Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-08-30
TRADE ANNEXATION
Not the Conquest or Extension
 of Territory
THE POLICY FOR THE UNION.
So Says Mir. Blaine in His Speech at We
 tervlsit Last N:gh:.

\ 1neOs Tor ConErsss m "Ahne VIII DS Elected without ExcsptIon-Hsnry Cabott To IGS speaks.
 WATERvILLE, Me-, Aug. 30.-About 9,5O0 people assembled at mass meet | ing last night to listen to an address by Secretary James G. Blaine. After remarks by Governor Burleigh, Presi- dent Small of Colby University, intro duosd MT Blaine as the leader of the Republican party and famous advo- cate of an interesting and progressive tariff.
 Hon. Wm. E. Mason of Illinois fol- lowed, in an enthusiastic speech, en- dorsing the principals of reciprocal trade. The meeting closed with an earnest speech by Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, endorsing the Federal Election bill, warming the voters that the Gov ernment must protect all its citizens
 in the right to vote, MT. Lodges pres \ ence was unexpected and the people greeted him warmly.
 MT. Blame said he was glad to speak in Waterville, since it was there he was first nominated for Congress.
 Referring to State affairs, he said the affairs of no other State in the Union l had been more justly, more wisely l and more economically administered. Maines succession of Republican Chief Magistrates had been without spot or | blemish.
 The election which takes place on the eighth of next month involves in great | part the politicat issues now under discussion Tn the national field. The decision of Maine will have due inf1u- ence on the other States, and that de- cision will be pronounced in the ma jorities we shall give in our four Con- gressionAl districts. Each of these districts is represented by Aa able man in whom the Republican people of Maine have confidence. l should regard it.as a political calamity to the State If any one of the four should by any possibility be defeated.
 In regard to National questions, he said: "I wish to declare the opinion that the United States has reached 6 point where one of its highest duties Is to enlarge the area of it's foreign trade. Under the benifcent policy of protection we hays developed a volume of manufactures which, Ia many de partments, overruns the demand of the home market. In the field of agricul- ture, with the immense propulsion given it by agricultural implements, we can do far more than produce bread stuIfs and provisions for our own people,; nor would 1t be an ambitious destiny for so great a country as ours to m manufacture only what we can con- sume, or to p oduce only what we can eat. We are already, in many fabrics and in many products, far beyond that, and our great demand is expansion of trade with countries where we can find profitable exchanges. We are not seeking annexation of territory. Ger tainly we do not desire it unless it ,L Ia .G people who might ask the priceless boon of a place under the protection of flag of the Union. feel sure that for long time to come the people of the United States will be wisely con tent with our present area and not launch upon any scheme of annexation.
 At the same time 1 think we should be unw isely content if we did not seek to engage in what the younger Pitt so we'll termed annexation of trade.
 After & defence of the policy of pro- teotion; and giving tbe statistics of our international trade, Mir. Blaine said: ''The inevitable tendency is, I think, toward the increase of the free list. Our great mistake was made when we began to repeal the war duties on so large an amount of imparts. Any duty repealed was favor and an advan- tage to the exporting country, and we have asked nothing in return. In stead of this course (which l must say was one of carelessness and wasteful- ness by both political parties) every repeal of duty should have been pre- ceded by a most thorough investiga- tiOn, and whenever it was found prac- ticable to export anything from the United States and thus establish re- ciprocity of trade it should be done. It is not a question of setting deliber- ately to work to establish reciprocal exchanges. But with all the duties we have thus far repealed it has been 6 question of whether we should get something or get nothing. 1 hope-now with our eyes open that we shall in future choose to get something.
 "We encounter opposition to this policy from those who declare that if we enter into reciprocity of trade with one country we must do it with all countries, and thus indirectly bring about complete free trade, 'I do not see the logic of this, and I am sure the fact will not prove what is predicted. We may enter into recipro- city with one nation because we find advantage in it. Te may decline to enter into reciprocity with another nation because we see no advantage in it.
 Reciprocity is simply a policy of circumstance to be determined favor ably or adversely, according as its operation may make or lose for us. To say that because we enter into re- ciprocal relations with one country on one thing ~e must enter into recipro- cal relations with all other countries on all things is, to my mind, as absurd as to say that If buy a horse to-day I must necessarily buy a drove of asses tomorrow. All objections of that kind are, am sure, unfounded, and will not stand the test of argument Sf' @ practical trial" ! '-