Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-12-05

who believe polygamy to be right
shall not have the power to make
lawful.
TIE M'kINIEY BILL.
! congratulate the Congress and th
country upon the passage at the iir-
session OF the Fifty first Congress Of a
unusual number of laws OF very hug
importance. That the results Of thi
legislation will be the quickening an
enlargement of our industries, large
and better markets for our bread stuff
and provisions, both ut home ant
abroad, more constant employment
and better wages for our workingmel
and an increased supply of sale cur
rency for the transaction of business
do not doubt. Some of these measure
were enacted at So late a period tina
the beneficial effects upon commerce
which were in contemplation of Con
gress, has yet but partially manifesto,
themselves. The general trade an,
industrial condition throughout the
country during the year have shown ;
marked improvement for many year,
prior to 1883, the merchandise bal
ances had been largely in our favor, but
during that year and the year follow
ing they turned against lis. 1t is very
gratifying to know that the last fiscal
year shows n balance in our favor OF
SOS, ,O0O,O 600. The bank clearings which
furnish good list of the volume OF
business transacted for the first month
of the year 1890, show, as compared
with the same months OF 1887, an in
crease for the whole country Of about
81 per cent. while the increase out.
side of the city of New York was over
13 per cent.
FOR THE FARMERS.
/ believe that American legislation
should conserve and defend American
trade and wages of American work
men. Already we begin to hear from
abroad and from our custom houses
that the prohibitory effect upon i'm
portations imputed to the act is not
justified. The imports at the port of
New York for the first three weeks OF
November were nearly per cent.
greater that iOr the same period in
1889, and 10 per cent. greater than
the same period of 1888. Our form of
government with its incident of uni
versal suffrage makes it imperative
that we shall save our working people
from the agitation and distresses,
which scant work that have no margin
for comfort always beget, but after all
this is done, it will be found that our
markets are open to friendly CONNER
cial exchange of enormous value, to
other great powers. From the time of
my induction into office the duty of
using every power and influence given
by law to the executive department
for the development of larger markets
for our products especially ON farm
products has. been kept constantly in
mind and no effort has been, or will be
spared to promote that end. We are
under no disadvantage Of any foreign
market except that we pay our work
ingmen and workingwomen better
wages than are paid elsewhere.
HOW RECIPROCITY WORKS.
The reciprocity of the tariff acts
wisely and in effect opens the way to
secure large reciprocal trade in ex-
change for the free admission to our
ports of certain products. The state
of the revenue was such that we could
dispose with any import duties upon
coffee, tea, hides and the lower grades
OF sugar, and molasscs. That the
large advantage resulting to the cOun-
tries producing and exporting these
articles by placing them on the free
list entitled lis to expect fair return
in any of customs concessions upon
articles exported by us to them, was
so obvious that to have gratuitOusly
abandoned THIS opportunity to enlarge
our trade would have been an un-
pardonablc error. There were but two
methods OF maintaining control of
this question open to Congress. To
place all of these articles upon the
dutiable list subject to such treaty
agreements as could be secured. or
place them all presently OIL free list,
but subject to the re-imposition of
specified duties of the countries from
which we receive them should they re-
fuse to give us suitable reciprocal bene-
fits.
This latter method possessed great
advantages.
We now have the concurrence OF
both Houses in advance in Il distinct
and definite offer of free entry to our
ports of specific articles. The execu-
tive is not required to deal in conjec-
ture as to what congress will accept.
Our part of the bargain is complete,
delivery has been made and when
countries from which we receive sugar,
coffee, tea and hides have placed on
their free lists such of our products rs
shall he agreed upon, as an equivalent
of our concession, IA proclamation OF
that fact completes the transaction,
and in the meantime our people have
free coffee, tea and hides.
The indications given are very hope
full of an early and favorable action by
the countries from which we receive
our large imports of coffee and sugar,
and it is confidently believed that ii
steam communication with these cOun.
tries can be uromptly improved and