New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-25
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
sEcRETARY FRELINGHUYSENS POLlCf.
INFERIOR NATIONS ONLY AvAILABLE-ThE BAL
ANCE OF TRADE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-A letter mas peeh
written by Secretary Frelinghuysen to Senator Miller Oh
california chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations and by the latter laid before the Senate en-
bodying statistics showing ourtrade relations Win 'e
several countries of this continent. British North
America excepted The letter was suggested by reso
luton introduced and supported In speech w
Morrill, last December This resolution MI rreh"b
huysen says appears to sum up Inc prineip"i "'e"
ments brought forward in opposition to the conclusion
n, reciprocity treaties with inferior nations III ho'
coptroyered it is calculated to excite pnolc Iears W
tbe assertion of inequalities broadly made thereih
After onotng the Of the resolution the eecret!
continues: "a survey Of the field would seem W o"
that any increase of our trade with foreign countries
commens urate with industrial Development ana TO
ouirements. especially in the matter OF hnoihe NIX" ~
for our manufactures, can only come through oui 0
,pcrcal with inferior to us IN Popu
lation and wealth Such countries III i"o',
afford the only field for the Development VI "a
and the consumption OF foreign manufactures
The few nations which equal to the United states III
wealth population and trade are confined 10 Europe
these nations through abundance Of capital ana IN
dustal appliances only supply their own wants IN
manufactures for which we require foreign narAe''
bnt possession of the worlds marts and perfect
commercial communication organized TO the ieast ue'
contribute in large degree toward supplying the "a"
of the inferior nations it is not clear now we couo
enter INTO reciprocal trade relations there"i'n Inc
wants of Europe in so far supply the same,
are confined chiefly to breadstufs and provisions
cotton, kerosene. tobacco, tlmper anu o"oA
raw materials of which the several nations already ara"
upon MS for their principal supplies As these naons
ore pethorc manufactures 1t is clear that II 'hes
oud oven by reciprocity purchase more OF our products
than they purchase present they would only DO so by
reciprocity side which would admit ther MAUI
features into the United States in larger quantities thah
they are admitted under existing conditions But 40 we
nre seeking enlarged foreign consumption Tor our
olla raw
ciprocity would be reciprocity whatever but wouo
fully sust ain the fears reced in the resolution by IN
yolvng the surrender of enormously unequal sums OF
revenue and immensely larger volumes OF home trade
than would be offered to US"
IT seems to Mr. Frenghuysen therefore that we must
look il anyw here nations inferior to us In wealth.
and populaton for any marked enlargement OF our ex
mort trade main object of reciprocity treaties Win
such nations is the establishment OF such trade reons
rs VIII EN- BILE sell to them OF our manufactures ana
products sufficient TO equalze our imports therefrom
which he asserts far from being the case at present
He laws it down economic axiom that the exports
and imports Of such inferior equaze each other
and cites trade statistics of South American States
the West Indies and Mexico in proof ,
In the absence of reciprocity treaties the letter con-
tuues, with any of the FOREGOING inferior nations
SSl 5IsrS ooo EXPORTS thereto 4 show
Ing balance of trade against us OF S93s29OoO when
can only be equalized through reciprocity treaties In
some FORM As our trade with Brazil ana the spanish
West Indies shows the most ,
ur iwnorts from Brazil amount to $50 266 900 and
exports ase'e, or pofs from cuba and Porto Rico
amount to S64092.OOO, and our exports thitner 10
called To- the working of the Hawaiian treaty illus
tratve of what similar treaties With other countries
ports 81 1888 600 total S2l9200o In 1854 the trade
had increased to exIoTts t
total Sll 10000. The full statistics OF awaah oi.
fgn trade 1883 showed that out of total IMPORT
amoung to a. 80 ney y s per cent
of the commerce between this country and Hawaii Is
carried " sorh a American products and msnuac
lures per alinIm. while the CONSUMPTION III 1870 was
Ths statement is brought into comparison with the
amounts consumed capita with the several nations OF
follows: Mexico 81 30 Central America; - 80
United OF Colombia 90 o9; Venezuela u - the
Argentine Republic 81 O3 Chill, 81 81 Peru 40 cents
EfsaqSg 60 g 81 Inaes "a May
81 ~; Domingo, "a Az ,,ao, ,.r =,
reciprocity treaties with the foregong countries would
produce results onetentn as % We Ia Vs
consunp tion Of s. per capita, which would give us an
nNnt trade of 900" lie argues that the sur,
render OF duties on our part would not "9 1ns
snnsht he saws TO point the impracticabity OF
entering into reciprocal commercial n,erchanges with
e Of such to mud
snarkct for their ana ths az ,n1 Tes
procity treaties very little larger neld ior our
Conditions in return for surrender OF revenue and
home trade make for their manufactures On the
other hand, all accessible conditions show mat tae
Nations which inferior 10 in popuationand wealth
are those which offer us ne helds for the enlarge
ment OF our commerce through feepioey tfea.es. ~
that without such treaties we cannot hope Tor
1Dent sufficient relieve production no matter what
efforts we put forth in other ways
There is scarcely product of the countries under
states indeed some OF their leading products only
md profitable market in the United states The prin-
comes to the United The development OF the beet
industry in Europe has reached tha stage whTre
han
product i being already exported England IS there
fore the only The maTas nort OF Of
Notwithstanding our high tarln on sugars as contiaseu
WIN admission inao FnsIand amonnt to only
100000 against Ss3OOO,O0O imported INTO the United
view amount to l7O4ss 900 against SIG 80 900 and
SIl5 s67 900 imported into England aud France re
amount TO only $74 10000 against s127,7sso 900 and
Ss4.s29.0OO from England and France respectively.
he balance against to the amount OF $50
$4,000, against France 10 the amount OF S3O93soOO,
and in favor OF England to NE amount OF sli oooooo
The balance of trade against France Is que 10 e iage
imports wool and hides from the Argentine Republic
As these articles into the leading manufactures OF
France trade here noted IL OF pr0htaDe
rather Than OF AN Improbable character -
The condition of our trade with THIS continent, as
here cursoriy reviewed, would seem to call for speedy
adjustment To my mind, the revenue collected on the
imports IRON these several countries would be more
than count alanccd by increase in our exports
thereto sufficient To bring them mp TO the English eS-
reciprocity, to me that the inauguration OF
system of treaties TO that end is worthy the immediate
tries with which such treaties may be concluded are
practically without limit aud their governments ana
people are fully alive to this fact. IL follows that The
superior nation which aids in such development can
m0nOpoze the greater portion OF the import trade oil
EACH and all AS before stated the United states can
consume with proht TO It's Industries, almost the ehre
product export OF these countries the principal
being Industries, and
Tor itself large portion OF the imports therein IL
attain such contamination revenue Will nave u
be surrendered. anu, perhaps, some home trade I'll"
placed for every dollar OF revenue surrendered ant
Tor every dollars worth home trade displaced VII
receive equivalent in enlarged exports and the i'm
petus various industries from the Held TO thu
factory and from the foundry TO the shipyard,'
PROSPECTS FOR AN EXTRA SESSION.
DEFEAT FOR Mr.. RANDALL-SIIARP PAs5AGI