Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-09-16

me: FRIDAY. SEPT lO
| and Austria, under special trade arrange-
ments with each. Tho removal of the duty on
sugar and tho continuance Of coffee and tea
upon the free list, while giving great relief to
Increasingly in every household, was also Of
such enormous advantage to the countries ak
porting these articles rs to suggest that In
consideration thereof reciprocal favors should
be shown In their tariffs to articles exported
by US, to their markets.
Credit to MIR. BI Inc.
Great credit is due to Mr.. elaine for the
vigor with which be pressed this view upon
the country. We have only begun to realize
the benefit of these trade arrangements. The
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, I am sure, as to establish in popular
FAVOR the policy of reciprocal trade. based
upon the free importation of such articles as
do not injuriously compete with the products
OF our farms. mines or factories, in exchange
Tor the free or favored Introduction Of our
produce into other countries. 2
Greatly Increased Foreign Trade.
The obvious effectof this policyin increasing
the foreign trade Of the United States at once
attracted the attention and alarmed Euro
pean trade Journals and boards of trade. The
British board OF trade has presented to that
government q memorial asking for the ap-
polntment of a commission to consider the
best means of counteracting What is called
-Ihe commercial Crusade Of the United
STATES" t a meeting held in March last of
the associated chambers of Great Britain the
presidents reported that the exports from
Great Britain to the Latin American countries
0nr1nD the 10 OF vao~ nod lo1roo,,l 90 rsu IN
and that this was not due to temporary causes
Dut directly to the reciprocity policy Of the
United States. Germany and France nave also
showed their startled apprehension of the fact
that q new and vigorous contestant has ap-
peared In the battlefield, and has already Sc
cured important advantages.
The Most Convincing Evidence
of the tremendous commercial strength of our
position is found in the fact that Great Britain
and Spain have found it necessary to make
reciprocal trade agreements with US for their
West Indies, and that Germany and Austria
nave given us important concessions in ex-
change for the continued free importation of
their beet sugar. A few details only as to the
increase of our trade can be given here. TAX
Ing all the countries with which such arrange
ments have been made, our trade to June 10.
lo9S, had increased 81. 10 per cent. With Brazil
the increase was nearly II per cent; with Cuba,
during the first ten months, our exports in
creased $8,7R, 1913 or 54.88 per cent, and Porto
Rico ~ psr cent.
Restriction on Pork Removed.
Partly by reason Of the reciprocal trade
agreement, but more largely by reason of the
removal Of the sanitary restrictions upon
american pork our export of pork products to
Germany increased during the ten months
June 81 last 5 ,o25,v74, or about 81 per cent.
The British Trade J0urna, of London, in q re-
cent issue, speaking of tho increase of Ameri-
can coal exports and of the falling of Of tho
English coal exports to Cuba, says:
1T is another casa of American competition.
The United States now supplies Cuba with
about 1lO,OU tons of coal annually and there ia
every prospect OF this trade increasing As the
forests of the island be- ONE exhausted and
the use Of steam machinery on the sugar
estates is developed"
Protection Approved.
The declaration of the platform in favor of
the American doctrine of protection meets nv
most he 'rty approval, The convention did
MT adopt a schedule, but q principle that ia
to control all the tariff schedules. There may
Do dl1ferences OF opinion among protectionists
as TO the rate upon particular articles neces-
sary to effect an equalization between condi-
lions abroad and at home. In some remote
national campaigns the issue has been made
to appear between a high and low protective
tariff, both parties expressing some solicitious
regard for the wages of our working people
and Of the prosperity of our domestic indus
tries, but under q more courageous leadership
the Democratic party has now practically de-
clared that, If given power, it will enact a
tariff law without any regard TO its effect upon
wages or upon the capital invested in our great
industries.
A Democratic Admission.
The majority report of the committee on
platform to the Democratic national conven-
ton at Chicago contains this clause:
THAT when custom house taxation ia levied
upon articles or any kind produced in this
country the difference between the cost of
labor here and abroad, when such difference
exists, fully measures any possible benefit to
the laborers and the enormous additional i'm
position of existing tariff fall with CRUSHING
force upon our farmers and wo~rkingmen."
Here we have a distinct admission of the
Democratic convention that American work.
ingmen are advanced by a tariff rate equal to
the difference between home and foreign
wages and a declaration only against the al
legged additional imposition of the existing
tariff law. o =.
Effect of the Tariff Law,
And now a few words in regard to the exist.
ing tariff law. We are fortunately able to
judge of its influence upon prod uction
and prices by.market reports. The day of tho
calamity prophet has been succeeded by thai
Va n eA0NO okOItCA AL oXhul0ALlO0 Into
the effect of the law upon prices OF produced
goods and of the cost of such articles as enter
into the living of people Of small means has
been made by q senate committee composed
of leading senators of both parties. with the
aid Of the best statistictans. and the report
signed by all the members of the COMMITTEES
has been given to the public. No such wide
and careful inquiry hiss ever before be.n
made. These facts appear from the report:
First-The cost of articles entering into thu
use Of those earning less than Sl,OOO per an.
aum has decreased up 10 May, 1892, 81 per
cent, while In farm products there has been
an increase In prices, owing In part to an in.
creased foreign demand and the opening n
new markets. In england during the sama
period the cost of living has increased l0 ner
cent. Tested by their power to purchase arti.
cles of necessity, the earnings of our working
people have never been as good as they are
now.
Second-Thereh has been an average ad vanca
in the rate Of wages of LTD per cent.
T~hIrd-There has b en- an advance in the
price of all farm products of l8, 81 DER cent.
and OF all cereals 1888 per cent.
Peck's Report Mentioned.
The ninth annual report of the chief Of the
bureau of fsatistics of the state of New York-
q Democratic o~floer-very RECENTLY issue5