Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-08-31

Iotal exported. le9O. 10, ,lOe2 3376
Total home consumption, 1890. .$8 9O8 3a2 1851
In the same way we must deal with
our farm products, the total value of
which during 1889, consumed in 1890.
was So, 400, 107, 454. We exported to the
extent of $532, III, 49O, leaving Amer
ican farm products worth 81. 927, 986, :
964 consumed by Americans Thus:
AMERICAN FARM PRODUCTS.
Total farm products. 1882. 400 1O7 4A
Total exported, 1885, 5a2, ,141 49O
Total home consumption. 1890. 81, ,aN ,965 1854
We see that the American people con-
sumed American manufactured goods
and farm products in 1890 to The extent
of $40, 891, 29S, 925. To this we must add
the value of foreign goods entered for
consumption through our customs de-
partn'ent, which amounted to $773,-
674, 8l2 in 1890, thereby getting the fol-
lowing aggregate value Of the entire
AMERICAN CONSUMPTION IN 1890.
American manufactures. 28903, 332 96l
American farm products. 1927, 1865 1854
Foreign goods. Observation-Disclosures. 773,674, ,Sl2
Total American consumption $1l 604 9773 7337
Against this aggregate consumption
Of goods in the United States, worth
$11, 6o4, 973, 737 in the year 1890, or
$178. So for every man, woman and
child Of 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 the
different countries of the world, be-
cause we cannot claim to supply them
with what they already manufacture or
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 countries
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, that
the total imports Of all other countries
in the world at the latest date for which
complete returns are available were as
follows: 7-% <s
-.:ss TOTAL FOREIGN IMPORTS. :--:>i}
Europe, Asia, Africa, North and
South America, Australasia and
the islands of the 81, ,569, coz, 600
This is less by over So, 600, 600, 900
than the total consumption Of goods in
the United States. Thus:
Total United States consumption,
1o9. .Sl1, ,6O4, 81, 7
Total imports, all other countries, -:
looo. .............. ,569,OOO,UUU
United States market excess...... $4,0S5, ,973 737
The policy Of the free trade party is
to throw our American market-worth
$11, ,604, 973, 757 in 1890-open to the
competition of the farmers and manu-
facturers of all other nations, while we
strive to secure their markets, all of
which put together are worth 81, 035, :
973,737 less than our own home market.
+ Is it not best to retain the good home
market that we already possess, also
striving to cease buying the $773, 674, :
812 worth Of foreign goods that we con-
sumo, and to produce these goods for
ourselves, if we can, rather than to
throw away what we are sure of and take
chances in securing a portion Of the
smaller markets Of the rest of the world
in open competition with the cheap Ia
Dor Of Europe, Of Asia, of Africa, of
Canada, of Central and South America,
and of the savage labor of the islands of
the sea? t>=>:: ..~s.:
Such is the policy of protection. But
the free trade policy is to give our mar
kets to the cheap labor countries and to
compete with the cheap labor in their
smaller markets. We already consume
over $4,000, 900, 900 worth Of goods
more than they can buy from us. Let us
keep our own trade first. Always vote
for protection.
CHARLES r. BUCKLAND.