Show A CONDITION NOT A THEORY the amount of american money which finds its way over to europe ie is enormous tourists To urieta alone are the means of distributing among the nations of the old world the vast sam of one hundred millions of american dollars every season of 01 course the poorer classes do not make these costly pleasure trips BO so la in a certain sense only those spend the money who do not need to keep it at home bat but by whomsoever it is spent this much will not be disputed every dollar of it is aiken out of american banks and Ameri american ean busi bual nees nose now suppose that instead of taking measures to secure the return of this sold gold our national policy were one which would compel us to send away much more to buy abroad our clothing our hats and shoes our carpet carpets furniture and so on what condition would out money markets finally reach in that case it would not only be the rich mans thousand but also the poor mana maula dollar that would leave our shores Is there any sane ane person who could look upon each a policy as sound statesmanship and wise finan ciering yet that is exactly what the free traders advocate they assert it is true that it would not be all paying out on our part we would have something to sell bell or exchange for the imported products we would enter and compete in the markets of the world but bat their own reasoning destroys their argument we would be dependent wholly on foreign demand we would be the farm to teed feed them it if their own farms failed while they would be the workshop whose wares we net have whether or no when we reflect upon the tremendous drain that already exists as in the file case of tourists above alluded to and then reflect what it would be ifs is if a certain penny leader ship coald could be fastened upon the country the american people ought to rejoice that there are enough sober men to so direct the national policy as to pr promote orante home manufacture and open own a steady regular and profitable market at home tor for our farm products the united states of america want to become like argentine a sucked orange for the sport and profit of european brokers |