Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-01

CARRYING GOALS TO NEWCASTLE.
Senator Morrill, of Vermont does not
endorse Blaine's newly espoused doctrine
of reciprocity. The temptation to take
whirl at what he evidently considers
The secretary's heretical notions on this
subject, led him to take part Wednesday
in discussion that we were told was to
be entirely one-sided.
As all know, the end and aim of
Blaine's new policy is the securing
market in Spanish America for our sur
plus farm products. His objection to
the Mckinley bill, as stated in his first
letter to Senator Frye, is "that there is
not a section, line or word'' in it that
enables the American farmer to market
abroad dollars worth more of his pro-
duct than he sells now. His appeal for
support and endorsement is to the far
mer, IN whose interest the new doctrine
of reciprocity is launched with such
theatrical display, and the belief is
sought to be inoulcated that there is in
Central and South America a market
ready and anxious to take all the surplus
iood and meat products produced in the
United States, if We only have the sense
to go the right way about getting into it.
On that very point Senator Morrill, takes
issue with the man from Maine. He
tells him. and tells him truly, we think,
That industrial development in Central
and South America has been such
that the supply of agricultural products
and of livestock is in excess of the de-
mand, and a quantity of both is being
exported. Therefore he says, to "carry
any of these products thither in the
vain hope of finding market is to carry
Goals to Newcastle. -
And that is Senator Morrill, g opinion
of the species of reciprocity furthered by
the new Richmond in the field. 1t is
carrying Goals to Newcastle says
he, and therefore foolish and absurd.
That is undoubtedly true, but Blaine is
surdity of carrying Goals to Newcastle
than he is in creating an issue and kick
ing up row that will sidetrack couple
of leading aspirants, and make him a
formidable candidate for the presidency.
Blaine is less concerned about bene-
fitting the American farmer than he is in
tripping up the heels of Reed and Nc
Kinley. That is his main purpose, the
head and front of his endeavors. That
accomplished, perhaps he will follow up
the logic of his position and seek mar
ket where one can be found, on the
other side of the Atlantic, and perhaps
he won't. There is little but eemagog-
uery in the pseudo-reciprocal policy
lately preached by him. He is as cum
ming as he is shrewd and sagacious. He
sees his opportunity in the growing dis
satisfaction with the tariff among the
farmers, and takes advantage of it
through the cry of 'friendly barter'' to
favor, while at the same time he takes
the wind out of his competitors sails.
He does not excite the jealousy or fear of
the manufacturers, for they know we'll
enough what a sham 'friendly barter''
is as proclaimed by him. In fact, the
New Englanders who hope for free wool
through reciprocity will support the
Plumed Knight.
Senator Morrill, struck directly at the
roots of reciprocity, and unless his argu.
ments can be successfully refuted they
will leave that precious humbug in
badly disfgured state. Curiosity will be
on tip-toe until Blaine makes some sort
of reply.