Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-14
TRADE and TRUSTS
American Export Exposition Opened
At Philadelphia Today Many
Visitors Present.
Governor Stone, Of Pennsylvania,
and Congressman Hepburn, Of
Iowa, Deliver Addresses.
Trust Conference at Chicago Begins
the Day With a Tariff
Discussion.

Philadelphia, Sept 14.-In the pres
ence of thousands of visitors, with cere-
monies unattended by ostentation, the
National Export Exposition was for
mally opened at noon. Distinguished
visitors from all parts of the country,
including foreign diplomats and officers
of the army and navy, were present.
Vice President Foulkrod, of the EXPOSE
ton, made an address turning it over
to the state. and Governor Stone re-
piled, accepting it.
Governor Stone said the object Of the
exposition was to increase the export
trade of the country. He declared the
tariff had Transferred competition be-
tween the importers under free trade to
competition between home producers,
under protection, and today the home
producer has the guarantee of home
trade, which induces him to embark in
manufacturing and the home consumer
has his goods at greatly reduced prices,
some of them for less than the tariff on
similar imported articles. Our indus
tries have outgrown the wants of this
country and our products are now COM
peting with the foreign producer, not in
our territory, but in his territory. This
foreign demand relieved pressure here
and helped prices. We are fairly in the
race for the worlds trade"
The governor said all this has been.
accomplished, in spite of the fact that
the American workingman received
double the wages paid in other coIn-
tries and attributed it to the Americans
superior skill, industry and inventive
genius. He closed with a plea for the
development of our merchant marine.
Then Congressman w. p. Hepburn, of
Iowa, chairman of the committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce, deliv-
|ered the Grafton of the day.
Hepburn began by saying this gov
Iernment could only endure by the con-
Isent of the majority. When a majority
became dissatisfied with it they would
change it, There We're 10000, 600 wage
earners on the United States and 5000,
600 possess the entire political power of
the nation. Perpetuity of the govern
ment was dependent on keeping these
aborers employed and contented. Not
only this. but provision must be made
for the employment of an additional
million of laborers annually. Agricul-
ture, Mr.. Hepburn. said, could not en-
large the labor field to any extent, ow-
ing to the use of improved machinery.
which diminishes the aggregate of hu-
man labor on the farm. Therefore, the
people must look to manufacture and
commerce to supply the increasing de-
mand for an opportunity to labor. In
order to do this, taking into considera-
tion the increasing use of machinery,
our market must be broadened. Unlim-
tied markets would solve the problem
The nations of the world are engaged in
a struggle for the possession of outside
markets for their products and the
Philadelphia export exposition would
prove most important aid in captur-
ing our share in foreign commerce.
This was followed by the reading of a
message from Mckinley extending
greetings and formally opening the ex-
position. Governments all over the
world and chambers of commerce all
over the globe accepted invitations to
send delegates.