Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-30
RECIPROCITY.
The Head of the Republican Party En-
larges on His Ideas Already Known.
The balance of Trade B.tween the United
States and the Countries 10 the South Of
Us SAP 100000 Out of Joint

wATERvILLE, Me. Aug. 59.-A pub
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
sive protective tariff Hon. james G..
Blaine. In regard to national questions
MIR. Blaine said: 81 wish 10 declare my
opinion that the United States has
reached point where one of its highest
duties is to enlarge the area for its foreign
trade. We are not seeking the anneXa-
ton of territory. Certainly we do not
desire it unless it should be the Volt
ton of people who might ask
THE PRICELESS BOON
of q place under the flag of the Union.
feel sure that for long time to come
the people of the United Suites 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 we'll tsrmed the annexation or
trade. What l mean TO speak of briefly
with the protective tariff, but supple
meutary thereto and presenting a field OF
enterprise that will richly repay the effort
and energy of the American people.
We shall find II Instructive aud val
liable TO examine into the sources of our
imports and the destination of our ex-
ports and TO strike balance between the
two. Take last year 1889, We lost S4l -
900 600 in Cuba from which our imports
were SJS 900, 900, to which our exports
were only $57 900 coo. In the republic
OF Brazil we lost SOL 900 900. Our IN
ports from Brazil were $50 200. 900. Our
exports to Brazil were 50 900, 600. In
Mexico we lost $40 900, 900. Our i'm
ports from Mexico were SCI 900 900.
Our exports to Mexico were Sll 200, 900.
To sum il up, our Imports from the coun-
tries south of us, both lnsular and couti-
mental, on this hemisphere, were S2l6,-
600 900. Our exports to them we're S74,
600 ,0C0. The balance against US in our
trade with those countries, therefore, is
SAP 900 600.
BY no figure of speech can we fiatter
ourselves into the belief that our trade
with our American neighbors is in pros
porous condition. How can this state of
affairs be retnedied? II is not due
TO 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 more
than one-third of all the imports. To be
exact, the imported articles that paid
a duty exceeded S4SS 200, 900 in value
and the imported articles that paid no
duty exceeded S256 900 900 in value.
The inevitable tendency is, think, to-
ward an
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 Il
was found practicable to export
anything from the United States
should have been done. 1 do not, of
course, intend to declare or to imply that
we could have secured the free admission
INTO the countries whose products We
purchase annually to that amount.
THE RICHER COUNTRY
cannot expect to get complete reoipro-
city In amount from countries less
wealthy, but whatever we should have
received would have been clear gain;
and in all future repeats of duties, what
ever we may be able to
get will be 8 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 1 am cure
the facts will not prove what is pre-
dicted. 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
advantage in 1t. Our people DO not re-
alize the great fact that II specie pay
ment Is endangered In this country 1t is
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 country within the last three mouths
have created uneasiness in certain quar-
tiers as TO our financial posi-
ton. 1t is very extraordinary
that the loss of these millions from the
banks in Wall street should be accounted
q 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
oughly appreciate this fact we shall re-
eeive aid and influence in the reform of
our trade from quarter which thus far
ii 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-
lowed indorsiug in an enthusiastic speech
the principles of reciprocal trade.
The meeting closed with an earnest
speech by Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge ad-
vocating the Federal election bill now
before the people.