The Dickinson press., 1892-12-10

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value nf the ten yeals prior to 1891 BY
$l35 1854 During the fiscal year
amounted to $457, 999 C5S. ths largest
aggregate in the history of our com
merce. The value of the in ports
1892 WAS IS IS per cent of the total value
OF imports. as compared With 43 81
per cent in 1891. ard SO. sc per cent in
1850. In our coastwise trade IN okt en-
coursging eleiopment is in progress.
there having be n III The last four ye ,rs
all increase OF l6 per cent In irterna
tlonal oommelcs the statistics rho y
that no suca period Of prot perity has
ever before exist, d. The freight car
ried in The coast1ise trade Of the great
lakes in 1890 aggregated % 295 955 tons
On the Mississippi, Missouri and O1i,
rivers and tributaries in the
same yesr the traffic aggregated 80,
Aus, GAG tots and the tota! vetsei tonnage
passing through the Detroit river
tons; The vessel tonnage n
.SAeu ruu CAehEoA III lne
foreign trsde Of Loudon during 1890
amounting to Is, 4S0. 767 tons aud uf
Liverpool 1884 $50 tors, q total for
these two great chipping ports of a.
1872, 56s tons. only slightly in excess Of
tie vessel tonnage passing through the
Detroit river. And it should he said
that the season of the Detroit river was
bnt 223 days. while of coulss in Lo1 don
and Liverpool the season was for the
entire year. The vessel tonnage pass
ing through the st Mary's canal for the
titc.l year 1892 amour I'D to 1928 s74
tors and the freight tonnage of the De
troit river is estimated for that year al
rs 600 600 tens against 90 200. .Gl5 ton:
III 1891 The aggregate traits on oar
rail- Dads for the year 1901 amounted to
704, 81 9 $50 tons of frelWht, ccmpared d
With 0Sl, ,344 4S7 tons in 1890 al increase
OF IL. .C54 112 tons. Another Indication
OF the general prosperity Of the country
is found in the fact hat the number OF
dspoeitors in savings hanks increased
from 1893 $40 in 1860 TO 1858 893 in 1890,
IN Increase OF s Is per ceat aud the
| amount of deposits from $l40 277, ,5O4 in
1869 to $l h24 S44 SOC III 1890. IN iu
crease Of 92l per cent. In 1891 the
amount OF deposits in savings banks
was 81 e2S.079.749 1t is estimated thut
80 per cent of these deposits represent
the savings OF wage earuers. The bank
elearances for nine months ending Sept
3o, 1891, amounted to SILL O49 800 S,S
For the same months III 1892, they
amounted 10 $45 1S9. col 947 au excess
for the nine months cf 1, Ala 2ll,139
There never hts been timu iu our
history when work Was 30 plenty or
Whtn wages we're 80 high whether
measured by the currency on which
they ate paid or by their power to sup
ply the neoessaries and comforts of l,ie
1t is true that the market prices of cot.
ton and wheat have been low;lt is one
OF the unfavorable incidents Of agri-
culture that the farmer cannot produce
upon orders He must SOW and reap IN
Ignorance CT the aggregate production
of tic Year, and is sui jeot to the d.
probation which follows -produc-
tion, but, while the fact have stated lis
true, as to the crops mentioned, the
genersl aver ge Of prices has been such
us TO give to .griculture fair puriici
paticn i'll the gvn.Ial property. 'rh.
value OF our tltul farm products has iD
creased from 81. 3B3 8dB. .eGG in 1860 to
ID, COO. .0O0, ,OCO III 1891, ut estim Ated by
stutn olal e, an increase Of 230 per cent
The numuer Of hogs Jan. /, 1891, was
50 G25 ll6 and their value $2,lN1 1913. :
525; nu Jan. 1, 1882. the number WIS
SO 498. 010 ond the value $241, 1,O31, ,4l5
On Jan. 1. 1871. the number If oatti.
was 81, $40, 048 and the value $544, 49,
0O8; Jan. 1. 1892. thu number was 3d.
65l. .23j and the value 1870, 749, 1856 II
uDy ore discontented With the state Of
things Lere; if any believe that the
~upts or prices or returns for hcnes,
toll are inad. quate, they should not fail
to remember that there is lo Other
country in the world where the c,n
ditons that seem to them hard wou d
not be accepted as highly prosperous
The English a2riculturlst would be glad
to Exchange the returns Of his labor fD,
those of the American farmer aud the
Manchester workmen their wages for
those OF their fellows at Fall River. l
believe that the prote ctive sy stem which
now for some time like thirty years has
prevailed in our legislAtionP, hst been q
mighty instrument for the development
of cur national wesllb and mos! pow
elful sgelcy i'll protecting the homes oi
our workiDgmen from the Invasion oi
want. have felt most solicitous in
te1cst to preserve to our working peop'e
rates OF wages tEat would not only give
daily bread but supply comforts be
margin for those hone attractions and
tam.ly comforts and eljnymt nts with
out which life is neither hopeful uor
sweet. They are American oitizsnp, h
part OF the grt at people fer whom our
constitution and growth were framed
and Instituted, and 1t oanoot be per
version Of tha contribution to leglslate
so SO TO preserve in their hom.s the
comfort. Independence, loyalty and
sense of interest in the government
which are essential to good citizenship
iu peace and VII eh will bring this stall
wai t thu org. as III 1861, to the defcpse
oi the flag when it ls aEsaile d. 1t ls not
my purpose to renew here tue argument
in favor OF a protective tariff. The re
suit f the 70 -eLt election must be &c
ctpted IS having introduced Lew
policy. We must assume that the
pr. sent tsr.ff, constructed upon the
lines of protection, is to be repealed
and that there is TO- be substituted for
it tariff law constructed solely with
refereL Co to revt Luz; that no duty is to
be higher because the increase will keep
open an American mill or keep up the
wages of the American workman, bat
that III tvery case such r.te Of duty is
to be imposed bs will bring to the
treasury Of the United States the
largest returns OF revenue The con
tes. being net between schedules. but
between prinoip:.p, it would be
fsusite to suggest that the prevailing
party will not carry into legl.latiun
the principles advocated by it and the
pieoges given to the people. Tie tafifl
bills passed ty the house Of representa-
tives ut the last session vtre. us [ sup
posed, even in the opinion of their pre-
moters, inad. qnate aud justified enly
by the fact thst the senste and h; use of
representatives. were not in acceId. and
;hat a +1essl revision should not,
therefore, b /, undertaken.
yecDm mouS th a tba u,fOlo nn1 iect