The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-26
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grees 70 secure reciprocity OF trade Wit
.Sln countries. Laughter. Free trader
ave always been telling as that il No wonl'
saops tnelr theory. We would have ne,
eta u TINS country. On that form Of state
ment ! will not differ with them. I thin
10 snouid have new era. Congress at IL
iess session concluded to adopt q now pol
ny. They looked at south America an
s1ey round We were receiving from thos
neople vast M imports and exporting little t
mem. sSe The question was, shall We repea
ne k dnty on sugar and give that to sout
America. in addition to coffee and hides
and dye woods, and rubber, and othe
Things from South America, and shall y
aek them, il We give them our markets 70
| pound to let us enter there for q fev
snmi.nesi 1nn.. T. On, moi Mr.. schurz says tha
to free trade. but / would like !
AK Mr.. Schurz before this Ohio auiishc
nov free trade is going to let us int
t4eaf markets with our products, We hay
been giving Brazil market for nearl,
s1xty millions of their products, and the;
we're taking from MS seven or eight or min
fsee trade: How would that help us will
nfax1is They have not been buying any
thing and they do notlet anything in frce
Inlrty-six millions of dollars worth q
coMee; foutteen to sixteen millions Of rub
fber; several millions Of hides, and orea
many woods Of that kind, ali coming int,
see United States without q shilling Of duty
l5ue We want to send down there some -four
some lumber. some corn and wheat, tn,
product OF the east as we'll az Of the west
a0d are not satisfied az things were going
Well. We went on and awakened them {,
the necessities of the situation and ",
found that they feel just as We do, tha
I've nations dealing with each other must
aeal astwo men do with each other, fairly
honestly. literally, 80 that the advantao,
shall not always be ON the sido Of one mar
or tho one nation.
Ibelieve We will make very favorabl,
arrangement to trade with South America,
Take q country like Venezuela, of large
ta tses' a%S Dus smsIl population not more thar
bring rs $lO,400,WO worth Of products
But how much Of that is taxed, do Won sun
pose? Only 5000. Every cent OF that
except 5000, escapes taxation. We send
tnem 5000 many things. but we do moi
send them one shilline'si worth that
fair. They admit il is not fair and they
are glad and willing to right the matter:
and place us on reciprocal grounds that will
be 70 the prosperity of this country and the
prosperity Of the other, because trade that
y 60 one-sided as that cannot be continued
forever.
When reciprocity was first suggested
lie II
AZ that time they thought it would divide
the protectionists in congress and they
urged it very earnestly as long as they
thought there would be some division, aa
long az they conceived it was dividing
line that might obstruct protectionists,
just as soon as free traders found that
raclprocity could not be used to divide the
republican party they were all against it
[cheersl every one of them and now thev
are repudiatinR it and telling you what a
hnmbug it is, and how little value there
is in It, and how small result there will
be 70 the people of this country from It,
y is not wise for free traders to proclaim
ia which to Try i. Let us .vait ) year and
sse xhat can - done ! am NOD here "a
BOAST OF It. am hero to condemn the
course Of free traders who, as long ali L
promised to divide protectionists, were in
favor OF 1t, but who are set against it at the
moment they find protectionists will not
divide.
Your duty, gentlemen, if may suggest
it, is to elect protectionist to congress.
That is your interest, that is the intere at
OF every district in the country. I ap-
peal to this district because Of
the interest at your doorsills and fireside; I
in the three other counties that make mn mn
this district. But you have special rea-
son. 1t is q very great distinction to any
man, distinction to the district repre-
sented and . distinction to the man himself
to be placed at the head Of the committee
of waysand means; and to lead the house of
representatives. That is whore Thaddeus
Stephens stood the last eight years Of his
life; that is where that great citizen Of
Ohio, lately deceased. Gen. Robert 6,
Schenck stood for six years, and that is
where William Mckinley stands now. / Up
roarious cheering.] And 1 appeal both to
rour interest and your pride to send him
back again, that he may be useful. not
merely to this district, not to his state
alone. but to the people Of the United
States. [Cheers.l