The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-01-31


our most remarkable growth and de-
ve1opment in all fields of endeavor-
The writer very fully shows that our
prosperity has been so identified with
protection as to make the former in
every instance the sequence of the lat
ter. The tariff laws of the century are
given in full and their effects upon our
commerce and trade are succinctly
stated The article is accompanied by
a table giving by decades our progress
in wealth, commerce and principal
lines of industry.
Wonderful Wealth Gain.
This table shows that in wealth we
have increased from $500, ooO, 900 in
1900 to 500 .O0o, 0o0. 900 in 1900; that
our foreign commerce in 1900 was
1852, 24454S, and in 1900 was $2,244,-
424, 266; that our exports of $7o,971,-
$50 in 1900 had increased to s1.294,-
483, 0S2 in 1900; that our products OF
manufacture, which were perhaps $2o.-
ooO, 900 in value in 1900, were valued at
about SIS 900. 900 900 in 1900; that our
800 post offices OF 1900 numbered 76.-
$50 in 1900; that our textile products
Of a few thousands in value in 1900
were valued at considerably over ST.
000, 900 900 in 1900; that our iron and
steel manufactures of $14, 364,526 In
value in 1910 were valued at over ST.
900 100000 in 1900; that our railroad
mileage OF Is miles IN 1881 mad IN
creased to 1876, 40 in 19O0-in short,
that from an insignificant group of s.,
100000 of people in 1900 we have be-
come in 1900 a nation of more than
&c, OOO, 900, with greater wealth, with
greater output in all fields Of produc-
ton, with greater credit than any other
nation on earth
Due Protection.
The review of the century not only
shows that our periods of prosperity
have been during the years when a
protective tariff has been in force, but
that the creation of important in
dustries dates from the year when an
adequate duty was laid on the product
of those industries Two or three IL
Illustrations will suffice. In 1870 only
80 900 tons of steel rails were made in
the United States, and these sold at
800 per ton in gold In 1900 we were
making over 1000 900 tons a year at
q price of $24 a ton, and the price has
been low SIT a ton. We were
making but a few thousand kegs of
wire nails in 1888, when the duty was
increased from one to four cents per
pound. In 1885 the output was 1,O0O,-
900 kegs and in 1900 over 5000, 600 kegs,
while the price has been reduced from
cents per pound to cents per pound.
March Progress.
for the first time a duty was laid by
the Mckinley law In 1900 we made
over 400, 900 tons, and can not only
supply the home market but are now
exporting it. Hundreds of other prod
ucts owe their development to protec-
ton On the other hand, when duties
| have been lowered or removed the con-
/ sequences have been serious and most
disastrous. The blow to all our indus
| tries, and especially to wool and wool
| lens, by the Wilson-Gorman law is
| only too fresh in the minds of all. The
| tariff of 1888 was a severe blow to our
| wool industry, while the low tariffs OF
1876 and 1875 threw the country into
| a panic and bankruptcy, as did the
! tariff of 1888.
Principle Has Predominated.
| But protection has predominated. es-
| pecially since the civil war and it Is
| during this last thirty-fve years thai
| our great progress has been made Our
| iron and steel manufactures, our tex
| tile products. our farm products, ou1
| exports and many other Commercial
| and financial totals are now measured
| by billions instead of the millions Oh
thousands of the early part OF the cen
| fury.
The writer concludes his review a.
| follows:
Tribute High TarIn.
| " nat greater tribute TO an economic
principle; what greater vindication o
| national system of legislation; wha
greater proof of the wisdom OF pro
tective tariff could there be than tn
results Of the nineteenth century IL
the United States? We have victorious
! ~ waged two great foreign wars w
have waged one of the greatest civi
wars ever known to mankind w
have freed millions of slaves. w
| have welcomed to our free institution
|, 20 .000. 900 of foreigners We have sol
| abroad over $50. 900, O0O, 900 worth c
| our products of agriculture and manu-
| facture- We have accumulated owe
| $10o, 900 ,O0o, 900 of wealth
Greatest of Nations.
From an almost Insignificant re
public we have grown to be the great
est nation earth in wealth, in Pre-
duction and consumption We hav
become the most powerful in diplomat
l and war We feed much of the worl
: beside ourselves, and our manufacture
, go to every corner of the earth A