The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
A PUZZLER.
What Republican Papers Think % blaine
a Fuxxler For PrOtecfiOnlats.

a PUZZLER.
what Republican Papers Think o Blaine
a fnxxi~r For PrOtectiOnlata.
Mr.. Blaine's letter to Senator Frye on
the subject OF reciprocal trade relations
with South America and the islands OF
Cuba and Porto Rico, has called out
variety Of views from the Republican
editors The letter evidently puzzles
them. Some Of them treat 1t like
pointer dog when he finds box-turtle;
he frisks around, throws up his tail,
cocks his ears, takes . sniff or two and
wonders what on earth it can be.
The curious thing about the matter Is
that some OF the most hide-bound pro-
tectionist papers who always stand in
horror OF ''lsritish free-trade," applaud
the letter as exhibiting qualities OF far
sighted statesmanship
That stalwart Republican journal. the
Cincinnati Commercial-iazette, says:
"Mr Blaine's letter on the tariff. in
which he suggests an opportunity OF
opening the markets Of forty million Of
people 70 the products OF American
farmers, il Of vast public importance,
and will command great attention
The Chicago Tribune sees the impor-
tance Of Blaine's policy as tending to
give our farmers wider market The
Tribune does not believe in the protec-
ZIONIST notion that the home market is
enough 1t says: Mr.. Blaine's method
of protecting the farmer is by opening
new markets which will take his sur
plus crops, and thus increase the value
Of all he raises Were corn brought
into this country in immense quantities
Mr.. Blaine would put duties on it to
protect the farmer. As 1t is not, he
seeks for more markets for surplus corn
as the best way of protecting him. The
McKinleyites have but one medicine
warranted to cure every ailment and
that is high taxation Of consumers"
The Tribune does not believe in trying
to humbug the farmers, after the Nc
Kinley fashion, by putting duty on
corn.
The New Haven (Conn.) Palladium
insists ''that Mr.. Blaine's significant
utterances, urging the securing OF more
foreign markets. should be crystalhzed
into law. To fail to do this and to fail
to bring the bill more into the shape
which the people expected and desired,
is to give free rein to the agitation
which Mr.. Blaine notes-an agitation
which, il unchecked, has defeat for US
in st re as surely rs night follows day."
And Senator Hawley's paper, the Hart
ford Courant thinks that Bla ne has
struck out in line Of development Of
American trade which II full Of promise
II 1t can be followed
The Rochester IN. W Democrat, .
Republican paper Notwithstanding its
name, agrees with Blaine that 1.-The
present bill is unjust to the American
farmer, in that it ncglects to guard his
interests in foreign markets, although
abundant opportunity is offered"
The Pittsburgh pa Chronicle says:
Secretary Blaine points out very clear
ly some of the great mistakes Of recent
years in our commercial policy, as .
warning against the blunder OF admit
ting sugar free Of duty without exact
ing some concessions from the for.
eign producers by way Of reciprocity"
And the Philadelphia Press one of the
most hide bound Of all the hide-bound
protectionist papers grows enthusiastic
oyer the scheme for continental free
trade 1. says: Reciprocity, once be-
gun, will spread over the hemisphere.
Az i stroke the United State will step
into great trade, equal to that
dia."
But there are some discordant f.ss
The Boston Advertiser, for exa s
| which thinks the letter ''more s'r8Hge
every time it is read" is "fore 70
think that Mr.. Blaine has gone too far
in assuming that under the proposed
tariff revision any trade relations can
be entered into with the South Ameri-
can republics which will, in his words,
open the market for another bnshel oi
wheat and another barrel OF pork. :"
At any rate, Blaine has done the
friends OF low tariff an incalculable
service in enforcing their views in the
high places of his party. He has hidden
| the leaven in the meal. and it has al
ready begun to work.