Omaha daily bee., 1890-10-26


as Mr. Schurz, before this Ohio audience.
how free trade Is going 10 let us into their
markets with our productsi We have been
giving Brazil market FOR nearly s,D.0O0,0OO
OF their products and they were taking from
us sT,OOOOOO or sSslsO, 600 or 81, ,OOO, 900 Now,
suppose we declare absolute free trade. How
would that help us with Brazill They have
not been buying anything and they do not let
anything in free. Thrty-six million dollars
worth Of coffee, si,cOO,OOO to Sl6, ,OOO 900 of
ru bber several millions of hides and great
many dye stuffs all coming into the United
States without a shilling Of duty. But we
want 20 send down there some flour,
some lumber, some corn and wheat. products
of the west as well as OF the east. and they
are not satisfied with the way things Were
going. Laughter Well. we went on and
awakened them to the necessities of the stu
alton and we found that they feel Just as we
do-that two nations dealing with each other
must deal as two men do with each other
fairly, homes tly, liberally-s that the advan-
tage shall not always be on the side of one
man or one nation. Applause. Well, that
was reciprocity. II Is not "a very complex
problem Mr. Schun rather intimates, us a
strange way of getting at things, how
strangely mysteri.us reciprocity is. 1t is just
as strange and mysterious as when Starke
county farmer brings 100 bushels of wheat
to Canton. gets his money forit, ouys sup
plies for his family and goes back home.
Laughter. That Is the mysterious process
and very difficult to understand Yet / am
sure that Brazil and all the South American
states understood 1t the moment it was men
toned. | believe that we will make a very
favorable arrangement to trade with South
America. Take a country like Venezuela, of
large area but small population more
than $500 200 to 3,OOO,U0O. They bring us
$1,000, 900 worth of products. But how much
of that is taxed, do YOU suppose, at the Gus
tom housel Only 5000. Every cent of that
except 5000 escapes taxation. We send
them good many things but we do not send
them ono shllliDg's worth that is not taxed.
That is not fair They admit that it is
not fair and are glad and willing to right
the matter and place us on reciprOcal
ground that will be to the prosperity Of this
country and the prosperity of the other be-
cause trades so oueSided as that can not be
continued forever. When reciprocity was
first suggested the free traders all or nearly
ALL approved ii. At that time they thought
it would divide the protectionsts in congress,
aud they urged it very earnestly so long as
they thought there would be some uivisiou,
so long as they conceived that 1t was dvid-
ing line that ght obStruct the protection
lists. Just as soon as the free traders found
that reciprocity could not be used to divide
the republican party, they were all against it,
cheers every one Of them, and now they are
repudiatinp it and telling you what humbug
ii is and how little value there is in it, and
how small the result will be to the people of
this country with it, Its not wise for free
traders to proclaim 1t afaiiure at present.
We are given year in which
to try it Let us wait year
and see what can be done Cheers.
l am not here TO boast Of it 1 am here to
condemn the course OF free traders who, so
long as it promised to Divide the protection
lists, Were in favor of it, but who are set
against 1t the moment they find the protec-
tionists win not divide. Your duty, gentle
men, if may suggest it, is to elect protec-
tiOnists to congress. Chccrs aud cries of
we will That is your interest; that is
the interest of every district in the country.
and appeal TO this district because of the
interest at your doolSitl and freside / ap-
peal to every man in Starke county and in
the three other counties that make up the
district But you hava a special reason 1t
is very great distinction to any man, dis
tinction to the district represented and dis
tinction to the man himself, TO be placed at
the head of the comnistee on ways and means
and 10 lead the hoHse OF representatives.
That Is where Thaddens Stevens stood the
last eight years OF his life. There
IS where that greaG citizen Of Ohio
lately deceased, General Robert q. Schenck,
stood for six years, and that is where William
ing | appeal to both your interest and your
pride to send him back again. and that he
may be useful, not merely to this district not
to the state alone out to the people OF the
United States. Cheers
At one time during the speech the people
in the gallery, warned by cracking sound,
began to move for the exit and there was
nearly panic. Mr.. Blaine and Minister
Phelps however, succeeded in reassuring g
them and ali returned 10 their seats.
Mr. Blaine after his address, went to the
meeting at the academy of music and spoke
very briefly. The party left this evening for
Chicago.