Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-09-16

BENJAMIN HARRISON.
The following is in substance President
Harrison's letter accepting the Republican,
nomination for the Office of President of thu
United States:
"WAsHINGToN, D. c., Sept. 3, 1892.
Sion. William Mckinley, Jr., and Others
Committee, Etc.
''Gentlemen-I now avail myself of the
first period of relief from public duties to
respond to the notification which you
brought to me on June 20, OF my nomination
for the office of President of the United
States by the Republican National Conven
ton, recently held at Minneapolis. l accept
the nomination, and am grateful for the ap-
proval expressed by the convention of the
acts of the admin istratiOn.
''The great work of the Fifty-first Con.
gress has been subjected to the revision of
Democratic House OF Representatives, and
the acts of the Executive Department to its
scrutiny an investigation. There has sci
dom been a time, [ think, when a chang;
from the declared policies of the Republican
to the declared policies OF the Democratic
Party involved such serious results TO the
business interests OF the country"
Here Mr.. Harrison writes at length on the
currency question. He continues:
Few subjects have elected more dis
cussiOn or excited more general interest
than that OF a recovery by the United
States Of its appropriate share of the
not only our pockets, put our National
pride The great ships--the fastest upon
the sea-which are now in peace prOfiting by
our trade. are, in a secondary sense. war
ships of their respective Governments.
''It was plain to every intelligent Ameri-
can that if the United States would have
such lines, similar policy must be entered
upon. The Fifty-frst Congress enacted such
a law; and, under it's beneficent Influence
sixteen American steamships, of an aggre-
gate tonnage of 81 400 tons, AMI costing
S., 400, 900 have been built, or contracted TO
be butt, in American shipyards.
''In addition to this it is now practically
certain that we shall soon have under the
American flag one of the finest steamship
lines sailing out of New York for any
European port. This contract will result in
the construction in American yards OF four
new passenger steamships of 10000 tons
each, costing about IS, p0), 900, and will add
to our Naval Reserve six steamships, the
fastest upon the sea.
THE Democratic Party has found no
place in its platfor for any reference to
this subject, and has shown its hostility to
the general policy by refusing to expent an
appropriation made during the last admin
istration for ocean mail contracts with
American lines.
On the snhject of reciprocity President
Harrison writes:
Another related measure furnishing
an increased ocean traffic for our ships, and
mers and manufacturers as well, is the re-
ciprocity policy declared by Section 3 of the
Tariff act of 1890 and now in practical opera.
ton with five of the Nations of Central and
South America, San Domingo the Spanish
and British w est India Islands, and with
Germany and Austria, under special trade
arrangements with each
"rhe removal of the duty on gar and
the continuance OF coffee and tea upon the
free list, while giving great re- et to our
own people by cleapening articles used in
creaSinglY in every household, was also of
such enormous advantage to the countries
exporting these articles as to suggest that
in consideration thereof reciprocal favors
should be shown in their tariffs to articles
exported by to their markets.
''Great credit is due to Mr.. Blaine for the
vigOr with which he pressed this view upon
the country. We have only begun to realize
the benefit of these trade arrangements. Tue
work of creating new agencies and Of adapt
ing our goods to new markets has necessarily
taken time, but the results already attained
are such, [ am sure, to establish IL
popular favor the policy of reel procal ira lie
based upon the free importation OF such
articles as do not lnjurlOuSly compete with
the products of our own farms, mines or
factories, in exchange for the free or favored
introduction OF our products into other
countries.
The obvious efficacy of this policy in in,
creaSing the foreign trade of the United
states at once dItIdCUc4 Uue dldEuleL 6LIeu~
ton of European trade journals and boards
OF trade. The British Board of Trade has
presented to that Government a memorial
asking for the appointment of a commission
to consider the best means of counteractlng
what is called the commercial crusade OF
the United States
1.-The Democratic platform promises re-
peal of the tariff law containing this pro-
vision, and denOunces as a 'Snam reciprocity
that section of the law I'm Ter which these
trade arrangements have been made. Ii no
other issue were involved in the campaign
this alone would give it momentouS import
ance.
The declaration of the platform in
favor of The American Doctrine OF
Protection meets my most hearty APP
prevail. The convention did not a iopt a
schedule, but principle that is to control
all tariff schedules. There may be diff r.
ences OF opinion among prOtect;oniStS as IL
the rate upon particular articles necessary
to effect all equalization between wa 5ei
abroad and at home.
'Once or twice in our history the proiuc-
ton OF tin plSte mad been attempted, and
the prices obtained by the " elsn makers
wouli have enabled our makers to produce
it at profit. But the Welsh makers at
once cut pr. ces to a n0int that drove tie
American beginners out of the business;
and. when this was accomplished, again
made their own prices.
'Sut In spite of the doubts raised by the
ELECTIONS of 1890 AMI of the mach nations of
poly, the tin plate industry has been estab-