Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-30
ANNEXATION OF TRAIE.

"FOr nearly thirty years now, the
United States has hal the great ad-
vantage Of n protective tAnn liy n
far longer unbroken period than any
industrial policy has been enfOrsysI
since the fclcral government was
organized. Happily, great ms
Jointly Of our people, without strict
regarl 10 party lines. believe The
rssults {, the 4 american people from
a protective policy have been u in-
calculabl- benefit, aggregating in a
quarter Of n century 81 national and
Individual wealth ueyoud anything
ever dreamed u Leforc in the history
Of the world.
Il 40 not r:lrntion protection, be
caH-e inteIi To sp-ak la reference
thereto before TINS auiioucc. That
would lie needless, II not an im-
pertinent effort ] merely wish To
proclaim its victories. Without
protection the L nitssl States would
lie lOor iutl,-s.sl. After the rIvaseS
Of a var from 1851 10 1855, with pro-
lection every state flJarished AMI
Irusper,-i, grew AMI gained. Even
where revenue dutie, We're levied
with no expectation Of developing
industries there have, Ia many IT,
STAGES, been great industrial re-
suits. The heavy duty Ou silk wa>
levied, primarily, not for protection.
but simply to secure n large revenue
from ont Of the luXuries OF tine rich,
but, a consequence, the silk iu-
dustry increased 80 rapidly that 1t
constitutes one u the leading fabrics
of New jersey, one OF the largest
manufacturing States Of the UuiOn.
IL could reality advance other
illustrations to the same effect. A.
| have already intimated, am here
To speak on the expansion Of our
foreign trade, not 10y any novel pro-
cess; not 10y any means that will
shock or disturb the home industries;
not by any means that will invite
our people TO rash experiments, or
that will launch Us I'm doubtful and
dangerous investments What /
mean to speak OF briefly is n system
Of reciprocity, not in conflict with
the protective tariff, but supple
mentary thereto, and presenting a
field for enterprise that will richly
reIay the efforts and
ENERGY OF THE PEOPLE
Owe shall find II instructive and
valuable 10 examine the sources OF
our imports and the destination Of
our exports, and 10 strike a balance
between the two.
Take last year, 1859: In that year
our whole exports 70 all countries in
the three continents of Europe,
Asia and Africa, and Australia,
Canada and Hawaii amounted In
rOund numbers tn Si5s, OO0, 900, and
our imports from all thOsc countries
amounted In round numbers toS529,-
OO0, 900, showing that from tiIat vast
trade we had a balance Of SI29, 900,
900 in our favor, equivalent 10 that
amount in gold 10 our people, but
when all accounts were closed, in
stead OF having Sl29, OO0, 900 in our
favor. we had n balance Of Sl3, 900, =
900 against US from our foreign trade.
We must, therefore, have lost sI42, .
OO0, 900 in our commerce with the
countries outside Of those to which
have referred.
sswhere could We have found
such n large adverse balance? Let
me tell you. We lost 81 900, 900 in
Cuba, from which our imports were
So ,0l0, 600, and To which our ex-
ports were only Sll 900, 900. Forty
one millions Is n pretty large sum 10
lose in one island in n single year.
"In the republic Of Brazil we left
81. 100000. Our exports 30 Brazil
were 100000.
ain Mexico We lost 1000. 900.
Our imports from Mexico were sol =
OO1, 900 and our exports 20 Mexico
were Sill 200, 900.
"ro sum it all up, our imports
from the countries south Of Us were
S2l6, 900, 600; our exports TO them
we're S74,UOO, 900. The balance
against US In our trade with thes..
countries, Therefore, was Sic, OOO, 600,
exceeding our gains from all the rest
OF the world by sia,OOO,OOO. BY no
figure Of speech
CAN WE FLATTER OURSELVES
into the belief that our trade With
our American neIghbors is In a pros
porous condition. How can this
state Of affairs be remedied? You
have heard = great deal said In the
past ten years by our democratic
friends about the iniquity Of the
republican party In keeping up a
war tariff. AS n matter of fact, the
war tariff has not been kept up, hut
has been amended ovee and over
again, until the rsvis.ou Of 1Ss5 len
scarcely trnce Of the actual tariff
that vss In operation ~ the close Of