Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-09-06

built, or contracted 10 DO built, In American
ship yards. In addition to this, n n now prac-
tioally certain that wa shall soon have,
Under the Americas YlaU.
one Of the finest steamship lines calling out Of
New York for avy European porA This con-
tract Will result In the construction IN Ameri-
can yards Of fos new psssenser Ssesmships Of
win add TO our pAvA psssSvs six stsamships,
the fastest upon sAe So
Aspecial interest," has beep taken By me In the
establishment q liAes from our south Allan
tic and gulf ports; and though my axpeota-
tions have not yet been realised. sttsnti6n has
been called 10 the advantages possessed
these ports, and whom thru people ere mo.
fully alive 70 their inter ssts, I Do poS doub,
that they wiz DO able to secure ths capita
needed TO enable thetn TO prQat by their srea
natural advantages The nemooypco part,
has found no place IN It's plstfotm f6s any ref
srenoe TO this subject, and has shpwp its hos
tility to the general policy BY yefusing - ex
pend an appropriation made by the last cd
ministration for ocean mail qontracts with
American lines. The patriotic people. the
workmep in our shops, the capitalists seekine
new enterprises, must decide whether ths
great ships owned by Americana. which have
sought American registry, shall again hum
bly, ask place In the English naval reserve
the great ships now on designers tables go &c
States lose the now Frightening opportunity
of recovering place commensurate with its
wealth, the skill OF les constructors and the
courage Of its sailors, in tho carrying trade oi
all the seas.
Another Related Measure,
o. furnishing an increased ocean traffic for
our ships, and Of great and permanent benefit
10 the farmers and manufacturers - we'll, IA
the reciprocity policy declared by section 8 Of
the tariff act Of 1890 and now IN practical opeg
alton with five of the nations q Centrei and
South America, San Domingo ana the Spsntsi
and British West Indian Islands, and With
Germany and Austria, undos special trade ar
rangements with each. The removal Of the
duty on sugar and the continuance Of coffee
and tea upon the free hst, white giving great
relief to our own people By cheopening arti
cies used increasingly In every household, wss
also Of such enormous advantage 70 the ooun.
tries exporting these articles W 10 suggest that
In consideration thereof reciprocal fAvors
should be shown In their tariffs TO articles ex
ported by US TO their markets.
Great credit Is due 10 Mr.. Blaine for the
vfgor with which he pressed this view upon
the country. We have only begun to realize
the benefit Of those trade arrangements. Tho
work Of creating new agencies and q adapt
ing our goods to new markets. has necessarily
taken time: but the results already attained
are such, am suro, as TO establish In popular
favor the policy Of reciprocal trade, based
upon the free importation Of such articles ae
do not injuriously compete with the products
OF our own farms mines or factories, In ex-
shange for tho free or favored introduction Of
cur products into other countries.
The obvious efficacy OF this policy In increas-
Ing the foreign trade OF the United States at
once attracted the alarmed attention Of Euro
pean trade journals and boards of tredo. The
British board Of trade has presented TO that
IL L. A.
pointment Of a commission to consider tho
best means OF counteracting what is called
''rho commercial crusade Of the United
States"
Expectations Realized.
At a meeting held In March last Of the
chamber of commerce Of Great Britain the
president reported that the exports from
Great Britain TO the Latin-American ooun-
tries during the last year has decreased S23,-
T5o00, and that this was not due TO temporary
causes but directly TO the reciprocity policy of
the United States Germany and France have
also shown their startled appreciation of tho
fact that new and vigorous contestant has
in the battle Of the markets, and has
already secured important advantage. Tho
most convincing evidence OF the tSemen-
dous commercial strength Of our position
is found In the fact that Great Britain and
Spain have found II necessary to make recip-
rocal trade arrangements with Us foe their
West India countries and that Germany and
Austria have given us important CONCESSIONS
In exchange for the continued froe importA-
tion Of their beet sugar.
A few details only as to the increase Of or
trade can he given here. Taking the countrifs
with which arrangements have been made,
our trade 10 June D, 1892, had increaSed e3.f8
per cent. With Brazil the incsease was nearly
II per cent; with Cuba, during tho 6rst ten
months. our exports increased S5,Wc,le3, or
A.s6, and with Porto Rico ESQ 80, or % per
cent. The liberal participation of our farmers
report from our consul general at
Havana under date of July % laAtf
cclved iIo'64s bsss of hoSJ from Spain ond
other ports Of TIE slfn$ eS9Ys On equal
the same Is pefad Havana feSeivod 8.t SsSs y
America Of -four lam and % G,her porte an a
e Be @ T as sn r 1 a Sas q s' s 'H sSs sss
alone les, ,asT bags and about an equal amount
$ates SlsF G5S or 81 the the ss sa approx
Partly by reason Of the reciprocal trade
agremeent, but moro largely byreason Of the
removal of the sanitary restrictions upon
American pork, our
Export Of Porh Products
to Germany increased during the Yen months
ending juno ~ last ee02S,0 or about AZ per
cont The British Trade Journal OF London in
q recent issue, speaking OF American GOAL ex-
ports, and N the falling on Of tho English coal
e. .0rts 20 Clba, says:
IL is another case Of American competition.
The United States now supply Cuba with
about i5O,OO tons Of coal apnually land thero is
every prospect OF this trade increasing ~ the
forests Of ihe island become xhausted and the
use Of steam machinery on the sugar estates Is
developed. Alabama coal especially is secur-
and the river and rail improyements Of tho
southern states will undoubtedly create an I'm
portant gulf trade.
Tsa TGs nT States sscSrocy Rsa Hy Dsrs SAcs esh the
sugar viii of course assist the American coal
exporters even more effectively than the new
lines of railway.
The Democratic platform promises a repeal
OF the tariff law continuing this provision,
and especially denounoes ~ sham reciprocity
that section Of the law under which these
trade arrangements have been mado. IL no
other issue were involved In the campaign,
this alone would give IL momentous import
ance. Are the farmers of the great grain
growing states willing 20 surrender these pew,
large and increasing markets for their
surplusi Are we 10 have nothing In exchange
for the free importation Of sugar and coffee.
and at the same time 10 destroy the sugar
planters Of the south and the bcet-sugar in.
dustry of the northwest and OF the Pacific
coast; or are we to have the taxed sugar and
coffee which
"TarIf for Revenue Only"
necessarily involves, with the added loss OF the
new markets. which have been opencdi
As have shown, our commercial rivals In
Europe do not regard this reciprocity A. a
SHAM" but a. a serious threat 10 trade SUI
premacy they have long enjoyed. They would
reioice-and. prudence did not restrain,