The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28
WHAT PROTECTION HAS
ACCOMPLISHING.
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From a total output OF products
to the value Of seven Or eight Billions
Of dollars ia 1880 10 an output
valued at sts,o 900, 600, 900 ia 1904
is a wonderful accomplishment in
itself, hu, this result has been &C.
companied by equally marvellous
side effects. First there Is the
greatly increased demand for an
mineral products, coal, iron ore,
copper, tin, lead, zinc, clay, silver
and gold and many Others. Then
there is the lumber and the various
kinds OF woods. Again, we find
increased demands for sand and all
thai enters into glass and pottery,
cotton and wool and petroleum,
The cost Of materials used in man
ufacturing, according to the last two
c%ensuses, was in 1890 as follows
$5,t62, o44,o76i in 1900, $780,
les4,soS-an increase of a per
cent. The cost Of material this
year will be fully $4,000, 900. 900,
or as much as the value Of our en-
tire manufacturing output in 1890.
When we consider that the cost of
this material consists almost wholly
Of labor from the mine and forest
and farm to the mill and factory
and shop, il will be seer how Pro
lection, by increasing manufactures,
benefits labor and industry indirect
" as well as the wages Of the mill
and factory worker,
The census by no means tells
what Protection has accomplished
for manufacturers, for when the re-
turns Of 1899 and 1900 were made
we had only got fairly started after
the recovery Of lost ground during
the free-trade period, This is
Shown in the consumption Of pig
iron, which has been as follows
Gross tons. Gross tons
1857 g,3SI,9l4 1890 l3.I77,4 400
lS9S l~2.e05,sTf 1891 l6,232,446
1893 I, T79,442 1902 IT.5ee.0 coo
I, The above figures are for con-
sumption, not production, and show
that the increase since 1900 has
been even greater than the increase
from 1897 to that time, We should
and aimost the same condition in
! coal consumption, the basis Of mo
tive power to q fargo proportion in
all manufacturing plants. So va
may safely conclude that we in.
creased our manufacturing output
? 50 per cent. from 1897 to 1900 and
smother so per cent. since, using The
production Of 1896 as a basis.
With the increase in nIanuiactur.
ing comes the increase in transpor-
tation, which has already been
shown both in failroading and
E eoas, and lake commerce. Then
there is the distribution to the final
} consumer, the iobber's business, the
wholesaler aud retailer, the army Of
merchants and clerks, the statesmen,
the bookkeepers, the express busi.
ness and delivery wagons, and the
: thousand and one supplementary
trades aud industries-all scattering
the profits aud earnings to bring
again the increased consumption OF
all products from the mine and for
est to their final disposition.
!, How different il is when Protec-
ton enables us to do our own work!
When We buy foreign made goods
we consume foreign raw material
and foreign labor, which is nine
tenths of all production. al this
we get the benefit Of when we nan
ufae,ure for ourselves. We have
already shown in these articles what
Protection has done in the way OF
increased employment and earnings.
Nearly half our wage earners arc
employed in manuiaetuTes-produe.
ton, transportation and distribu-
tiou-so hat half our population
are dependent on the Protection OF
our mechanical industries. Fully
20, 600, 900 Of our people have
gainful occupations, which at only
50 a day would mean $4,000 600,
Zoo ia earnings annually. But our
total income is estimated at $40.
ooo, 900, 600, half Of which is spent
for manufactures At factory prices,
besides the cost " Transporting and
distribution. Thus II will be seen