St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
Senator Davis Favors Rec
iproeity With the Repub-
lies Of Latin America.
He Suggests That Binding
Irvine Be Placed on
the Free List.
Congressman Wilson and
Beckwith Engage in Fist
icuffS in the House.
Enumerations Of Sioux Indi-
ans Unearth a Supposed
Fraud at Rosebud.

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senate to-day Mr.. Plumb's resolution to
prohibit the sale of liquor in the senate
wing was discussed, and finally referred
to the committee on rules. The tariff
was then taken up, and Mr.. Davis adj
dressed the senate. He spoke of the
general impression that the country
was entering on an era of uneXampled
material prosperity. and said that tine
renewal of prosperity was largely the
result of wise legislation enacted, (the
silver bilD and to be enacted (the tariff
bilD The latter was in it's general as
pect wisely devised measure, and he
should eritcise it, not in its entirety,
but in the hope of a modifi-
cation of some of it's items.
He thought that it should be
amended in the direction of reciprocity
so as to secure to American farmers
trade with foreign nations, especially
with South America, Central America,
Mexico and the West India Islands. But
there was one item in the bill of extra.
ordinary Importance to the people of
Minnesota: that was the item of bind
ing twlne. In his opinion that article
should go on the free list. and should be
subject to no duty OF tax whatever. The
matter affected the farmers OF every
state in the Union. 1t affected the peo-
pie of Minnesota to the amount of
nearly million dollars year. The en-
tire business, including the sources
from which that commodity was sup
piled, was governed by combination
of all, OF substantially all manufacturers
of cordage and binding Irvine. That
combination controlled absolutely the
raw material (Sisal, jute, etc. in the
places where it was grown, and also
limited the product of the manufactured
article and fixed its price. They we're
in no need of protection. They were
amply ably to protect themselves and
to spoliate the world. They were
amenable to the law against trusts, and
certainly the senate should not legiS-
late in favor of men under the ban OF
outlawry. There was no reason why
such a pre-adamite infant of protection
should be fostered any longer at the ma
TONS breast. Passing from this special
subject, Mr.. Davis addressed himself to
the ''deSirabiiity of unrestricted COM
mercial relations with our sister repub-
lies to the South He would, he said,
retain the duty on sugar as au
instrument of coercive persuasion,
to the enlargement of the
American foreign trade, by remitting
that duty as the consideration therefor.
He would impose duty on coffee to
the same end. AS to wool, he would
give the American farmers the fullest
protection OH the kinds of wool that he
raised, but if it was found that Ameri-
can farmers could not, or would not,
produce the coarse woods of the Argen-
tine Republic, he would retain the duty
on the coarse woods of South American
as basis of negotiation for reciprocity
that would create market In that cOun-
try for the products of the farms and
factories of the United States. He
would adopt the same policy as to hides,
rubber, cocoa, cabinet woods, land many
other articles. He would also adopt
retaliatory measures against France,
Germany and England for their eXclu-
sion of American meat products. That
would be true protection to the Ameri
can farmer. 1t would remedy
many Objectionable features of the
bill. 1t would place the meas
ure sbeycnd the reach of the charge
that there was not a section OF line i'll
the entire bill that would open amarket
for another bushel of wheat or another
barrel of pork. Reciprocity with the
Central and South American states
would aid American shipping interests
more than all the lavish subsidies could
possibly do. 1t would aid them upon
the unquestionable basis of furnishing
cargoes for ships to carry. Why would
the protective policy be limited to the
home market? Americans could not
forever live and grow rich off one an
other. The home market was so com
pletely possessed that, in the conflict of
interests. the very principle of protec-
II in
thwarting and contradictory. Ameri-
cans were now prepared to engage in a
foreign trade which would be greater
than all they had before the war. when
they were the foremost maritime nation
of the world.