| Show industrial DECADENCE OUTLINED r NOW 0 iob iou us face boldly and aua state in t the he plainest language what the industrial decad i ence of oui our country whether it will come rooper PT or anter later aiu will mean when it begins begin are unnecessary here they canoot cannot 1 be 8 precise P r eaise and might flyg xie rie rise rive to useless controversy an detail I 1 it will mean that wa we shall ago gge ope frej foreign n market after ang another then ther tha i t we cfall shall gradually coish cease to iha manufacture n u for othen other er manufacturing countries then thih that those countries coun goun tries after supplying ng thear themselves elvei will meet us and beat us in neutral markets I 1 finally that we a shall be reduced tho supply of bf our own demand possibly to 1 secure even that market by recurrence f to a pro i policy this will viii be a i rembie re reverse veme venea a momentous i and i it fr maybe may be a miserable change it must inv dinv involve 01 V 0 a vast and grave metamorphosis it may but it need noti nobi not nob involve rian ruin the extent and de depth deeth eth of suffering we shall iball hav have a to under undergo go during the sad bad progress S s and the weary struggle will depend upon n how soon and how distinctly we recognize 1 ize the coming revolution tion ilon and how wisely and courageously we meet it IL the great ultimate naked fact we have to look at Is this the home demand for bur iron cotton woollen goods ac may be pt about one third of adf the whole we vc matIL mani acturo mainly for foreign about one third of our productive industry is all au that ye we can aan ultimately hope to keer heer going ging two twe thirds of 0 aisan population there therefore must to i jeor leor je be or to remal remain n that vast t proportion ar op of pur imports which is now paid for by our millions of exports will have hav a to be foregone or to be purchased ed by other funds to speak broadly the population of f these hese islands which is now new i main maintained byarn by agriculture commeria com comme merca merco reg arld ard manufactures man mun utho will have to be maintained by agriculture and commerce commeree almost ione lone dione we shail shall therefore only be able to support people instead of as at present regent england will beronio a second holland great greater r richer more powerful than than ihan the tho firsts she sho may bo be a more prosperous and happy holland hoiland still ir if she only sees bees lier ller destiny in time and girds i to meet meed it ids asa i great should contempt viuf 1 u 1 |
