Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-04-30

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formed Into cotton cloth vhtcAs when esne
TO nfssu acd y exchanged foe oe3ee and
rabbef which In tam y cold - peodnoe's
OF wheat and provisions N ~ unissd
States. The great savins In transportation
aIone vculd make Il much nose eosnoma-
cd for ~ 10 send cotton cloth ftom 0ect-
sia OF Rhode Island directly b
Brasil In exchange for coAse and Raebsf.
Bat The aggregate saving which voeM Ne
sult from The sxportaticn Of oar bssf. PORK
and other agricultural PRODUCES 10 me Sofn
Of hoished asttciss. vhiIn II would % vesy
great, would be unimpofsant from nation-
81 standpoint when compared With the ben
sdcent results which would arise from
more perfect development Of oDs manu-
fActufes. Manufactures covering the en-
tire field of Industrial creation. once hfniy
esiabltshed. are OF inesdmaoie vaiue In
promoting and maintaining she greatest pos
sibie fhciency 10 national productive fofcse.
For manufacturer Of any industrial nations
10 achieve success under the sxtsnng con.
dk'on 1t 10 necessafy they shouli conduct
ops sfations upon large scale. Isbscomss
more and more apparent every day % the
iateiligsnt study of the economical that
tina better understanding Of the Law OF IN
cfeseing returns 10 bringing about . fevo-
luton IN the manufacturing methods.
Great savings In the cost Of admtnisssa-
ton ard distribution and great I'm.
ptovements in the machinery was
strulated aid rendered possibie
thsaugh greatly Increased production.
Manufacturing can only be carried on In
the United States on scale which VIII ~
cure the best results BY giving 70 domsstic
producers home market and BY maintain
itg the purchasing power Of American
people At the pfesens high level through
retention protective policy. lt 10 true that
some manufacturers In the Uaitsd btases.
when competing In the production OF
certain articlss, labor under some dead
vantsges, which, for obvious reasons can.
net be removed at once. Much higher
level OF wages. much greater earnings OF
all persons engaged In useful employmsnts
In the United Stases, necessitatss relatively
higher cost Of production In many articles
In order to enable the American producer
Of these articles to meet the foreign com
petitor 10 our own markets on equal teSms,
ii 10 necessary TO tqualise the conditions by
lsvyina protecting duties. A critical ex
animation OF the ultimate eject Of pro.
tective policy upon our ability to compete
in expectation Of manufactured afticles.
will show that the advantage have to,
fefred TO will. In . constantly incfsasioe
number Of cases, more than balance these
disadvantages. In all cases whore Amefi
can manufacturers have secured control Of
the American market. the result has be,
lower level Of pricss throughout the
world. In many such cases We have, BY
improved methods, much greater nee Of
machinery, superior skill and enterprise,
our mechanics have reduced the cost
Of production in the United States
below that in competing countries.
Our ability to compete in foreign market
does not depend upon the character OF the
article produced. We have obtained and
held under ADVERSE circumstances fair