The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-31

but we do not need both. The one
is Numerically opposed to the other,
and they don't dovetail together.
Before we put our fighting harness
and began to acquire new territory in
foreign lands, we had national do
main, in which, exclusive of Alaska,
was as large as Great Britain, Ireland,
Norway Sweden, Denmark, Germany,
Austria, Holland, Belgium, France,
Spain, Portugal Switzerland, Italy,
Greece, European Turkey, Palestine,
China and Japan.
To some of us that seemed like enough
territory to do business in. We had
home market of more than 10000, 900 of
people, which was worth to the manu-
facturers and farmers of the United
States 90 per cent, leaving US but 8
per cent to export and worry over. We
had PA, 52S miles of railways, represent
ing value of $1O,991, ,423539 and trans
porting over 600, 100000 passengers and
carrying 725,OOO,OO0 tons of freight
Some of US were of the impression
that we had people enough, railways
enough and a large enough percentage
of business to warrant us in following
the advice of Josh Billings when you
are in the river and have hold of good
hands" We have a river flow of more
than 10000 miles, which with our great
lakes contain more than half the fresh
water of the globe This Is water enough
for all practical purposes, and in con-
nection with our railway system con-
stitutes only a part of our inland facili
ties for handling our manufactures and
farm products. We also had a worlds
committee on commerce consisting of
100000 of the brightest ,keenest business
men this world has ever produced to
handle this immense territory and
traffic in the field, and the records of
ten years, from 1870 to 1880 shows that
while the manufacturers OF France in
creased 1922, $40 900, those of Germany
$416, ,240, 900, Great Britain 1851, ,440, 900,
those of the United States increased
1897, ,040,000, and from 1865 to 1890 the
increase in our national wealth was
greater than during the entire period
intervening between the discovery by
columbus and the close of the war of the
rebellion. Our manufacturing interests
continue to increase and multiply with
greater momentum in 1892 than ever
before, and all that time this wonderful
prosperity was laden with what is now
dubbed by some of the heaviest partici-
! pants in this marvellous accumulation
of wealth as that commercial incubus
THE Drummer" and they are yelling
for national nursing bottle for their
commerce, and smokeless powder to
carry forward their missionary work in
the Philippines. If the infant is large
enough to tackle the earth in a rough
, and tumble fight for more territory
it surely would be sufficiently robust to
take care of itself in a business way, and
some of US are of the opinion that it
should reach a conclusion in the very
ear future which one of the two articles
it wants worst; a nursing bottle or
smokeless powder, with the distinct
understanding that it can't have both.
The tariff shuts out all foreign COM
petition or at least, up to the limit of
duty upon each article, and says to the
world at large, Stand back! this mag
= nificient commerce Is for Americans,
I strictly" The trust shut off home COM
f petition, and inumerates how many
= Americans are in on the divide. Here
y is another place where our impressions
v were misleading. We supposed: "Ameri-
,, can markets for Americans was meant
to include the 70,00O,O0O or more in
{ habitants of the nation, or at least so
s many of them as have been actively
e engaged in the up-building of COM
n mercial supremacy" To summarize,
h the tariff is to keep out foreign competi-
o ton, the trusts are to shut out home
= competition, everybody but stock
= holders in the combinations are to be
{ turned out on pasture without grass,
e while they feed them watered stock with
" an occasional stick of taffy in lieu of
e their God given heritage. The prosperity
, of this nation is the joint heritage of
- all the people engaged in trade and
- transportation; in manufacturing and
p mining; in mill and shop; in foundries
I. and upon farms, of all who are willing
y to do fair days work for fair days
" wages.
n The philosophy of the trust is: "Those
!, who can live on the smallest amou4t
that will sustain life may live" If we
are willing to accept that as a satsfac.
lie tory solution of existing economic prob
1t lens, and just reward for the part we
l. as the commercial ambassadors of the
l. nation, have earned in our great nation
g al prosperity; If we are also willing t
. force 1t upon our friends and neighbors
:, then let us stand aloof while the hand!
Ai of the assassin of our republic is grippeC
ol upon the throat of the nation, for feal
s. some. one might suspicion us of changing
is our policies, or even of having such
so an article as politics in our makeup
rs For thirty-five years this country die
If business through commercial traveller!
"a and enjoyed prosperity which stands
- without a parellel in the history of the
81 world. We do not say the commercial
'r travellers are entitled to all the credit
l. but will contend they contributed a.
y much toward it as any other single
ID cause, and we insist without fear o.
IN successful contradiction, that they were
not stumbling block" in the way o.
the commercial progress of the country
as has beeen said by so enlightened ar