The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-03

many instances classified as manu- factures. We do sell some heavy ma chinery and some delicate machinery abroad. We export some shoes but we do not and cannot export to Eur ope staple manufactures. Of more than $1,750, ,00O, 900 in exports, three fcurths of it can be piled on the docks and the world will come after it before 1t spells. It does not require inter- natior al merchants or a merchant ma rfne to sell raw cotton. food products, copper and lumber to nations that must have these things which we alone can furnish.
 England, France and Germany con- sumee three-fourths of their manufac- tured products and search the world with subsidized ships. each floating the flag of its respective country to find market for their p per cent. of surplus. We manufacture 5000, ,000,- GOO per annum more than England, France and Germany combined and we consume 95 per cent. of it all and wait for other countries to come after our per cent. of surplus. They will not always come. Manufactured products must be marketed. Food products will sell themselves. We pay out as much in wages as all the rest of the world ana knowledge of this fact is widespread, and million immigrants annually reach our shores to divide this wage. These seek our factories,
  ed or there will be trouble
 ''We have reached the point in America where we do everything on sentiment We insist that our con- gresSmen and senators shall not think for themselves but shall obey the will of their constituents, which is an- other way of saying that they must ride waves of sentiment. And you will agree with me that a few of them are experts thereat. It is wise Of congressman and senators to obey the voice of the majority of the peo- pie providing the majority of the people can select congressman and than the majority.
 There is now no sentiment in favor of merchant marine and therefore we have none. No congressman would now dare disobey the sentiment of his district. There is no sentiment in favor of making any preparation for war except the construction and main tenance of dreadnaughts. There is now no sentiment in favor of making any provision for foreign commerce except to let in foreign goods.
 ''If we were to make powder twenty four hours per day for thirty days the product would last our present navy two hours. In other words if we were at war and every powder mill in the United States was to cease making blasting powder and sporting powder and should work "A hours each day for the government, We could fight two hours every month.
 ''If my logis is correct we are fast approaching calamitous, condition when products of labor will exceed the home market and when factories will be closed and men and women by the million beg bread. We have ap- preached a time where it is political suicide for man to attempt to be statesman. All he dare do is to as- sume to be statesman. A statesman must have opinions of his own and any man with opinions of his own must either capture the multitude (and not all great men can do this) l or he might as well resign his seat in the Senate or in the House.
 George J. Corey also contributed an | interesting speech in favor of the ship l subsidy. He was set down upon the | program as "ex-diplomatic representa- tive to Holland under President Me- Kinley, ex-deputy naval officer of the Port of New York, ex-consul to Ann l sterdam and public speaker and writ er''
 The sidelights which MT. Corey threw upon certain phases of the Spanish war were even more interesting than lis main theme. He described how the actual beginning of war was de- layed in order that President McKin- ley might buy ships and munitions of war in all parts of the world. after having exhausted the supply in the United States
 MT. Corey said that the United States has the finest merchant marine in coast and lake traffic that the world has ever seen, but that it entirely lacks merchant marine engaged in foreign trade.
 MT. Corey dwelt at some length up- on the advantages of trade with the South American republics and said that such a trade could be best stim- ulated by merchant marine.
 He gave force to the claim that this cannot in time of war obtain colliers and transports to go with it's war ships. But he also apparently the idea that the end of modern ship warfare has been reach ed, because. speaking somewhat con of the building of more he said that 'HCr1rtiss can blow a Dreadnaught out of the water.'
 MT. Corey, like MT Shaw, was much applauded for his speech
 Rolph w. Grout, a writer and lec- turer upon the topic of merchant ma- rine, also spoke briefly
 pleasant feature of the dinner was the reading of telegrams and letters from notables & the nation, regretting to be present. Many of these Ia gentlemen in their communications fla vored the subsidy Amonp rogrotc