Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-15

FROM WASHINGTON.
Letter From Secretary Blaine on
PROSPECTIVE Dates Imposed
by Spain.
THEFT AT HENRY H STAN
LEY'S MARRIAGE.
The Illness Of NJ. GladStOne.-A
Warm Encounter With &
Horse Thief.
By Telegraph to the NEWS
WILMINGTON VIKINGS.
4 letter from BIaiHc--PToserIpi
DutIe~-NcW silver Notes.

4 letter from BIainc.-PTOscrIpii
Duti-~.-NcW silver Notes.
WAsHINGruN. July If.-Seua.Ir
Frye tUGay received "a letter from
secretary Blaine, IN which the lat
ter calIS attention % tine pros 'Iip'ivy
.uties imposed ly spain uIOu Amer
ian Hour entering Cui3. These
make the -O>J in the Cuban malEet
NJ least slid per barrel, counting
the shipping price in New YORK at
Si.SI per barrel. Other articles Of
American growth are likewise taxed
hy Spain TO tine point OF prohibi-
ton.
"rnis One-siiei commerce, - says
Seer taTy Blaine, evil seriously in
lure shipping routes which are stlii
IN American hands largely, IL not
exclusively. 10 would certainly he
"A very extraordinary policy on the
VaIt Of Our government just az this
time 10 open our market without
charge Of duty b. thc enormous
crops Of sugar raised IA tine two
spanish islands Of Cuua aud Costa
Rica. which can furnish the United
States with nearly or quite Une-half
the sugar We consume, ami We agg
far larger consumers than any other
nation I'm the world. To give free !
market % this immense product %
Spanish plantations ut the moment
when Spain j. excluding the pro-
duets ofthe American farm from her
market would lie a policy Is uupre-
cedented as Il would he uuwisc.
Our trade with the American ~
publics, as well rs with the West I
India Islands, has been for many 4
years in most unsatisfactory con-
diti1n.
THE AGGREGATE BALANCE
Of trade with all the La;in-Amcri- |
can nations is heavily against Us. y |
single illustration will suffice. |
Since We repealed the duty on cOf- !
fee, i'm 1872, We have imported pre- !
ducts Of Brazil To the extent Of SS3l,
S16, Oll, and have sold tO her only !
Sl58. lS5, 900 of our own products. !
The difference Is S644, 900. We |
have paid in gold, or its equivalent. |
and Brazil has expended this vast /
sum in the markets Of Europe. You /
can see how different the result /
would have been IL in return for the
free admission Of Brazilian coffee in
our markets we would have eNacted
the free admission Of certain pro-
ducts Of the United States in the
Brazilian markets. To repeat this
error. with sugar. 10 an amount
three times as large as with coffee,
will close all opportunity TO establish
reciprocity Of trade with Latin
America.
The charge against the protective
policy which is INDUCED in most Is
that It's benefits 90 wholly b the
manufacturers and capitalists aud
no: ut all TO the farmer. You ard |
know well that this is not ;Tue; but
still it j. the most plausible and
therefore the most hurtful argu-
ment made 10y the free traders. HeIe
is an opportunity where the firmer
can lie 5enefited-primarily, unde-
uiably, richly benefited. Here is
an opportunity for n republican
Congress TO Opeu the markets for
forty millions Of people 10 the pro.
ducts Of the American farmers
Shall we seize the opportunity OF
shall we throw it away? do not
doubt that in any respect the tariff
bill pending in the Senate Is just
measure and that most Of its pro-
visions are in accOnlauce with the
wise policy OF protection, but there
j. not n section or n line in the en-
tire bill that will open n market for
another bushel Of wheat or another
barrel Of pork. II
SUGAR Is PLACED
on the free list without eXactiug inn
pOr;ant trade concessions in return,
we should close the door for profit
able reciprocity against ourselves.
think YOU will find some valuable
hints on this subject in the Presi-
dents brief message Of June 18th,
with as much practical wisdom a.
was ever stated in 80 short a space.
sour foreign market for bread
stuffs grows narrower. Great Bri-
tain il exerting every nerve to Sc
cure her bread supply from India
and the rapid expansion Of the
wheat area in Russia gives us
powerful competition in the markets
Of Europe. 1t becomes US, there
fore, 10 use every opportunity for
Of our markets on the
American continent. With nearly
SlO0, 900, 900 worth OF sugar seeking
our market every year, We should
prove ourselves the most unskillei
Legislators five do not secure n large
field for the sale and consumption %
breadstufIs and provisions. The
late conference Of American repub-
lies proved the existence Of n COM
mon desire for closer relations. Our
Congress should take il up where
the international conference left il.
Our field OF commercial develop
ment and progress lies south Of Us.
THE NEW SILVER NOTES.
The President and Secretary
Window have approved the new
Treasury notes provided for by the
new silver bill, which were recent
ly prepared at the Bureau Of En-