The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-05
THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AT
WASHINGTON.

The congress of the Three Americas,
which was opened in Washington with a
great flourish of trumpets the other day,
ought to accomplish beneficial results
through enabling the different countries to
arrive at a mutual and satisfactory under
standing each as to what the other wants
and ought to have from the others. And
yet it is questionable if anything more
than mere display of the entente eordtGle
already existing and another PRONUNCIATION
of the doctrine of human rights as applied
to nations and their people, comes of it.
The fact is, that it is more dramatic than
substantial or promotive OF good for any
body
1t is truly said that though this country is
SO near Central and South America, it sup
plies but very Sun all neutrality-suspicious.
about ten or twelve-of their imports, all
Of the remainder coming from Europe. Of
course there is d reason for all this, and
couspicuously among the points of such
reason do we find the free trade system of
England. Her manufactures can not only
be purchased at the cheapest rates, but the
manufacturers and others are willing to re-
ceive the products of the lower Americas
in exchange for their own goods. This is
impossible in the United States, where
fraudulent high tariff prevents the introduc-
ton to a large extent of articles of value
and use from abroad
Perhaps, however, the. congress may
have the effect of once more opening the
eyes Of the people to the important fact of
making international commerce more
free and unrestricted than it now
is or has been since the Democratic party
went out of power some years ago. If this
shall prove the case, it will not be without
its uses. The one great lesson for the
people of this country now to learn is that
which GROVER CLEVELAND outlined for
them in 1887 and which cost him his re
election, because of the fact that it was
new division of political polemics, and it and
all similar things require time and discus
sion to be thoroughly understood. Ever
since the great natl onal disaster of last
year, when that patriotic statesman went
down-although the choice of the intelli-
gent of the land by nearly a million major
ity, they have been slowly but surely &C
curing knowledge regarding the philosophy
of international traffic and the comfy of
nations, and if the three Americas con-
gress can advance them any in that direc-
ton it will, as before suggested, have done
SO much good.
We need a great shaking up in the United
States, and the chances ara that we are
going to get it. THE HERALD looks for the
upheaval to begin a year from next Novem-
Der, when a new national House of Repre-
sentatives will be chosen. The party in
power begins to see this, and being an ex-
pert in the art of trimming, is already set
ting its sails to catch the favoring gale.
Formerly protection to the extent of exclu-
sion, and in its last Presidential platform
being willing to cut cut the entire internal
revenue system and thus give US free
whisky and tobacco rather than sur
render one point of the exorbitant
tariff. it now declares through its
press and speakers in, favor Of
"a judicious reduction" such as "mayfbe
required by the laws of trade" etc. 1t is
better late than never; but still we sus-
poet that when the people became thor
oughly imbued with the principle of a
tariff for revenue only-as they will in a
short time-they will not look to recent
converts as their champions and guides,
but rather to those who pioneered the doc
trine and who had suffered defeat rather
than forego one iota of the gospel of good
faith to the citizens of the republic.
However anyone may regard the inter-
national gathering, all well-disposed people
will wish its members well, and hope for
the best results from it.