The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-16

from twenty to twenty-five millions o
our people derive their maintenance
through these industries. In addition Il
the market these industries brought Il
the agricultural areas, it appears als'
that large proportion of the raw ma
terial consumed in the production of sucl
manufactured commodities came from
American farms, from American mines
from American forests, and only a small
proportion, comparatively, has been i'm
ported And better than all this il
the fact that it has been found that
nearly all of this vast product has beer
consumed in the markets of the United
States.
Marvellous Results.
'How happily this Republican policy
was conceived, how well it has been car
ried out, and what magnificent results
have been achieved is indicated by the
fact that since 1870. when the system
of protection had been fully established
the value of American manufactures has
increased from S4,000,000,00 to $4,000
100000 in round numbers, an increase
of 1873 per cent, while the increase in
the value of farm products has jumped
from ST ,95S.000,000 to $S,4l7 600 900, an
increase of $50 per cent. Could a more
perfect balance be conceived or achieved 7
Can more convincing illustration be
found in all history of the establish
ment of an economic system intended
! for and operating to the advantage OF
| all the people of all classes?
with this vast development along
the two great lines of industry in the
United States, our population during the
same period tlS70-l9l0l has jumped
from 100000 to 95,000,000 of souls I:
our national wealth from $30000,000,00o
to more than S130000,0 100000, an in
crease of $50 per cent. We have not
only supplied our own market with all
classes of products, but our exports dur
ing the period named have increased
from 1892, III 90 to S2204 POP, 900, an in
crease of $50 per cent. Not only this,
but we are told by our government sta
tisticians that the absolute free trade
between the states of the Union, which
in no way Injuries the American stand
ard of wages and living, has increased
from S7,000,000000 in 1870 to $33,000,-
600 900 in 1911, an increase of $40 per
cent, all of which implies that we are
becoming an increasingly credit nation;
that we are not only supplying home de-
mands with every conceivable product,
but the ratio of our sales abroad has
outstripped our purchases from other ma
tions. Not only this, but in this vast
scheme of national development the SUI
perior standards of American living have
been maintained and the character of
a,,Y al hos hapn I1Tphald
''Mr. President, ! have already set
forth the unprecedented growth and de-
velopment under the protective system
inaugurated and maintained by the Re
publican party. The most serious dis
aster which has ever come to the Amerl-
can industries came during the last adj
ministration of President Cleveland,
when. as now, both branches of Congress
were Democratic and under the operation
of the Wilson German act, which was
the last expression of the thought that
party upon revenue legislation down
to the present time. Immediately fol-
lowing a return of the Republican party
to power, and under the provisions of
the Dingley bill, confidence returned and
the country entered upon a period OF
prosperity unequaled in the history OF
this or any other nation, a prosperity
which has extended to every branch of
industry and which has included in its
blessing every individual in a nation
of almost l00,000,000 people, and which
has continued over a period OF 10 years
and which has been so great that the
people have forgotten that the conditions
were ever otherwise"
tfxIy.tl, 4ba ,,,.rY.naa nf fbig Tnpa Gflrp
firmly declared by the president of the
United States, so clearly presented both
by the House committee on ways and
means and the Senate committee on
finance, and so fully recognized by in
terested producers the world over, all OF
whom have long looked longingly upon
our immense markets, we are compelled
to face the fact that the superior condi-
tions heretofore existing here in the
United States-the result of that in
telligent effort which has its birth and
finds its nourishment under free insti-
jeopardized by the ter
Of this bill; that the purpose to protect
them by tariff legislation has been aban-
doned, and that the purpose of the Dem
ocratic party, by all legislation as long
rs it shall be in power, is to increasing |
" place the producers of our nation
upon a level with those of all the rest |
Of the world.
"The first step in this revolutionary |
is found in the provisions of
the pending BILL and can not do better |
1T this time than to again call attention
10 the following quotation from the re-
port of the committee on ways and /
means where it says:
The statement is therefore made |
that no part of the committees work
mas been founded upon a belief in the
,ost of production theory, and the
theory is absolutely rejected as guide
20 tariff making.
"This being so, we naturally inquire
where, in what portions of our country,
his policy will be most keenly feltY
The Sectional Character of the Under
wood Bill.
"If senators in order to ascertain
where the industries of the land are
more largely developed, will direct their
attention to the states lying east of the
Rocky mountains and will compare
hose of the New England, the Middle
atlantic, the East North Central, and
he West North Central groups, which
include the states of Maine, New Hamp-
hire. Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
sland. Connecticut, New York, Pennsyl-
,an;o Naxu Iareav Ohio Illinois Indi- |