Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-10
FREE COMMERCIAL mTeRCOU RSE
ZeIHcCI. All Aurricnu Countries and
IIS Advantages.

A.rC,O5 0f he recent r-viya' OF interes
...uCusa so2j ma pnrsrns in your city
H. the matter ri .uaH.shir: al increased
trade with Neyi IL oar manufactured
.'rOGs, CnNcr' svulta i1..ss..,uf, Of Illinois,
ias introduced > rsNrIU'ion in the House
rcqucst,i the President to invite the CO.
O~erGtiOn uf the goycrnurntS Of American
nations in securing the establishment Of
free commercial intercourse among these
nations and an American Customs Union,
the objects OF the propose ULOn being to
develop the internal revenues of American
countries and to furnish more extensive
markets for the products Of each. lie
claims that cur present commerce with
south America, Central America AMI Mex
iCo amounts TO $G5j IOl 900 annually, OF
which 1913, $4,000 are imports consisting
maily OF manufactured goods. Oi these
imports England furnishes SnS,J9u,UDO,
France 5C2 al 900 and the United States
only so U44 UgO. BY III" establishment OF
. Customs Union. t"eEe HyureS would Oe
reversed and that The Cui,ed States eN.
ports 10 those countries would be greatly
increased To the advantage of all concerned.
In the event of formation OF such
common basis of duties on imports from
the countree outs dc the league, aud IN
this way the United states would be placed
beyond comDetiOu with the countries
which now furnish 10 Mexico, Central
America aud South America SO large u pro-
portion Of their manufactured goods
The fact that such a basis Of duties would
furnish American manufacturers. nov
=. morally sutr.Ii"G from overp:odGc'ion,
gith Il new mark, / iO5 their wa 'es to the
exclusion of European competitors, will,
n Mr.. TOwnSh"nu's up.I:un, be strong
rtcoumeui ttiuu IN favor OF the establish
mrnt OF q customs u'.ion with tue manu-.
fsCturiug Interests Of ;he COuItrv, aud
their representatives. in Congress. AT the
same time the ayrau., ,urn'S IS slTe 10 bP
favored by the advocates IT II revenue tariff
Or free trade, since II would be d"m0n-
stration uf the advanl ges Of = general free
trade among uat'UrS
1t is iuGihrr C,ai'@si lha' the Eummer-
Cial IraEur Ui the t.rfu'u Ntes furnishes
nn eNtIup!+ Ot the iUimruSr advantaScs &C
cruing iu ih- I,'"p,e ~ 200 lEupdS states
or Nations with COmw1m interests, The
GCrmsu Icague was formed many years
apO and in its inception had only two
y cmbers. Al ,he present time II embraces
all the Safes OF Germany and Austria,
and in some particulars extends Its paw
i,Ces 10 France. Besides developing the
internal prosperity OF ine German States
il Las been pOweriu. factor in the unIica-
ton of that Empire. aud mas done much
10 mite Germany ana Austria i'll bonds OF
auity and common interest.
Nr Townshend lclievas hat Mexico and
the Central American and South American
States would Willingly subscribe to such
compact, since it would be an aid ip the
much-needed development OF their com
merce lead to closer and more friendly
social and political relations with the
United States. The fact that all the gov
ernments OF the countries aforementioned,
with the exception of Brazil, are Republt-
can in character would be another reason
for their looking with friendly eyes upon
the prospect of closer aud more contiden.
;ial commercial relations with this coun-