The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Remember THIS Next Monday.

In February, 1900, the United States ex-
ported S34, 226. 1913 worth of manufacture
goods against $24 4S9, $50 worth In Febru-
airy 1899. These figures. which we're an
nounced Saturday by the treasury bureau Of
statistics, are decidedly gratifying because
as our country grows richer and Its indus
tries become more developed, 1t is evident
that we must gradually increase the exports
of our manufactured products II we would
keep pace with the progress of the world, or
more to the point, II we would continue to
set the pace as at present. This will be
evident not only to manu- acturers and to
men engaged in manufacturing, but IL far
mers as well will give the matter q mo-
menps thought, they too will see the truth
OF Il.
For instance, what are the farmers insti-
tutes, clubs, and oranges telling the farmers
II not that they should sell just as little of
the raw products of their farm and just as
much of the finished products as possible II
they would realize the full proftableness of
farming operations and preserve the fertil-
ity of their farms? Similarly, when we ex-
port raw material, 1t Is foreign labor which
is expended on 1t to make 1t into the finish
ed product and 1t is foreign labor which
gets the pay for every stage of the work thro
which it goes. So II it is true that the sale
of the finished product keeps the profit of
all the intermediate transactions on the
farm, 1t Is ten fold more true In the case of
the country at large which in selling the
finished product, not only sells the raw
material itself, but has paid American labor
and employed American capital in every
change from the raw material to the finished
product, and in the price paid for the finish
ed product gets paid for the raw material,
and for every process thro which it has
passed.
At the same tire 1t is decidedly crafty
ing to note that the exports of the products
of agriculture were S75, 097, 746, or in round
numbers thirteen millions larger in Febru-
AIRY of this year than year ago. Similarly
the exports of mine products were $34, z26-
iNO, OIL ibOiOooO Vi tCh hihiohF1 WhhO NhO
exports of the forests and fisheries nearly
doubled. The total exports of domestic
goods were $119, 39s, 9O2 last month against
500, 1857 for February, 1899. Our ex-
ports exceeded our imports last month by
nearly fifty-two millions of dollars.
This kind of evidence of the prosperity
which has accompanied the Mckinley ad-
ministration may be getting to be little
mODOtonous reading but it is decidedly salts
factory reading after all, and If one stops to
think of 1t it is not half so monOtOnous read
ing as the continuous accounts of swelling
imports, lowering prices and closing factories
to which we became accustomed during the
Cleveland administration. Just think of
this when on next Monday, you 20 to the
polls, to elect 1t Is true local officers only,
but at the same time either by administer
ing crushing defeat to the democrats, to
discourage them and make republican
victory next fall more easy to win, or else
to lay the foundations for your own dis
enlargement by letting the party of big i'm
ports, lessening exports, and closing fac
tories win in this fighting on the skirmish
line-the spring election of 1900.