Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-31
THE BLAINE IDEA.
The Plumed knight Gives His
Views % to What Our Trade
Relations Should Be.
He Does Net Believe His Policy
Of Reciprocity Could Be
Called Free Trade.
A Mastery speech.

mastery speech.
WATERvILLE, Me-. Aug. GA
public mass meeting was held tn
night, and after Governor Burleigh
made a speech. President A. W.
Smell Of Colby university. introduced
ss "'he leader of the republican party
aud the famoos advocate IF an inte.
resting snd prorress'v. protective tar
III. Hon. james q. Blaine" In re.
gard to the national questions, Blaine
eaid: ~ wish to declare the opinion
that the United States has reached o
point wbsrs one Of the highsss duties
Ia n enlarge the eres Of its foreign
trade. Under the benefcieut policy
OF profession We have developed 0
volume Of msnufacturss which, IN
many departments, overruns the de-
mands Of the home Market In the
6ald Of agriculture. With the I'm
mense propulsion given In II by sgri-
cultural iwplementa, We can do for
moro than produce breadstuffs and
provisions for our own people; nor
would It be ambitious destinv for 10
great country ~ oun to manufacture
only what VIC can consume or 10 pro-
ducs only what We can eat. We sre
already. 10 many fabrics and In many
products, far beyond that, and
OUR GREAT DEMAND
10 expansion. I mean expansion of
trade with countries where We can
fnd profitable exchanges. We are
not seeking annexation Of territory.
Certainly We do not desire 1t. unless
1t should come BY the volition of the
people who might ask the priceless
boon Of place under the flag Of the
Union. I feel sure that for . loug
time to come the people Of the United
States viii be wisely content with our
present sres, aud not launch upon any
scheme Of aupexation. At the same
time. ] think ws should bs unwisely
content II We did not seek to engage
in what Young Pitt 20 well termed
'ANNExArIoN OF TRADE
For nearly thirty years now the
United States has hsd the great ad-
vantage Of . protsctive tariff, by far
the longest unbroksn period that its
industrial policy has been In force
since the federal government was org.
anized. Happil.' the great majority Of
our people, without strict regard to
psrty lines. believe that the results to
the American people from the pro-
tective policy has been incalcu.able,
aggregating In quarter Of century
OF nstionsl aud individual wealth
beyond thst ever dreamed q before 10
history Of the world" Mr.. Blaine
then briefly recited what be termed
''THE VICTORIES OF PROTECTION"
and next spoke Of q system Of reci-
procity, not In conflict with the pro-
tective tariff, but supplementary
thereto, and presenting field Of en-
terprise that will richly repay the ef-
fort and energy Of the American peo-
pie. We shall find 1t instructive and
valuable to examine into the sources
of cur imports and the destination Of
our exports, and to strike Q balance
between the two. Take last year,
1889. In that year our whole exports
70 ali countries 10 the three continents
Of Europe, Asia and Africa and to
Australia, Canada and Hawaii
amounted. In round numbers, 70 S85s,.
0OO. 900 and our imports from all those
Countries amounted. In round mum.
bers, to t529, ,000, 900, showing that
from that vast trade we had . balancs
Of si0AQ0.0O IN our AvVr. equivalent
TO that emoept rof ola among oul
peoplN 4 BuS shsa Alls accounts an
tfuSed, DstssA = hsvipe sl20. .ooo. .oo(
In our hsoss nt ,hAl p alancs Of sls.'
0OO, ,OS tainst q for oss foreign trade
We must. therefore. have Lost el42..
900. 900 In our commerce with eoun.
tries outside Of those 10 which I hsv,
referred. Whore could We have found
%44..s, .',r ,4v-.If,..sk
Id yos We lot III, @osp I.
Cuba, from which our imports wsf'
e62, 900 900 and 70 which our EXPORT
were only I'll. 900. 900. Fortyone millior
isa pretty large sum 70 lose In ono lei
and In . singls year. In the rspublI,
Of Brasil We Lost e5l, 900. 900. Our I'm
ports nom Brasil tsls 900. .0oo. 900; ou
sxporta y Brasil wars $1,000, 900. Il
Ms( co u lost sa0O 900. Import
from ycubo VI , s2lf -, 900; our sl
pctA5 bort ~, 0,ood To sam Y n
up, our Imports from the eountsis