ba, Tila
keeper Of stall ia Washington market
males mora money NJ buying, untlng npand
Belllng an oK than the farmer receives Tor
raising " This may be fuparb faf tho stall
keepar, but not eraellY uni@rh tNr sheihrmsr'
4 nIafAKIE ARGuhHHf
A good part Of Mr lilRlnas article 10 taken
up IN comparing tho growth VI ihe United
Riates under a protective tariff with that of
Onat britain under FREQ trade lilo says
that In twenty Year. Great iritaiu added 10
her wealth $1,000 M00Jl, while tho United
States added ~ hurs nearly Qfl,OO0, 900, 900
that the population VI Great Britain inereas'
oil Within tho saine perod-a period of her
greatest prosperity 100000, while tho pop
ulalion oi tho unilei Hates Increased lh-
OOO,Ol0 Such statements show that tho
pr0gTpss NJ Tho United Rlalea in wealth and
p0pulaiinn under protective tarilf far OK
oeeded that Of Great Britain under frea
trade Does this prove that free trade lsnot
favorable " Great britain aud that proleo
tlon ls the cause Of prosperity 10 tho United
Btateii Great Britain 10 an old aud nnall
country, whose surplus population has been
steadily flowing ~ hef eolonlfa aud W No
United hlatos, and whose lmmanse wealth
Is tho result of gainiul Industry Tho United
States IA country VI Immense extent, whose
wealth has not only been created by her
manufactures, but alaoand 10 q much greater
extent by tho millIonh " millions af acres
Of wild lands which have been converted Into
productive farma and nourahing towns Tho
United States has not only grown IN pnpula-
| tl0n by natural Increase, but alb1 by tho
throwing open OF hpr ports and inviting tho
people OF all countries 10 become oltllena Of
| the great republic. The real Gauss Tor w0n-
| dor ID, not that the United States has become
NJ rich aud populoua, but that Great Britain
has gained ~ much in tho atme direction,
Theargument IN favor u protective duties,
basel upon such comparison, ID totally un'
founded, and am Alpfiaed that ~ able a
man ~ Mr. blaine should have presented ~
nor would no II no had not become ~ welded
10 tho policy of protection that no sss no
evidences VI national prosperity that arc not
based upon II, aud ioreHeos no VI that win
not be tho result " W abandonment That
tho United States has been largely enriched
by her manufacturers IL admitted, but has
not her enrichment been largely at thu or
penbo oi tho grat body of tho pe0plei hhs
has rapidly increased Ia population, but this
inereahs has been largely tho result Of tho do
mandA Of hor manufacturers Tor cheap labor
| How expensive this cheap labor may prove
10 DO, In tho character u the labofera, 10 a
question which Il yet 70 he solved The pro
monlt0na that cUme from our largo otlen
on this head are very far from being com
fortlng
II Mr. Blaine had seen tho weHt On | aw II
In 1871, when more than threequarters Of
such dates aa Michigan, Indiana, lllinola aud
Missouri we're untouched by tho plow, and
all beyond wan a magnificent but we'll nigh
traokltas wilderness, aud should 40 II 40 II
nov Ia, he would not attribute tho growth Of
the United Athtog ~ proteotlon, nor would
he undertake 10 sustain hla favorto theory
by comparing that growth 10 the slower
growth OF the unItod Kingdom
No ono can toll shat would have been tho
condition Of the country n tho tariff had
boon radically changed AZ the closb Of tho
civil war, but this wo do know that IL
present condition Ia not healthy, II Ia tho
greatest producing country In tho world,
aud therefore nerds tho widest markets for
Ia productions With all needed markots
open ~ II, II has no well defined aud mu'
tnally profitable trade even with Bouth
America lta manufactures A well NJ itA
agricultural productions exceed not only tho
home demand, but what " loft 10 II Of the for
eign demand, aud ~ iN productions arc In
crcnsIng moro rapidly than the demand for
them, II IA impossible Tor mo 10 soe whore
relief Ia 10 como from except from increase
Of our foreign trade, which can only DO
brought about hy return OF tho tariff.
Al hive ald, wo do not know what
would have happened II tho policy OF tho
government In regard 10 Import duties had
been changed twenty years ago, but II is
clear 10 my mind that II the nation OF tho
poato6t producing power docs not hold tho
keyso of the worlds commerce, " sho docs not
mako the nations her commercial tributaries
tho fault must bo her own, Precious tlmO
has been lost aud Immense mcrillcea have
been mado 10 build up and mstain one great
branch Of national Industry, but such arc tho
resources " tho country aud the energy OF
tho people that, with Wiser legislation. which
ennuut 10 iuuR delayed, an ultiaSw can 10
repaired and general prosperity secured.
This legislation viii b. found m removing
from Tho tariff everything that stands In tho
way Ot international trade and tho adoption
bf the ncollu means for tho restoration OF
our merchant marine,
with what Mr. Blnlnc anys about tho ship.
ping intoro,t VI tho United RtatOa | am IN
hearty accord, Mr. Blaine taysl
The failure Of tho United stStca TO encourage
aud ollAhllhh commercial lines Of American ships
IA In strange contrast with tho soaloua efforts
made 70 extend linca Of railway Inside tho ooun.
Try, oven 10 tho point Of anticipating the real
nocda Of many Arctlona II all tho advances 70
railway compuulca, together with tho outright
gfta by towna cIllca, countlcs etutoa and nation,
bo added together tho money value would not
fall short Of q thousand mllllona " dollars No
effort secmu to9 great for our people when tho In.
torior Of tho country IA 10 DO connected with tho
pcaboarl, but whom tho suggestion II mndo 20
connect Our teaboard With commercial cities Of
other countrlcl by linca OF steamships tho public
mind IA Ut once disturbed by tho cry Of 'Aub-
uldy," Wo really feel 0s much tirnid Of protoo'
tIon At soa ~ Mr., Gladstone IA Of protection on
land. Tho positions OF tho American congress-
and the English parliament on this subject afo
prccl0oly ruyuued England han never been af.
frghtod by tho word subsidy, aud whllo wo hayo
stood atill In lmpotcnt fear she haa taken posses
sion Of the goll by the iudlcous and oven lavish
Interpolation Of prcunlaiy aid. | hayo already
said that tho lntorat on the amount which Eng
land has paid for thln object since ohio began II
with gcat energy fity ycar ngo would give all
tho gtlmulun needed for tho rapid expansion Of
Our commerce Let Il DO added that n the gov.
crnmont OF tho Untod States will for twenty yeau
10 come give merely tho lntercat upon the Inter
est, NJ tho raio Of per cent, on tho amount
which has botn FREQ Gift 10 nllroads, every
,eteamshlp lIno needed on tho Atlanto. tho Pacific
and Tho uuf will spring Into existence within two
years from tho passngp OF the act II IA butt few
ycars since congress- twlce refused 10 give oven
Si250OO por annun 10 secure an admirable limo Of
gtenmora from New York 10 the four largest ports
OF Brazil and tho sum Of Si5, 100 IA but tho inter
est upon tho interest, at por cent, Of tho gross
amount freely given 10 tAo construction " rail.
roads within tho BnIon la Il any wonder that Ne
have lost all prastlgo on tho aeai
THE BriIpPIHo MTEnEsT.
This failure has been tho result OF want
OF comprehensive statesmanshlp in congress-
Fifty years ago tho United States was second
only 10 Great Britain ~ a maritime nation;
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