Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-06-05
MORRISON ON RECIPROCITY.

To the Editor OF the New Mexican.
Last week stated that the Democratic
free trade party, the Mugwumps and the
English government formed triple alli-
ance in opposition to the American prin-
ciples of protection and reciprocity, am
pleased to be able to state that within the
past few days the said alliance has re-
ceived most important accession to their
ranks and that hereafter they can count
on the firm support of the German EN-.
pire. Of course such support would not
be pleasing to any American party which
fights under the American flag for Amer
lean ideas, but as the Democratic party
for many years has declared that the
American system Of Henry Clay is based
on robbery and false pretenses, their ma
tural allies must be found among foreign
ers whose manufacturing prosperity de-
ponds very largely on the destruction Of
ours. A German periodical makes
the following very pertinent and truth
full comment on our recent treaty
with Brazil: "In consequence of the
commercial treaty, made by the Brazils
and the United States of America some
time ago, the union of German iron and
steel industrials has applied to the foreign
Office with the entreaty to use it's influence
thus, that to German import are to be
granted at least all those facilities of GUS
toms granted at present to the United
States. Iron industry in North
America had developed during the last
years to such an extent that our German
industry, even at the same custom rates,
had had to meet with greater difficulties
every year IN competing with North
America. The perfectly one-sided and
unjustifed favoring of the North Amer
lean import must have the unavoidable
consequence that our export to the Brazils
would be supplanted altogether"
And more important still we find that
the commercial chamber of LEIPZIG ad-
dresses the imperial chancellor on this
subject as follows, in part: "Your ex-
cellency knows that the United States
after having locked by the Mckinley bill
more than ever their country against
European import-have begun, following
the instigations of the Pan-American con-
gress, to enter by commercial treaties
into a closer relation with other Amer
lean states. By the commercial treaty
with the Brazils, and which must be
looked upon as the first result of these
endeavors, important productions Of the
United States, and not only productions
of agriculture and cattle breeding, but
also certain kinds of hardware, especially
instruments and machines for agriculture
mining and manufactures, are not only
entirely free of duty in the import to the
Brazils, whereas others, like cotton ware
inclusive Of ready made garments, iror
and steel ware, leather, Indian rubber
goods, etc., are to enjoy reduction of 2I
per cent against the general Brazilian
import custom tariff. In En-
gland, which is in the same condition
commercial chambers and other corpora
tons representing the parties concernei
have addressed the government with thu
prayer to do the necessary steps in orde
to get a commercial treaty from the Bra
zils, guaranteeing to English goods th'
same rights as to the North American
ones; and according to intelligence re-
ceived, Lord Salisbury has promised to d.
all in his power to attain this end"
Now either the English and German
who pathetically declare that "the per
fectly one sided and unsatisfied favorini
Of North American products must hav'
the unavoidable consequence that ou