Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13
THE EXPORT TRADE.
Our Manufacturers Are Demonstrating
Their Independence OF Protection

Our Nanufscturers Are Demonst-arins
Their Independence OF Protection
While Mckinley and his timorous sup
porters are running away from the cur
rency question, and trying to foist the
played out protection issue to the 'front.'
the American manufacturers are dem
onstrating to the world that we are moi
in need of protection The ability OF
the American manufacturer to success
fully compete with his foreign rivals is
shown in the record of the exports oil
American manufactured products. The
fiscal year just closed is the banner year
for export trade. The month of May
showed manufacturing exports 10 the
amount of S22, O16, 999 and the IL month,
ending with May show such exports ts
the amount of 5000, 591, 691. This is ar
increase of nearly $4,000, 900 over tbs
same IL months of 1895, and already car
ries the figures for the fiscal year S23,
! OOO, 900 higher than any earlier year
without allowing q dollar for the eN
ports of June. If the month of Juns
| merely holds its own the manufacture
ing exports of 1896 viii be S224, 900, 900
or SAC, OOO, 900 higher than any preceding
year.
Twenty-Five per cent. of all the eN
ports this year were manufactured
products. Our manufacturer not only
makes the gSods, pays American wages
and pays freight to foreign markets
but he undersells his competitor, whe
has what our protection friends call
the advantage of pauper labor. And YET
Mckinley would have us believe thai
our manufacturers, who can compete
with foreigners in foreign markets
where disadvantages of freight charges
are against the American, cannot com
pete with foreigners in our own market
| where the disadvantage of freigki
charges is against the foreigner, unless
prohibitory tariff duty is laid against
| imports. Mckinley would save the nome
market for the American manufao
turer, not because the American man
ufacturer isn't able to hold it for him
self, but because giving him exclusiy,
| rights in the field he can squeeze the
| last dollar out OF the pockets of the Gus
toner. That's the way the Hannas, tn,
Dolins, the Searles, and the other mil
| ionaire magnates Of protection wer
made. And they are all for Mckinley.
Now what is it we export? We ex
port most heavily of the products re
quiring most skill in manufacture
We export machinery, manufactured
iron and steel, cars, carriages, iocomo
tives, electrical and scientific appara
tus, and builders hardware. Grea
Britain alone shows an increase iron
So, 12O,7S6 in her imports of machiner!
from the United States in 1895, to SIS,
1919, 265 in 1896. The total exports o
manufactures of iron and steel in
creased from $29, O76, SIS in 1895, to S37.
337, CTS in 1896; carriages, cars and Other
vehicles from s., 221 ,3OS to $2,654, 731
copper ingots and bars from ST., t97, 81
to SIG, 1878, 429; cotton goods from SO,
578,S96 to $11, 175, O4s; electrical ans
scientific apparatus from $1,71s,697 It
So, 31S,T SS; builders hardware FROM
S4,O79, 1886 to S5.O46, 296, and paper ant
its manufactures from 81 49,, 943 to s.,
466, 391.
Is there any honesty in asking the
American people to vote more protec
ton which is taxation on themselve:
to aid the American manufacturer wht
| shows that he does not need the aid, bu
can undersell his foreign competitor il
any market in the world Utica Oh
! server.