New-York tribune., 1885-01-08

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Eyery fresh example In the line of possible fnure
settled policy OF select and special favorism VIII &c
aven in treaties having the most favored nation
provisions with between thirty and forty otner IT,
rinbs or to enforce its CONF acts will scarcely fail to
make any grievance OF this sort KNOWN anu W 'o'-
Among the most mpassoned supporters OF reciprocity
here one has ever conended tnat an! ,he
enioying ty treaty the promised advantages OF tne
most favored nation. might not, by tender 70 US oI
equal terms become entitled to all the conceSs'onS
granted by any party to reciprocity treaty. II,
then Germany to offer to receive from us iree Oh
duty ice and sausages as well as a tRe aar o 3
there can be no doubt that Germany would he entitled
aGeG the h 're" m T MeSe and the Cheap tobacco and
cheap sugar of Germany would also here md PERHAPS
new and most desirable market Or II Germany were we're
TO offer like terms to Mexico then all the concessions
made TO United States by Mexico must be accorded
But as have already shows, it is more than doubtinl
whether not fair construction OF the most S
Nation clause N treaties does not alDne ehtitie tnc
party have its productions subjected 10 no o,nea M
greater duties than are paid by any other Sa.I S m
without any reciprocal concessions. The pnaseooeS o
all such treaties is absolutely and wholly iree lro az
il wonld be wise and prudent avoid such obviously
serious ana wlde-rX Xtending complications anu a,sp
especially wise 10 steer clear OF any etangemens VIII
foreign Nations tending to restrict and crcumscDe our
freedom to egislae. whether IN peace or war UPON .n
subject OF increasing or reducing the Nalohai revenue
LITTLE ACQUIRED FOR MUCH SURRENDERED.
Bnt il is said we must do something to build up anu
extend our foreign commeYe-to which agree-and to
do this il strangely proposed at once 10 SURRENDER
much more markets at home fhanis offered 10 us
abroad-to which do not agree. We are ASKED 80 10
say to throw into the greater amount OF oat han
will be returned in the catch OF fish, Eleven years OF this
overbaited traffic. giving up superior markets in ex-
change for infc ior markets. did not win the commercial
or political friendship of the Canadas Even during the
existence of the socaed reciprocity treaty Win the
their friendship gauged Infinitely below the price VIZ
pald forit They would trade with us, but like shylock
and Lord John RUSSELL they tn Oagh to catch us on the
nd 3" he ancient
fits o. treaties are far appreciated by Nations az
obligations OF conscience lor any returns lhey
received. to end IN the discOntent oi he par oNe
reached. Since the abrogaonof me tanaaan reciproc,S
treaty our trade with the Canadas has bcen larger anu
Iar1er than that Of Great Britain Were any treaty in
force TO that fact alone the credit would be falsely
acrbed may he well to recall precisely the wretched
norris TO Cana in 1855 were $20,S2S676 bat under the
operation OF reciprocity then commenced ihc! u"luu'c
in twelve years down $l5.2lS. s3i while the exports
nj canada 10 fe United States increased from $l2.ls2,
3l4 TO when the treaty began the balance
OF nad been Ss00OO0O annually 10 our favor anu
that paid in specie. but the end the balance against ms
be paid in specie in single year was s3o.0Vo'ooo,
Here was yearly positive loss o over nve miiios %
our export ana loss OF thrt, 'ignt millions oi
geee@ going to e9G9 % ,a the SnaS at our expense
The time long past when Nations can be enormously
80 sa, b@ri,ar1us colonies however expensivcly
mainained, resist the uter commercial ensaVemeht o
with gigantic production everywhere conspicuous, now
presents unprccelen aud many-sided competuon
1t ~ only those articles produced by cheaier
tabor anywhere else, speciaues not 10 ne Ionu
elsewhere that even toe-aby sure of lnuherauNc
tTansnortation National wealth must now and here
after he mainly created 10y labor at home; and te nome
market Is the only OF value over Whch ay NalIoh
ow has absolute control Until trade in our own eoun
becomes poorer than that aprnad our Gop.e VIII not
establish foreign trading posts While foreignerS
though handicapped by duties upon imports. are slu
able, in $50 to send Us annually manufactures 10 ihe
amount of SIGJOOO0JO, we can not expect 10 INs ei
in other ma .kcs upon equal terms uniiI the wages 4
labor in America shall haze been raced nd prongn,
down the miserable level ot wages abroad f3rvl-
trade gained 10y such Teducio- OF wasss "Ulln @ 1 ~
ca amons dc Iradation American lahoring men ana
much to bo Stunned as pesiilence or an9e ne 9hy
has gone by when silver spoons are 10 Dc ioubu al te
for nuggets gold, The spenhor of the colonial system
OF Holland and spain has vanished. and that ol Great
less Imperial; pslne d H. nrl Ts NJ Mm@sury TINT These
years. and millsone ronnd our necks Inc me
smith lo,r ago as mere loss instead profit and the
monopoly of reciprocity trade cannot be any DetleI We
want no mil lsOncs around our necks ,,
Bnt we can follow the advice OF Washington and place
ciltivang peace with all Nations and by seeking en-
tangling reciprocity alliances with none Mheh any &c
ductions of our tariff occur we can tender te uno nm
benefit to all Nations and excite the ill-w OF none we
can, nOtwihstand Investments in ocean carrying
trade yiel little profit show some lavors 70 our
shipping interests, rather than 10 lean upon oso VII VII
care not for u.s. American goods In British bottoms VIII
always be apt 10 find poor and reluctant markets; ,
reciprocity treaty with the United states on JUST ana
equal tens is financial inpos'lby ana coniu 'o1 % e
m p.
whom have great respept. except with Nation having
an equal population. with corresponding purchasing
can offer these terms our acceptance of the ." bad
best OF inferior reciprocity proposals Is but lhe c
our equal in numbers and no Nation Is comparable to
United States in the annual per capita Poanc2h OF
weat consequently In the power OF Nacohal eH
pendture and CONSUMPTION. These facts alone iorpd
reciprocity treaties when WIN US nnsI swnNS d
be that OF American Lexington or Morgan morse anu
Jay Eye-see Tor The Mexican mustang and stump tail
mn
Notwithstanding these transparent facts is seriously
proposed TO give 20 Mexico, having only the COMPARE
lively smal. and heterogeneous POI ulation 06OGooO
an opportunity, far as the treaty goes soon 10 ENJOY
people and trade infinitely valuable than that OF
perity OF the American people with such sorry ad
mixture. ~, 49,. -, ,,,o !
greater than those proposed for the United States We
to Dpsn dS sISs' Ss hef natural productions OF Mexico
and in return are offered petty market Tor CONF
This nd Of reciprocity may be illustrated e an incident
in scots novel of . The Pirate where Apdauht ana
Mordaunt the water. Obviously here Mexico takes the
John would not accept water Oh such terms
ALL EXPERIENCE AvERsE TO RECIPROCITY.
The experience OF our country should IA an all
sufficient warning against socalled reciprocity treaties
with the reciprocity somehow always obtusely left .out
The fault Is wholly be imputed to the negotators
but largely to the Inherent impossby OF reciprocity
and yet such treaties to be our daily food In the
new and more rcspendent coming era. as foretod 1t
mig DO well to provide corps Of profoundly trained
dipomatsts equal to the college Of herads and EN-
OF ancient Rome or at least to have such as
had learned Of the mysteries OF commerce. some OF
the great highways of trade, OF the existing rev
enue laws and Also in the solemn badnase OF Sir Robert
Peel to his friends, when going to Paris:
They must understand the lingo,
or they'll get cheated by lingo
Our ty re Canadas
ousiy UNEQUAL and ughanded that have been offered
large additional temptations To renewal Onr
later cement as reciprocity IN the fisheries with
its hidden statistical frauds, was not one calculated to
make ms vain OF American diplomacy. Tho preponder-
nf fuYnrs grauttd by eYOnd all doubt