212 LAND AND LABOR. 



taining foreign markets. The compelling of our peo- 

 ple to compete with the cheap slave or free labor of 

 Europe and Asia, and of the islands of the East and 

 of the West, for the supply of whatever may enter 

 into our own consumption, is an evil of the greatest 

 magnitude. One fact alone in this connection, should 

 be enough to cause us to bar our doors to all foreign 

 products that can be produced upon our own soil. 



Our imports of merchandise for the year 1882, are 

 reported at $752,843,507. Included in this amount 

 are the following items : - 



LIST OF SPECIAL ARTICLES OP IMPORTATION, WITH THEIR IN- 

 VOICE VALUES. 



Breadstuff's and other farinaceous food, $17,487,737 



Manufactures of cotton, 36,093,169 



Eggs, 2,645,610 



Earthen, stone, and China ware, 7,507,046 



Flax, and manufactures of, 19,907,928 



Glass and glass ware, 7,443,211 



Hides, other than furs, 27,237,065 



Hemp, and manufactures of, 5,975,859 



Iron and steel, and manufactures of, 49,209,964 



Leather and manufactures of, 13,197,523 



Potatoes, 3,827,142 



Provisions, 2,395,493 



Silk, manufactures of, 41,415,984 



Soda, salts of, 5,400,269 



Sugar and molasses, 101,806,697 



Tobacco and manufactures of, 9,053,903 



Watches, materials and movements, 2,793,273 



Wines, spirits, cordials, 10,540,476 



Wood, manufactures of, 11,019,549 



Wool and manufactures of, 53,784,300 



Total, $418,739,198 



