The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-22

a ruszl~s Per Proteetionlsts-
Mr.. Blainc's letter 70 Senator Frye %
the subject Of reciprocal trade relations
with South America and the islands %
Cuba and Porto Rico. has called out
variety o. views from the Republican
editor< The letter evidently puzzles
them. Some Of them treat Il like :
pointer dog when he finds box-tnrtle;
he frisks around. throws up his tail.
cocks his ears. takes snin or two and
wonders what on earth IL can be.
The curious thing about the matter II
that some Of the most hide bound pro-
tectIonist papers who always stand in
horror Of British free trade" applaud
the letter az exhibiting qualities Of far
I sighted statesmanship.
That stal~art Republican journal, the
Cincinnati Commcrcial-Gazctte, says;
MIR. BIaine's letter on the tariff. in
which he suggests an opportunity OF
| opening the markets OF forty million Of
people TO the products Of American
farmers, is Of vast public importance.
and will command great attention"
| The Chicago Tribune sees the impor-
lance Of Blaine's policy as tending to
I give our farmers wider market The
/ Tribune does not believe In the protec-
/ ZIONIST notion that the home market il
enough 1t says: Mr. Blaine's method
OF protecting the farmer is by opening
new markets. which will take his sur
| plus crops. and thus increase the value
1 Of all he raises Were corn brought
into this country in immense quantities
MIR. Blaine would put duties on il to
1 protect the farmer. As il is not, he
/ seeks for more markets for surplus corn
as the best way Of protecting him. The
| McKinleyites have but one medicine
warranted TO cure every ai.ment and
I that Is high taxation OF consumers"
The Tribune does not believe in trying
TO humbug the farmers. after the Nc
Kinley fashion, by putting a duty on
corn
! The New Haven Comm Palladium
insists that Mr.. Klaine's significant
utterances, urging the securing OF moro
foreign markets, should be crystallizeG
into law. To fail to do this, and TO fail
to bring the bill more into the shape
which the people expected and desired.
Is TO give free rein to the agitation
which Mr.. Blaine notes-an agitation
which. II unchecked, has defeat for Us
in store as surely as night follows day. :"
And senator Hawleys paper. the Hart
ford Courant thinks that Bla ne has
struck out in line OF development OF
American trade which is full Of promise
il it can be followed"
The Rochester IN. w Democrat q
Republican paper Notwithstanding its
name. agrees with Blaine that the
present bill is unjust to the American
farmer, in that il ncglects TO guard his
interests in foreign markets, although
abundant opportunity Is offered
The Pittsburgh pa Chronicle says:
"Secretary Blaine points out very clear
ly some OF the great mistakes OF recent
years in our commercial policy, as .
warning against the blunder Of admit
ting sugar FREQ Of duty without exact
ing some concessions from the for
eign producers by way Of reciprocity. =
And the Philadelphia Press one OF the
most hide-bound OF all the hide-bound
protectionist papers grows enthusiastic
over the scheme for continental free
trade. 1t says: Reciprocity, once be-
gun, will spread over the hemisphere.
At stroke the United State will step
into great trade, equal to that Of In
dia-"
But there are some discordant notes.
The Boston Advertiser. for example,
which thinks the letter more strange
every time it is read" is forced ia
think that Mr.. Blaine has gone too far
in assuming that under the proposed
tariff revision any trade relations can
be entered into with the South Ameri-
can republics which will, in his words,
open the market for another bushel Of
wheat and another barrel OF pork"
At any rate. Blaine has done fhe
friends OF low tariff an incalculable
service in enforcing their views in the
high places OF his party. He has hidden
the lea ven in the meal. and il has IL
ready begun to work.
Tho Price og Wooa.
The people who are clamoring FOL
higher duties on wool in order tha'
they may realize greater profits from
their wool clip should read late report
in Bradstroets on the condition ol
the wool market Bradstreet's says
1.-THE feature Of the wool market is it,
dullness, having nearly reached stagna
ton point The shutting down OF 81
many mills in New England, together
with the disturbing influences Of pro
posed tariff legislation. has been effect
: i've in lowering the amount Of sales d
l, 1881, 900 pounds domestic and S21, 0o'
: pounds foreign wool
The sign ficant fact in this report II
that just 1t the I me when the wool du
ties are about to DO increased. there i
great stagnation in the market, mills
are shutting down. and sales are conse
quently restricted and at lower prices
The prospect OF higher duties. which arc
certain to come very soon, 70 exclude
foreign woods from the sacred home
market does not result in better prices
, for the domestic article.
.. As matter OF fact the price now 4