The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-13

parson of the value OF our imports for
lsS2 with the annual average for the ten
years prior to lSgi shows an excess OF
s265, lag, 61l. or Of a.c5 per cent.
The value OF our imports of mer
chandise for Is9.. which was
eo29, aO2, I62 also exceeded the annual
average value of the ten years prior 10
1881 by sl35. 2l5.?A. During the fiscal
year lsfs. the value Of imports free Of
duty amounted TO $457. 999. 65s. the largest
| aggregat in the history OF our commerce.
rae vain Of the imports Of merchants,
I s..;c.'Ni r." - iuty n '>?2 vas ! 3, per
/ cvnt OF Tia -1,.i' vLI:!-- ~ im|o"i>. ~ com
pared W til - p 4 cent iu ISL and 3 Is;
I per cent in l>3'.
! cur Coastwi.e Trade.
In our coistwi-c trade u inO>t encour
agin. development i ia progress. thr-
having been in jEr last four years an
C ease OF 10 pc: cent. In internal g.
merce the sia:iSti 5 shaw that no
period of prosperity has ever t.,oIc
is:ei- The fr light carried IN the l
wise trade of the great lakes in 1879 a.. ;r.'-
gated p, 1873 tons.
Domestic Tarin.
On the Mississippi. Missouri and Ohic
rivers and iriottdr e, IN the same year
the traffic aggrc lated % iC4 1 u tons anu
the total vessel tonnage passing tnrou ia
IN. Detroit river dur:.. That year Was
u =. . . IONS. "a vessel tonnage en-
tered and c.edrsG ia the foreign trade of
London during 1879 amounted Ia u. 40, s6i
/ tons and of Liverpool l0e;l. 800 tons,
/ total Tor these two great shipping ports OF
4,4.2.56> tons. only slightly In excess
OF the vessel tonnage passing through the
I Detroit river And il should be sad that
the season for the Detroit river Was but
= 5 days-while of course in London and
Liverpool the season was for the entire
year The vessel tonnage passini through
the St Mary'S canal for the fiscal year
lsg2 amounted 10 ..S,s S14 tons and the
freight tonnage of the Detroit river Is
estimated for that year at 2b,U10O0 tons
! against %. 100. 6l3 tons IN 1891. The accre-
gate traffic on oar raj roads for the year
1891 amounted to i0i, $3.50 g tons of
fright. compared with 09l, 344. 43s tons in
1897, an increase of l3.o54. lag tons.
Another Indication of the general pros
periiy of the country is found in the fact
that the number of depos tors in savings
banks increas II from 6g3,S in l>J1 10
4.25S S93 in 1891. an increase OF 5i3 per
cent, and the amount of depos & from
$l9i "a. o. N 1850 to 8 IA Sii > d in 1890.
an increase Of 81 per cent Ia 1871 the
amount of deposits IN savings banks was
81. q 30i91,9. Ii is estimated that ninety
per cent of these deposits represent the
savings of wage carriers The bank
clearanceS for nine months ending Seutem-
Der 30th. 1891. amounted to 81 $40, o.U.S :.
For the same months in lsG2, they
amounted 10 So l>g.6Jl .94s. an excess for
the nine months Oh Si,l-0..ll,l3
There never mas been "A time in our his
tory when work was so abundant, or when
wages were so high. whether measured
by the currency in which they are paid. or
by their power 10 supply the necessaries
and comforts of life. II is true that
the market prices of cotton and wheat
hor kGn lANs ~ nr a
unfavorable inc dents of agriculture that
the farmer cannot produce upon orders.
He must SOW and reap in ignorance of the
aggregate product on of the year, and IS
peculiarly subject to the depreciation .
which follows over production.
Value Of Farm Product.
But while the fact have stated is true
as TO the crops, | have men Toned, the
general average o. prices has been such as
to give to agriculture fair part.c ipation IN
the genera. prosperity. The value Of our .
total farm products has increased from
81. 30 $40 $50 in l,6J TO 81, ; 0.OO 900 in 1891,
as estimated by statisticians. an increase
OF :3J per cent The number OF hogs
January |, 1871, was 5l.62 .iUi and their
value S2l0 1883; on January |. ls.r2 the
number was .2.3yS,03. and ihv value
$24l Ala. On January /, 1891 the
number Of cattle was III. osI.6is and the
value saii, las90S: on January |, l>a., the .
numb,r was 81 ,65l g +? and the value si7J,-
1i9. i.;. /
If any are discontinued with their
state here: if any believe that
the wages or prices. the returns for honest
toll. are inadequate. they should not fail
TO remember that there is no other country
in the Grid where the conditions tlat seem
to them hard, would not be accepted as
highly prosperous. Tie English agricul-
turist would oe glad to exchange the re-
turns of his labor for those of the Ameri
can farmer. and the Manchester workman
his wages for those Of his fellows al Fall
River.
The Protective system.
1 believe that Ins protective system.
which now for sonnet hing like thirty years
has prevailed in our legislation has been
q mighty instrument for the development
OF our national wealth and most power
full agency in r0Iecting the homes OF
our worXin ,men from the invasion of
want. j have felt most solicitous inter-
est 10 preserve TO our working people
rates Of ways that would not only give
a aslv lead out SUPP supply ma comfort a,,.
tions and family comforts and
enjoyments without witch life is
ne Their hopeful nor sweet They are
Amer can citizens-a part of the great peo-
pie for which our constitution and govern
ment were framed ami inst,tuted-and il
u
ton to so legisiate so a 20 preserve in
their homes the comfort. Independence. 4
loyalty and sense of interest in the gov
eminent which are essential To good citi-
zensnip in peace aud watch Will bring them
As in 1861, TO the defense of tn flag
when il is assa:led
1t Is not my purpose 20 renew here the
argument in favor of a protective tariff.
The result of the recent eject on must be
accepted as having introduced a new poll
cy- We MUST assume that the present
tariff. constructed upoa tie lines o. pro-
lection, is TO be repealed and that there is
to be substituted for i: tariff law con-
structed solely with reference to revenue;
that no duty is to be b CHER because the
increase will keep open an American mill
or keep up tine wages OF AN American
workman but that in every case such a
rate of duty is to be imposed
as will bring 10 the treasury
of the United States, the largest returns of
has px.ar ho-.