The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-22

The above is the total of agricultural pro-
ducts exported which were of the kind that
the farmers OF York county could be con-
sidered interested in. Add to the above the
cotton exported amounting to S223, ,016, 76O,
and the tobacco exported. .S21 1896, ,0S4, and we
have grand total of S4S5, ,S13, SIG. With the
mighty telescope 5000, 100000, as a basis, Mr..
Frank proceeds TO reason out his new theory
of prices. Said he, "But IL II be true, as all
must clearly see when they think for a mo-
ment, that when any products are largely
exported, the price Is not fixed by the home
market, but by the worlds market"
The 'l1ortd's market" are the words most
frequently and pOmpously upon the lips Of
all the enemies Of our American industrial
system.
They cannot. or will not comprehend that
The market for the farmer the United
States is in his own country, that 1t Is the
largest and nearest and therefore the best;
That 1t is so great that 1t is law unto IT
sell, and fixes Its own prices, in the main.
II is so near, as Mr.. Frank suggest that the
farmers Of York can sell their butter in
Biddeford, although he would seem to con-
| tend that the price of butter in Biddeford,
depended on the price in the worlds
market. See that part OF his speech
| on butter as shipping commodity. We ex-
ported butter TO the value Of 1885,, ,90S in
| 1888. How much did that little export have
to do with prices Of butter in BidGeford?
We exported that year "a, ,27S, All bushels of
corn at valuation OF only Sl3, $50 But
| which our home market took except that
| 24,000,0 900 bushels, which had as much to do
| with the price Of corn in York county (where
they buy corn, and like 1t cheap as the dog IS
tail does with wagglng the dog, Just as little.
Great Britain bought In our market because
1t suited her. merchandise TO the enormous
| value OF S35S, ,23S, 100. We purchased OF her
only to the extent of si77, ,s97, ,o75., She paid
Siso o. siosi5 aaS This healthy cash balance. per e
/ annum, the Republican party want to hold.
| Although we bought of Switzerland to the
| amount Of SIS, III, ,2S6 she bought of us but
| S24. .254, because our market did not suit her.
| our American protective tariff industrial
| system Is now well established, and only
| needs amendment, from time to time. by
| way Of preserving, not destroying it,.
With ii has grown up home market Tor
the farmer which has enriched him beyond
| the brightest dream Of the farmer Oh any
other land in the world.
The hobby of the enemy Of our Ameri-
can industrial system when discussing the
tariff is'fOreign commerce." and his sarcasm
is monopoly. When our Republicans in
Congress are intelligently devising ways to
protect our merchant marine, he will not
vote a dollar out of the Treasury Of the Uni
ted States for the purpose. and his sarcasm
is subsidy.
No intelligent protectiOnist now pleads in
fancy.
Washington, jefferson, Clay, Webster and
our own great George Evans debated the
question in that way, to the uninstrncted
masses in their day, as the most effective
argument then at hand, and in accordance
with the then facts.
Noio we can show the clamp Of beauty"
shining upon all the high places OF our wealth
and our Industries, and conclusiYely prove
by all the witnesses of our prosperity, that a
protective tariff was its creator, and must
be its salvation.
To listen to the suggestions Of the Demo-
| cratic party, which has fought that system
for an hundred years, is like taking counsel
of folly. l.. Il. DENNETT.