New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-03

Street" Mr.. PaysonS views coIrcsPv"ii' ,h;nls
that il would he prudent to keep gold IeseI,', no
say ten per cent. i'll the lreasur, 70 paUvJ t,vn
er onbacks He thinks that oneiuoaT - H'ii Ion Of
d,ar silver certificates might he issued III hc" vi
tto rreenbacks of these denominations. .,o or-
far as the trade dollars are conceraeu' 20 , bc in
eral feeling among Representatives seems W w :"
favor of rcdceming them at their par va i"e'
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE CRITlClSED'
M. VIEWS on THE TARIFF THOUGHT TO bh oi
POSED TO REPUBLICAN IDEAS.
Iur TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
w.su,xGTON. Dec 1.-The Presidents message
and the annual report of the Secretary Oh 'he
Treasury in their most important particulars "i'
severely criticised by Republicans. The Demo-
cr.ts ON the other hand have received both tue
p,essaoe and the report with good deai oi s'tiS-
faction. The reason is obvious 10 kcpnpiicahS
tho recommendations of the Secretary SAVIOR 'oo
mucb of free trade; to the Democrats thcy seem "
stem in the right direction On one poin' t'e me-
publicans are unanimously agreed-they VIII io''''
any attempt to revise the tarif under Dc'h'o,",'
auspices Hence they resent the proposi'io" VI W.
A. rrIIocb m create q new commission similar
IN character TO the late Tarih Commission. lherc
is some difference of opinion however, among nv
nuhl,caus in regard to the advisabiity OF creating
on this continent huge Zolt-|et' IN WHICH 'no
United States shall take leading part
To many and among tncNl HIc H''i"'P'"'NN.
lists like senators sherman. Morrill,, Platt and Haw
Low. the advantages possibly to be derived uhdcr
such system will be than offset by the losses
which IL, manufacturing interests of TINS country
would .ustain. They regard treaties like the Mex
lean trcaty ratified in the of the last session.
AMI the Spanish treaty just signed by MI roster Il.
Madrid as contrary to the spirit OF protcctoh' anu
AS an nroad upon the !pohcy under WHICH
the industries OF the country have been nuised
into life for the last twenty-iour years
Others again think that series OF treaties iAe
that proposed by the President. as he reasons
would open new markets tor American goods; ana
they are ready to support Il policy having thao Gnu
in view.
VIEWS OF A REPUBLICAN SENATOR
Where a criticism of the Presidents
octs or opinions is involved 1t is
obvious that Senators do not like to be
ouoted. II may be mentioned though, that what
follows is the language of a prominent memoe: Oh
the Commerce Committee, and, 1t goes without
saying. a Republican,
"Thc message is very extraordinary ooc"-
ment, but the report of the Secretary
of the Treasury is still more So
After we have made protection and the maihte-
nance of the existing tariff laws an Issue III tho
campaign lust closed. there comes here report oy
a Repnblican Secretary of the Treasury, sane
IL.
Republican President in his message, which asks
us to revise the tariff and advocate in a. many
words free trade-frec trade III its mlldest fornit is
true but free trade nevertheless Ii is very clear
10 my mind that if Mr. Arthur had happened to bc
the candidate of the Republican party iii the late
election, that message would never nave peeh
written aud the report of his Secretary would
never have seen the light of day. The whole per-
formance is very extraordinary one
OPINIONS OF A STRONG PRofrcrIoNIsr.
This Senator though outspoken on the point ol new
Tariff Commission, favored the extension OF the
treaty. policy. Quite the contrary opinion was held
by n Ncw-Engand Senator a stanch protectloh-
ist and prominent member of the Finance Com
mite, who said:
"The policy of entering into treaties of the char
acter like these proposed by the President in
his message will give us speckled
or pock-markcd protection. 1t VIII
proye an entering wedge for free trade
Aside from that there arises the question OF the
consitutionality of concluding treaties when Ill
their nature are nothing more than revenue meas
ures. and as such within the province clearly oi
tbc House Again. there is another question,
whether such treaties will nat involve us Ill
trouble with nations which have been accorded INC
benefit Of the favored nation clanse by the colil-
tries with which we are seeking to conclude
cannot admit that 1t Will open new larke,s IoI our ~
manufactures markets whch are aItauI ~
possession of people with whom we womb a,r nave
to romuete IN the present condition oi our Iahuf
market we could not do SO, and II would he oniN
inviting a conflict with the abOrng element oi TINS
conntry which could not result otherwise thah IN
Tins Senator was in hearty accord With the rec rec
concentrations regarding the restriction oi me
cnnapp uf yer hollais and also Thought that the
general tome of the message was eXcclleh'
COMMERCIAL IliA1tIS
A member of the Approximations Committee
Thought that the message had been
pictnipd with great cste. w hia opinion
u wns mote than ordinarily interesting, The
,dp, If extending out reciprocal ttra'ie'
sn nc to iskr 10 the south American htnirs ho
said 10 ~ the direction ~ the wuih W. have put
sued lof son,e limn The iealcH WHEN hhhnltioh
viii load probably 10 ah animated discussion, a'd
# ratified, viii be ratified by only u slnall ma
jority, 4 two-thrds vote In ielnhed' The
Mexican treaty, which affected the sugar
interests hut slightly, passed by Que vote,
You may imagine what opposition the new Spanish
treaty will encounter which proposes the removal
of all duties sugar imported from Cnba ana
Porto ico and does not as am told, give MS III es-
change the free admission even of flour products.
One of the chief objections however is that the
principle Of reciprocity If once applied, Is liable to
he applied too much and perhaps without
sufficient discrimination: If, for instance, the
British possessons should be included i'll the Zoli-
Jcrein, | should hesitate TO vote for measure
| which had that object III view. Before we can do
anything. however, in the direction indicated by
the President,we must have carrying fleet, and to
construct this or acquire IT ought TO be
our first duty Ill the premises Hence !
think that the plan mapped ont in tho
message is premature and cannot he realized now
or even in the future, though AIN not willing
| to say that would antagonizc it,
| Turning to the subject Of tariff revision this
Senator said: 1t is out of the question and not TO
be thought of. To begin with. if President
Arthur should appoint the Commission, the
Democratic majority in the House would
| President TO name IL. If Cleveland should attempt
TO make the selection would oppose hun here III
the Senate. The scheme, you see, is impractcable