The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-20

onnondment 10 the tariff bill which il said
- haye hsen suggested By Secretary Blaine.
- vhlch has been officially delivered TO
supssnsutazfvss Of the press By the secre-
tosy 4 ~ Pam American Congress
Ar bsts fursher ense.e5. thai the President
q ~ usised States ahaia. ~ proclamation. de-
GluGo - ports Of ths United States fra 81 al
~ peu1oets Of any nation Of the American
h6naphere upoG which no export duties are
100000. vhensvef and - long ~ such nation
dGn a6mit - 80 porfs free Of al national. pro-
V1uc1a3 fan1s). municipal and other taxes. -four.
ooGu nna1 and oshes breAdssuf preserved
0noM -, vegetables and fruits, nee and other
p1oylGons. ine5udins I'll articles Of food; lum-
~. fneluftng furnitare and all other articles OF
wood; agx1enltufa, implements and machinery,
m1nane motAinefy. steel rails. locomotives, rail-.
Wuv en-. sereet ear. refined petroleum and
~ eGh@ fehgics and pfoducts Of the United
n1n1os - may Be- agreed upon; provided, how
Npoe, tnnf his concession shall apply only 70
Woee1ADdtee transported in vessels constructed
taAmeslean wat<rA
Asif 3 ths fashion just now 10 approve of
onythins that seems 10 promise or propose
G1ooor and more sxtsnded commercial re-
lo1foas With other American republics. this
proposition has been greeted with more or
- Of applause. But - . feature OF
tnfid bin framed and passed under the aus
rices 81 men representing the Republican
pasty. which, In its LAST national oonven-
tt0n. declared against yielding any part
u the protective system. I" would II be con-
nietentg
To thoughtful Republicans. not carried
way BY the Pan-American craze, the sober
second thought must suggest n DOUBT at
Last whether this sweeping reciprocity
notion does not fy In the face OF a very
considerahAs part of the protective system.
u must b admitted that In the northwest
q least protection on wool was one of the
mest important issues OF the last presidcn.
tial campaign. and II cut . very important
figure In more than one state east OF the
Rocky mountains
what the American farmer demanded
md Vas promised was protection OF his
vol against that OF foreign countries
Whone cheaper labor and pastures made it
Impossible for him to compete with them.
u va Tie wool. and the cheap labor and
ehsap pastures behind IL against which he
S~-N0ss&<A K4VSCSkAtAs 0tta WBGin6r III Was
- come irom North. South. East or West,
Termed no part Of the question. Our far.
usrs did not want 10 have their wool in.
eustry destroyed. even by American
republic whose lands and labor are the
cheapest In the world.
Oivsn the necessity for protection 10 our
uool-gfowers. II certainly does not seem
consistent with that rs q purpose of the
nsin bill that the same bill should throw
epsn our ports 10 the free importation of
WOOL b tbs next 10 the most formidable
- our rivals In wool production, and that
M one In which land and labor are
cheaper than In any othsr. Next to Australia
not equally with that country, tho Ar.
genuine Republic IL the country agains,
which American wcol-producers require
prosectson. To admit that reciprocity
With that republic Is q iaudable thing
worthy Of ringing applause. Is to give away
~ mat has bsen claimed as To the neces.
ATTY Tor protection Of this industry.
The same reasoning viii apply 10 the free
admission OF Mexican lead ores. ahou,
which % much has been said and w-,,,.n
- Nevada. Utah. Colorado and Montana
u viii not 81 Gil mitigate the injury 90
their industry that these lead ore. are al.
mitted under new -..reciprocitx.
rather than on On intricate ruling hv IN.
treasury department. And so "a IN .
formidable list Of other productions Of this
eountrv. A tariff bin which would as,s-,
% protect these by adequate duties ass,ns,
sursdgn composition. but which. under the
specious guise OF reciprocity" ,heul,
eeeahaish free trade with large fraction o,
~ foreign countries engaged in like llu..
- production. would be . most ineonsru.
90 and deceisful piece Of legislation.
This reciprocity proposition, As far a, /,
ooes. II neither more ner less than frsa
1sode. and therefore has no proper pl.es d,
Ari6 bill drawn rrofessedly on strictly
Pgotectionist lines. Ii the free samls.,n,
q torsaeu products Is going TO DESTROY or
mjurs great industries in this coan,ry. ~
makes no difference TO our people whom
a VII fniure whether they come from on.
sodo OF the Atlantic or the other, or VIA,
~ form Of government in the countries
v1once they come. or whether they come
IN 70 ruin or iniare in the name Of ''r~clp-
roclty" or Stree trade" The Republican
pafsy b pledged to apply in good faith the
protective policy for all that the name ins.
na1oa- Neither free trade nor reciprocity
VII al the bill.
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