Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-12-05

Joe solved by no single measure Oh
innovation or reform. The cOun-
tries OF the American Continent
and the adjacent islands are for
tho United States the natural
magts If supply and demand. lt
is from them that We should obtain
what wo 10 not produce in suiii-
cheney, and it is 10 them that the
surplus productions Of our fields
and millsand our workshops should
llow, under conditions that will !
utilize or favor them in comparl-
son with foreign competition.
Four rates Of policy, the Presi-
dent says, seem to point to this
end:
First-A series of reciprocal |
commercial treaties with the
COUNTRIES OF AMERICA,
which shall foster between us and !
them an unhampered movement of
trade. The conditions Of these |
treaties should be the free admis-
sion Of such merchandise as this !
country does not produce in return |
for the admission fee, or under a
favored scheme Of duties, of our |
own products, the benefits Of such |
exchange to apply only to the
goods carried under the flags of
the parties to the contract. The |
removal of both sides from the YES
sells so privileged Of all tonnage !
dues and national imports, so that |
these vessels may ply unhindered
between our ports and those of the |
other contracting parties, though
without infringing on the reserved,
or homc-coasting trade; the reno
val or
REDUCTION OF BURDENS
on the exported products of those
countries coming within the bene-
fits OF the treaty; and the avoid
ance Of the technical restrictions
and penalties by which our inter
course with those countries is ut
present hampercd.
Sccondly-Thc establishment of
the Consular Service Of the United |
States on saaried footing, thus |
permitting the REIMBURSEMENT Of |
consular fees, not only as respects /
vessels under the National flag, |
but also as respects vessels of the |
trea;y-natiOns carrying goods |
entitled to the benefits of the trea-
ties.
Thirdly-The enactment of meas
urcs TO favor the construction and
maintenance Of steam carrying
marine under the flag Of the United
States.
Fourthly-The establishment Of
UNIFORM CURRENCY BASIS
Tor ihc countries Of America, so
That the coined products of our
mine, may circulate on equal terms |
throughout the whole system Of
o. umlHwcalihs. This wOnld re-
olIe g. monetary union Of America,
rlor,artao output Of the bullion
producing countries and the cir
rrIriIpp OF hose which yield mel
.ner gold nor silver could be adj
i1,tcl n conformity with the po-
ralauOu, wealth and commercial
needs % each. As many OF the
countries furnish no bullion to the
common stock, the surplus produc-
ton of our monies and mints might
then be utilized and a step taken
toward the general reconciliation
OF silver.
TO O. accomplishment Of these
ends, So far as they can be attain
cd by separate treaties, the nego-
talion already concluded and now
I'D progress have been directed,
and the favor which this enlarged
policy has thns far received war
rants the belief that its operation
will ere long embrace all or nearly
all the countries OF this hemisphere.
10 is by no means desirable, how
ever, that the policy under consl-
Iteration should be applied to these
countries alone. The healthtul
enlargement Of our trade with
Europe, Asia, and Africa should
be sought by.
REDUCING TARIFF BURDENS
on such of their wares as neither
we nor the other American State
are fitted to produce, and thus ena-
bling ourselves to obtain i'll return
"a better market for our food, raw
material and manufactures inwhlch
wc excel. 1t seems to me that
many OF the embarrassing elements
IN the great National conflict be-
tween Protection and Free Trade |
may thus be turned to good account |
that the revenue may be reduced |
so az no longer to Overtax the
people; that protective duties |
may be retained without becoming |
burdensome that our shipping III
terests may be judiciously encoura-
eed 1.-THE currency fixed on a firm
basis, and, above all, such an unity |
Of interests established among the |
States Of the
AMERICAN SYSTEM
ms well be Of great and eyerincreas-
ing advantage to all. All treaties
in the line of this policy which
have been negotiated or in process |
of negotiation contain a provision
deemed to be requisite under the
clause of the Constitution limiting |
to the House of Representatives
the authority to originate bills for
raising revenues.
A PENSION FOR GENERAL GRANT
is recommended in the following !
words: recommend that in recog
milton of the eminent services OF |
Ulysses S. Grant, late General Of
the Armies of tho United States,
and twice President of this Nation,
that Congress confer upon him a
suitable pension.
RESPECTING CIVIL SERVICE,
he says the system his fully ans.
wered the expectation Of its friends
in securing competent public ser
wants and in protecting appointing
officers from the pressure OF per-
sonal Importantly.
The President, in view Of the
general demand for
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