The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-26
SATURDAY. APRIL %. 1890.


II we are 10 judge by the tone Of the
Southern press, as whole, the Southern
people received. with unaffected indiiicr-
.nce. the announcement that the Pan-Ameri-
can delegates would not, after all. extend
their tour 10 the Southern States. II any
feeling in connection with this matter has
been shown in the South. il has been due TO
the suspicion that the Southern states were
originally omitted from the itinerary Of the
delegates as an intended slight To this sec
ton on the part Of the Republican managers
Of the conference. The idea has never
taken root in this division Of the Repdbl.c,
that the conference would result in any pos
tive and practical benefit 10 the American
people, and as this was not 10 be the up
shot Of its prolonged sessions, the southern
people have not been disposed 90 take any
warm interest in its proceedings, or 10 cn-
terrain any desire beyond mere impulse Of
ordinary hospitality 10 show the guests any
special cOurtesics.
IL transpires now that even The delegates
themselves were conscious that they were
all along engaged in a farce, and not even
the natural complacency Of guests would
haze restrained their discomfort if they had
not been frequently diverted by excursions
hithor and thithcr, or the most magnificent
scale at the expense Of the government.
In an interview a few days ago with the
representative of the New York Herald in
Chicago, Mr. Anselmo Morago, the delegate
from Chilli, declared that ''thc Congress
was a foolish expenditure Of Uncle Sans
money, and it might as well have been
saved. Some Of the merchants are in SYM
patty with Us, but your government does
not want 10 trade with us. To-day the
United States stands with a massive stone
wall around it. and we can't very well tear
1T down to bring in our goods"
Aftcr declaring that the delegates, with
ont an exception, We're heartily Disguised
with the tariff laws Of the United States, the
CHILEAN further remarked, eve do not ask
~ allow our manufactured goods 10 enter
free Of duty. our government has taken or
an duties on MI kinds Of machinery, and
every week mining machinery from this
country r shipped 10 Chill. We do not
charge you duty, yet when we try to send
our wool here You shut out our trade by "a
high tariff. We are not going 10 force our
trade upon YOU. eve feel sorry that the exc
pcnsive trip over the United States will not
be worth two cents 10 the people who so
royalty entertained It's. but that is not our
fault) 1t lies entirely with your govern
ment. If your tariff laws had been amend
ed before We came then the result would
have been entirely different"
In making this statement Mr.. Mirage eX-
pressed the truth Of the matter in the COM
pass Of a few words. How ridiculous II
seems, in the light of the abortve issue oil
the conference. for its members 10 have so
Iemnly adopted resolution in favor Of com
mcrcial reciprocity The delegates Of Chill
Paraguay, and the Argentine Republic in
dignantly refused 10 vote upon this resolu
ton, holding that the act would be mean
ingless as long a. the United States de
clined to modify its tariff laws in their ope
ration upon South and Central American
goods admitted to our ports.
II can be confidently predicted that ne
second Pan-American conference will as
scmble in this country until there has been
radical alteration in our present TART
system.