The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-12-11
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! FOREIGN: TRADE. i
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y III Il; '5 r. r HOW 10 EXTEND IT. l$s "a
IL the course Of this cohmunic refer-
ence has more than once been made to the
policy Of this government us regards the ex-
tension 8of our foreign trade, It seems
proper to declare the general! principles that
should, in my opinion, underlie our national
efforts In this direction. The main conditions
of the problem may be thus suited We are
q people rich In mechnnic ai pursuits and
fertile in inysntio ion we cover q nstextent Of /
territory, rich In agricul tural products and In
nearly all the raw materials necessary for !
successfu manuf acture II We shaYe,a system
sufficient. to supp our demanda The
wages of labor nre nowhere 30 great
The scale 5aS Of living Of our
artisan CLASSES is such as tends to secure
their personal comfort and the dsge lopment
of those higher moral and intel ectial quail
tiles that go to the making OF good citizens.
Dur systems of tax and tariff legialation Is
yielding q revenue which Is In excess OF the
present needs OF the. goyernnieut These
ere elements from which Il IS sought to de-
by changing the condi ton Of workingnen,
Dur merchant mnrine shall be raised from ita
enfeebled ition dnq new markets pro-
vided for the sale, beyond our borders; Of the
The problem is scompl and can be solved
by no single measure OF innovation or re.
form The countrie les OF tho American con ii. /
nent and the adjacent islands are for the
United States the natuIal market Of supply 4
and demund It is from them TINT we should
obt1in what we do not produce, or do NOT
produce In suf6ciency, and II Is TO them that
ilurplus productions Of ourSh eldRS our mills.
snd our workshops n should flow, under
conditions that VII. eguaiize Or favor them
four pathssof policy seem to poiit Is ttiis
end First. q series Cf recipr ocal commercial
treaties with the countries of Anericawh
shall foster betwoen the United States and
them an I, nnhai npered nj yement Of trada
the free adnllssio on Of such mere andise as
this country does NOT produce, in return FOX
bhe admission free OF, under q favored scheme
LOT Duties of our own products, the benoHts
sash ng g Pat those goods
contract; the removal: on both sides from
vessels so privileged of all tonnage dues:
and national simport 30 thnt their vesselsl
may ply unhinle between our ports and
though without tnfring ing on the & reserved
home casting trade, SIS Tho removal on
| reduci Ion of rs burdens on the exported
products of those countries coming with.9
I In the benefit Of the treattea, and the
avoidance Of the technical ties restrict or. j;
and specialties by which our intercourse
with those countries is ut present hampered
Secondly the establ ishment Of the consular
SecVlco of the JIuftAd tEts tAa or,sss SO
footing narmittip sfs III Il ~
consuiar Tees Tor not onjy M rasnecta Sasae ~
nnllar Ira d3ag 4Soots
vessels &c the ana 81
entitled Us the Dement'S 81 TIA fyasti TI
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tia ma mSiStemamsaes stas,
carrying maris Iisiar nhs fg # IN Z iS,ita.S
5fafs III x
nnifor,n anfrensv hasia SSst ~ u
America sot tsa nain proS nc,s - nm
minaa Ti,,V AZ a. y
ont Tia wiinles avstem III ao,o,I
This oniI rednirs NJ
hersbv o,tst ~ ths ,,s.I1,. oH
lac ma rSs
EEoses Which yisld nod nm, q.
nonId M Il; ME- ~
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II INA sfSsl the s,,rI,,rg Gu,on
II mr. minas and minis
and 4 sta, taken fSySr tka e ~ asassd
Ezatinn N svar ~ tSe ~
these ends al far q fay mn ~ q
separate M iha MI M
directed, and the favor With which . this
enlarged policy nus thuH f0r been received