The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-14

much more. Something which the far.
sighted advocates Of protection have all
home market was secured which meant
simply that when the 70, OOO, 200 of American
duction instead o''only, two or three, and
ali the needs Of iisef, that it Would have ave
plus and enter. into competition with other
producing nations for the markets Of the
nnban W poey a1 tnns Of ha the see
Ro9asIy Within he last 'G year w ahS
sa1sdnos es ie1 aaa pd
for patronage in the markets of the world
where his + face before was ,n;., never seen
even never EXTENDED. (Applause)
The foreign ma.ket. Let us look for a
moment beyond the confines of our own
means. Our market is the market of TO-
900 of people. The foreign market of
which the world contains. Formerly We
were not able, to compete for that. and it
gave us all that we could do to compete
of buying and selling among ourselves, but
it so happens, my fellow citizens-I am
not making extra5agant s. statements here
of the times in Which we are presently
iiving-it so happeas, as 1 said before, that
is for the
kets of the world What does that mean?
lam not speaking now, l merely suggest:
commercial sale and exchange, but it
means this: 1t means that the American
laborer not only hires and works to supply
he is hired and works and will be hired
and work TO support market for American
manufacture, wherever that. market can
a thing which the American laborer never
did before. lApplsusel And l say again,
attention by reretition which may seem
useless that clealy and individually this
great result is result of republican policy,
through period Ct thirty-eight years; oc-
casionally crushed down and beaten, and
whenever so, almost to the distress Of the
citizens, make any change or cast a vote
which will indicate. the least desire to
and So much? Applause3
1 sent to Washington early last week
through the treasurer for a statement of
months ending June, 1897 and 1898, and it
places more eloquently than any language
% any Rhe a ~ h Wo
and the present protective tariff bill en-
acted as thu, first important measure of
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1897, the
exports of domestic merchandise were
81, 600 100000. give the round numbers In
the exports of domestic merchandise were
81, 200 DOC, 900. This is one year. The in
crease in dollars for 1898 over 1897 was $l7S,.
million of dollars more. did we export of
domestic merchandise. in the fiscal year
1898 than we did in the hen iscar year IS9.
years? In 1891 we imported $a64, 600 600 In
1898 we imported only $6l6, 600 O9o and ,o we
si4 iSo 900 200 600. (lpplausej The excess of ex
ports over imports was 1928 900 in the
space of single year, In other words,
erical precision what 1 have stated sew,
eral times with greater, ampliication, and
necessarily. not so clearly, that the Amerl-
can manufacturer and the, American pro
Queer is grasping for and receiving. the
commerce of the world to-day at rate of
progress more astounding than ever rec
Another very interesting, statement
which will connect itself with what l
the question of the Chinese orient. OF
the great east, now opening to commerce.
It is remarkable h TACT that ma W ndf4nn tn of
the south from Texas, from South Caro-
lima, from all the cotton-producing states,
titles and shipped over the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific, roads to China
and Japan; countries a which WI until very
afforded no market for that product.
hold in my hand a statement showing
the total POUNDS 81 raw ana fGra
sound ports TER t. r. ce ports; namely;
1898. 4i,664 POS pounds. OF iro9 articles
there was shipped 9,711 tons. OF rails and
fame year TONS Ny fellow cite
zens.. it has not been until within the
last twelve months that statistics of this
plause). The republican policy of pro.
lection has broken down the walls of
produes fhat have and
many more, are finding a way there which
before was undiscovered and apparently
undscoverable. 1 am not trying to gar,
nish my remarks with any oratorical
illustration whatever. but what facts can
be more eloquent than these? what tongue
so gifted that can by the use of language
add single significance to them?
Flour for the Orient.
Here are some figures that will prob
ably interest this community. 1t never
has been supposed or thought until very
recently. the economic fact is so young
that it has hardly attracted attention yet
even in communities most interested. but
the American flour is making its way
sistence has always been rice. just as
the American Indian corn is making its
way in Europe where formerly it never
American wheat and American flour until
a, time Ine very recent found no market market
in the chneSe ana M be
and yet what are the facts? | caused
to be telegraphed to the custom houses
on Puget sound for figures in this re-
spect; and l hold in my hand a paper
to transpacifc ports from Puget sound
twelve months ending June 80. 1898. There
was shipped from Puget sound ports end
plausel. AS 1 figure it, about 100000 bar
rels OF -four 1Go extending the equivalent to
wheat: Perhaps I may. be wrong in my
proportions. but the point is this: new
market has been created for a distinct
lively Minnesota product; not only agri-
cultural throughout the state, but manu-
featured here. which within a time. com
paratively recent did not exist at all.
And do not claim too much when
claim that this surprising result. like the
others which have mentioned have been
the direct product of the, republican pol;
Icy OF protection. adhered to through all
time. unfiinchingiy through all time by
that party since its origin. (Applause).,
The complaint. the thing which has af-
fected the Minnesota farmer producing
the article so much is that he has been
limited to- the European market. The
whole world has been engaged in supply
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