Telegram-herald., 1890-07-02
OFFICIAL PAPER or THE CITY.


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That person may Do thorough,
continuous, all-wool Democrat, ne
should have a very small recollection
and a very Large forgetfulness; one who
has not learned by the experiences Of
the past. and cannot Do taught by the
facts Of the present. A Democrat never
tires Of enlarging upon the idea of
what our merchantmarine used 20 do for
our country, and OF claiming that such
a marine was the result of Democratic
political economy. and that, were 1t
not for the policy of the Republican
party, il would still be SAILING upon the
high seas. This charge against the Re
publican party Is made by Democratic
platforms, as well as by individual
Democrats, and the advantages and
absolute necessity of a merchant
marine are so fully and ever
lxstlngly dilated upon by the
Democrats, individually and collective
ly. that q reasonable person would
naturally believe. if ne were not ac-
guainted with the nature of the Demo
Gratis, that there must be something
radically wrong in the premises, and
that the Republican party was response
bic for the wrong. Butwhat are the facts
OF too~s~~e--s~a merchant marine as
sb~olutely necessary to our welfare as
tire Democrats would fain make people
felieve. and, as desirable as il may be,
IL the Republican party in any fault III
the decadence of the same? In taking
this question under consideration, it Is
well to consider that this county, to use
the language of Gladstone. the greatest
non-protectionIst of modern times, Is
ssin herself = world, and not a very
little world. She carries on the busl-
ness Of domestic exchanges on scale
such as mankind has never seen.
OF all the staple products of human
industry and care, how few are there
which in one or another of her count
less regions, the soil Of America would
refuse 10 yield. No other country has
the same diversity, the same free
choice Of industrial pursuits, the same
option % lay hold not on the good
merely, but on the best. Historically.
all international trade has had its
broadest basis in the interchange be-
tween tropical or southern commod tiles
and those CT the temperate or northern
zone. And even this kind of exchange
Ameri ca possesses on a considerable
scale within her own ample borders" 3"
We have quoted thus literally for It
fully explains the situation, and has
a peculiar force, coming from the
source 10 does SO long As we possess
the sources Of al these products Of in
dustry, and have these countless
regions. with such diversity of soil and
climate. would il be wise policy TO let
these products lsnguish, and these
regions, with their diversified soil aud
climate, lie dormant, IN order 70 fos-
ter and build up n foreign commerce.
It Is well 10 remember that We "a a
nation have grown, within the last
twenty-five or thirty years, n material
wealth and development, as no other
nation within the same length OF time
ever grew; that our internal commerce
over our railways and UPON oar navig-
able lakes and rivers, and ocean coasts
amounted IN the year 1883 70 nearly
ss0, 900, 1000 600, nearly three times ss
much as the largest combined annual
export trade our country ever bad, and
the internal trade stands % Our foreign
commerce today "a twenty-five bone.
And what a better than All else IS
Che fact that the results Of al this in
ternsl commerce are distributed and
retained BY the people Of our own
country. Ard 81 this internal com
merce development the Republican
party has been spplying itself during
the time Il has had the shaping of the
AFFAIRS Of this country. and WITH the
result mentioned. But let us see
whether il = fair for the Democratic
Marty % clans that fors,gn commerce
= bstter for the country than internal
eopnerce. IN the year 1850 the total
s,nSunt of imports and exports Of msr-
chsneise of this country vas over the
rsus af sss7 .ooo. go. the eighess snount
reached up 60 that date aud for = num-
Der o( yesrs Afterwards, and at that
aate tie country had its lowest tarid.
And vas husines zourishsug and The
interests Of TIE people advancing At