Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-25
RECIPROCITY.


Interest Western People.
BosroN, Sept 1.-THE following self
explanatory letter from Secretary
Blaine was received here last night:
To Colonel w. W. Capp, editor Boston Jour-
nal. Boston, Mass:
BAR HARBoR Me-, Sept. 16-My Dear Sir:
am In r.ce',t or your favor asking me II
and shoe Club OF Boston in October. You
add that the members sre SIN hearty SYM
pathy with my views regarding the best
method of extending American trade, and
won be glad to have m address them"
regret that my engagements will not permit
me to accept the invitation. but yOu will
please thank the club for the compliment
they pay me.
am lad to hear that the members of the
club are Interested in a system of reciprocal
trade with Latin-America. They can do
great good by cOunteracttng q certain phase
of New England opinion entertained at
home as we'll as in Washing conan opinion
which must regard in the highest de-
gree unwise and hurtful to New England
interests. New England is to receive in the
new tariff the amplest protection for every
manufacturing industry with in her borders,
both great and small, and 1t will, in my
Judgment, be both inexpedient and injuri-
GUS for Representatives 30 disregard
measure which will promote Western inter
eats.
have lately received a letter from Mr.. j.
F. limbs. of ST. Louis, leading representa-
tive of flour interests and president of the
late convention of millers at Minneapolis.
Speaking for the grain ami flour interests
OF that great section Mr.. limbs says that
''advices of recent date from Cuba state
that the duties now collected on American
-four are at a higher rate than was first sup.
posed to be the case" And he adds: 81 re-
spectfully submit that the American miller
will be unable to retain any part of the
Cuban flour trade unless immediate relief is
secured" In view of these facts is it posi-
BILE tha a
think of opening our markets to Cuba's
products free, while allowing a great West
ern industry to be absolutely exclu led from
her markets by prohi Ditory tariff? With
reciprocity the West can equally sell many
hundred thousand barrels of -four in the
markets OF Cuba and Porto Rico, together
with a large mass of other agricultural
products. Without reciprocity she will be
driven more a nd more from these markets."
Giving the fullest protection to all East
ern interests as the proposed Ta'if bill
does surely no man of good Judgment, GER
tainly protectionist of wise forecast,
wishes to expose a Western interest to seri-
GUS injury. especially when it is manifestly
easy to protect it and promote it-manifest-
~ easy, because at this very time the boards
OF trade, the chambers of commerce and
the public opinion in Havana are demand
ing reciprocal trade with the United states.
select Cuba and Porto Rico for examples,
because in certain quarters it has been said
that while we might secure reciprocity with
some little countries in South Amer ca, we
could do nothing with the Spanish islands.
Let US at least give the Spanish islands an
opportunity to speak for themselves.
Certain wise men ask: "How can we sell
farm products in South America when the
same things are produced there?' Cereals
are undoubtedly grown in the southernmost
portions of South America, but the wise
men will remember that cereals and sugar
do not grow in the same soil, or that the
sugar countries of South and Central Amer
lea and the West India islands contain 49,
DOC, 600 OF people who import the largest part
of their breadstuffs. Indeed, the largest
part of the sugar product of Latin America
is at our doors and we greatly enlarge
our exchanges there it Congress will give
us the opportunity for reciprocal trade.
Another class observe that they want time
to study the system. To this 1 might reply
that the best method of studying a system is
to observe its practical workings. While
studying in the abstract and refusing to take
some Object lessons, these gentlemen pro-
pose to open our market to Latin America
products free of all charges, without asking
Latin America to give us in turn some free
dom in their markets. The object lesson
Immediately before us is the treatment of
sugar questions. Shall we make Latin
America a gilt of that trade? When = have
studied that lesson we shall be prepa<ed for
the second.
The worst proposit on of all Is put forth ly
those who say: tLet US put sugar Sn the
free list now and next year we will take I'D
the subject of reciprocity" II under stand
their logic it is to make sugar free this year
without condition and next year to ask
Spain if she will not kindly consent to grant
US reciprocal trade Holding the complete
vantage ground themselves, the proposed
policy transfers the vantage ground to
Spain. Instead of granting lavor to Spain
to-day, we are to ask her for favor to- mor.
row. those who take this ground belong to
that class of care III guardians of property
who prepare very strong lock for the
stable after the horse is gone.
do not mean in anV thing I have said IN
imply that r cfprocity is only Western in
terest. As I remarked in a note to Senator
Frye, it will prove beneficial and profit able
both to the farm and the shop. What for
instance. could be more natural or more lust
than that giving free market in the United
States to hides from the Argentine Republic,
We should ask the Argentine Republic to
give us better market than we now have
for the product of leather from the United
states. The many forms in which our bust
ness interests will be promoted by recfproc-
ity can not be known until the active COM
mercial men of the United States shall have
developed those forms by Investigation and
experience. We shall not realize the full
benefit OF the policy in day or year, but
shall we therefore throw away countless
millions OF trade, in addition to the sixty
millions we have already thrown away, and
then fgnorantly declare without trial that
"the system won't work 20
Finally, there is one fact that should ha, !
great weight with protectionists. Even
reciprocity prOpOS tion The free trade
papers throughout the country are showing
determined hostility to it. 1t is evident
that the free trade Senators and the free
trade papers have specific reason for their
course. They know and feel that with a sys.
tenn OF reciprocity established and growing
their policy of free trade would receive q
most serious blow. The protee Zionist who
opposes reciprocity in the form in which it
is now presented knocks away one of the
strongest supports of his system. The en-
actment of reciprocity is the safeguard of
protection. The defeat of reciproci v is the
opportunity of free trade. Yours very re-
spcctfuIIy, JAMES G. bLAINE
banquet to Ofhcers.
STOCKHOLM, Sept IA dinner was
given last night by the city of Stock
holm to the officers attached to the
United States steamer Baltimore, which
conveyed the body of John Ericsson
from the United States to this country.
Two hundred guests, including the
Ministers of State, military and naval
officers and leading civilians were
present
Indians Made Good.
WASHINGTON, Sept 17.-In response
to request by Acting Indian Commits
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