New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-17

With these advantages already real
lied and others to accrue with the con-
tinuous breaking down Of tariff walls,
Mr.. Wilson had earned his banquet.
Wilson'S Phn Would BrisE Disastsx.
7 Let US look at his statementIn the cold
hard Light of facts England, France.
Germany, Italy, every one of the Lead
ing European nations is organised indus
tr1ally, as we are ourselves. for 3
larger production than home consump-
ton requires Each of them Is an aS-
gressIve competitor for outside custom
Tor Its manufacturing interests
This is the race for which Mr.. Wilson
would have US strip and enter, and at
what cost? What is the price that wa
are to pay upon the feetrader's OWE as
sumption. for this doubtful advantage
1t IS nothing less than the throwing
open Of our own home market to these
Favenous wolves of the older world
Not Much Business Sense in This
In one Of his speeches, Mr. Wilson
himself states that the productive
agencies of the United States could sup
ply all It's home needs in six months.
It we could do that una1ded; If our fac
tories supplying the entire home de-
mand would be idle half the year, how
much of the time viii they be running
when, instead of supplying the entire
nome demand, they are to divide 1t
With half a dozen other natioE, each
On the basis Of the lowest paid labor IN
the world 1t is estimated that with
the largest share Of foreign trade ct ali
the nations, trade that it has taken
her centuries to build up, trade fos-
tered and contributed to by her colo
NAL dependencies IN every quarter OF
the globe, the total exports Of Great
Britain amount to about 81, 000, 600, 600 a
year Our own run from quarter to
half that amount now; but suppose this
tearing down the barriers could make
Us at once the equal Of Great Britain In
OUT export trade. Grant that impossi-
bic addition to our foreign business
Now see what we would have to give
for it.
There are no statistics at hand by
which we could measure the mestima-
Bile value to the American manufacturer
and the American woriugman of the
home market.
OF the great majority of commercial
transactions that take place between
individuals and corporations over our
vast area, there exists no record. For
e1gn trade is measured at the ports of
entry and exit. Domestic trade is free
and uncalculated- The nearest approx
innate measure Of this vast business is
the amount Of clearing exchanges in the
country per annum. It Will be seen at
once that this probably falls vastly be-
low the actual total OF business done.
Only checks and drafts go through the
clearing house and this leaves out of all
account the enormous volume Of cash
transactions, as well as that of credit
transactions, which are settled without
going through the banks # we say
that that portion of the clearing house
returns which cover mere speculative
transactions is balanced by the real
business transactions which do not go
through the clearing house, it viii be
nOd-Iat enough
The elearings of the United States
amount to from $50, 600, 0Oo, 900 to $7o,-
coo, 900, 900 per year The trade, then,
which we offer to other nations, On the
basis Of Mr.. Wilson's proposition is the
exchange Of 1000, ooo, ooO, for 81, oOo,-
GOO to 81, 500, 900 at the highest estimate.
re mr. hot
pose that kind OF bargain to d set of
men, they offer you a banquet and tell
you how great and good you are. Part
OF this performance has already been
gone through with While this new
tariff bill was getting into shape, we
were losing business every day. This
home market of OUTS was practically
paralyzed and given over, if not this
time to John Bull, at least to the evil
genius Of commercial depression. Let
Us see what it cost u.s.
Incompetency Comes High
From April, 1898, to January, 1894,
the first 10 months of the administers
ton governed by Mr.. Wilson's idea. the
clearings Of the United States were
81, SIC, 056, GIL This was q loss, a
compared with the same period one
year before, Of SO, loo, CO., 553. That is
to say, in the first 10 months when the
people began to realize that the barrier
breaking process was about to begin.
our home market suffered to the extent
of five times the total annual EXPORTS
of Great Britain, or five times the
amount that we could hope to do,
if Mr.. Wilson's glowing antici-
patlons were realized This year
it has been worse. The clearines for
the first eight months of 1898 were
$3S, S79, ~, 121. For the first eight
months of 1894 they were s29, s46, 5aa, $40,
a loss IN two-thirds of year, with Nj.
Wilson's scheme In full view, Of
So, 533, 2o4, 2sa
The condition of the treasury of the
United States today and the condition
Of our domestic industries show the
same Influences IN full swing We are
paying very dearly for the breach made,
under Mr.. Wilson's lead, IN the de-
fenses that surround our home marked.
That we have not wholly lost it, that
the wolves have not killed all the sheen