Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

MAILING THE LIES.
THE MARKETS OF THE WORLD AND
THE DEMOCRATIC THEORY.

american Markets Are Worth 1900. oOo,-
900 More Than All Others-Free Traders
want to Give Ours Away-ws Would
Lose For Foreigners to Gain.
The renewal of the free trade party's
destructive free raw material warcrv
against American industries naturally
calls to mind their old theory of the
markets of the world, and how great a
gain it will be if we can only secure
them. Let US look into it.
The total manufactures of the United
States in 1890, according to the last
census returns, amounted in value to
$9,O54, Abs, 337, of which we exported
to the value Of 1851, 102, 376, leaving
IS, 900, 1872, 961 worth of American man
ufactured goods consumed at home, as
follows:
AMERICAN MANUFACTURES.
Total United States manufactures,
1851 S9,04,+S,S
Total exported, 1885,. ................ Isl ,lGe,376
Total home consumption, 1890. ..... 81, sC3, sas ,sl
In the same way we must deal with
our farm products, the total value of
which during 1889, consumed in 1890,
was 81, 46e, l07, 454. We exported to the
extent Of 1882, l41, 400, leaving Amer
lean farm products worth 81. 927. 865,
s64 consumed by Americans. Thus:
AMERICAN FARM
Total farm products. 1s9....".....s.,tsO . i0T .+H
Total exported, 1880 ................. Ella oC
Total homo consumption. 1900. ..... S1,oG .oa6, pe4
We see that the American people con,
sumed American manufactured goods
and farm products in 1890 to the extent
Of $40, S3l, 29S, 925. To this we must add
the value Of foreign goods entered for
consumption through our customs de-
partment, which amounted to $f73,
674, 8l2 in 1890, thereby getting the fol.
lowing aggregate value Of the entire
CONSUMPTION IN 1895.
American manufactures, ......... ss,sSsSS,6l
American farm products......... l,&S $500
Foreign goods. NATURALIZATION" iI3,of4,sl:
Total American consumption &. . 81, 6O4, 913, 81
Against this aggregate consumption
of goods in the United States, worth
81, 6O4, 973, 1877 in the year 1890, OF
SITS. 81 for every man, woman anc
child of a population Of IS, 900, 900 per
sons, what are the great markets of the
world that we may expect TO secure?
The markets Of the world comprise
only such, goods as are imported by th'
| different countries Of the world, be
cause we cannot claim 10 supply them
with what they already manufacture ol
grow in their own countries unless they
propose free trade, As the Democratic
party would have Us do. They are not
so foolish, however. Other countrie:
prefer to retain what they already pos
sess rather than throw away the sub
stance for the shadow. We find, from
The American Almanac of 1888, tina
the total imports of all other countrie.
in the world at the latest date for which
complete returns are available were a
follows:
TOTAL FOREIGN IMPORTS.
Europe. Asia, Africa, North and
South America, ; s~tralasia and
the islands of the ............. ,56s,oc,m
This is less by over 81, 900, 900, 00t
than the total consumption of goods il
the United States. Thus:
Total United States consumption,
1890.
Total imports, all other countries,
ISS8 7,89,OOO.0O
United States market excess. S4,OS5.813,73
The policy Of the free trade party /
TO throw our American market-wortl
81, 6O4, 973, 1877 in 1890-open TO tn
competition of the farmers and manu-
facturers of all other nations, while w