Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-13
DAILY pOsT.IHTELLlGEscER


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A suggestion nasse By Af. hoffi so
IA Tia Hoass u Representatives. iss
vs.ks ago IL worthy IL noFs tis~r pss'-
tuz uOssss. Plainly ssstsa, bts iSes .
shst all tha eoaIzErses u sDrtE a@e
south America be Incorporated n
custonas ani0u tsias ths s2gss o. PEae-
slsasly TIE sz1s. rsTsS1s lass - sI
tended oysr ali add that trade BET seen
sheEa be - free and unrsssriazse ~ . g
today beszeeu. tue States. Nj A9rr-
sou WISHES ths GossYaneos 70 = s@
nsasarss looking 70 sas prsss's4i '''.'s'
4 assan AZ hSs bag Ida He explains t'''sA
is hAa nothing IN sosnsn SIZE the late
Iansnssd recsEFoaasy tssssiss fSst +" =
act a, national. ls1t an inzsrHss''s1ia.4
mnasaxs AMI shsa tt i = qassssl0a n9f
Of posisica. bet of ssAtssIssshIp- he
vo,,ld have 0ns sysssaa q ssstoai
hoosss guarding eli The poEt' ct tSs
wssssrp World. and goods uilsa once
s.fe 90 and Il this bsriisphsrsr could
oass xithoat restriction from NsnIta5A
10 Patagonia. IL ws1ld throw apss 70
us the mar kissa % ths snrirs eminent
and woald azoid the inequality ~aiea
mast necessarily oharsctsr1zs = rssip'
roctty treafy with any single one o. TIE
shs spaniss. American countries.
In theory Mr.. M0rrisOa y sorress, has
the sdopti@u Of his gigantic pttn asst
BE- far IA the future. An AmsraSsn sz's-
toms union today would be AZ ao=afs
ksilnrs. The elements whisn sent q
make the GsrmAn ZsliesSstS marked
sacces- are totally lacking in tas eoaa'
aries OF AmsEiea. lbs peoples OF 81
the German states were the same N race
aharacssristlss and manner % living
They were inspired By TIE same Ma
tienaI feeling. cherished common srHdi
lions and we're governed By laws Of the
sane general scope aud e5arse.er
Their ani0u ia a enst0ass leagae "a
EASY and natural. ~ Is vas the first sieI
taken, under the guidance Of sinRls
master mind, toward their we-diug %
esther into tbs German Empire.
In America 10 il different. lie na
tioas are diverse in rses, Laws and Gus
sons. Laws that vsuid not be for Al
instant tolerated IN North America az
respected and enforced in South Amer
iea. The peoples Of the two continents ~
accustomed to entirely dIfsreGt an'
irrseoueilabie s5stgms Of customs lava
The Isvyina Of duties on exports, for ia
stance, pracsioed BIZ many 5oaEe Amer
loan countries, is impossible IN tk
United States. The south American
could not he At onee turned from a
lhsss laws aud restrictions, which VI
l0ok upoa a. absurd. Years Of graiaa
education, and a long continued pro
oesa Of assimilati "a OF ideas goGld b
necessary. Then, again, saoh Gus
toms union would bring the free labo
Of the Unites States into couIpeiitio
with the slago tabor Of Brazil and tn
contract labor Of Peru. and it Is not 9
be doubted that capital woaId SEQ "a
advantage 10 be gaiaed b5 fostering d
South America thu Manufacture OF ia.
suoh goods a. the people Of Mort
America have 10 offer.
.h..aE 9
extend one system Of eustsns laws ovs
q number OF different nasionA wkss
laws in every other respect are dlvei
gs7s 10 theory and application. A
saoh it would fat miasrably. Half
osRGury from nov, perhaps eEsn IA
quarter Of a eeAsary. tbs plaza would b
sucoessfni, has to-day ID would fai
saoh a castoma uui0n must be the ca
mtnation Of . grAdnai interchange q
ideas. gradual adoption OF PORTO
Of The cassoms Of each country by ID
peoples Of the others. antii all are an
mated. 10 great degree, by Sosnmo
thssghts aad impulses. saeh an in
teruAanes OF ideas has never take
place beteeon the countries of the ~
Americas. China "a better knoWn "A
bestsr understood By the pesple Of 81
uaited States taan Ia Brazil, or PsFs
quay. or Bolivia. Tbs peoples Of thos
countries could nos differ more ecu
plstely fFom ua IL they inhabited ID
opposite sida Of she globe. Eetwee
psJples 10 diasrent common laws o
any saoiess Of prime isspostanss Al
impossible. Mr.. Morrison Is in ad
vanoe OF his tiEnes.