Arizona silver belt., 1891-08-22
Drsciopmea, of Reciprocity.

Reciprocity is no longer to be re
 Barded as a theory or as an experiment
 It is . policy which IS producing largs
 practical results Three commercial
 Agreements have been negotiated with
 coffee and sugar countries, and three
 foreign markets have been opened to
 the products of American farms, mines,
 aud factoriea These advantages for
 the export trade have been secured
 without the sacrifice of the principles
 of protection. A free market is offered
 to southern countries producing sta pies belonging to different zone. The value of that free market, which is the
 best in the world, entities us on strict
 business principles to have certain priv
 ilegee in exchange in disposing of our
 surplus products The United States.
 us the heaviest purchaser of Brazilian coffee and Cuban sugar, is allowed by the reciprocity agreements discrimina- ting advantages over England ill selling Its exports. IL Is 8 good business trade with countries having large surplus of staples which can not be produced in tue United Ststes. Competing American industries, like tobacco, are protected, but tropical prodnce, which We want but can not raise, Is admitted without restrictions: and since tlp con sumption of that produce is so large as to create an overwhelming balance of tFsde in favor of uthern countries. the conditions are equiisbly readjusted by concessions 10 the surplus of Amor ican breadstufff meats, and nanuiao- tares
 Al that has been done has been to facilitate tho exchanges of different zones, and to get something like its fuii value for the privilege of free euiry into n market of G3, 900, 000 of con sumers, Before the reciprocity policy WIS put into effect, the United States gave away its free market without se- curing any compensating advantages 1t put coffee on the free list, and tsft Brazil free to impose an export duty upon it Now there Is rovorsion to business principles Con. have the full benefit of d free market for coffee and sugar, and ex-'I porters of farm and factory produce receiye special advantages in trading with southern countries. Out Of a total importation of sl9S, 940, j75 from south eru countries, treaties have been made with three which supply more than ooe i half While selling sl19 l24 9sG of their produce to the Unted States, they l have purchased only s2s, ,2so. SIS in return. Under reciprocity these conn 1 trIes riil hsc9me larger buyers, as in iultics and coIumon-scpse they ought . to be
 Yen asla, acxico, Central America, the British West Indies, and Guiana l also fuj die Lest market for ther { tap!y il the United States. ReciDroc- ity is necessary iu order t0 secnre au i eIuitahle readjustment of trade. The l pf@sident is armed by Congress with power uuJer the Aldrich amendment to .!osc the free market for coffee, sugar, ,ud hides, against those nations which ! ,ail 70 enter into commercial union with be United States The cope of the policy includes all the cotin- ries which we have named. When the resources of the aT eudment have been uliy employed we believe that alj these .epublics and islands will be united with the American market by the bonds ,f fair and reciprocal exchange. Then isre will be large development of he American export trado in compen- ation for the privilege of free market or non-compehng tropical produce III this will be accomplished without he sacrifice of any American interest.
 New York Tribune.