The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-09-26
FOR RECIPROCITY.

- <tUke Tor uetter Terms Heas0us tn
kefus 4 or Delay Met and Combat cd
1 The Vantage Ground u Now Ours,
I May Not kemain ~.
Bosrox. Sept 1.-THE following let
ter from Secretary Blaine was published
I yesterday:
DAR HARnon. Me-. ; pt. 4,
clond W W. Gapp. Editor Boston Jouvsal
/ BOSTON:
4 Mr DEAR SIR am In receipt Of your IA.
\ vor asking ,nc u ! can attend the annual
banquet OF the boot and Shoe Club OF Hos,
/ ton. In October. You add that the members
are lin hearty sympathy with my views re-
gariing the best mode Of extending AmrrI-
can trade. and would be glad 90 have me ad-
dress them.'
lregretthat my engagements will not per-
init me 20 accept the invitation. but you
viii please thank the club for the compli-
ment they pay me. l am glad 20 hear that
tho members OF the club are interested In =
system OF reciprocal trade wish Latin Amer
lea Taey can do great good by counter
acting certain phase OF New Eng and
opinion. entertained at home rs well rs In
Washin gton-An opIn ion which I must re-
gard as Ia the highest degree unwlse aud
hurtfui 70 New England Interests. New En-
gland Il 20 receive In the new tariff the am
plest protection for every manufacturing
Industry with in her borders. both great and
small. and u will, in my lgment. be both
inexpedient and injurious for Representa-
tives 20 Disregard measure which viii pro.
mote Western interests.
have lately received letter from Mr.. j.
y lmbs, Of =. Louis. leading representa-
tive OF the Hour interests. and president Of
the late convention Of miller~ at Mnneap.
oils Speaking forthe grain and -four inter-
ests 81 that great section. Mr.. limbs SAYS that
"advices q recent date from Cuba state that
the duties now collected on American -four
are AZ a higher rate than was first supposed
to BE- the case" Ana hc adds: II respect
fully submit that the American miller viii
be unable q retain any part ofthe Cuban
-four trade unlcss immediate relief Is se-
cured"
In view Of the facts. Is Il possible that
Protectionst Congress can even .hink OF
opening our markets % Clba's products
free. while allowing a great Western In
dustry 20 be absolutely excluded from her
markets By prohibitory tariff With rect
proclty the West can annually sell many
hundred Thousand barrels OF flour in the
markets OF Cuba aud Porto Rico. together
with large mass OF other agricultural
products without reciprocity. she VIII be
driven more and more from these markets
Giving the fullest protection to all East
ern interests. As the proposed Tariff bill
does. surely no man Of good Judgment. GER
tainly no Protectonist Of wise forecast
wishes TO expose a Western interest 70 seri-
Gus injury. especially when il II man ifestly
easy TO protect II and promote it-manl.
testify easy because at this very time the
boards of trade. the chambers OF CON-
merce. and the public opinion In Havana
are demanding reciprocity with the
United states. select Cuba and Porto Rico
for examples because in certain quarters s
has been SAID that while We might secure
reciprocity with some little countries In
south America. we could do nothing with
the Spanish islands Let ~ at least give
me spanish islands an opportunity to speak
Tor themselves
farm products in south Amer lea when the
same things are produced there? Cereals
are undoubtedly grown in the southern.
most portions OF South America hut the
wise men will remember that cereals and
sugar do not grow In the same soil, and
that the sugar countries Of south and Cen.
raj America and the West India Islands 4
contain forty millions OF people who import
The largest part OF their brcadstuffs. In.
Heed the largest part Of the sugar product
Df Latin America IL at our doors and we
ran greatly enlarge our exchanges there II !
Congress will give Us the opportunity for
'eciprocial trade.
Another class observe that they want time
q study the system To this might reply
> TO observe its practical workings. While
tudying In the abstract and refusing 10
AXE some object lessons. these gentle men
propose 20 open our market 10 Latin Amer
can products free OF all charge. without
skiing Latin America 20 give rs in turn
ONE freedom. in their markets. The object
essen Immediately before us Is the treat
nent Of the sugar question. Shall we make
ATTN America gift Of that trader When
We have studied that lesson we shall be pre-
jared for the second.
The worst proposit ion OF all il put forth
" those who saw: Let as put sugar on the
rec list now, and next year we vii take up
he subject 81 reciprocity" II under.
tand their loxic. u Il 70 make sugar free
his year without condition and next year
Q ask spain II she will not kindly consent
Q grant ms reciprocal trade.
Holding the complete vantage ground
themselves, the proposed policy transfers
ne vantage ground 10 Spain. Instead Of
rantlng a favor 70 Spain to-day we are 10
* her for favor to- morrow. Those who
axe TINS ground belong 70 that class OF
areful guardians Of property who prepare
very strong lock for the stable after the
orsc i gone. i do not mean. in any thing
have said. to imply that reciprocity u
My Western interest AZ remarked. In
note 70 senator Frye. IL Will prove both
enehcial and profitable. both to the farm
nd the shop. What. for Instance, could
% more natural or moro Just than that
n giving free market in the United states
0 hides from the Argentine Republic. We
hould ask the Argentine Republic to give
u better market than we now have for
he product OF leather from the United
tates. The many forms in which our bust
less Interests will be promoted by reel.
,roclty can not be known until the active
commercial men Of the United States shall
AVE dcvc' ".cd ~" forms by investigation
md cxperence. We shall not realize the
ull benefit ~ the policy In DAY or d year:
'ut shall we. therefore. throw away count.
r-- millions OF trade. In ad litlon 70 the
'xty millions we have already thrown
way. AMI then ignorantly declare without
rial that "the system won't work"
Finally. there j. one fact that should have
'reat weight especially with Protection.
SIS. Every Free trader In the senate voted
gainsf the reciprocity proposition. The
rrc-trahc papers throughout the country
re showing determined hostility % Il. Il
: evident that the frec-trale Senator'S and
he free trade papers have specific
cas0n for their course They
now and feel that with System 81
eciprocity established and growing. their
'olicy ~ free trade receives most serious
low The Protectionist who opposes reel.
'roclty ia the form in which il II now pre.
cntcd knocks away one OF the strongest
Imports 81 lis system. The enactment 81
eciprocity ~ the safeguard 81 protection,
ne defeat o. reciprocity Is the opportun.
~ Of free trade
Yours very respectfully.
H.