Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
RECIPROCITY.
The Head OF the Republican Party En-
larges on His Ideas Already Known.
The Balance Of Trade B,twAan the United
States and the Countries to the South Of
Us sl42 100000 Ont of Joint

lie mass meeting was held Tonight, and
after Governor Burleigh had made a
speech President A. w. Small of Colby
university introduced as the leader of the
Republican party and the famous
advocate of an interesting and progress
siye protective tariff Hon. James G.
Blaine. in regard to national questions
Mr.. Blaine said: al wish 10 declare my
opinion that the United States has
reached point where one of its highest
duties is 10 enlarge the area for its foreign
,rnde. We are not seeking the annexa-
ton of territory. Certainly we do not
desire it unless it should be the volI-
ton Of u people who might ask
THE PRICELESS BOON
of a place under the flag of the Union.
l feel sure that for long time TO come
the people of the United States will be
wisely content with our present bounda-
ries and will not launch out upon
any scheme of annexation. AT the
same time / think we should
be unwisely content If we did
not seek 10 engage in what the younger
Pitt so well termed the annexation of
trade. What l mean TO speak of briefly
is system OF reciprocity not in conflict
with the protective tariff, but supple
mentary thereto and presenting field of
enterprise that will richly repay the effort
and energy of the American people.
We shall find 1t instructive aud val
liable TO examine into the sources of our
imports and the destination of our ex-
ports and ~ strike a balance between the
Two. Take last year, 1889, we lost S4l -
600, 900 in Cuba from which our imports
were SIS 200 900. to which our exports
were only S57 200. coo. In the republic
OF Brazil We lost S5l ZOO. 900. Our I'M
ports from Brazil were $50, 900, 600. Our
exports TO Brazil were SO 900 900. In
Mexico we lost $40 200, 900. Our i'm
ports from Mexico were S2l 900 600.
Our exports TO Mexico were Sll 200 900.
To sum ii up, our imports from the coun-
tries south of us, both Insular and conti-
mental, on this hemisphere, were S2l6,-
600 900. Our exports to them were ST4,
600 ,0C0. The balance against US In our
trads with those countries, therefore, is
SAP 900 200.
By no figure of speech can we fatter
ourselves into the belief that our trade
with our American neighbors is in Il pros
porous condition. How tan this state of
affairs be remedied? IL is not due
10 the war tariff. So entirely has the
war tariff been abandoned that In the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1889. articles
admitted free were considerably mere
than one-third of all the Imports. To be
exact, the imported articles that paid
a duty exceeded S4SS 900 900 in value
and the imported articles that paid no
duty exceeded 1886, 600 900 in value.
The inevitable tendency is, 1 think, to-
ward al
INCREASE OF THE FREE LIST.
Our great mistake was made when we
began the repeal of the war duties on so
large an amount of exports. ANY duty
repealed was in favor of and an advan-
tage TO the exporting country, and we
have asked nothing in return.
Instead of this course, which 1
must say was one OF carelessness and
wastefulness by both political parties,
every repeal of duty should have been
preceded by most thorough in
vestigation, and whenever it
was found practicable to export
anything from the United States
and thus establish reciprocity of trade II
should have been done. l do not, of
course, intend To declare or to imply that
we could have secured the free admission
of S25S 200 200 of American products
INTO the countries whose products we
purchase annually to that amount.
THE RICHER COUNTRY
cannon expect TO get d complete recipro-
city in amount from countries less
but whatever we should have
received would have been clear gain;
and in ali future repeats of duties, what
ever We may be able to
get will be clear gain
We encounter opposition TO this policy
from those who declare that If we enter
into reciprocity Of trade with one coun-
try we must do so with
all countries and thus indirectly
bring about complete free trade. / do
not see the logic of this, and l sm sure
the facts will not prove what is pre-
We may enter into reciprocity
with one nation because
WE FIND ADVANTAGE IN IT.
We may decline to enter into reciprocity
with another nation because we see no
ad vantage in IL. Our people DO not re-
alize the great fact that IL specie pay
likely to be endangered by our
present system OF trade with
the Latin American states. The few
millions of gold that have gone out of
the couhtrv within the last three months
have oreated uueasiness in certain quar-
ters Is TO our financial posi- |
tiou. 1t Is very extraordinary
that the loss of these millions from the
banks in Wall street should be accounted |
3 serious event when we have lost much |
larger amounts during the same period |
from the
CONDITION OF oUR TRADE
with the countries south OF US without |
exciting the least observation. When |
our merchants and bankers can thor |
1ughly appreciate this fact we shall re- |
ceive aid and influence In the reform of |
BUR trade from q quarter which thus far |
It has been impossible to enlist. -
The large audience listened with pro- |
found attention and his speech met with |
great approval.
Hon. William E. Mason of Illinois fol- |
Owed indorsing L ar enthusiastic speech |
The principles or reciprocal trade.
The meeting closed with an earnest |
'pesch by Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge ad- |
rocating the Federal election bill now |
before the people.
About $500 persons were present.