The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-10-29
LosAs C. b, Wrsr vIHerErA.


Bisins o. TIE Reciprocity Bill.
Mr.. Blaine's letter t. Mr.. Hop
ley, Of Ohio, Is ! remarkable doc
ument. Instead Of aiding in the
election Of Mckinley it ought to
have the effect Of opening tho eyes
Of the voters Of Ohio to the fact
that whatever Is good in the Nc
Kinley tariff bill is baoed upon
Democratic doctrine.
we.haye=repeate dlYsaidbe=:
fore, TO advocate reciprocity is to
advocate Democratic measure.
And if a reciprocity treaty with
one country is good thing, a rec
iprocity treaty with any othsr
country is Enod thing. Why
should we 60 to South America or
the islands of the ocean for friends
with whom to enter into closer
commercial relations, and not call
upon England, France, Germany,
Spain, Austria, or any other coN6
try to trade with US on more lib.
eral terms thad we have hitherto
accorded them2
Mr.. Blaine says all he could say
under the circumstances in aid oil
the Mckinley bill. He makes
the best Of a bad case. He damns
that bill with faint praise, telling
How n. became law in a much
improved form months after he
had described it az a measure
would not open, tho market for
another bushel Of wheat or anoth-
rr pound of pork. He tells us,too
that Cuba and Porto Rico have
given us their -four markets, be.
slider putting nearly one hundred
articles Of American production
on the free list. But here again,
Mr.. Blaine gives himself or his
canse away. IL free trade in a
hundred articles is good, free
trade in a thousand articles is
good. If the United States may
boast of having possession of the
-four markets of Cuba and Porto
Rico, why should not the United
States Government endeavor. so
to frame our laws as to give us
control Of the markets of other
eoaMtsiess There can be no such
thing as reciprocity or reciprocal
trade unless there are~two parties
10 it. Nobody knows this fact
better than Mr.. Blaine. He does
not argue the questions at issue in
Ohio or tell US that prohibitory or
high tariffs are wise measures.
However, we must not claim him
as in favor of a tariff for revenue
with protection AZ incidental,
though we-suspect that he would
not as a candidate FOR President
of the United States object very
strenuously to having himself
classed with those members Of the
Republican party who do favor a
tariff Of that sort.
In word, Mr.. Blaine's letter is
a confession that Mr.. McKinley's
bill as it stood at the time Mr..
Blaine spoke slightingly Of it was
not a reciprocity measure at all,
but a measure entitled to no, sup
port at the hands of persons who
believed in revenue tariff. He
tells us how the bill was improved
but says never word in favor of
the bill as it came from the CON-
mittee of the national House of
Representatives of which Mr.. Nc
Kinley was the chairman.
Mr.. Blaine says that other reci-
procity treaties are In progress.
As to this we may say once more
that 90 much the worse for Re-
publican teachings and the Re-
publican party Germany re-
moves the prohibition ON pork
and we in return admit her sugar
free of duty. Is' that Republi-
can measured Nobody can truth
fully say so. 1t is, on the contra
~, Democratic measure pure
and simple. If Mr.. Campbell is
the effective stumper that we take
him to be Mr.. Blaine's letter will
prove to be the most effective wea-
pm in his arsenal.
Before the Mckinley bill was
passed, says Mr., Blaine, large
addition was made to thcfree list.
This is true statement. But no.
body can argue from the fact sta
ted that Mckinley should be cleo
ted Governor Of Ohio. On the
contrary, the unavoidable infer
ence from THO fact stated is that
Campbell ~ some other Democrat
ought to be elected to that Office.
Free trade Is an ahomination 10