Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-09-04
Secretary Blaine's Great Speech at Water
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RECIPROCITY Is SIMPLY A rotIcY OF cIRcU,I-
STANCES 70 BE DETERMINED FkVoRARIY
OR ADVERSELY ACCORDING As lis OPERA
TON MAY MAKE A LOSS FOR Us

| RECIPROCITY Is SINPI 4 PotICY OF 1IRCIi,I.
STANCES 10 RI DETERMINED rtvoRAgI
OR ADVERSELY ACCORDING As IT> OPERA
TON MAY MAKE A LOSS FOR Us
| WNtER mn, Aug. 50 Mr. Blaine he.
/ gan his great speech ,cstvr,Ia, by refer
ring 10 most pleasant manner To The cor
dial relations that had always existed be-
tween himself and the Republicans of the
Ola lhlrd district. lie urged upon the
/ hepuollcans the Importance of triumph.
ant election OF Governor Burlei.h and the
four Congressman.
Regarding national questions he said
1 that our demand is for EXPANSION of trad,
with countries where we can lind profta-
f! bic exchanges. We are not seeking ex-
tension of territory, but We should be IN
wise II we did not seek to engage in what
the younger Pitt called "the annexation OF
trade"
lie spoke briefly OF the benefits OF pro-
! tectloh' ana OF how every section OF the
country had prospered under it. He then
said as | have already iatimsted, | am
mere 70 speak of an expansion of our for
eign trade; not by any novel process, not
by any mode that Will shock or disturb
home industries, no, by any mode that vi III
that will launch us in doubtful and dan
gerous Investments. What | aud RI
speak Of briefly is syy,;;,,,av;--aown SEN
not IN contiC.t ;faeL nebility. Nervous
+, 'rr,-erat;on. etc. Every Druggis' aIean to
| it as a standard arti".u Of reciprocity,
| mail, in for,v Nth a protective tariff. but
! urplcmentary thereto aud presenting a
field OF enterprise that will richly repay
the effort and energy of the people.
We shall dud it instructive and valuable
to examine into the sources of our imports,
the destination of our exports and 10
strike a balance between the two. Take
the last year, 1859. In that year our
whole exports to all the countries In The
three continents Of Europe. Asia aud
Africa and to Australia, Canada and Haw-
all amounted, in round numbers. Ia S65-,
o00, 900 and our imports from all those
countrie, amounted in round numbers To
s529 900 900 showing that from that vast
trade we had q balance of sl29. 900. 600 in
our favor, equivalent To that amount Of
gold among our people But when all tht
accounts were closed, instead II has ing
sl2Y.opo geo IN our fANur,W had balance
of Sl3,UoO, 900 against u from our foreign
trade. We must therefore have lost sli2-
100000 in our commerce win the coun-
tries outside of those TO which | have re-
fcrrei.
Where could W. have found such
large adverse halanccf Let me tel. YOU
We lost S4l.0ooou IN Cuba from wAjcA
our imports were 50 900 600 and % which
our exports were sll.ooo.oo0. Forty-one
millions j. a pretty large sum to lose in
one island in a single year.
In the republic Of Brazil We lost $751;
ooo,oob. our imports from Brazil were
AN I4u
- dpoUO0. In Mexico We lost $40. 900, Goa.
cur imports from Mexico were s2l oo0. 600
cur exports 10 Mexico were Sll .u0U. 900.
10 sum 1t all up our imports from the
countries south OF u, both insular and
continental. on this hemisphere, were S2lG.-
100000. Our exports to them We're e.i.-
0pU 600. The balance against u III our
trade with these countries therefore was
: AZ 100000 exceeding our gains from all
the rest Of the world By Sl3.poO,0tD.
BY no figure of speech can We natter
ourselves into the belief that our trace
with our American ncignbors j. ID a pros
porous condition. How can this state #
affairs be rcmodicd> You have heard a
great deal said within the past 10 wears by
our Democratic friends about the iuIqulty
Of the Republican party keeping ~ the
war tarir So entirely las the war tarh
been abolished that ID tn fiscal year ending
Junt ~. l>>1 the articles admitted free
were considerably more than onc.th.rd ~
all the import. 10 be exact tie imported
articles that PAD auiy exceeded SIS u.-l.-
Un3 in value, ami the imported articles
that paid no duty exceeded S25G 0oJ Vyu IN
value.
The uey .iahle tendency Is think to-
wards tie increase Of the free list our
kt i4,.t, fa.s a