Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-17
Mr.. nLAlNE's INTERPRETATIONS

or Ills widely Quoted Phrase Concern
ing the Mckinley Tariff BnL
NEW Yo8E. Oct n An Ohio editor
havi written Mr.. Baino that the Demo
crate papers were parading him a nu op-
poueat 4 the Mckinley bill he replies as
70 laNs:
AUGUSTA. Me-, Oct. II, 1871.
John I'oplcy, Esq, Editor of The Journal,
Ny DEAR SIR--You inform me that tho
Democratic paper in your WI, and many
Dclpcratic papers throughout Ohio, keep the
following paragl -ph standing In type:
Eut th,ro is not section or line in the en-
Urc lili Mckinley tariTl that will open mar
krt for anO. her bushel of wheat or unnihcr
barrel OF pork rk-Jamcs @. Blaine 70 senator
FRYE, July II, 1880.
Tao sentence j. garbed, and taken from It's
proper connection. lt creates "A wrong I'M
precision. What did say Is tho following:
81 10 NOT doubt that In many respects tho
tariff bill pending in the senate is IA just
measure. and that most OF its provisions are IN
accordance with the wise policy of protection;
but there Is not a section or line in the entire
bid fhat viii Open the market for another
bu-hrl OF wheat or another pound OF pork"
Tho letter ia which this paragraph occurred
was written 10 ScnutOr Frye on July II, 1900,
nni the Mckinley bill did not become law
uu.iI rct. I. nearly thr'I months after that.
Iu ,.t letter 10 senator FRYE | objected 10
the bin because II did not contain a reciprocity
Clru.r which would provide a market Tor
wheat aGd pork. for other products Of the
farm. an Tor various fabrics. Before the bill
We Gu. r. E1s-Dd the reciprocity clause was
ins.rUrI uri d. large addition was made 10 the
f...H-t. u viii, therefore, be seen from what
/ -..a ga my loitcr that the objection which /
ma go the Mckinley bill was entirely re-
moved before the bill became a law. Let me
"a 9lanea
given awrl, market for many barrels Of -four
and many pounds of pork. Brazil some
months since entered into a treaty hy
which uy American articles are admittc
free 'YVr l. made frcc.and pork Z. admitted
at nominal Duty Cuba and Porto Rico have
reduced jlc duty on -four from Sj.sl a barrel
to 81 t,li D. gives rs the market besides put
tirgu. .Ily 100 ar,,clos OF American produce
tiuu on the free list san Domingo Ia, uadc'a
reciprocity treaty with -four and pork upon
up "a tine FREQ list, besides large number Of
other articles.
Other treaties for reciprocity are in progress.
Germany, without negotiating n formal treaty,
has removed the prohibition on pork, and our
government, in consideration thereof has left
her aT.lr on t|o free list, This opens 10 NJ an
entirely new market, and 3lj,0J10O TO S2),0O,-
ODl Of Amer. an pork will be consumed per an
mum, where not pound has been taken for
ten wears.
The reciprocity provision Is proving very
suprc-.ful, especially in farm products and
Ia re- particularly in the case of the two arti-
Gle mentioned In the paragraph quoted flour
and u1rk. ! am not, therefore, an opponent Of
the Mckinley bin, as the Democratic papers os
Ohio Hrc constantly alleging. On the contrary.
7 iayc cordially supported IL ever since IL was
pert otul BY the insertion OF the reciprocity
clause. Very Respectfully Yours,
JAMES g.. BLAINE.