New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-25
DEPEND ON HOME MARKETS
JOSEPH NIMMOs ADDRESS AT CIIAU-
TAUQUA.

THE INTERESTS OF THE EMPIRE STATE CON
sIpERED IN THE LIGHT OF TIE NE"
TARIFF B1LI.-cANADIAN COMPETITION
nr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIB, a.
Chautauoua NJ Y, Aug. 4.-Two of the lecturers
ut Chautauqua to-day were eminent prelates OF
two great churches, the Methodist Episcopal ana
the Protestant Episcopal, the speakers being
Bishop Daniel 4. Goodsell. Of San Francisco
Methodist and Bishop Arthur Cleveland COKE
Episcopaan. of Buffalo. Bishop Coxes SUBJECT
WAS Certain Tendencies Of our Times. ana IL is
quite plain from what the Bishop SAID that he
thinks many Of the tendencies are in the wrong u'-
rection The Bishop referred TO the education %
women and said: DO not tell me how gracefully
she can dance or how well she can play on inc
p,ano but docs she speak we'll and correctly In
bis address Bishop Coke referred 10 the PRESIDENT
whose cousin he IT, and said that he had pro-
found respect for him for doing what ne cou'u u
nut down Anarchy when it appeared IN the Iai'u.
Bishop Goodsells subject was SIN No''."s
Among the Asiatics' and his address apouhoeu
I'm striking Illustrations and amusing anecdotes
At O'Clock this afternoon Joseph Ninlmo' Oh
Washington, d. c.. spoke on Thc Agficu'.u'a
Interests of the State If New-iork His ADDRESS
was the feature Of the day, ana was hSte"eu "
by a large audience attentiveiy
After dscu .sng the present coalition OF diHere''
crops and :heir "alues Mr.. MINNIE SPOKE "a pe''
follows: 49,. - -.
One Of the mos; important facts WHICH can o., DC
PROSPERITY o; Sew-york agriculture is absolutely de, de
pendent upon home markets, and mainly upon ''''
The total value Of the exports Of products OF agr!-
culture from the United States exeusse o, 70 Der
cen; 0. the total agricultural production OF me
country. Such exports were arnost exce S,n.s
Consisting Chiefly OF animals, breadstuffs ana meat
products The great agr,cSITa sispes ,S 0 few
articles of minor imporance have no iorTs - nne
ket OF any consequence Less man an reuntry is ex
ported and only ,wo-tenhs OF one per cent OF ,ns
potato crop Il D4ss5sy G aS' SeyGnP
lre Is absolutely dependent upon nome ~
Il absurd 10 expect T h nnoms pocy any con-
siderable market can be developer lot ~ a,sn
1a iba The make of our State for agricultural
products principally sustained by our e"oi4ioN7
as before Shown. the State of NewYork stands
proudly at the head Of the States in the va9e ,S Ss
It's products OF MANUFACTURES. Let US glahce al 'e
growth OF manufacturing industries
MANUFACTURES OF NETWORK.
The number Of persons employed in the manufact-
,,res Of the State increased from 2So2 in 1850 to
So0S4 in 1890 and there is reason TO believe that Oy
June 30 1898, 1t had increased TO neary mil'iof
furnishing the means Of subsistence TO fully TWO ana
a half perhaps three million people or nearly one
half the entire population OF the state
It has been ascertained tina, the manufacturing es-
Establishments OF the cities OF NewYork and Brooklyn
furnish one hundred and nine times as much employ
men, 10 labor in these cities does the entire i'm
portat!on OF foreign goods at the port OF New
York ,..,,. ,,,,o, manufacturers give to
adjacent az Sse anq5 he abnnaan proof Of
the benefits conferred upon agriculture ps manu-
These facts sriking,y illustrate the wisdom OF the
following statement made by Thomas JEFFERSON rno IN
ss ysa5 I'VE must now pace our
by the side OF the agriculturst Experience ms
taught us that manufactures are now as hecessaf!
The complete dependence Of the bon apkes
Is e:eary frustrated BY the fact that during the
year only about ~ per cent OF our PnsS
that the expectation OF domestic merchandise OF
al sorts from the United States Is aosolu,ey free
Of any y. dey or Of poaucs Of
riculture and Of New-York manufactures is COM
p parsn, pyO.ssH S pons sn1
two per of either. the wisdom OF SUSTAINING
apparent.
CANADA AS A COMPETITOR.
The Canadian provinces OF Ontario and Quebec are
much more effective competitors Of New-York ag-
riculural interests in the markets OF our own State
than are even own Western and Northwestern
States This is evident from the following Facts:
First-The population OF the two provinces Of Que
bee and Ontario in the year 1891 was 3eo2sa6 which
was little than that OF the State OF New
York. exclusive Of the cities Of New-York, Brooklyn
and Buffalo.
second-The soil Of those provinces is on the general
average richer than the various soils OF New
York but probably not richer than the soil OF our
fertile countries bordering Lake Erie, Lake on
tario and the ST. Lawrence River
in the provinces Of Quebec and ontario is about
10000 acres r. s,a nS afea qf IS on
over 100000 acres In wore ,he psoau sa,sr
than that of the farming lands Of the State OF
New-York ,, o,o, ~,
farmers were driven by Western State competition
viz domestic animals hay potatoes onions 'uFns
Fifth-The cost OF transporting agricultural prod
the principal markets for such products in the State
of New-York is as rule, nearly as iow and in many
from points in our own State to New-York City:
This Is In a considerable degree due TO vioauons OK
six;h--owins to differences Of social commercial
duction in the State Of New-York Is about a per
cent greater than in the provinces OF Ontario ana
These statements Of fact clearly prove the asser-
on that csnsd rs areGu mGr eress than
the Western and Northwestern States OF this coun-
In order 10 arrive az correct idea as to the COM
petitive relationships existing between Canada and
ihe State Of New-York 1t is also necessary TO con-
"A few years after the opening Of The Erie Canal
descent from Lake Erie 10 ship navigation at
Montreal These, canals were completed IN the year
$50 900 0oo the cos, OF the Erie Canal. The Canadian
Government. asihe owner and operator OF the Cana
dian canals then became and has since CONTINUED to
be- the direct competitor Of the state OF New DIRK
as the owner ana operator o. III" Erie Cana. The
prze for which both contended was the transporta-
ton OF the products OF our own Western and North
western States to the seaboard. Montreal becoming
the competition OF the city OF New-York .
Thus Canada became the sharp competitor OF the
merce as vel In agriculture.
order to arrive at Just and in,elisent IDEAS a,
ought 70 pursue toward Canada. with the special
object In view Of protecting the agricultural inter
ess OF the State Of New-York. 1t Is necessary also
70 consider:
POLICY PURSUED BY CANADA.