Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-07-20
HARD FOR DEMOCRATS TO ANSWER

The most difficult issue Tor the Democrats to meet in the present campaign will be the vast foreign trade of the United States, which has grown up under fostering Re- publican legislation, and which has shown a most decided impetus dur ing the past year. It is great deal easier to make people dissatisfied with an existing state of things on falling market. Hence it was that the Democrats set out to play the role of calamity shriekers, and only let up on that racket when they found that circumstances were so decidedly against them as to make their efforts ridiculous. When the Mckinley law and its principles of tariff and reciprocity are assailed, all the Republicans have to do is to point to results and say: "This is the way the law works, See for yourselves. It is a condition and not theory that confronts you"
 Fortunately the results of the last census are so far available as to place at our disposal unanswerable facts and figures concerning the foreign trade of the United States. Of course the greater part of our exports have been the products of agriculture. It is we'll to reach the fact, considering the organized eff forts of free trade theorists to mis- lead and confuse the grain farmers of the West and Northwest, that the term agricultural products" means more than breadstuffs. It includes cotton, wool, flax, and many other ''raw materials" of manufacture. Grain and other breadstuffs take second place in our exports of agricultural products. Cotton comes first, and, despite the fact that the price has been at the lowest figure, we will have sold during the year $30O,O0O,0O0 worth to foreign countries. Ofthis, Great Britain will have taken about $l70,- 100000, Germany $50,OO0,OOO, and France A0,0O0,OOO.
 The second place is taken by wheat and four, of which we will have exported during the year about S250OO0,OOO, Of this Great Britain takes $S0OO0,OO0 in wheat and $50,- 100000 in -four; France $50.000,000 in wheat and S2,000,000 in four. Of corn our exports will foot up nearly $3O,OOO,OOO worth, almost double our exports of four or five years ago of this cereal. Of this Great Britain will have taken about $20,000,O0O0 worth and Germany N,0O0,000. Our exports of meat products for the year will reach about $l30,OO0,OOO. The sales of bacon to Great Britain for the year will amount to nearly S6,OOO, 900, and of lard $S,OO0,000.
 A few years ago we were import ing great quantities of iron and steel; this year we shall have export ed nearly $S0,0O0,OOO worth, which is nearly double what we exported four or five years ago. The exports of iron and steel will be nearly s. OOO,OOO greater than last year. It is a curious fact that we have sent to Great Britain during the year be- tween S,000,000 and 4,OO0OOO0 worth of manufactures of iron and steel including steam engines, sew ing, machines. builders hardware and other articles of this kind, Our sales to Great Britain for the year | will amount to between S6.OO6,OOO | and S,OO,OO0 in value. France. | Germany and Great Britain are ali | good customers for our coal oil. each of these countries taking about | SS,000,0O0 worth during the year
 These figures and the total show ing presents an argument of solid | fact against the moonshine tbeores of the free traders. With an enor- nous increase in both exports and imports the theory that the tariff flinders trade Is seen to be a baseless delusion. When s theory be it ever so plausible, is shown to be aptagonistic to the actual facts, the theory must go. And that Is exactly the situstion as to the free trade theories about our commerce. Los Angeles Times.