The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-09

| the face of the globe, the value of this
| trade would fall short Of our home mar
| ket by almost s. 100000, 900. What
suicidal police it would be for our farm
eTs TO favor any measure which would
| in. the least endanger such market,
| for the slight chance which they would
! have of extending their exports or buy
ing their supplies a little cheaper in
/ other markets.
In 1887 the farmers of this country,
in addition to their own consumption,
| sold S59J, 100000 worth of butter, eggs,
| milk, and cheese. This is more than
/ twice the value of the cotton crop. and
more than the value of any other single
| crop except corn. The West and South
cannot afford TO see any change in the
tariff policy until they get the full bene-
! fit of it III the development of their re-
| sources. The South, with her adyan
| tage of climate, timber, WATERPROOF er,
coal, iron and minerals, has all the ele
ments necessary for the most prosper
Gus manufactures; and if the new
South will unlearn the teachings Of its
older leaders, who still have the oid
prejudice against labor and manutac-
lures, and if it will support the protec-
| tive tariff, 1T viii see an era of pros
perity compared TO which the old ante
| belum cotton prosperity will seem like
seven years OF famlne.-f0run.
| Some Questions for Free Traders to An
|
| Why is it that ID per cent, or nearly
| onehali, of the persons who reach the
age of &C in England are or nave been
paupers?
Why has the United States in the last
ten years added 900, 900 wage earners
to those engaged in manufacturing oc-
| cupatlons!
Why has WOODEN manufacturing in
the nited States grown SO,Ni6, I53 IN
the last ten years?
Why should we give UP home mar
ket worth 81, ,0o0,OO for foreign mar
kets worth less than 81 100000 600?
Why has the foreign price OF tin plate
decreased of late about as much as the
duty has increased
Why did John Bright admit that un-
der free trade the English farmer lost in
recent years over 81 100000, 900?
Why have the number of workmen
employed in the iron and steel indus
tries III Germany increased since the re-
turn to protection 10 per cent, the
wages paid 81 per cent. and the average
paid to each workman ] 40 per cent?
Why do 50 per cent. of the children
of British workmen in London 60 to
school every morning without break
fast?
| A British View of Tin Plates.
The London Iron, journal devoted
to the interests of the British iron in
dustrv, in its issue of March t, prints
the address of Mr.. Britton, the acting
secretary OF the American WnnedPiate
| Association, and saws in commenting
| thereon:
Ii the statistics given are correct-and
we have no reason To doubt their correct
ness -one-SiXtn OF the American c0nSump-
ton provided tor in the short space of a
year is no mean record in practically
new Industry, and 1t may ultimately prove.
although we reserve our opinion on this
point, that the United States VIII hr IN a
position to dispense with the English arti-
Gle.
The same journal expresses doubt us
to whether the Americans can raise the
capital necessary to construct the works
which will produce 80, 600, 600 worth OF
tin plate per annum. American enter
prise has never been checkmated vet,
and never will be. During the present
wear there will be between twenty and
thirty tin plate factories in full opera
ton in this country. The Wagc-earner rs
of the | nlted States should bear these
facts in mind.
| False Prophets.
Eighteen months ago every free trade
paper in the nited States was predict
ing that the Mckinley law would de-
Stroy American commerce. What are
the lacts? For the year ending Decem-
ber 81, 1890, our foreign trade, counting
both exports and imports, was sl,1l1,-
IL, f2l. For the year 1891 II was 81 49,
SIs,92S.