New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-05
MORE RECIPROCITY "SHAM."
FACTS THAT MAKE MUCH DIFFICULTY FOR
TIE DEMOCRATS
GREAT GROWTH OF THE TRADE WITH CUBA And
GERMANY IN BREADsTUFF--MEAT
EXPORTS TO GERMANY.
,Br 1ELEGnApm TO The rKIBCSE.7

,BY IELEGnApH THE rkiBCNE.Y
Washington. July Awhile the Democrats III N'.'-
gTcss lind themselves utterly unable 10 square ''Vl'
performances with the Platform adopted by their party
at Chicago they equally ~ loss to reconcile I'VE
Uniform Itself with facts which cannot be Ignored.
some Of them begin to realize the nature and extent
Of the dnicultie, which tlicken and multiply around
them and they becoming desperate OhP ioFl-
night before tie National Convention dcinah!eu tiit
d" the prohIbtory 10 per cent tax on state DahR
issues be REPEALED" House OF Representatives,, Demo
cratic BIZ nearly majority had refu.cd by vote
of liG nays to ~ ayes TO repeal SAID tax TIE silver
plank Of the Rational Convention WIS hcralled as
declaration in favor OF honest money! and at the
first opportunity thrccdfhs Of tic Democratic majors
~spat upon ito repeat the phrase Of Ncw-iork
Democratic Rcp?- rtativeani voted for and CARED
Il Free Coinage bill.
Happily for the Democrats in this Congress the
National Convention said nothing about "bliliondolr
cxtrnvngancc': that would have been more than they
could Lear But the convention did dcnonnce The
reciprocity policy OF the Administration" deadly
policy" the FrceTrade newspapers style t-as Il
sharn,- and every intelligent Democrat in Congress
knows better Every one Of them has become con-
WINGED that 20 far from being shan," II Is sue
ces,iul rs well as genuine policy MI Of them know
that The Official reports Of each succeeding month show
this and that It Is idle to attempt to hooivnk the
people
The monthly report Of the Bureau of statistics,
which was issued to-day, furnishes new and important
evidence. on this subject. The reciprocity agreement
with Span ms TO Cuba went into effect. so fnr as
tho duty on wheat flour was concerned, or January
I In Nav the exports Ct wheat flour to Cuba from
the United states amounted TO 39.3Gl barrels. valued
at 3I07 J02, compared with 4o1G barrels, valued
1T s2O217, in May 1891. The exports OF wheat
-four from the United States to Cnba during i've
months ended May 81 under the reciprocity agree
mont amounted to 2454Ol barrels, valued at Sl.2oo,
,,1-l IA A rralS at
a17f,40o, In the corresponding period of 1891 before
the reciprocity agreement was made
No sham" about those figures. Again, While the
fact docs not seem to have been discovered as yet
10y the Free-Tmders, reciprocity agreement between
the Unified states and Germany has been In force
since February l. under and by virtue Of which bread
stats and other agricultural products from the former
are admitted into the latter reduced rates Of duty
The reduction is equivalent TO about 30 per cent
I'm the four months ended May 81 Germany re-
ccivcd from the United States OBI 6t5 bushels Of
corn valued mt s470G77O, rs compared with oo0.2oj
bushels valued az s39337o, in the corresponding four
months Of 1901. In the four months ended MAY
q Germany received from tho United states 2iooo3O
bushels OF wheat Of total value Gf 92.2ol030, as
COMPARED with 13o,5s5 bushels Of the total value OF
al5j.9oO in the corr spending period Of last year
In the four months ended may 81 the United states
exported 10 Germany 3l.5i1 barrels of wheat Hour,
valued at 2105j06. ms compared with 1850 barrels
valued at 1888, during the corresponding peTH OF
1871.
II appears Therefore that the exports Of the three
article, of bcadStufs mentioned. in four months
under the reciprocity agreement. amounted to S7lo4-
lOG rs compared with sos 900 in the corresponding
four mortls CT isO1, when no such agreement was
in force No sham" nj ont that. or if there be,
American farmers cannot be made 10 believe II.
Again. under he rec! prCcity agreement win Ger
many butter ard OconHrcnflnc from the United states
arc admltte 1T reduced of duty. In Ma. 1902
Germany received from the U'It,i state, 2.074,7Oo
pound; ri butter and oeomarraiine of total vnna OF
soO7 .JO2: IN May. 1891. Germany received 49,, 800
pounds valued at S.GSj IN the four months ended
Nay 81 -92, the exports Of butter ard ooomargarinc
from the United states to Germany amounted TO G.32S.
O0s pounds. OF the total vame Of $500. 73-, com
plrcd with 1867 S57 pounds valued at 1901 ,5i3, in
the corresponding period OF 1891. No sham" about
that.
The duties on certain meat products exported from
the United state, to Germany reduced by the
reciprocity agreement but the expert trade hrs also
been affected, and stn more largely by the removal
Of the prohibition which excluded bacon hams and
pork, That action Of the German Government was
due to the Wig rous policy OF the present Administers
ton, backed b. the legislation of n Republican Con-
gross which undertook to clCthe the Executive with
power to- Ing Al out the Icvcrs Of rClicy o. no "
and exclusion which Germany had maintained for
more than n decade. i October, lsoI the shipments
Of pork from The United states for. German and
con -umptiGn' resumed. and since that time the
eXDOrS have been rs follows