The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-09-04

against no 10 our trade with them, theTe'
fore IL sag 900 900, exceeding our gains
from all tho rest Of tho world by elb,-
900 600 by no figure of speech can We
Halter ourselves into the belief that our
trade with our American neighb0ih n
la q prosperous condition How can
this state Gf affairs be- rmnedled, You
have heard q great deal said within tho
past ton years hy0W Democratic friends
about tho inQunlity of the Republican
party heemng up tho war tarit Asa
matter Of fact
The War Taun Has sot heen Kepi,
but has been amended over and over
again aud until the revision Gf 1854 left
scarcely q trace Of the actual tariff that
WIS la operation 90 the close nf the war
and for 4 few years afterward, During
the war We were compelled % tax al'
most everything In the air, Ia the water,
on tho earth and under the earth The
necessities Of the government were 80
great that wG could allow scarcely any
thing 10 DO imported without paying
tribute, aud ! think no patriotic man
can deny that that was q wise policy
We were not then studying the phlloa0-
ply Of trade relations lmt how 20 save
the life 0f the nation, Money was the
primal necessity aud we seized Il wher-
ever we could reach II Rwtullyi but
during the last eighteen years u great
change has been made, M entirely has
the war tailit been abolished that IN
tho fiscal year ending June no., 1850 tho
articles admitted free were considerably
more than One.thrd Of all the Imports,
The inevitable tendency Is, think,
Toward IN Increase of tho Free list
Our great mistake was made when We
began 10 repeal tho war dudes on NO
large an amount OF imports, Any duty
repealed was favor and an advantage
We have asked nothing IN return, In
stead OF this course (Which ] must say
was one Of cucleaauesa and waatoful'
nesH by both political partiea every 70.
peal Of duty should have heon preceded
by u most thorough investigation, and
whenever II WIS found practicable 10
export anything from the United States
and thus establish reciprocity Of trade
II should have been done, 10 IN not u
question Of setting deliberately 10 work
10 eatabliah reciprocal exchanges, But
with all the duties We have Thus far re-
pealed II has been q question Of whether
we should get eomcthingorget nothing,
hope now, with our eyes open, that
We shall
Ia Future Choose to Get Something
We encounter opposition 70 thispolioy
from these who declare that " we enter
into reciprocity OF trade with one coun-
try we must do 80 with nll countries,
and thus indirectly bring about com-
plete free trade, do not see the logic
OF this, aud am sure the fact will not
prove what h predicted, We may en-
ter into reciprocity with one nation be-
cause we find advantage IN u, We may
decline 10 enter into reciprocity with
another nation because We see no Ad'
vantage IN II, Reciprocity is simply u
policy Of circumstance 70 be- determined
layornbly or adversely according IN ita
operation may make or lose for US, To
s0y that because we enter Into rccipr0'
cal relations with one country on one
thing we must enter into reciprocal
relations with all other contrios
on all things, "a, 20 my mind, ~ absurd
hs 20 SAY thNt VI | huy morse to-day /
must necessarily buy drove Of Osscs TO-
morrow,
All Objections Of That Kind
arc, am sure unfounded and win not
stand the test Of argument or u practi.
cal trial, Our people do not realize the
great fact that " special payment IL en-
dangered by our present system Of trade
with the Latin American states, The
few millions Of gold that have gone out
Of the country within the laot three
months have created uneaslnesa IN GER
tain Quartcrsas TO our financial position,
II " very extraordinary that the loss Of
these millions from banks IN Wall street
should be accounted so serious an event
when we have lost much larger
amount during the same period from
the condition Of our trade with the
countries south Of ~ without exciting
the least observation, When our mer.
chants aud bankers come 70 thoroughly
appreciate this fact we shall receive aid
and influence IN the reform Of our trade
from u quarter which thus far IL has
been imposAhlO 10 enlist,