People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-28
VlDOOMED!
The Manufactures OF Gold Standard
Countries Cannot Compete with
InOsr Of Silver Nations.
THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF WILL
NOT SAVE THEM.
II You Are lu Favor Of American
Protection You Must Vote for
the Restoration Of Silver.


We have reproduced from The Ameli-
can Of Philadelphia articles showing
that the maintenance Of the gold
standard in this country tends to de-
velCp both manufacturing and agri-
cultural industries in the silver stand
ard countries 10 such an extent that
| those of our country will be utterly
| unable to compete with them.
And we trust that our readers have
fully considered the argument ad-
vanced by The American IL support
of its proposition.
In this issue we reproduce an argu-
ment frCm the pen of J. P. Young in
the San Francisco Chronicle Of De-
eember %, 1875, showing that what
The American has foretold as being
the ultimate result Of the gold stand
ard, is already an accomplished fact.
The article, which is very interesting
and replete with startling truths,
which we ask cur readers 0give care
full and impartial consideration is as
follows.
ION the 18th Of June last the Japan
Weekly Gazette published a memoir
ial, drawn up by the Yokohama
Chamber Of Commerce, in which the
fact was pointed out that Japan is
becoming great manufacturing
country aud rapidly advancing to a
position Of marked prominence in
many branches of the Eastern trade. g"
Figures furnished by the Agricultural
Department show that The first cot
tOn-spinning mill was erected in ia
pan in 1863, but twenty years later
there were only Is mills in operation,
with 43 704 spindleS. Since then the
industry has advanced very rapidly.
At the end Of 1888 the number of
SpindleS had increased 20 SS,l40 and
five Yeas later there were IS mills.
running 100000 spindles. The me-
morial.ebOve alluded to commenting
on the department report, says that
THERE'S prospect Of even more
rapid Development" and adds. I'VE
think it unnecessary tOFafer in detail
to themany other manufactures ia
which Japan is not only supplying
h6me.@ants but is competing with
Europe in the markets Of China, the
Straits'Settlements, and India"
Regarding japanese trade with
the United States and India, the
meDO:ialSays: I'VE anticipate that
if exchange with America remains at
very low Level and the rupee con.
tinues to be keld above its bullion
value in1ndia, China will eventually
furnish to Japan all the coOtton she
needs except such stapleS2s can rot
be grown on Chinese soil, In eyi.
dence of this possibility the import of
raw cotton from China into Japan,
increased from 81 ,32S,G2l pounds in
1891 to6, l15, kO pounds in 1888" So.
Z il the conclusion OF these Eastern
observers is correct, the fauOrs none
tary policy of Great Britton and the
United States will make it imposslble
for either India0r the United Estates
to compete with, China 10 the matter
of supplying raw cotton to japan.
Thus We shall so0a be deprived of the
sOrrv satisfaction of furnishing the
progressive island Empire with che
raw material for manufacturing the
goods she p10miSestO ultimately del.
.uge us with.
That there is nOillIsion about this
matter will zeadily be conceded by
any one whQ has attentively read
fhe letters Of Frank G. Carpenter,
who has been devoting some time to
studying the abilities of the jap
aneSe. 1t may DE remarked here that
"Mr Carpenter does not write from
the standpoint of a student Of
money He is siUply trained news
paper correspondent in strange land
making use Of his highly developed
faculty of observation. 10 a letter
written toward the close OF 1894 Mr.
Carpenter remarked by she new
treaty Americans can 90 into business
anywhere in Japan. They can set I'D
factories and employ Japanese CHEAP
labor to make goods for America
The japanese have for some time re-
allied that the markets OF the world
are open TO them. They are now
studying our American tastes and
are manufacturing for our markets.
They are fast becoming a natiln of
inventors. There is an American
firm in Kobe which is shipping vast
quantities of rugs to the United
States and which is introducing the
manufacture into Japan in a curious
way. The writer then goes on to re-
late that the factory turning out
these rugs sent artists to all the great
1useums in Europe who devoted
themselves to copying the rugs ex-
hihitad uhioh IN THAR ra+nrn ,ro..