The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-17
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Our nr~nnu9aeturera Arc Domonstragfnn
Eheir Independents Of Protection.
While Mckinley and his timorous sup-
porters are running away from the cur
rency question, and trying to foist tae
played out protection issue to The front.
the American manufactures are DEM
~onstrating to the world shat we are not
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 of
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 22,016,9 99 and the II months
ending with May show such exports to
the amount Of 5000, 591,691. This is an
increase Of nearly S40,O00,000 over the
same Ii months of 1895, and already car
ries the figures for the fiscal year S23,
100000 higher than any earlier year,
without allowing a dollar for The ex-
ports of June. If the month Of June
merely holds its own the manuflctur-
ing exports Of 1896 win be $224,000,0O0
or s40,O 200, 900 higher than any preceding
year.
Twenty-Five per cent. Of all the ex-
ports this year were manufactured
products. Our manufacturer not only
makes the goods. pays American wages
and pays freight to foreign markets,
but he undersells his competitor, who
has what our protection friends call
the advantage Of pauper labor. And yee
Mckinley would have us believe that
our manufacturers, who can compete
with foreigners in foreign markets,
where disadvantages Of freight charges
+ against the American, cannot CONF
pete with foreigners in our own market,
where the disadvantage of freight
charges is against the foreigner, unless
a prohibitory tariff duty is laid against
imports. Mckinley would save the home
market for the American manufac.
turer, not because the American man
u%facturer isn't able to hold it for him
self, but because giving him exclusive
rights in the field he can squeeze the
last dollar out of the pockets of the GUS
toner. That's the way the Hannas, the
Dolins, the Searles, and the other mil
l~ionaire magnates of protection were
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, locomo-
tives, electrical and scientific appara-
tus, and builders hardware. Great
Britain alone shows an increase from
$2,12O,7S6 in her imports of machinery
from the United States in 1895, to So,
199,265 in 1896. The total exports O
manufactures of iron and steel in
creased from $29,076,65s in 1895, to s37,
337,67s in 1896; carriages, cars andothel
vehicles from $~2,221,3Os to $2,654,731,
copper ingots and bars from $12, t97, 81
to SIG, ,429; cotton goods from SO,
57s,S96 to $11,175,04s; electrical an,
scientific apparatus from $1,71s,S97 t
S ,31s,TsS; builders hardware, fror
$~4,O7g,336 to $5,046, 1896, and paper an,
its manufactures from 81, 3D. 43 to So,
466,391.
Is there any honesty in asking tn
American people to vote more piotec
ton which is taxation on themselves
to aid the American manufacturer wht
shows that he does not need the aid, Blu.
can undersell his foreign competitor il
any market in the world?-Utica Oh
server.