Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10
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every business day of the year.
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rate of $13, 900 month, OF ssoo'0o0
every business day Of the year.
Losing I'm Both Directions.
eve have either been sending toU loo roo
money cut of the country OF sea; in
| little in, or both. We have lost sesa baen
both directions. Our foreign trade mas psen
diminished and our domestic trade . 4as
suffered incalculable loss. Does n9 9anras-
| suggest the cause of our present uop
sion, and indicate its remedy: Jun. liz
| in home enterprises has almost wnol.' r,,n-
| appeared. Our shops are closed, VI ND
| ming on half time at reduced Mas ct
small profit If not actual loss. Our men a.
home are idle, and while they are lu,.,
men abroad are occupied in suppiylns ~
| with goods. Our unrivaled home marAs'
| for the farmer has also greatiy 80
| because those who constitute lt-tne set
army of American wage earneIs-a1 bod
If they cannot earn wages they cannot guy
products. They cannot earn II they hase
no employment, and when they 90 ny
earn the farmers home market is iesssn a.h
and impaired and the loss IS Ieie ny ~
| producer and consumer. The loss VI e"t
inc mower alone in this country in the past
three years is sufficient to nave prou prov. -
our unfortunate business SITUATION, - ~
| labor was well employed, and employeu a.
as remunerative wages as IN 1897, ~ lii
months every farmer in the lano Mou.d
| feel the glad change to increased oemanu
| for his products and in the oettef p''soS
which he would receive.
Not Open Minis, hut Open M1iis'
"It is not an increase in the volume OF
money which is the need for the tune, Du'
an increase in the volume OF BUSINESS:
| Not an increase of coin, but an increase VI
confidence. Not more coinage. put Eloie
active use of the money coined. MOI cp 20 -
mints for the unlimited coinage CT the
| silver of the world, but open mills TOT tne
full and unrestricted labor of American
| workingmen. The employment OF our
minis for the coinage Of the silver OF lns
world would not bring the necessar1es al anu
comforts of life back to our people. In 10
| will only come with the employment VI
| the masses and such employment IS GER
tain to follow the reestablishment OF wise
| protective policy which shall encourage
manufacturing at home. Protectlon mas
| lost none of it's virtues and Importance.
New Tariff Law Promised.
"The first duty of the Republican party
if restored to power in the country, Will pc pc
| the enactment of a tariff law which will
raise all the money necessary to conduct
the government economically and honestly
| administered, and so adjusted as to give
preference to home manufactures ana aue-
| quate protection to home labor ana the
| home market We are not committed to
anv snecial schedules or rates of duty.
They are and should be always subject TO
change to meet new conditions, but the
principle upon which the rates Of duty are
| imposed remains the same. Our duties
| should always be high enough to measure
the difference between the wages PAID
| labor at home and in competing countries,
and to adequately protect American invest
| ments and American enterprises.
| Our Farmers and the Tariff.
"Our farmers have been hurt by the
changes in our tariff legislation as severely
as our laborers and manufacturers. 0aGly
as they have suffered. The Republican plat
form wisely declares in favor of sucl en-
couragemept to our sugar interests SIS will
lead to the production on American soil
Of all the sugar which the American peo-
ple use. 1t promises to our wool and
wooden interests the most ample protec-
tion, a guaranty that ought to commend
itself to every patriotic citizen. Never
was a more grievous wrong done the
farmers of our country than that SO IN
Justly inflicted during the past three years
upon the wool growers of America AL
| though among our most industrious and
useful citizens, their interests nave been
practically destroyed and our WOODEN
manufacturers involved in similar disaster.
At no time within the past thirty-six years
and perhaps never during any previous
period, have so many of our wooden fac
tories been suspended as now. The Repub-
lican party can be relied upon to correct
these great wrongs, if again entrusted
with the control of congress.
Advantages of Reciprocity.
Another declaration of the Republican
platform that has my most cordial support
is that which favors reciprocity. The splen-
did results of the reciprocity arrangements
that were made under authority of the
tariff law of 1890 are striking and sug-
gestive. The brief period they were in
force, in most cases only three years, was
not long enough to thoroughly test their
great value, but sufficient was shown by
the trial to conclusively demonstrate the
Importance and the wisdom of their adop-
| ton In 1892, the export trade of the Unit
| ed States attained the highest point in our
history. The aggregate of our exports that
| year reached the immense sum OF 81, 03O, :
278, 148, a sum greater by $100,000,O00 than
| the exports of any previous year. In 1893,
| owing to the threat of unfriendly tariff leg
| islation, the total dropped to $847 ,665, 1874.
Our exports of domestic merchandise de-
creased $189, 100000, but reciprocity still
secured us a large trade in Central and
South America, and larger trade with
| the West Indies than we had ever before
| enjoyed. Inc increase OF TRADE Win the
| countries with which we had reciprocity
agreements was $3,56O,515 over our trade
in 1892 and 16,440,721 over our trade in
| 1891. The only countries with which the
| United States traded that showed increased
exports in 1893 were practically those with
which we had reciprocity arrangements.
The reciprocity treaty between this coun-
try and Spain, touching the markets of
Cuba and Puerto Rico, was announced
Sept. 1, 1891. The growth of our trade
with Cuba was phenomenal In 1891, we
sold that country but 114,441 barrels of
| -four; in 1892, 6,175; in 1893, &c. 06, and
| in 1894, 662, 248. Here was a growth of
nearly 500 per cent, while our expectations
of -four to Cuba for the year ending June
30, 1895, the year following the repeal of
the reciprocity treaty, fell to &c., 1856 bar
| rels, a loss of nearly half our trade with
that country. The value Of our total ex-
ports of merchandise from the United
States to Cuba in 1891-the year prior to
the negotiation of the reciprocity treaty
was $12 224, $685. in 1892, SIT, $50, 579; in 1893.
$24 157, 69S; in 1894, $780, 125, 321, but in 1895,
after the annulment of the reciprocity
agreement, it fell to only $12, 1897, 661 Many
similar examples might be given of our
! Increased trade under reciprocity with
| ether countries, but enough has been
shown of the efficacy of the legislation of
| 1890 to Justify the speedy restoration of
its reciprocity provisions. In my judgment
congress should Immediately restore tho