Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-23
MILLS ON RECIPROCITY.
The Eminent Free Trader Wants il with
the World at Once

INC Eminent fIhE Trader wants II with
the World at Once.
In the May Forum, Roger Q Mills, of
Mills bill fame does not ike the re-
publican idea Of reciprocity. it does not
at one fell swoop take in the whole world
He names his complaint. Reciprocity
Why southwark only? twill be remem-
beIed that it is only a short time since he
was makings tariff bills himself The
question naturally arises iwho some Of his
grandiose reciprocity ideas did not crop
out then. That was mis- opportunity. 1t
Is worthy Of note that be did not so much
as offer the country reciprocity south
ward =
IF reciprocity with one country is
good, says Mr. Mills, reciprocity wjsh
another is also good This reasoning
Mr.. Mills might have applied very
fifty in adjusting his free trade theories TO
biz recent tariff bill He had the oppor-
tunity toll proclaim to the country that if
free trade in British wooens is good.
free trade in West India sugar is also
that, II free trade IN wool, salt and um.
Der is good, free trade in rice, molasseS
and binding Irvine Is good. But that
mode of reasoning was then as foreign 20
hmm as well rs a conception OF reciprocity,
that lifted from consumers a $40, 900 600
sugar and m0Iasses tax, and by putting
Irvine materials on the free trade list has
reduoed by one-thir3 the cost of the fdr-
mers bindingiywine
Mr. Mills admits republican reciprocity
will make market for agriculture, nm
pements, locomotives, steel rails, stIlc,
tural iron and steel, railway ears and many
other lines of manufacture; but not
Tor agriculture. lie says that the recip-
rocity which the farmer wants il not with
the 80, 600. 600 shepherds and farmers To
the south of us but with the 800 000.-
600 shop keepers to the east of u.s. He
evidently forgets that, under existing con.
ditions, we already ship nearly 800 O00-
600 in farm products to The 800, 900 600
east Of us, and would ship ore II they
could consume more; while to the 80 Q0O,
600 south of us our formers sell practically
nothing. Here, at our very door, is q
population nearly as large as our own,
that uses -four, the product Of northwestern
wheat; canned goods, the product of our
orchards. pastures and market gardens:
bacon. cheese. pork, lard and butter. the
llb1uAtN VI guA 'NAA ANN anu lHi III fbiRN =
cotton and wooden fabrics, whose materials
are grown on our plantations and ranches.
And yet Mr.. Mills finds that such recIp-
rocity will benefit the farmer.
The Texas gentleman wants TO know
what we shall do with our ipiIs bread
stuff, provisions and cottons The an
swer is easy. As 10 cotton, instead Of ex,
porting to Europe a surplus of nearly
three-fourths of the entire crop, let us
manufacture some of it into fabrics and
build up a market for cotton goods among
the $4,000, 900 of Pau-America As 10
our surplus provisions, let us. besides
shipping Sl36,000000 eastward sell "a
proportionate amount to the hungry that
are south of us OF the surplus bread
stuffs. let us not be satisfied with the ship
ping Sl55, 100000 10 Europe. but give
Cuba the million barrels of flour which
she is ready TO take, and then proc ed on a
pr0portionate scale to deal with therest of
the West Indies and with Mexico, South
and Central A uerica. Having establish
ed profitable markets southwark, We may
then look north, west, and perchance east,
wherever business sense and wise
craftsmanship may point Reciprocity on
practical business principles rs mapped
out 10y Secretary Blaine means the extern
sion Of American commerce and the up-
building of American industry Reciproe-
jty, indiseriminate and wholesale, as
dreamed about by Roger @ Mills, would
mean industrial bankruptcy and suicide.