The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-06-24

other nation. There is nothing then to
prevent our selling all that our factories,
mines and furnaces can possibly turn out
if we will only take the raw
materials and products from those nations
who are willing 10 buy our manufactured
goods. We can sell them our cotton
cloth. our agricultural implements, etc,
if We will take in exchange their dyes,
their wool, their hides-all things they
have. But protection won't let US do
so. England, with commercial wisdom and
enterprise which we have never learned,
sends her cotton cloth and her iron, etc,
to South America and other ports of the
world. She trades her goods for the raw
products OF those countries, reciprocity.
She, you see, has but small margin Of
profit, yet she makes trifie on her cotton
goods; she makes another profit on the
raw material which she takes home free;
she makes profit on the two Transports
tions across the ocean so that the COM
bination of her small margins makes her
respectable profit, and our American wage
esrners, with the unlimited resources,
are compelled to sit in idleness or strike
for living wages-which our elermosynary
government teat-sucking manufacturers
have reduced to the lowest ebb by import.
ing Hungerians and Italians free of tariff
to cut down the wages of Americans.
Whereas, if commercial wisdom reigned
in Washington, we would say to Ameri-
cans: Go forth to the markets of the world
in American ships loaded down with
American manufactures bring back free
all the raw material and other things
needed In this country; take the markets
OF the world for they are at our feet.
Bring in the woods of Australia and South
America, which are needed here 10 en-
able our wooden manufacturers to make
goods which are now imported from Eng
land because protection won't let US make
them. Write to wool-buyers of the world
to come here and buy the wool of the Ohio
wool growers, who will certainly get bet
ter prices by having dozen foreign ma
tions bidding for his wool than he can get
from the American buyer who knows be
can't sell elsewhere, 90 pays him what he
pleases to offer. The great high priest Of
commerce-the governing principle OF all
business operations between individuals or
nationalities-is reciprocity. If you buy
of me will buy of you. If you do mo
a favor will do you favor. An inter-
view in the Ne1Us of June 13 with Mr.. Jo-
seph b. Mansur, on what he saw In q trip
around the world should make every pro-
lection advocate in this country blush
with shame. r III. FERGUSON.
Indianapolis, June 10.
Wheat Capturing the Kansas Alliance.
To THE EDIToR-Sir: I quote from Q
letter now before me from gentleman
who resides in Wichita:
The outlook at this end is certainly encour.
aging and improving day by day. Our grain
crop is simply immense here so far and could
not be improved on. Wheat harvesting has com.
menced and inquiry for real estate, both farm
and city, is better than il has been for three
years. He says again, one firm has sold forty
headers and ll0 binders.
1t looks as If ''all the grain could not be
taken care of" around Wichita. This
read in connection with the dispatches
from Kansas relative to the alliances OF
that state going back on the Cincinnati
convention reveals the true status Of the
third party movement. It is pretty evi-
dent that the third party will die If ID
gets bread enough and live if we have
poor crops. People usually die because
they do not have enough bread, but
plenty of bread will kill the alliance third
party for 1892 out in Kansas as it will in
other states. The patriots who hope to
be able TO save this country il they only
get into the big Offices had better pray foi
less wheat and more mortgages or they
will lose Kansas as the main battle
ground. If Wichita is filed with wheat
this summer as il now seems sure to be
and some alliance man gets q big price
for his lots then look out for John J. ingalls,
to 90 back to the senate. Had not Indi-
ana democrats who are about TO join ths
alliance third party better look to their
wheat2 G. TIMES.
Honor to Whom Honor IL Due.
To THE EDIToR-Sir: Your editorial in
Mondays SENTINEL, discussing the consti-
tutional amendment proposed by our late
legislature, which gives to the state the
power to tax the gross or net income Of
all corporations chartered by the state,
calls attention to this most excellent