Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-09-03
SENATOR HALE
Makes A Speech On Subject
OF Reciprocity
and Ofafs The Amendment OF Which
He Had GiYsn Notice,
Giving Strong Reasons In Advocating
Its Adoption BY The Senate.

WASHINGTON, Sept, 2-The tariff bill
vas taken up and the sagsr schedule CON
sidert
/ Hae OF lie reciprocity amendment
Of whit i ne had given notice June ~, and
sddre ,sed the Sena.e. The desirablity of
such lnterchsagss of prv1uots As his amend-
melt proposed, be sid, had been a subject
which had given rise 20 the closest aten-
tion, which hal resulted in grave and peru
nen; suggestions from eminent public men
| ia the nite States in the last 50 years.
whoever had seen the gradual falling of
of American trade with the Central and
South American isles of the sea must have
| Witnessed these conditions with the great
est impa,ienee. The people of all these
couatrits have = common interest with the
people of the United States.
Halt sid the lste Pan American Cor
gress that proved the same ooasds ratiOns
hich bad their Influence in the Unt.d
Ststrs VAS also moving in the minis of en-
nent me OF her ,ister Republics who took
part in he proceedings of that Congress,
adj they pointed to one sure and Inevitable
end an increase Of trade AMI commerce
between the United States and those Pc 1ple.
Those coasderaiions which spplie 10 trade
and an Increased Interchange of products.
applied not only to the nations or Central
aud South America, but to the Islands OF
the ; Iani.h VI ain. Hail referred 10 the
reciprocity messsgs of Pre- sidcnt Harrison
and Baiut's leuer and the attitu k
ia tie surpoit of il aud 10 the iucreusing
and earnest discussion of the subject, also
To Fsehr giuyspn', lpt'cr of December II
1884. transmit tpg tho Foster treaty With
Spttn. also 10 the reclurocity re.olu ION
of rri in the Senate by Aldrich December
1850 and to M, f.uort Of Abr,m \ Uev-
n ia the Inn.e In carry ii into effect in TN,
convention, hptw..n ,he I'ni,e1 At,tesatd
Mexiro Never until hi, wear baI il b.a
claim, i sad he that an,body ia public
or nriyat. III. Ls3 engaged i, ,h,. att.m
IN i.,nsl.n H., msrk,f for American farm,
ana vntkshon, in c,untrie, ro, rivals in
th, same nrhdurts xs, thereby o,,,,inv
the sv.,.m of protsction ,n American I.h,r
Thai never has b.aa claimed nn,il nos
nj. ,no.,l u, .n,,t, ~ ~ his uo.iti,p an
artirl. f,om tb. New York Tr.bnna and
a.k,d vb,ther the ljsa>trous cxn,rimsnt
t,,ab Ia 1879 whom ne amy on cosr4e was
r,n,,v.J ,sas tn Ia, ro. reu,s,sa in ,h,
aiticl. Of .us.r. He also rad extracts
fron Blaine. ,wo lpt,.rs IA Frve lie
q inmett 4 upon the fact that while the
balance of trs,i. WAS ,-ry larpely AGAINST
IN, United States in msrv countries.
the result va, much more favorable in re-
gard 10 Mcxc1. where American imports
are nearly As large as the exp,r,s. This is
largely, he said. because of the orea.n, of
railroad commuI icatien n with Mexico. aud
thar fact bore on the necessity for passage
of tie steAnahip and postal subsidy tils
passed some week. ago by the Senate wih
the rec. procity proposed in his amendment,
AID these bi Is enacted into law, an in
or, ased Interchange # products would in
eviab'y foll)w. lie referred to the trade
tables with Central and South America 10
show the unfsyOrsble position Of tie
Ui'ed States
In regard u lhese c. untries. he sal / thcra
was a sentiment among the People HAT
somethiI should be done 10 remedy lat
condition That sentiment growing into
.iia movement would have some effect some
whf re at some time. /, WAS a sentiment
which wouli not be efTeciually resisted
Coming directly to the question Of putting
sugsr on the fee h.'. Hale SAID no one
could tell what benefit c.ulI come to the
consumer ~ The unr,s served repeal of
sugar duties No one could tell wheth.
the prices of sugar might rot be proper
ionately Increased hy the sugar pro1u,-
iog courtrics 1t had been urged against
his amendment in certain quarters that
none f these sugar producing counttc.
with which aJrsnypmpn's Of reciproci '
are De sired. would be Induced under ANY
form Of ir. atv 10 give TO the limited Shit.
such advantages as were set forth in l..
The answer IN that ia rIsin and iti.obyioi,S
that the-e va. nat one of ,ho,e countfi :
that iii not greatly desire to rep nj the
American entp. on their lroducts. Harlly
ono Of them rad not exrrs.sed IL wiling
rec. toenter i,io rec,urocal oblic,ions.
s,d arrangements we,.Ii result in The d.
r, ction ,ntirated.
Carlisle s.ked Hale vhe,her his amend
meat arrlied tn Cuba and psrto REQ
Haze rerlied he Rad so intsndel il and
never hal any orber intention. tJt If there
vs.snv doutt az to the construction tsnt
void b.. nut upon it. It might te mod. fed
to Ier,ov. all doubt.
H,le quoted A letter from a Brszilisn
merchant, APPROVING of the idea of reG-
proolty ard saving tina, Brazil was in a po-
.ition 0 make such reduction Of dun :
that tie producs of Auc ica might ents
Brazil A. lit le lower pric. than the pro-
Incts OF Europe
Alis made a long ststerent of The re-
ceip's a ID expenditure of the governm- NJ
and prol atle effect If ihe tariff bill on 'h
fnancas IL the tsr.f bill passed he fig
med CIT decrease Of Thirty ty-thfee and one
half H,ili ION. in revenue if sugar i, put on
the free !ls'. leaving Surplus Of II or -
nj iiors a, the end Of the year. He fav
ored TAXI z up the que 'tion Of putting
sugar on the free list and favored the fur
ther cxte lsioa IF reciprocal trade.
Gibson offered an anne iment to the
sugar schedule by adding the words syrup
Of .et', s,rg1nm or sugar cane and
argued sgain't the sUgar bounty IroIo.i-
non
Sherman expressed hia views on the sub
iect of feoii rOcry and said that the House
ct Rerrese natives vas not wiling to carry
the recip'oci irssiies into effect, and the
only way to brirg about raCi9rocity was Nv
mutual laws ard regulations. Any measure
o: thst kind he "a vored ant call d attention
to Aldr.c chs amendment aad biz own or)-
pcsing eciprUcal relations with Cansd,
He thought that in certain cases such rcla-
tors ought to te made with Canada. G.
peclaiy as to coal. lie tb0nght that those
two measures. Aldrich's and hi. own, would
open the door to r. ri 1rocsl reiat ors a. far
As they ought to yo. H ~ould contice
recitrccty to very f,w article, fixed hy
the conferences.
Hale s.id r4ciDrecilv with the naarle