New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-06
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the establishment of lines from South Atlantic
and Gulf ports; aud, though my expectations have
not yet been realized, attention has been called
to the advantages possessed by these reports and
when their people are more fully alive to their
interests, | do not doubt that they will be able
to secure the capital needed 10 enable them to
profit by their great natural advantages. The
Democratic party has found no place in its plat
form for any reference TO this subject,
and has shown its hostility to the
general policy by refusing TO expend an
appropriation made during the last Administers
ton for ocean mail contracts with American lines
The patriotic people, the workmen in our Shops
the capitalists seeIng new enterprises, must de-
eide whether the great ships owned by Americans
which have sought American registry shall again
humbly ask place in the English Naval reserve;
the great ships now on the designers tables 90
to foreign shops for construction, and the United
States loses the now Frightening opportunity OF
recovering place commensurate with its wealth,
the skill of it's constructors and the courage Of
its sailors in the carrying trade of all the seas
THE roLICY OF RECIPROCITY.
Another related measure furnishing an In.
creased ocean traffic for our ships and OF great
and permanent benefit 10 the farmers ana manu-
facturers well, is the reciprocity policy de-
clared by Section 3 of the Tariff act of 1890, and
now in practical operation with five OF the
nations of Central an South America, San
Domingo. the Spanish and British West India
islands. and with Germany and Austria, under
special trade arrangements with each. The re-
moval Of the duty on sugar and the continuance
Of coffee and tea upon the free list. while giving
great relief TO our own people by cheapeninS
articles used increasingly in every household, was
also of such enormous advantage 10 the countries
exportinr these articles as tC suggest that IN
consideration thereof, reciprocal favors should
be shown in their tariffs to articles exported
by us to their markets Great cfedlt Ii
due 10 Mr. Blaine for the vigor with which nc
pressed this view upon the country. we hdNo
ONLY begun to realize the benefit OF these trade ar
rangements The work of creating new agencies
and of adapting our goods 10 new markers mas
necessarily taken time but the resultY already at
taned are such am surc, as to establish IN popu-
lar favor the policy of reciprocal trade, Dased upon
the free importation of such articles as do not IN
juriously compete with the products OF our own
farms mines or factories, IL exchange Tor the Tree
or favored introduction of our products INTO other
countries The obvious efficacy of this policy IN
increasing the foreign trade Of the United States
at once attracted the alarmed attention oil Euro-
mean trade journals and boards of trade. The
ernmcnt memorial asking for the appointment OF
a commission to consider the best means of coun-
teracting what is called :" the commercial crusade
of the United States"
At a meeting held in March last Of the Asa%
ciated Chambers of Commerce of Great Britain,
the president reported that the exports from Great
britain to the Latin American countries during
the last year lad dccrea ed S23,150. 0OO and that
this was not due TO temporary causes, nut directly
10 the reciprocity policy of the United. STATES
Germany and France have also shown tner
startled appreciation of the fact that new
and vigorous contestant has appeared in the
battle of the markets. and has already secured
important advantages The most convincing evil
dence of the tremendous commercial strength or
our position is found in the fact that 'reas
Britain and Spain have found II necessary 70
make reciprocal trade agreements with us Tor
their West India colonies, and that "erinahN
and Austria have given lis important concessions
in exchange for the contlhuei Tree lhPof'a'iou
of their best sugar.
INCREASED TRADE UNDER RECIPROCITY.
4 few details only as to the increase OF our
trade can be given here. Taking all the countries
with which arrangements have Been maue' our
trade TO June 80, 1892, had increased 2"''s per
cent with Brazil the increase was nearly IL per
cent: with Cuba. during tie first ten months,
our cxnorts increased Sj,102,l93 or 54s6, and
with Porto Rico. SJ90.j99 or "a per cent lho
liberal participation of our farmers in the bene-
fits of this policy is shown by the following re-
mort from our Corsul-Gencral at Havana under
date Of July % last:
During the first half year Of 1901 Havana
reccivcd 140.O56 bags of -four from Spain, and
other ports of the island about an equal amount
sr oppnximatcly 2sO,ll? bags. Daring tho
fxn1
American -four, and other ports approximately
an eoual amount. making about $4,000 bags.
But for the first half of this year Splin has
scpt loss than 900 bags TO the who'll, island, ana
tbc United States has sent 10 Illyana alone l6s,-
49, bags and about an equal amount TO other
rorts of the island. making approNmltcN ',ooo
for the first half Of lS92.
Partly by reason of tho reciprocal trade agree
mont. but more largely Hy reason OF the removal
~ the sanitary restrictions upon Ameican pork,
our export Of pork products 70 Germany increased
during the ten months ending June 80 last 81
Oe5I74. or about 32 per cent.
"The British Trade Journal of London. In q
recent issue. speaking of the increase of American
coal exports and of the falling oil of the English
coal exports to Cuba. says:
THEY DREAD AMERICAN COMPETITION
"n is another case of American competition.
The United States now supplies Nu"t WIN "'""'
/ 80 900 tons of coal annually, ana there Is every
prospect of this trade Increasing rs tic
forests Of the island become exhausted
and the use of steam machinery ."
thc sugar estates is developed. Alabama coal
,sn. cally is securing reputation IN the Spanish
West Indies. and the river and rail improvements
- tho Southern States will undoubtedly create
=, important Gulf trade. The new reciprocity
polcv by which the United states is enabled to
import Cuban sugar will. OF course assist tho
american coal exporters even more effectively than
the new lines of railway
The Democratic platform promises repeal
~ tbe Tariff law containing this provision, and
,a,oci,ll,, dcnounccs as sham reciprocity. that