The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-17

~ Aark~ tho Introduction ~ eress
Revolution In Trade.

"a IArk~ tho lntrouortton - '
Revolution IN rrsde-
The dispatches Of yesterday March
so stated that the treaty for reciprocal
.raae between the United States ana
Brazil goes into effect to-day. TINS
marks the beginning OF a great revolu-
ton in trade. and Il has been achieved
IN spite Of determined opposition from
he German and English merchants IN
Brazil who knew well that II carried
,ut il would practically exclude them
from that country. which from this time
forth will be the recipient Of golden
stream OF American products manu-
featuring rs well as agricultural ~ y
"a accordance with the eternal fitness OF
.hings that our arrangements for recip-
-ocal trade should be first made with
Brazil. as that is the greatest Of all the
| .orntrics Of this hemisphere. next 70
| he United States. and can properly
| lead the flock.
/ The policy Of Mr.. Blaine. thus happi-
/ IL begun. will be pursued till all the
| nations Of the American continent nave
4 come in. not excepting our neighbors
IN the north. who. having common
tongue. and 10 a large extent the same
ancestry. will naturally have with us a
common tariff. while all the rest VIII
imply send us their non-competitive
products and take from us as many OF
ours as the possibilities of their reve-
nue. systems will admit The policy
inaugurated to-day may fitly be de-
scribed as an imperial one in its scope
though destitute Of the imperial form
OF government. II embraces in It's
range the entire western world. with .
population Of $50. ooo. 900 souls, half o.
whom are in the United States. BY the
close Of the fourth century from thu
date of its discovery this continent vii
be practically independent OF the ole
| world.
One important step TO be taken to
wards the achieving Of this position I
the building OF the Nicar aqua canal
, | which. when completed. will great,
facilitate and extend trade and trave
. between the eastern and wester
I coasts of this hemisphere, and make
! as easy TO reach Chile and Peru as
: now Is TO com municate with Brazil an
/ Arrc ntina. Another step will be IN
: extension of the railroad syster
: through the length Of the continent
\ with spurs TO connect with the 'twel
: ers on the shores of both oceans
furtherance of the same plan n
! United states is now going ahead wit
: the construction Of a great navy, whie
z win be the navy Of the western worl'
For obvious reasons the other powel
= cannot afford to build and maintai
warships as cheaply as we can. al
Z thus the United States will have TO a
sumo and attend 10 the naval prote
ton Of the entire continent. which vi
y rest secure from unvarrnntabie int
= ference beneath the folds Of our ia
Under this our merchant marine W
flourish as it never did yet in q
a. palniest days Of our history and q
IS United States will become greatest
- united family of nations, who g
saw for themselves collectively: 1T
10 whole sea-bounded continent Il ours
ne This accomplished. we shall have
IN the new world purely distinctive p
q lev. one which will declare the we
TO ern world TO be q sufficiency unto
W self. and assert its utter independent
OF the old in all things, commercial
I'd and in manufacturing sense as "
IL as politically. We shall form uni
in Of the republics Of the world. acti
n together. by and for themselves, a
in leaving the despotisms OF Asia
rs the mixed governmental systems OF
n rope 10 wrestle with the problems
al progress and prosperity apart from
N This great congress u republics
i'll pursue an absolute free trade in
he non-competitive products. while E;
" will protect its own wage scale agar
"a the rest Of the world in regard 70
competitive productions. whether
to the soil or the factory. Then the
les OF NcKinleyism. with its Chinese
in and trust-breeding features. will h
.ho 70 90. being replaced ~ this gres
and rrandcr foreign policy Of recipr'
trade. 10 the full extent that /
beneficial. and mutual non-interfere
In those directions where competi'
!. would tend TO repress energy At no
n, The alliance Of states will be an Gle
~ ing and enrolling one, free from
40 elements which hamper q commu
~. in the effort to improve its own op
~. tunities to the utmost extent tina
compatible with the welfare Of Of
who inhabit the same continent m
-ago Tribune trep.).