Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-22
BLAINE AND THE TARIFF.

The Secretary of state, in . Letter to N
Ohio Editor, Corrects Misapprehension
as TO His Attitude Toward the Mckinley
Tariff Bill-The Objectionable Features
of which He Complained were Removed
Before the bill Became . Law.
New YORK, Oct. 17.-An Ohio editor
having written Mr.. Blaine that tho
democratic papers were paragraphing
him as an opponent of the Mckinley
bill, he replied as follows:
AUGUSTA. Me-, Oct. Is. 1891
To John Hopley, Esq, Editor of the Journal,
Bucyrus, o.:
MY DEAR SIR: You inform me that the
democratic paper in your town and many
democratic papers throughout Ohio keep
the following paragraph standing In type:
'sBut there is not section or line in the en-
tire bill {Mckinley tariff that will open
market for another bushel of wheat or an
other barrel of pork.-Jas. e. Blaine to Sem
ator Frye, July IL, 1880"
This sentence lis garbled and taken from
its proper connection. 1t creates wrong
impression. What did say is this: IL do
not doubt that in many respects the tarin
bill pending in the senate is just measure,
and that most of its provisions are in nc
cordanec with the wise policy of protection,
but there is not a section or a line I'm the en-
tire bill that will open a market for another
bushel of wheat or another pound of pork"
was written to Senator Frye on July II. 1880.
and the Mckinley bill did not become law
until October 1, nearly three months there
after. In my letter to Senator Frye, OBJ
jec ted to the bill because it did not contain
a certain reciprocity clause, which would
provide q market for wheat and pork, for
other products of the 4 arm and for various
fabrics. Before the bill was finally passed
the reciprocity clause was inserted, and
large addition was made to tho free list IL
y,<as hot AHfd
my letter that the objection / made to the
Mckinley bill was entirely removed before
the bill became a law.
Let me further say that the reciprocity
lause has given ample market for many
barrels of flour and many pounds OF pork
Brazil, some months since, entered into Q
treaty by which many American articles are
admitted free. Flour Is made free, ana
pork is admitted ut a nominal duty.
Cuba and Porto Rico have reduced the
duty on flour from $3.50 a barrel to 81 (Which
gives us the marketl besides putting nearly
100 articles OF American production on the
free list.
San Domingo has made reciprocity
treaty, with flour and pork upon the free
list, besides a large number of other arti-
cles. Other treaties for reciprocity are In
progress.
Germany, without negotiating a formal
treaty, has removed the prohibition ON
pork. and our government, In consideration
thereof, has left her sugar on the free list
This opens to entirely new market,
and SIS. o0o. 900 to 500 900 900 of American pork
will be consumed per annum where not .
pound has been taken for ton years.
The reciprocity provision is proving very
successful. especially in farm products.
and more particularly in the case of the two
articles mentioned in the paragraph quoted
flour and pork.
l am not, therefore, an opponent of the
Mckinley bill, as the democratic papers OF
Ohio are constantly alleging. On the con-
trary, I have cordially supported it ever
since it was perfected by the insertion OF
the reciprocity clause.
Very Respectfully Yours,
[Signed.l JAMES G. BLAINE.