Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-03
c.l,ed upon fcr ships ana for men. We

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naw nav ia foreigners SIT ,O0O, 600 eacn
wear. and to that extent we enrlch 60
strengthen them, while we 20 tne sa.ns
extent impoyerish and weaken ~
solves If this does not prove that sn0
building up Of American SHIPS VIII
a direct benefit to all Of the people u
the United States, in strengtnenins
them where they are weak, as naiion,
and in affording additional employ inen.
to all Of the people by keeping the vas
sum Of $175, 100000 year IN the = ~
al States that is now sent aDfoau -
nav foreigners for doing our CARRYING
each year, then the argument Is VIII
the other side"
/ asked the Senator to say why - -
necessary for the government 10 alu
ships, and to this he briefly replieu'
Because they will have to compe'e
with ships that receive huge suDsluieS
and bounties from their governments
because the competing foreign ships arc
built more cheaply than are American
shins and because foreign ships cost
less to run than do American snips.
These are advantages that Foreign snip9
now possess over our own. But rev
years Of operation under this blll VIII
enable us to build ships as cheaply anu
to run them as cheaply as our rivals 10,
hut until this is accomplished, na1lonai
safety and sound economics JUSTLY 'ne
annual expenditure of $9,OOO,ooo IL "
der to thereby save $5O,OOO,OO0 IN ocean
freight rates on our exports ana III
ports"
There is much food for serious renee
tion in the foregoing statements-state-
ments. by the way, that come from the
very highest source of reliable lnIofila-
ton in the United States, ana from
man whose whole public career mas
shown him to be man Of fearless
courage. of commanding ability ana OF
unimpeachable integrity. lt was lo.
these possessions that he was eleVateu
by his colleagues to the position OF
president pro tempore OF the senate
position that makes him, now, actlng
Vice President of the United States.
A Good Thing to Remember.
The Secretary Of Agriculture III Ills
annual report draws attention TO the
fact that our total sales OF domestlc
farm products to foreign countries our
ING the four fiscal years 1S97-19OO az
eregated the enormous sum OF 20, loo'-
GOO COG or close to $S00,OOO,OoO In
excess of the export value for the pre-
ceding four-year period. In other
words, we received OH an average dur"
ing 1SS7-19OO for products of domestic
agriculture marketed abroad nearly
2OO,OOO,0OO a year above the annual
amount paid us for such products DUR
ing 1S93-1S96. This is all very crafty
ing, as 1t shows how dependent the ma
lions Of the Eastern Hemisphere are
upon the United States for bread and
meat. These markets will always take
our food surplus at a price, but it will
be price that we cannot control. After
all, the best market for American food
stuffs Is right here in America. The
more we consume here the less will be
left for export, and the less left for eX-
port, the greater will be prices paid for
the exported surplus.
The ,aain thing in agriculture, as in
manufacturing, is the big home market;
and the way to make the home market
take the largest possible share of what
the farsner has to sell and pay good
price fer it is to keep the largest pos
sible percentage of our population at
work in the mills and factories. The
American farmer understands this bet
ter thar he used to. Protectionists have
been preaching to him for forty years
and the vote cast in the farming dis
tricts at the last election shows that
lodgmert. 1t is good thing to re-
member,