The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-30

IINIIIIIila ZOO IiIIN..I To say LtluA Il A|M
months experience has already JUSTIFIED
the arguments and predictions OF the
tariff refOrmtrs and lald. 10 is 10 be hoped
forever the ,pectres ot ruin ana I'M
poVerishmeni with which the protec-
tionists so long frightened the American
people.
INDUSTRY so LONGER rETThREn.
The country is beginning TO see to-
day that there IS no way 10 protect
American Industry except by relieving
1T from burdens upon the materials with
which it works. 30 way 20 insure WAGES
and steady employment 10 home labor
except by freeing it from the shackies
which have confined IL To "A glutted home
market and prevented IL from seeking lis
customers all over the world.
"lt is first of all. gratifying therefore
TO see the progress already made by our
manufacturers in reaching ont for the
worlds markets. with temporarly-dl-
minishcl exports chiefly In food pro-
ducts-in no way due 10 recent tariff leg
islati0n-we behold in a single year an
increasing volume of manufactured pro-
ducts sent abroad.
"Tnis already appears in our exports
of agricultural machinery, huhimg hdid-
ware. locomotive engines, ana IRON ana
steel goods generally, also in leather ana
manufactures of leather. in pianos ana
organs paper manufactures, and many
other items OF the Treasury sta'ontu ut
issued at the close OF the fiscal year
WAGES AND MARKETS BoIE GROWING.
"In all OF these industries the wages
of labor have been increased AS the
daily pay of the American artisan was
already much greater than tnat or aiy
competing lah0rcr iu any other country,
this growing foreign market for our man
uflctures is especially Significant.
"Thers is no doubt that the iron ana
steel industry ol tle Me.h IS soon 10 ~"
~ t"i.l ,<...,'i 10, tro heller
,bst onr siinnlv of ores of AN kinds is
mon. e.fansii.sg more chcauly mined.
more .hcarlv trausn0rfcd. and more
-heaniv ,yr9fehf into finished products
than the suprlv of any other nation. aud
this must e-entualv carry wite IL the
manrfacturinr supremacy Of the world.
..prfe means untold benefits 90 all our
frdue+rios Years AGO 81 was truly SAID
I,. pr...,f,li.ar ss,.rlfer,. of the Treas
nrv that n AM our manufacturing plans
r.gy eir months at their rll canacifv
i t. s e',,I5 ' oirf o1r home market For
fbe now half of fhe wear there would
re.esearfv be- slaokonrl work. or even
iIlerese with ei3rsenad omrlOvment and
,,ncertaio WAGES for labor
s.r,be conquest of foreign markets now
ir1nlios The ability % hold our own mar
kef AGAINST an connecting from without
N means a broader and more stable basis
ror manufacturers which I'm turn car
rios win it moro work and more vases
tho UrINNNf NC AND more nome IIIINIllIl-
or. for fho farmer who Is also relieved
from the burden Of MAINTAINING indus
frirq ~ buy from him.
I'm a word. the moro sclf-suun0rt.ng
industries we have the ereater and more
o.rrsed is orr general prosperity, the
moro h"n-se .i-4'i importing INDUSTRIES We
nave -ltu ana iilt-i'ta liitu ny laNat-v"
the smaller ana more iop-siieo becomes
tnat prosperity
WILSON BILL FOUNDtTI0s.
.~rte House tariff hiu aimed IN frorease
l.-eli,, tbn number 81 irdusf-ies mar
..,,l4 start t,-ifneur b,unfias LIS fouf.ia-
,ion o.al "a Iarce free lis, of raw mate.
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Se ''-'
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80 80. - ,',. ~ ,,.i,ee,.raad denros-
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tn reys fiiI bean unle~ the shadow