Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-26

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Judgment. be- both lncxpodIcnt and iniuri.
Gus for Representatives To- disregard a
measure which will promote Western inter
csta
I hav lately received a lcttor from Mr. J.
p limits ~ ~. Louis, a leading representa-
tive OF flour Interests aud president of the
late convention u mIilcrs at Minneapolis.
speaking for the grain an -four Interests
of that great section Mr. limbs says that
'adyices OF recent date from Cuba state
that the duties now collected On American
-four are a a higher rate than was nrst sup.
posed 20 be the case" And he adds: II re-
spcctfuliy submit that the American miller
will be unab o. retain any par, of he
Cuban -four trade unless immediate r'lief u
secured IN view Of these facts Is u posi-.
BILE that a protuctionist Congress can even
mink OF opening our markets TO Cuha's
products free. vnilc a~liowinE a Eiea, Mast
ern industry To be absolutely cNclu ioltrom
her markets by a prohiBttory tariff with
reciprocity the West can equally soil many
hundred thousand barrels OF Hour In the
markets of Cuba and Porto Rico. together
with "A large mass OF other ayr cultural
products. Without reciprocity she will be
driven more and moro from markets.
1Ni's the ia lest protection 20 all East
crn interest," - the proposed Tia 10 Liti
does, surely no man Of good Judgment, Ger.
tatnly no prutecttonist OF wise forecast,
wishes 20 expose n Western interest 70 scrI.
nus injury especially when u &, manifestiy
easy to protect IL and promote it-manifest.
iy easy. because nj this yery time the boards
OF trade. the chambers of and
the public opinion In Havana are demand.
ing reciprocal trade with the United states.
select Cuba and Porto Rico Tor examples.
because Ia certain quarters Il 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 wlso men ask How can we sell
farm products In touth America when tho
same things are produced thcrcy' Cereals
are undoubtedly grown in the suuthrmmost
portions of south America, but the wise
men will remember TINT cereals and sugar
do not grow In the same soil, or that the
sugar countries of South end Central Amer
lea and the West India Islands contain a..
OoOOO0 of people who import the largest part
Of their breadstuns. Iadecd, the largest
part OF the sugar product Of ATTN. America
Ia at our doors and we can greatly enlarge
our exchanges there II Congress will give
rs the opportunity for reciprocal trade.
Another cluss observe that they want time
TO study the system. To this l might reply
that the best method OF studying q system IL
to observe It's practical workings. While
studying In the abstract and refusing totake
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 MS Is the treatment of
sugar questions. Shall we make Latin
America Il gilt of that trader when we have
studied that lesson We shall be prepared for
the second.
The worst proposit on of all Is put forth by
] TIa.aa xn laA Auua tI ~ tu tANF attfgVp "a. NE..
free list now ana next year we Will take up
the eubicct Of reciprocity" II Understand
their logic, IL Is to make sugar free this year
without condition AMI 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
4 spain. Instead Of granting II favor to spain
to-day. We are to ask her for a favor to.mor.
row. Those who take this ground belong TO
that cluss of careful guardians Of property
" no prepare "A very strong lock Tor the
stable after the horse Is gone.
LIDO not mean In any thing l have said to
Imply that r ciproclty Is only a Western in
terest. A. | remarked IN "A note to $ ,nutur
Frye, Il viii prove beneficial and profitable
both tn the farm and the shop. What, for
Instance. could be more natural or more lust
than that giving a free market In the United
states to- hides from the Argentine Republic,
we should ask the Argentine Republic q
give ms a better market than we now have
for the proiuct of leather from the United
states. The many forms In which our bust
ness interests will be promoted by reciprOc
, ~ can not b. known until the active com
: mureinl mcn of The United States shall hav
, developed those forms by Investigation ant
experience. We shall not realize tue full
benefit OF the policy in a day or a year, bu
shall we therefore throw AVA counties
| millions OF trade, In addition TO the stXt.
millions we have already thrown away, AM
then iguorantly declare without trial tina
"the system won't work.
l Finally, there II one fact that should hav
great weight with protectionlsts Ever.
free trader In the Senate voted against tn
n reciprocity proposition. Tho free trad
papers throughout the country are shown
: determined hostility to IL. 1t Is eviden
4 that the free trade Senators and the fire
0 trade papers have aspcciic reason for thel
course. They know and feel that with Il sy-
TEN of reciprocity established and CROWN
y their policy OF free trade would receive
5 most serious blow. The protcttlonist VIII
n opposes reciprocity In the form In which
q IL now presented knocks away one of th
strongest supports of his system. The or
= nctment OF reciprocity IL the safeguard /,
protection. The defeat of reciproci y is eli
opportunity OF free trade. Yours very re
a s%pcctfully, JAMES &. BLAINE.
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