Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-06

extend the appropriations mad
during the last administ ration fo
ocean mail contracts with America
lines. Patriotic peopl', workmen Il
. our shops, capitalists seeking ney
enterprises, must decide whethe
the great ships owned by Ameri
} cans, which have sought American
registry, shall again humbly asl
place In the English navy reserve
Another related measure. as furn
ishing increased ocean traffic for ou
ships and Of great and permanent
benefit to our farmers aud manu-
facturers as well, is the reciprocity
policy declared by section 3 OF ths
tariff act of 1890, and now In practi
cal operation with five nations ot
Cen trail and South America, San
Domingo, Spanish and British West
India islands, aud with Germany
under special trade arrangements
with each. The removal of the duty
on sugar and continuing coffee and
tea upon the free list, while giving
great relief to our own people, by
cheapening articles used increasing
ly 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 ex-
ported by us to their markets.
Great credit Is due to Mr.. Blaine
for the vigor with which he pressed
this view upon the countay. The
British board of trade presented that
government memorial asking for
the appointment of a commission
to consider the best means of coun-
teracting what is called "commer.
cial crusade of the United States"
At meeting In March last of the
associated chambers of commerce of
Great Britain, the president reported
that the exports from Great Britain
to the Latin-American countries
during the last year decreased $23.-
1901 and that this was due direct.
ly to the reciprocity policy of the
United States. Germany and
France also have shown a startled
appreciation of the fact that new
and vigorous contestant had appear
ed In the battle of markets and al
ready secured important advantages.
The most convincing evidence of
the tremendous commercial strei 9Th
of our position is found in the fact
that Great Britain and Spain foui d
it necessary to make reciprocal trade
agreements with us for their West
India colonies, aud that Germany
and Austria have given US impor
tant concessions In exchange for the
continued free importation of their
sugar product. Taking all the coun-
tries with which arrangements have
been made, our trade to June 80, 1892,
increased 13 7-9 pr cent. Are the
farmers of the great growing states
willing to surrender this new, large
and Increasing market for their sur
plus? Are we to have nothing in
exchange for the free importation
Of sugar and coffee and at the same
time to destroy the sugar planters of
the South and the best sugar indus
try of the Northwest and Of the Pa
clfic coast, or are we to have the
taxed sugar and coffee which tariff
for revenue ONLY necessarily in
wolves, with the added loss of the
new market which have beeD open
ed, as i have shown? Our CONNER
cial rivals in Europe do not reg ard
this reciprocity policy as Il "sham,"
but as u nervous threat to a trade
supremacy they have long enjoyed.
The declaration of the platform in
fav,r of "the American doctrine of
protection" meets my most hearty
The convention did not |
adopt schedule, but principal
that is to control all the tariff sched-
ules. There muy be differences of
opinion among protectionists as to
the rate upon particular articles
necessary to effect AN equalization
between wages abroad aud at home.
In some not remote naIonal CAM
paigns, has been, or, more correctly,
has been made to appear to be, be-
tween d high and low protective
tariff. Both PARTIES express some
regard for the wages of
our working people and for the pros
perity OF our domestic industries,
but under more courageous .eAGe.-
ship the Democratic party has now
declared that If given
power II will enact tariff law with
)ut any regard 10 its erect upon
wages or upon the capital invested
N our great industries.
We fortunately are able to Judge
" the Influences of the existing
aritf law upon production by
market reports. The day Of. the
prophet of calamity has been sue
'eeded by that of trade reports. An
into the effect of the
aw upon the prices of protected
PRODUCTS aud Of the cost of such
articles as enter into tbs living of
'eople of small means, has been
made by the senate committee, com. [
'osed of leading senators of both
'arties, with the aid of the best I
tatisticians, and the report was I