The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-30
BLAINE COMES OUT
In a Public Speech in Favor of
Reciprocity.
HIS REASONS FOR THE SAME.
IL Would Open up Foreign Markets to Ameri.
can Products and Neutrality-suspicious.
Balance of Trade Last Year.

lnass meeting was held to night, and after
Governor Burleigh had spoken, President
Small of Colby university, introduced "the
leader o. the Republican party and famous
advocate OF an interesting and progressive
protective tariff, Hon. James G.. Blaine''
In regard to national questions Blaine
SAID, II wish to declare my opinion that the
United States has reached a point where
one OF Its highest duties is to enlarge the
area OF us foreign trade. Under the beneii-
cent policy of protection we have deyeloped
| volume of manufactures which in MANY
departments overruns the demands of the
nome market. In the field of agricultnre
with the immense propulsion given 1t by
agricultural implements, we can do far more
Vnah produce oreadstuffs and provisions for
our own people. Nor would it be an ambitions
destiny for so great a country as ours to
manufacture only what we can consume
or produce only what we can eat. We are
already, In many fabrics and in many pro-
ducts, FAR beyond that, and our great de-
mand IS expansion, mean an EXPANSION of
trade with countries where we can find
prohtaole exchanges. We are lot seeking
Giie annexation of territory Certainly we
90 not desire it, unless it should come nv
voltlon OF the people who might ask the
priceless boon OF place under the flag of
our union feel sure that for long time
TO come the people of the United States
will be wisely content. with our nresent
area and not launch upon any theme of
annexation At the same time L think we
should be unwisey content If we did NOT
SEEK 10 engage III what the Younger Pitt
SO well termed the annexation of trade
For nearly thirty years now the United
states mas mad the great advantage of a
protective tariff, by far the longest un
broken period that its industrial policy has
ueen enforced since the federal govern
menu was organized. Happily the great
majority OF the people, without strict re-
gard TO party lines, believe the results tn
the American people from protective
policy have been intellectually benefcient.
aggregatlng in quarter of a century ma
tlonal and individual wealth beyond any
OF the world
II do not mention protection because
intend to speak in reference thereto, be-
lore TINS audience. That would be need
less II not an impotent effort. [ merely
wish to proclaim its victories. Without
protection the United States would he
poor indeed After the ravages of the
war rom lSol to 1865, with protection.
every state fourished and prospered. has
grown and gained. Even where revenue
uulles nave been levied with no expecta-
tlon OF developing industries, there have ia
many instances been great financial and in
dustrlal results. The heavy duty on silk
was levied primarily not for protection Init
simply to secure large revenue from one
Vi 0he luXuries OF the rich, but as conse-
quence the Silk industry increased so ran
Idly that it constitutes one of the leading
'aorlcs OF New Jersey, one of the larpest
manufacturing states of the union. 7
could readily advance other illustrations to
the same effect W
AS have already intimated, am here
10 speak on the expansion of our foreign
u eue', NOT oy any novel process, not by any
means that will shock or disturb home in |
dustrles, not by any means that will invite |
our people to rash experiments, or that VIII |
launch US in doubtful and dangerous invest
menus. what mean to speak of briefly is |
system OF reciprocity not in conflict with
d protective tariff, but supplementary
thereto; and presenting a field of enterprise
eRa9 VIII rlcnly repay the effort and energy |
ol the american people. We shall find IT. |
instructive and valuable to examine into
the sources OF our imports and the destina
tlon OF our exports, ana to strike a balance |
between the two
Take last year, 1889: In that wear orr
whole exports to all countries in the three |
continents OF Europe, Asia and Africa. and
iooAot Sdudud anu Hawaii, amounted |
IN round numbers to SOS, GOO 600: and onr |
imports from all those countries amounted |
IN round numbers to 1928, 100000, showing
tnat from that vast trade we have n balance
OF sl29,O0O,000 In our favor, equivalent to |
that amount of gold among our people. Rut
When all the accounts were closed, instead |
OF having S129, 900, 900 in our favor. we had |
balance OF Sl3. GOO 600 against US from our |
foreign trade. We must therefore have |
lost S142, 100000 in our commerce with |
countries outside those to which / have re |
TERED. Where could we have found such
a large adverse balance! Let me tell Won. |
we lost SAL 900, 900 in Cuba, from which the |
imports were So, 100000, and to which our
exports We're only 100000 Forty-one
miillons Is pretty large sum to lose iu one
island in single year.
I'm the republic of Brazil. we left s51
0OO,00 Our exports to Brazil were SO.
0OO,0OO. In Mexico we lost SIC. OOO. O00. orr
imports from Mexico were S2l. 100000. tn
sum IL all up, our imports from the conn
tries south OF US were $780, O0. 600. our
exports to them were S74, 900, OC0 The bal
ance against US IN our trade with these
countries therefore is $4,000. 600. exceed.
ing our gains from all the rest of the world
by Sl3.OOO,0O0. By no figure of speech can
we latter ourselves into the belief that orr
trade with our American neighbors is in a
prosperous condition.
How can this state of affairs he
remedied. You have heard great deal
SAID IN the past ten years by our Democratic
friends about the iRiquity of the Republi
can party Keeping up the war tariff. AS a
matter OF TACT, the war tariff has not been
kept up, but been amended over and over
again, until the revision of 1883 left scarcely
trace OF the actual tariff that was in opera
ton at the close of the war and for few
years afterwards. During the war we
were compelled to tax almost everythipgin
the air, on the water. on the earth and
under the earth. The necessities of the
government were so great that we could
allow scarcely anything to be imported
Wlthout paying tribute, and | think
a wise policy. We were we're M NOT
then studying the philosophy of trcde
relations, but how to save the life of thu
nation. Money was primal necessity and
we seized it wherever we could freach il \
lawfully. But during the last eighteen
years great change has been made So
entirely has the war tariff been abolished
that in the fiscal year ending June 80. 1889
articles admitted free were considerably
more than one-third OF our imports. To be
exact the imported articles that paid dutv
S4SS,000,0O0 in value, and the
articles that paid no duty ex
ceeded $3.50, 600 in value The inevita
BILE tendency is, l think, toward an increase
OF the free list. Our great mistake was
made when we began to repudiate the duties
on so large an amount of Imports ANY DUTY
was favor ard advantage to the
exporting country, and we have asked
nothing In return. | must say it was only
carelessness and was done by both political
parties. Every repeal of duty should be
preceded by the most thorough investiga-
ton, and wherever it was found r)ractice