The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-17
Mr.. BLAINE'S HOBBY.
BE Mounts his Reciprocity Horse
Once Again.
THE INTERESTS OF EAST ANDWEST
In the Matter are the Same-The Defeat of
Reciprocity is the Opportunity of
Free Trade.

BOSTON, Sept. 16.-In response to an in
vitation to the annual banquet of the Boot
and Shoe club of Boston, Colonel Clapp,
editor of the Journal, has received a letter
from Mr.. Blaine, in which the secretary OF
state, referring to that portion of the inyi-
tation saying that members of the club are
in hearty sympathy with his views regard
ing the best method of extending Ameri
can commerce sends regrets that time will
not permit him to address the meeting.
The members OF the club, he says, can do
great good by counteracting certain phases
Of New England opinion which he regards
as hurttul to New England interests. New
England is to receive in the new tariff COM
plete protection for every manufacturing
Industry within her borders, and 1t will be,
In the Judgment of the secretary of state,
both ineXpedient and injurious for her rep
resentatives to disregard measure which
will promote western interests.
Mr.. Blaine refers to letter recently re-
ceived from the president Of the late con-
vention of millers at Minneapolis referring
to the excessive duties on American flour
in Cuba and stating Americans will be un
able to retain any portion of the flour trade
unless Immediate relief is secured. "In
view of these facts,'' says Mr.. Blaine, sit
10 PURSUIT. GIdG d lrUGSCIlOulSG SUuSIGSS
can even think of opening our markets TO
Cuba's products free while all our great
western industry will be absolutely eXclu-
ded from her markets by a prohibitory
tariff. With reciprocity the west can an
| nually sell 100000 barrels of -four in Cuba
and Porto Rico, together with large mass
OF other agricultural products. Without
reciprocity, she will be driven more
and more from these markets Civ
I'M ~ no full 70 oil CT
ern interests as the proposed tariff
bill does. surely no man of good judgement,
certainly no protectionist of wise fore
cast, wishes to expose western interest
to serious injury, especially when it is
manifestly easy to protect and promote it,
manifestedly easy because at this very
time boards of trade, chambers of com
merce and public opinion in HAVANA are
demanding reciprocal treaty with the
United States.
Certain wise men have asked: How can
we sell farm products in South America
when the same things are produced there!
Cereals are undoubtedly grown in South
America, but wise men will remem her ce-
reals and sugar do not grow in the same
soil, and the countries of South
and Central America and the West
people who import the largest
part of their breadstuff. We can greatly
enlarge our exchanges there If Congress
will give US an opportunity for reciprocal
trade. Shall we make Latin America a
gift of that trade:
''Those who take this ground belong to
that class who prepare strong lock for
the Stable after the horse is gone.
81 do not mean in anything I have said
tc imply that recipr ocity is only western
interests it will prove beneficial and profit
able both to farm and shin. FINALLY there
is one fact that should have great weight,
especially with protectionists: every free
trader in the Senate voted against
| reciprocity. Free trade papers through
out the country are showing determined
hostility to them.
1.-THE protectionist who opposed recipro-
city in the form in which it is now present
ed, knocks away one of the strongest
supports of his system. The enactment of
| reciprocity is the safeguard of protection,
the defeat of reciprocity is the opportunity
of free trade"