The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-15
SecretOry Blaine;s Letter.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-Senator Frye to-
day received a letter from Secretary Blaine,
in which the latter calls attention to the
proscriptive duties imposed by Spain upon
American flour entering Cuba. These make
the cost in the Cuban market at .least
Sl1.4O per barrel, counting the shipping
price in New York at $3.50 per barrel
Other articles of American growth are
likewise taxed by Spain to the point of
prohibition. "This one-sided commerce."
jure the shipping routes which are
still in American hands, largely if
no exclusively 1t woulG certainly be a
very extraordinary policy on the part of
our government just at this time to open
our market without charge of duty to the
enormous crops of sugar raised in the two
Spanish islands. Cuba and Porta Rico fur
nish the United States with nearly or quite
one half the sugar we consume and we are
far larger consumers than any other nation
in the world. To give a free market to
this immense production of the Spanish
plantations at the moment Spain
is excluding the product of Amer
lean farms from her market.
| would be policy as unprecedented as it
would be unwise. Our trade with the
South American republics as well as with
| buS WcSb HULA lSlduuS Has U0eH LOT IldHy
years in a most unsatisfactory condition.
The aggregate balance of trade with all the
Latin-American countries is heavily
against US. A single illustration will sur
flee. Since we repealed the duty on coffee
in 1872 we have imported the products of
Brazil to the extent of SS13, sos, 900
and sold to her only S156, 135, 900
of our own products. The difference IS
1914 81 900. We have paid in gold or its
| or oil cd
vast sum in the markets of Europe. You
can see how different the results would
have been il in return for the free admis-
sion of Brazilian coffee in our market we
should have exacted the free admission of
certain products of the United States in the
Brazilian market. To repeat this error
with sugar Ito an amount three times as
large as with coffee will close all opportu-
nifty to establish reciprocity of trade with
Latin America.
''The charge against a protective policy
is that its benefits go wholly to manufac-
turers and capitalists and not at all TO the
farmer. You and [ know well this is is not
true, but still it is the most plausible and
! therefore the most hurtful argument
made by free traders. Here is an oppor-
| tunity where the farmer can be benefited
primarily, undeniably, richly benefited.
Here is an opportunity for Republican
| Congress - open the markets of 400 900
| of people to the products of American
! farmers. Shall we seize the opportunity
or shall we throw it away do not doubt
that in many respects the tariff bill pending
in the Senate is a just measure and that
most of the provisions are in accordance
with wise policy of protection But
there is not a section or a line in the entire
bill that will open market for another
buShel of wheat or another barrel of pork.
Ii sugar is placed on the free list without
eXacting important trade concessions in re-
turn, we should close the door for uroft
able reciprocity against ourselves. | think
you will find some valuable hints on this
subject in the Presidents brief message OF
June 10, with as much practical wisdom as
was ever stated in 50 short q space. Oul
foreign market for breadstuffs grows mar
rover. Great Britain is exerting every
nerve to secure her bread supply
from India, and the rapid expansion
of wheat area i'll Russia gives US power
full competitor in the markets of Europe
1t becomes us therefore, to use every op.
portunity for an extension of our market
on both of the American continents Will
nearly one hundred million dollars worth
4 OF sugar seeking Or market every year
I'VE should prove ourselves most unskillet
Legislators If we dc lot secure q large field
for the sale and consumption OF bread
stuffS and provisions. The late confer
ence of American republics proved thC
existence of IL common desire for closer
relations. Our Congress shonld take it u,
where the International conference left it
Our field of commercial development anC
progress lies south of us.n
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Iumiey on the Sullivan Muldoon Trouble.
[Special to THE Observation-Disclosures Gable
LONDON, July Is. Arthur L. Lumley
III a long article ia this mornings Sunday
Herald says the trouble between Sullivan
and Muldoon, dates back over year. Firs
came Muldoon's offer to train Sullivan fo
his big fight, Offering to go to work fo
nothing. A short time after Muldoon tool
! Sullivan on the road with Cleary and il
wrestling threw Sullivan striking him OIL
the head and dazing him. Then Sullivan
refused to give any more exhibitions unit
after the fight, fearing accidents Instead
of going back to Belfast with Sullivan
Muldoon went to Cincinnati to wrestle an,
neglected caring for Sullivan, ordering hin
to work in dictatorial manner and boil
had words and Sullivan wanted to lick hi