Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1892-09-29

| tem-"hat the English Manufacturer
, and Newspapers Are saying-openiy
Opposed to Our Tarin.
There can no longer be any doubt that
the British free traders are not only very
much displeased with our protective tar.
III policy, but are anxious for Democratic
success In the coming election in order
to see the tariff destroyed. One of the
most striking evidences of this is found
in collection of clippings from British
newspapers and trade journals which
Hon. A. Z. Bowen, of Denver, made
while spenaing few weeks in England.
Ihey show the greatest bitterness ON the
part of the manufacturers, who say that
the American tariff, under the Mckinley
law and its reciprocity features, is abso
lutely destroying British commerce IN
the countries where they have been fcs-
tering trade by large expenditures for
years.
The British journals make no secret of
their hope for Democratic success. The
London Times says: "Englishmen can
feel little sympathy for either of the par
ties engaged in this ignoble struggle, but
undoubtedly our interests as a trading
country must make us wish success to
the Democrats, who now, for the frs
time, go to the polls as the avowed cham.
pions Of free trade"
Commenting on the advantages which
our reciprocity treaties give American
commerce over that from Great Britain.
The Colliery Guardian, very inhuen.
tial British industrial journal. coui.
planned bitterly that the very countries
where Englishmen have invested great
sums in public and private enterprises
should give American manufacturers
great advantages over those of England.
1t says frankly that the protective policy
which the Republican party has fostercd
and the Democrats opposed has not only
made the United States large pr
ducer, but with the additional leverage
of reciprocity is forcing our products
into the countries where the English
have heretofore had their own way. o.
this subject it says Of the Republicans
and their policy:
Their effort is to obtain the moron
oily Of the trade of the New World, and
they are so influencing some of the
countries that produce from the United
States is being admitted duty free,
whereas the goods of other nations have
to pay heavy duties. The Mckinley
tariff affords an excellent bargaining
power when negotiating trade treatie.
which we in England cannot possess.
seeing that in return for any concession.
they might make we could give 'hel.
nothing, because we already admit dat,
free almost everything we import.
Last year, 1t will be remembered, we
had one prominent example of this new
ly inaugurated policy Of the United
States in the case of its treaty with that
large and interesting market, Brazil.
winch placed us at great disadvantage
in our trade with that country Tn
hardship Of that treatment to onf
facturers cannot be denied, for what
ever development there has been in the
industries I'D commerce Of that conn
Try has been in great part brought
about by English aid; British capital
tas been found to construct the rail
Ways and other public works, and pri-
yate undertakings have been extern
sively assisted out of English pockets.
eff therefore any nation had right |
10 have its goods received in Brazil on
the most favorable terms it was the !
British and not the United States, which |
has done nothing to foster the develop |
ment of the country, and tih the new
treaty was signed charged heavy duties |
on all Brazilian products imported to |
its shores, whereas for years we have |
levied no-or at any rate very small--du- |
ties. The people of the United States |
are now therefore reaping where we have |
sown, and our government, which has |
been appealed to by the chambers of |
commerce and various trading bodies |
appears to be unable to obtain for us bet /
ter treatment.
Another instance of this new policy |
is their treaty with Cuba and Porto Rico.
1t will be almost impossible for our pro-
ducers to compete against those OF the
United States in the Spanish West India
islands, and the hardware manufactur.
ers Of the midlands, in cndeavoring to
get our foreign Office to move in this
matter, have represented that their busi
ness with those islands-which is not a;
all nconsiderable-will be practically
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