Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-04
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON.
r.,;o.n Reciprocity Treaty What
Grant Thinks About it.
! 4 Skater His Party2 Free Trade
Inaugurated.
;,susss Of Democracy Its Grand
' Aims and Triumphs,
congressman Hudibraatic Jingle
That Doesn't Run Smoothly.
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Hand Organ Out of Time-The Cen
sus Bureau.

4 ,s.pondcnce OF the Gazette.
\. rsah,noton, d. o., February L.
+ ,.rms of the reciprocity treaty be-
Y = The United States and Mexico,
"A mon by General Grant and
r,escott, Senator Romero ana other
I 'asntatives of the two high con-
Z ,,na narties, are discussed In secret
as II the senate and we only
uD .hat the protectionists oppose
W. theories and purposes, because
NJ treaty with Hawaii, they see
n'ar.st free trade entered upon, in
,.sn.a,ourations effected by these
~. III stinulations between the two
,r,ss The peple say IL free trade
Mexico and Hawaii he desirable
mt more so with Europe;
Grant and Prescott, as
Of cool heads and sound,
y horse sense, like Grant, and II
,onph international lawyer and
Hstiejan. like Prescott. approve
nolicy in dealing with neighbor-
Ienublic, why not with France, n
l. more remote? If the Republican
;nritv i'm the senate defeat Grants
moses and action In this behalf, he
II never more be Republican. and
Immortal 30S medallionists of the
Iicaro Republican Convention will
,ret that they forgot the maxim of
old Greek philosopher who adj
sed his countrymen never to build
onuments or name provinces (coun-
q in Texas in honor of the living.
TERMS OF THE TREATY.
The stipulations with Next
proposed to be made are
"A to provide for the
ee importation of sugar. This.
matter of course. 1t il one of the
no Southern products now protected.
|bbacco, hemp, jute, grasses and
liner raw products of Mexico, COM
Eetine with like growth of Southern
nd Western farms. are accepted, of
purse. duty free. The Eastern states
he harmed in nothing, and congress
Ices not cross the line that hedges in
III protected" and gilded majesty of
Inc royal East. But the treaty Is so
made that while it robs the South and
West of its little protection" it gives
I'M the profits OF the trade with Mexico
q the North and East. Mexico is to
Bolect no duty on agricultural inple
hents or mining machinery AMI none
bn New England cotton
hoods or other textile fabrics
n the blessed East, (which owns and
controls Washington as eflectually as
i does Boston, is the exclusive bene-
|lcary Of the proposed treaty. In fact
Washington is snly the terminus of
Wall and State streets, and these are
other names for another Pactolus---a
river OF gold at which Federal power
and corruption quafis and is filled to
safety.
'.pRoTEcTIoN" SEES BREAKERS
The pr0tectionists, nevertheless, OPP
pose the scheme. They love the plum
der II gives their states, and do not OBJ
ect to robbing, rs a local and sectional
proposition, the hapless South and the
stupid West, half of whose congress-
men are New Englanders by birth;
but the East fears that If the blessings
# free trade be once illustrated by
hose reciprocity treaties, protection"
which pays into its pockets fifteen
millions annually, absolutely
tolen by the government from the
many states and given to the few lords
flooms and shops, will soon be en-
ombed with dead and blessed memoir
es.
'RoGREssIvE BENEFIcENCE OF DEM
OCRACY.
L . 81 nj. Ist
When aroused and his vigorous COM
non sense when justly and strongly
ppealed to, If this treaty be defeated
y Hoar, Morrill,, Cameron and that
lass of political thinkers, will force
lin out of the Republican party, and
worse than this for the two countries
Interested, neither gains aught by that
airing progressive genius of Ameri-
anIsm in industry and la government
ihich would civllize, enrich and re-
'ublicanize all the nations by peacc-
III lnvasions and consequent revolu-
ions in behalf of liberty restrained by
NV and order. We would not AN
lexn Mexico, but this reciprocity
realty first, and then perfect free trade
vii speedily eXpel TO the last shadows
i anarchy from that land Of the sun,
nd brighter and more glorious than au-
oral light VIII break through morn
ng mists To dissipate its darkness.
When tropical summer time comes,
eiined fruit will fall naturally into
he outstretched hand of generous and
'erfect local and personal American
reedom Such are the achievements
nd peaceful trlumphs of true Dem
cracy, and against it Republican
'arty leaders struggle in vain. lis
vorlh-wide acceptance Is that miami
est Destinyn of which Stephen A..
Douglas dreamed.
ANOTHER LITTLE dfANT.'
This allusion TO the great statesman,
he splendor of whore fame still rests
lpon Illinois, though clouds Of Repub-
ieanism are temporarily interposed,
Ike that of Washington upon n CON
inent, reminds me that representa-
I've OF your state and mine is known
iere as another Douglas" such Is
lis familiar soubriquet His speech,
y honor of Ben Hiilis memory, was
ne finest specimen of eloquence yet
illercd this session in the house.
Men compared Wcllborn's Grafton
With that of Pericles, pronounced In
ionor of heroes who fell in Persian
vars. Read 1t, and yet its force and
enthusiasm are lost. You should have
ieard IL.
NE sUBLIMEsr ACHIEVEMENT OF
PRACTICAL CRAFTSMANSHIP.
England purchased last year from
ne United States, cotton, grain. bee
ND other commodities at the cost o.
'ips ,347 ,l55. We bought from Eng
and merchandise OF the value @
'loo, Sss ,6a2, leaving a balance of trade
n our favor OF S2l2,75s, 463. The
Whole sum Of our credits with foreign
ialions during the year was 1924 $50,
~; Of our debts S33s, $50. ass. or thii
so,5l5,s2s went TO Cuba for sugar
rults, cigars and tobacco; S39,ei9, al6
went TO Braz II for coffee, etc. S3s,
~, 1os went 10 France for silks anS
wines and brandy, and the rest wen
y south America for sugar, spices