New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27
p~rCrproCtTy AND TIE SHIPPING ELL.

ia the N1Iilp q 'NpU'.VN'''''' 49,"
Them can be produced in this country more easily
and cbcanly fov that market than in any other
count,v on earth. The conditions CT this trade are
altogether exceptional. lhcy produce Wh"' we
ornot-coeoo rlbhcr. sugar. hard wood-prod-
nets that proceed from their Soil aud climate
But for their food supplies. for Their c!o'hlhg'
for cotton. paper, glass, lcathef' ruooer
coods. wire, nails, castings, macnlrefI' ana
manufactures generally. they arc allnoN' entire
" dopendcnt on foreign countries. Our S'alf
corrcspondcnt. who travelled last year through
all the Spanish Americas, stud lying the demands
and conditions Of their commerce. anu WHO u
now proceeding through the west lh1icN' inc
Central American States and Mexico on the same
GRAND. has furnished through our columns the
most elaborate and convincing evidence that Tor
bv far the greater part Of this tladc the ,nl'cd
States is the cheapest source OF supply 'ur
tariff in no degree worth considering Affects the
situation. for the sufficient reason that very few
IF the manufactures sustained here against
cbcapcr producers abroad by protective duties
arc wanted at any price in the Southern coUn-
.rios Their tariffs. however, do affect the ST.
nation materially. and there i where the states
manShip Of Secretary Blaine Is operating 20
| Greatly 10 inc ANY tilliE' VI AHT
The controlling face, in this case arc ieW'
simple and easily appreciated. Inc 'nlcu
states furnish 10 all these southern IahdS 'hcir
principal market. Almost onc-hali the vast III
come from which they purchase th'Ir 9'oo'-
000. 900 worth OF imports Is Suppllcd ny our
pcoplc. That money hitherto has been spent III
Emopc. and solely. As the reports oil our MIL
i,tor, and ConSu,> in Spanish America uhahl-
mo,,Iy testify. because Europe has made a
business Of studying the needs Of their trade
and the effects OF their tariff systems ana pc-
cause the European nations have furnished lHlcN
and frequent Transportation ana >alc ilc'l""S
If financial exchange. Now. all these things
we can do aS well .aS England, pam Franco
and Germany. The trade is richly p%iohtaDIe
and as devoid OF risk H. any on earth. We nave
all the capital necessary 70 - after IT.. indeed
,yo are now producing just what II requires
We can establish shipping lines and banking
institutions as easily rs any enc else. NJ no
limo in the last ten years haze The terms
If connection between Us and Europe been
nnonual. But to-day. a. the result OF Mr.
Rl,ino's diplomacy. they are all in orr favor, ana
we are placed a. all points and IN every fcSP'''
# = great advantage over all cur European
rivals. When MIR. Blaine has competed Ms
Pooinrocjty negotiations. now being pushed for
ward with the utmost energy, aud Whch Co"-
crc>s has passed the Slipping BILL when nap
nily. il i, at last likely to do. there VIII DC
nothing remaining for Our merchants but TO 20
after the rewards their public servants nave
placed at their disposal.
Il has hocn suggested by some OF our fi'e-
Trade. Furouc-ioying and Luropc-fcarIns con
temporarics that this j. 4 very plct'Y Ncheh'c.
but that England. France aud Germany VIII
never allow il to be carried through; that thcy
will combine against rs and prevent the span
ISL Americas from granting Ms these cNcepuoha'
n,iviIcces. VIII they? How? Vt Is IN ITS
simplicity and It's absolute certainty mat the
beauty Of Mr.. Bl1iuo'S plan Is revealed. -
long as TIE Reciprocity clause oil the McNInIcE
bill remains a law. 80 long a> the President Is
cmpowcrcd 10 -hut orr ports against the sugars
coffee. tea. hides and molaSNcS OF any country
cyportinc them which refuses 20 admit our prol-
uctS into It's ports on reciprocal terms Just SO
lonc must tho control Of the trade oI Mexico,
the West Indies, Central AID south America
remain absolutely in ON hands, all Europe TO
the contrary Notwithstanding
1t is only necessary 10 examine the figures
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and the markets of Europe TO the products OF
thc>. countries to prove this fact. In 1851 1or
instance. we received 1915 per cent OF the total
exports OF all these southern colonies ana ma
lions. We paid them in that year S15l.9i3,-
S92. as against S57.1GS.SO9 pad them by Eng
land. Ss3.S70,311 by France, and Sl3,326.-
03O bv Spain. Their earnings from lis had IN
creased in seventeen years from SlON.3H.l2S
10 S151.9i3.s92. while their earnings from
England had fallen from Sl2l.I91.3Of to
S57.16s. 800. In 1889. the las, year in which
full rrportS arc available, thcIr S1lcN 70 us had
swollen to the vast sun Of Sl91.2l3.I 1874, and
now. undoubtedly, they arc well on TO $40
OOO. 900. Can Europe supply that part OF this
mapnitcent market which we may decide TO
shut oil from such nations * may refuse us
rccinrocal advantages? Europe supplies her
own sucar from the beet. She has no room for
the cane sugar of Cuba. Mexico and Brazil. We
paid those countries last year $50, 600 600 for
sucar. Can England, France, spain and Ger
m%any-twO Of them already sugar exporters
give the market to Cuba, Mexico ard Brazil
which we might take away nj will? II not,
tbnir protestations against American Reciprocity
will be mere wind. These are the imprcgnable
facts which attest the greatness and Suficicncy
of this Republican achievement.
And now the question is, VIII Congress pass
the Shipping bill and enable Our farmers and
merchants to go after the trade which the Re-
publican party through its President, its Secre-
tary OF State and It's majority in Congress has
arranged for their ENJOYMENT? Through no
fault Of ours this question has become one Of
partisan politics. We have done on best to
nut sense into the heads of the Democratic mem
hers. and to show them that in opposing Reel
procity and its necessary companion, the revival
of the American carrying tladc, they arc cp-
posing the most popular and heEeiicent meas
IRE, Of the day. But if they are bound to act
nnain The fool nlr. 1hey haye alWavS acted with