Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-11
A JUoGLEa OF ARGUMENTS.

George Norton, in Chicago Herald
a JUGGLEA OF ARGUMENTS.
2hs Examples - Reciprocity Plays q
Gard go sess 10 Not . Trump.
Mr. Blaine shows his usual tact in
causing the publication % his reciproc-
ity letter of June 10, which was sup
pressed by tho President. 1t abounds
in sound Democratic arguments against
the Nc kinney bill and in favor OF Q
wider numerical 7eeaom and, though,
in his char" tcristic way, Mr.. Blaine
perverts these to bolster up che dishon-
est scheme of giving the public money
as presents 90 steamship corporations,
ahey serve never heless to complete his
acquittal from responsibility for the Mo.
Kinley folly, and thus serve to strengths
en- his prospects Cor che Republican
Presidential nomination.
Mr.. Blaine demonstrates with re.
markable clearness that reciprocity
with Germenv ana France is abb
solutely essential for che prosperity
of the West in particular and of che
country 10 general Is 10 true that he
uses Cuba end the Argentine Republic
in making the argument This is
method we'll known among rhetoricians
1t is that of making the hardest demon
stration, so chat the rest will appear
from it ia che light OF self-evident
truth. When ASrs Blaine shows bow
high tari& kills oar trade with Cuba
and Buenos Ayres, he shows in doing
so that it kills it efth France and Ger
many also. Ana every argument he
makes in demonstrating that we
need reciprocity with the handful Of
people in Gu ba spplies with added force
to show the y9ta4 necessity of reciprocity
with the millions in Germany and
France who bus xoe che high tariff sys.
tenn woulG take Dug wheat pork and
other agricultural products. paying us
high prices for chem in cheap goods
such as are seeded by all classes OF our
people-such os can not be had. now,
however, excep9 Ut the exorb itant Nc
Kinley rates.
In one Of the cables he gives, Mr..
Blaine shove 10 . striking way tha
vital necessity of reciprocity with
France and Germany We extract it
with his commcRts.
Excepting cotton, oue four largest ex
l.sorts during the last ascal year were bread
stuTs provisions refined petroleum and 1pm-
Der.
The following statement shows the total ex-
ports of each Of sid articles in 1889 on0 the
proportion exsoesed 60 Letin America:
Exported
Total Exports. Ana>ricd
BreadstufYs .s....... 1923 Sc, 423 IS, 123, 52s
Provisions. -. ............ ri ~, 32S 2507, 37s
Wood and ID lum SER " a6so7, i6i 5oss, IS;
These figures should be closely studied. Il
would be difficult % understand, but for the ex
xrt,-
the $500, 100000 % Staples exported from this
country. only SIS DO, 900 should be consumed il
all Latin America, with its population Of so.
100000 people, when the United States Is the
only source of supply for these articles. which
are regarded by as the necessaries Of life.
Any one who Haowe chat, becauss O
England's policy % complete CONNER
'cial reciprOci3ys chat country alone
takes over halS 02 our entire exports
will understand ARE Blaine's point
Our exports OF bPeadseuffs 60 ENGLAND
clone being ehus Immensely in excess
of our breadstuR exports to- ala eoutl
xmerica, it 10 demonstrated that Hnde
reciprocity Germany, which last yea
Cook only oleeep dollars worth leigh
bushels) % QUE wheat end shut cue ou
pork. would take from us at the sam,
rate with England The same demon
srration applies with equal clearress il
the case of France.
In arguing for con mercial reciproci
ty with counSriee which would pay 70
our goods in wool, hides and other ar
ticles competing with the West, Mr.
Blaine is striking the entire Republican
system of commercial restriction at it
weakest point. For while New En-
gland does not need trade with En-
gland, Germany and France, che Yves
will be permanently impoverished
that trade is much longer denied.
Mr.. Blaine is doing good work agains
the folly of commercial restriction
through high taxes. Of course he i
greatly hampered by his New EngYan
residence and his Republican alliances
but he is doing very well under the ci,
Gu mstances-better than any other Re
publican alive could do in his place
Let him keep on, and with the aid b
will receive from the Democratic part
the Chinese system of high tariff seclu
sion will be overthrown.
There will then be no need to use tn
Government in casting anchors to wind
ward for pet steamship corporations
for the ports Of the world will then b
filled with unsubsidized American yes
sells, and a Democratic President an
Secretary of State will send no Miner
abroad to authorize kidnapping par tie
to board them9-St. Louis Republic.