The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-07-16
TELEPHONE TALKS.
SOUTH AMERICA MAKES A FEW RE-
MARKS ON RECIPROCITY.

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The Motives of the Bunko Game Revealed
TO the rarmer-High Wages and Homo
Markets Do Not MateriaIixc--Cana da's
Appeal for Recognition.
United States-Hello! Hello!
South America-Hello!
q. SIS that you, South America?
s. Ayes; what do you want?
U. S.-This is United States. You
know we put reciprocity clause into
what we call the Mckinley bill, that we
passed here last fall?
S. Ayes, heard you did.
u. S. Well. that clause authorizes the
president to put duties ON tea, coffee,
sugar, molasses and hides.
S. A.-Aren'ty you mistaken thought
your constitution gave your congress
full and exclusive power to lay and col
lect taxes, duties, etc.
U. S.--Yes, so it does; but haven't
time to discuss constitution now more
than 100 years old. As was going to
say, the president can put a duty Of 8
cents per pound on your coffee, ~ cents
per pound ON your hides and 2 cents per
pound on your sugar, IL in his opinion
you uuduly tax the goods imported into
your countries from the United States.
1t is TO learn what you intend to do in
regard to this matter that have called
you up.
s. All your president wishes to put a
tax on these articles, all of which are now
on your free list, and your people donts
object to paying it, don't see why we
should. AS TO what kind Of duties we
should have, think we can decide for
ourselves without any foreign interfer-
ence.
U. S.--Of course we don't wish to in
terfere, but don't you understand that
IL we tax our imports Of those articles
from your countries and not from other
countries you will lose some Of your
trade up here?
s. A.-Oh, yes; of course we might
lose a little with you, but we would gain
about as much with other countr, ,s. II
you tax raw hides and increase their
cost your manufacturers viii make
fewer gloves and shoes. but Europe will
make more; SO If you tax sugar as you
have been doing your Gamers and pre-
servers will do less business and Europe
will do more in this line. see clearly
that while such II policy might injure us
little it would harm you much more,
so much more that | can't think you
would be so foolish MS to adopt 1t but
only intend it for a bluff. No. we don't
care to swap any Tariffs this year.
U. S.-But wait n little; don't talk
quite so loudly After shall have ex-
planned few things you may take quite
a different view
s. A Well go ON.
U. S.-You see W. have rad high
protective tariff here for thirty years.
s. Ayes, know that's what you
cali it, agree though, that Ms high.
U.S.-Well, tho Republican party that
made this tariff has been telling the
farmers and laborers that it was to help
them by giving them home markets..
high wages, etc.
S. A.-Iou didn't have % give reasons
to your manufacturers, guess. They
didn't object to a policy that would give
them exclusive ownership of your 'home
markets. and
U. S.-Please wait until am through.
AS was going to say, the farmers who
expected everything of protection be-
came spehothfhes' anu, because nearly
half of their farms were mortgaged, and
because farmers east of the Mississippi
river have lost half Of their value during
tne iast iiioeeh years. they got IL INTO
tnelf heads that 'protection was 70
oiame TOT All thelr extraVagance ana
robustness. Inc same kihu OF an ap-
sufa iaea was taxing possession OF tne
wage earners' who' because they nad 70
10 more WORK OF see eneir wages reauceu
nearly every year. began 10 Junk that
protection was at fault, tnough u was
explained 10 Them that IL was due 10
oyerproduction, excessive competition'
etc' Weii' anyway py LOW when INC.
klnley was revising the tarlH, few OF
us saw clearly that the protection sys-
TEN could not stand much longer unless
it was again repaired with view to
helping the farmer. TWAS for this purs
pose that THAT is, we--hit upon this
scheme Of reciprocity 10 open markets
in your countries for our farm products.
S. Ayes. | see; but you don't ex-
pect TO find markets for farm products
down here9 Weare in the farming b,si.
ness a,,rsalr as md rnIsss ro,,r fsr,n ~
,iess out 60 .'nu ani1s. youi iinols
LOOK wen 10 enelf iaureis tney wiz soon
lose some OF their markets In Central
America and the West Indies, where We
are already selling -four and other agri-
cultural products. It is implements OF
agriculture rather than products of aori-
cS,1tnre that we want
M W 49,
u Sow you un,lcrs.aiiu oui pre-
dlcament. we must make the farmers
believe that we really expect that reci-
procity will open up new markets.
s. A.-But isn't the scheme sad COM
mentary ON your "home MARKET the
can't make nbome markets?s
Canada-Hello! Hellol Is this United
States?
U. S.-Yes.
Cd called you up to learn what klnd
OF areciproclty treaty you lnteho 10 make