The Portland daily press., 1884-03-25
WASHINGTON.
The American Hnr

WASHINGTON, March, Ex-senator Vance ia
the minority report from the committee on for
eigu affairs submitted today expresses
the opinion that Germany has right
to exclude the American hog products on the
ground that they are eunwholesome if she deems
it proper aud that this government is not just-
fed in impeaching her motives.
In fact GermanSs action is retaliation and
the cry of 'stop thief" cannot change the true
condition of thugs We have got to learn
that we are not SO great and independent as to
enable us to defy the laws of political econo-
my aud amenities OF international trade with
impuntV. We have been told again that our
true policy was to shut up our manufactures
from competition of the world, and that all na-
lions thus excluded would be compelled never
theless to buy our braadstuffs and provisions,
and that they could not do without thsm. We
are greatly surprised and indignant when one
important customer SAYS he can get aloug with
out our hog products aud forbid6 their coming
in, and we propose to retaliate for what? for
simply and frankly forbidding them to be inn
ported. Suppose that instead of doing this
Germany had imposed duty of 100 per cent on
them, which effectaally pfohiblts their i'm
portation. What then? Where would be our
so called retaliation2 The undersigned can
see no difference whatever IN the two methods
of ohibition 80 far as results are concerned,
only that one is manly and direct whilst the
other is indirect and based on false pretences.
Dor great meat industry must indeed be cared
furnishes nearly all our foreign trade, aud they
deserve all that Congress can do tor them.
But this bill does not propose the true way to
do it. The way is to remove as far as possible
all restrictions upon the trade and enlargement
of tue market for our farmers products all
over the world by liberal treaties and tariff
laws
The last section of the bill is especially OBJ
jectiona able not only in its proposed Fetal iAt on
but in the relegation OF the whole matter to
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the chief magistrate OF Institutional reputli !,
with the same arbitrary poser over our com-
merce as is now exercised by prime minister
of a feu ial Earopean despotism in order that
on equal terms they may ipfint mutual njur-
les on their people until one or the other gives
in and this, too, whilst Congress is in session
and the representatives of the people are pr es-
ent and ready TO say If they wish TO begin tn is
war and on what article OF commerce they
prefer the fight to be made.
The Patent Once.
Senator Platt today introduced bill provid-
ing for the organization of the patent Office in
to an Independent department under control
of a commissioner of patents and to give him
exclusive control of the building known as the
patent offica, but now occupied by the depart
meDt of the Interior of which the patent of
fee Is now bureau.
~aunferfeis silver Certificates.
The Treas. ~ department. is informed that
new counterfeit 800 silver certificates are be-
ing circulated in Ohio and Kentucky. Char
les Warke was arrested in Louisville, Satur-
day for passing one of these certificates. The
counterfei's bear either the treasury number
B 14S7 4i5 x or number B, 1857 x, and may
be detected that way.
Miscellaneous.
Gen. David s. Stanley will be appointed
Brigadier General of the army vice Brig. Gen.
Mackenzie.