New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-04
DISCUSSING RECIPROCITY.
MIR. EvARTS OPPOSED TO ALL THE SCHEMES
FOR 1T PROPOSED IN THE SENATE.


LIKELY TO BE TAKEN SEPTEMBER
2-NrGHr SESSIONS FOR SET
oRATIoNy PROBABLE.
frr TELEGRAPH 10 TIE TRroUSkl
Washington. Sept 3.-This was to have been tho
last day In the Senate the delivery Of se speeches
on the tariff but, like certain other place, whch IT
Is not necessary perhaps more than 10 hint al inc
senate Is paved with good Intentions 1t never yet
WAS known to conclude debate upon day agreed
upon in advance a>d in oil likelihood 1t never WILL
There Is nothing thai the senate as body IS more
fond OF than a compromise With Its own conscience
Hence II may be t0t the debate under the hvennute
rule will begin tomorrow with the understanding that
such speakers unable to keep under control their
longing to be heard In set orattons shall have an op
portnty to display their eoquenoe TO ompty galleries
In the course Of series Of night sessions.
All debate however, Is to close next week. enc only
votes are to be taken thereafter. II Things move
smoothly the final vote may be looked 1or on oePpem
Der L. The conferences between the two houses on the
amendments made IN the senate, 1t Is nopea, VIII ho'
n unreasonably protracted. Possibly all dinercncos
NAV be settled inside of week. The desire OF mem
hers Of conc,css especially Representatives. to get
homo u increasing the day OF the eecuoh draws
near. BY persons, therefore, OF sanguiho 1em~rs
ment September % Is designated Is the DAY on WHICH
Congress will adjourn. OF the necessity OF ~ eA.s
session nearly every is convinced, ana thse ONO
,, be called early In November is now considered Is
almost certain. -
The speeches of the day those Of Messrs Evsrs
FAmunds and Voorhees,. That OF Mr. Evarts a''rae'ou
universal attention because OF tho uncompr0'n'Sn's
attitude against any scheme OF reciprocity suseos'e
xhich the senior Senator from Newfork assumeo
or,nv statcd Mr. Eyarts objects to entering upon
polIcv OF reciprocity. because Of the "ehtsnshe A
anc-ss which in his opinion, 1t would carry IN us
tra,n In fact he holds that In this respect ne "ceu
mics tho Same position that Washington dio' s'se'''e
that Washington, when no used those iAA,uu,
words. warned the Nation not only again..
political alliances with foreign na.''n .rouod
AGAINST foreign alliances as well. no s"o vn',
too that his position to-day wss the same Is "ne"
ne occupied tho post Of Secretary OF s'S'e' u'uoi
yeresident Hayes He saw then no necessity Aof '.,
inc into NEGOTIATIONS which had reciprocity ior ''eA
object and he sees none now ..o.
Mr. Edmunds, to the surprise OF his listeners ,oieu
= pocy Of reciprocity. He ID so. however eauuous.
20 rr,h certain amount Of reserve. 1t was evident
that he found II somewhat dlncu'' uhoer "''e,'N
circumstances to appear In the part o. an assess>.
champion Of reciprocity; part winch ne aesun'1u' "
may he remembered, with a good dcaI Oh e'i'nu''
after the Arthur Administration nao hesooa'01 WV
Spanish treaty. . .,. ,, 9.
.svv Grains OF wheat In . vast amount OF chai ~
aboundcd in empty piraseOlogy, III ti'e compaiiso"s
and IN weak deductions. The slogans OF De'uo.'""N
canvass in Indiana were more frequently roNo'u " ~
Mr. Voorhees, than sOnnd logic or the ARA! y, "'
n,sputrd facts In short, 1t was designed fof hone
consumption, rather than as an attempt 10 'o''''e
and convert serious and thinking men,
written communication from the Oswego boaru o.
Trade contradictng statement OF the oe''e.a', VI
Agriculture on the subject Of the production OF oario!
was presented to the senate by Mr. Evarts' VINO u>h'u
+bot IL be printed in "The Congressional Kccou'
that
ordered printed for immediate Distribution Nr. NusN
statement was that barley Is the only cereai VI
there is not raised enough for home consumpton' Inv
denial rs to the effect that the annual product OF inc
,.a .,.s ,s ahut go 900 900 bushels, and that tho
anttv used last year for mailing purposes was icss
than Is. 900 900 bushels. Ten million bushcis hao
aeon imported from Canada-fhe quantity peihe W.
perior for mailing purposes to that OF u'0 '"''e1
States barley. ,,.,.s "a
The Tariff bill being taken mp Mr. Edmunds al
dressed the Senate lie referred to ON assertion III
Mr. yances speech last evening" that the FARMER oo'o
ALI the burden Of customs duties wmie nc NM Nv
benefit nom them. The Senate haa nameo ."''o.
Of articles that were the free list but ne haa ho
named the article OF mica, 1ouhu III 'o''"
OIL which there is duty. ~
xr yance-There Is duty on mica IN THIS DILL
Ir Edmunds-Then there ought to be.
Mr. Vancc-Put 1t there
Mr. Edmunds-He did not speak OF the ouy o'
tacco nor OF the duty rice. which the farmers OF
~,,h carolina raise lie forgot the lumber Interest
If North Carolina. lie shut his eyes to the i'm
po-tauce of the pitch and tar and turpentne that
have given such wholesome and odorous name 10 inc
people OF that state
Mr. Vancc-They are put on the nee hst' aiSo' anu
the duty on rice is reduced.
Mr. Edmunds-well, let unite to put them where
they belong. The fact is that the farmer OF norm
Carolina is, in respect to every materai m'eFes'
preciscly in the condition Of the farmer OF Vermont
and II tariff is bad for the farmer OF North Csrohha
Il Is lad for the farmer Of Vermont.
Coming to the question Of reciprocity, MI. Eomuno'
recalled the history and the practical operation Vh
furious to the United states Of the Canadian reciproc
fly treaty Of 1854. He spoke OF the reduction OF inc
duty on Coffee 3 cents pound, In 1875: ana s1s'eo
on the authority Of the American Minister 10 Diaz'
that, as soon that reduction was known s'' h'
Janero the price Of coffee there was put up cents
pound. The same thing occurred. no said two year
sfterward when coffee put OH the free list TX
pericnce had shown, from that day 10 tms' tnat LII
American consumer had proftcd nothing wheteVe
from the taking OF Of that duty. Eut on the otne
hand, the United States had lost nearly $looOOoo H
which 1t would have received from the duty on BrazA
pofYec alone. As q practical farmer. and farmer
son; he thought that the farmers In the region we
he lived understood that scrt OF business and were no
extremely hungry that he. as one Of their representa-
Nves. should 80 into anything Of that Kind now
II the duty OF cents pound were now taken OF
sugar he did not believe that the price OF sugar wou
tall cents pound. 1t would be apt W turn out a
coffee had turned out. He did not want to be led int
putting sugar on the free list on what ne belleVet
70 DO the fallaciOus and delusive idea that bceaus
sugar was now = cents a pound cheaper In Londol
than In New-York, 1t would then be the same pric
in both places. But even II the Wholesale price o
sugar did fall, by Of the removal Of the duty
the price ct the grocers would not fall. SOMEBODY
else than the consumer would mako the money.
As TO reciprocity with Central and South America
hs said that the demand Of country for oomnod!te
did net depend much upon numbers as upon tn
state Of It's society, its wealth and It's civilization
when b looked ct any Central American or souti
American STATE. he thought speaking With reserve
and conservatism that any 100 average people IL
North America had. during the last year. consumet