The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1894-09-07
WollD's MARKETS
oEJ DrMocRATic ARoJMsNr
COMPLETELY EXPOSED.
rhe AmsrIean Market Worth over our
4 nllllon poIl.ra Year, More Than All
Others comblnsd-Let Us Keep Our
Own and Not Destroy ii.

The removal OF the free trade
party's destructive FREQ raw material
war, cry against American industries
naturally calls to mind their old theory
OF the markets Of the world, and how
great gain 1t will DO II we can only
secure them. Let US look into It
The total manufactures Of the
United States in 1880. according to
the last census returns, amounted In
value to 50. 0s4, 435. o3r, OF which we
exported to the value of 1851, IO2, aTo,
leaving ss,0os, a3a, 9Gl worth Of Ameri.
can manufactured goods consumed at
home, as follows:
AMERICAN MANUFACTURER
iotni United States manufactures.
'oo''.'.. .....,..... ....... 20, Oh, 1876 ss1
Total exported, 1890. -. ..... 1851 ,l0e s7d
Total home consumption, l. 90. 500, 1882 sol
IN the same way we must deal with
our farm products. the total value OF
winch during 1889. consumed In 1880,
was az, AGO. 1914 We exported TO
the extent Of sa3e. 400, leaving
american farm products worth 81, Da7.-
soo' 964 consumed by Americans Thus:
AMERICAN FARM PRODUCTS.
Totai farm products 1889 ,;6), io745I
Total exported, $780,. ......... bsei4i,4g)
Total home consumption. 1907 81, va, 0es eoa
We SEQ that the American people
consumed American manufactured
goods and farm prod ucts In 1890 to the
extent of $40, s3l. 20s. 025. To this we
must add tho value of the foreign
goods entered for consumption through
our customs department. which
amounted to STA, GA. sl2 in 1890, there.
by getting the following aggregate
value of the entire
AMERICAN CONSUMPTION IN $500
Her,eah manufactures. .......... 1903 33..0M
american farm products. 80. l,9s7 Qsl9et
i''sn soous' .'.'''......... 1884 81!
Total American consumption. sii. 60i vi, rs,
against the aggregate consumption
OF goods in the United States, worth
siI.d0i, oi3, 737 in the year 1890, or
sl7a5a for every man, woman and
child OF population of 65, 900, 900 per.
sons, what are the great markets of
the world that we may expect to So.
cure?
The markets of the world comprise
only such goods as are imported by
the different countries OF the world,
because we can not claim to supply
them with what they already manu-
facture or grow in their own coun.
tries, unless they propose free trade,
as the democratic party would have
US do. They are not SO foolish, how.
ever. Other countries prefer to re-
tain what they already posses. rather
.ian throw away the substance for
the shadow. We find from the Amer.
lean Almanac of lsss that the total
imports Of all other countries In the
world at the latest date for which
complete returns are available, were
As follows:
TOTAL FOREIGN lNPonTs
Europe, ASIA Africa, North and
south America, Australia and
the Islands Of the Sea. -. s.5s9 100 Oo)
This Is less by over four billions of
dollars than the total consumption OF
goods in the United States. Thus:
Total United States consumption
ies1. ell GOI p1J n,
Total Imports, all other countries,
ioeo. ............ 75-QODDO ON
United States market excess. yiOas,g 73.,J;