Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-03-30
AMERICAN IDEAS CONQUER.
'"e Leading Commercial Paper Of Ger.
many on the Triumphs Of American
hec'procftv Laws-"A Victory for
the POOr Man ,,

! s'SOs
triumphant shouts of victory coming
from the United States, our trans.
Atlantic rival. After year Of pain.
iul labor and negotiations, the nation.
OF central Europe have succeeded in
negotiating treaties which at least arc
mosaic composed of thousands oil
compromises. Every advantage
yielded by neighbor had to be com.
pensated by corresponding advsn.
tage granted to hint is but an
honest reciprocal exchange, item for
item. However, the documeo ts
signed at Saratoga by the German
and American represe ntatives, which
We publish this morning, represent a
great victory for the American Union,
victory which costs the victor moth
ing, a conquest without blow. 1t is
an expression OF tho superior natural
conditions of national life and OF the
superior commercial diplomacy Of the
trans Atlantic State of the Future
over 'effete Europe" poor alike in
blood and thought. To-day let US
look only at the American policy of
commercial negotiations and compare
it with the system introduced by Bis.
marck. Issmarck's idea was: In
order to obtain good commercial
treaties it is necessary first to estab.
lish q high tariff in consideration of
corresponding fsvors. Under this
system the planters and manufacturers
became accustomed to the usual rate
of protection accorded them and most
vehemently opposed any reductions
therefrom. The government was at
the mercy of these classes, and has
since 1879 been forced to a policy OF
inactivity in the field OF commercial
negotiations.
The new (CaprivD government
partly abandons this failacious system
though France seems disposed to
continue it-and in its new treaties
grant numerous reductions in return
for like favors.
The commercial ideas Of the Amer.
can Secretary of State, Mr.. Blaine,
are entirely different. They are con-
aimed in Article III of the famous
tariff. Whether this tariff
As whole will prove useful to the
United States remains to be shown;
20 day we consider only article III.
This article was inserted by Mr.. |
Blaine, a friendly opponent of MIR. |
and has in the latest COM
nercial negotiations proven its .mi.
lent wisdom most brilliantly. Mr..
blaine's idea differs materially from
3ismarck's. 1t is as follows:
In order to obtain favorable treaties
he duty on certain important articles
uch as sugar. molasses, coffee, tea,
,ides, etc, was greatly reduced or
Ibolished with conditions that it
night be re.established after January
!, 1892, in case nations protiting by it
lid not make corresponding conces-
ions.
While according to Bismarck's sys>
EN-, domestic interested parties be-
anne used to special high duties and
ormed solid phalanx against any
eduction, or concessions, Mr.. Blaine.
ystem causes the foreign exporter
'rofit by the reduction, and makes Of
lin powerful ally to force his 1.-THE
ore'gn) government to make conces.
ions to prevent the re-establishment
f the American duties.
This principle is likewise contained
n the new meat inspection bill. whose
hreats Of tariff war and prohibition
ave induced European countries to
aise their prohibition on American
meats. Mr.. Blaine's idea has been
uccessful in both cases. 1t hasse-
ured for the United States treaties
With Brazil, Cuba, and with other of
he South American States, and thus
rings Mr.. Blaine's great Pan>Amer
can scheme nearer realization, at the
anne time damaging European ex.
'orteis in all American markets.
MIR. Blaine's IDEA has already forced
;errany, Denmark, Austria and
france to repeal their prohibition of
american meat, and Italy is on the
'oint of doing the came. But the
documents VIC reprint to cay consti>
ute Blaine's masterpiece. The cen.
raj European tariff union has been
en3ered inc Elective with reference to
Lee United States. The German
arf on agricultural products was to
e reduced only in favor of Italy and
AUSTRIA, and to be retained against
,ussia and America because the latter
atoms do not enjoy ''the most fav-
red nations privileges.
This would have been profitable