New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-28
TALKING TO BUSINESS MEN.
SPEECHES BEFORE The PROVIDENCE COM
NERCIAL CLUB.
" FORD DISCUSSES REcIPRocIIY '-sFNA-
TORS ALLISON AND ALpMCH DEFEND
THE AMERICAN TRADE POLICY.
,BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TEIBuNE.I

Providence Feb. 27.-1hc monthly dinner OF INC
Commercial Club tonight attended by about elehS
i've persons. The special guests of the evening "ce
senator william i. Allison. of Iowa; senator Nels'h
w. Aldrich, to whose senatorial campaign the Heeuns
was calculated to give ADDED impetus an" l. -
Ford OF The NewYOrk Tribune. other leading men III
attendance we're Governor Ladd, Leucnaht-"oNerIloi
Stearns, secretary Of stale George II. Utter speaker
Adm Il. CAp.On. ID. Russell lirOWn' "ehel' oi'ol
Arnold, Colonel samuel Z. Colt and Colonel 'ohh -
Wyman. The first speaker Of the evening Was NJ
Fori who spoke Oh Reciprocity Mr.. Ford sald III
part:
Your chairman has asked me to discuss t,e Reel
plucIy policy IN lis practical apph'auoh 10 h'a"uiat
lures. IelMYa / cannot 90 better 'iah W o,,,s
9ut some OF me special nou.t5' f 0i h" , How
The question viii take some s"oh iorin a. ' imrr,e,
eau larger marhet be secured III IroI'''i ~ ,'
Tor elslneo, mae hnerl' cotton piihs anu '%e Of
IA broad way tn. answer Vih Le: ~ Inc eNSI,ls "a
American cherry and business inelIircn ana ny the
reproduction European mercantile heIous ~" S"e
cess fully employ "a la southern COuhtleN. ,.,
American asIcuitur 0ustiies VIII gam inc iar5eSt
Is natural and right for treaty concessions made
the eApOlt tiado are SIOuhutd upon IN nv
opened IOr the agricultural products "a ir0PiO'i
IN mis- class OF products, and the gam from hec'po
sumption caused oy the cneapenns Of food. When
al import duty OF - 30 was eNied III Nroa npou
the du,y Is reduced b. 80 cents WhtlI uiea" m
be eaten By ali classes Ia N.heAueia hour ~ n ,s
lcriuly reduced through RECIPROCITY inc cohsunP.,Vi
VIII 10 largely Increased In hethef C"untS wii
t'r oIra1Jy uudcr,I:,Id the requirements OF hot,
moist climate ana Their brands axe hIo"n II, "o'a
Crn narkets Increased t!ade l. secured us soon As
the hign revenue duties axe reduced Inc sam Io
mara applies meats, potatoes iald ana PROVISIONS VI
aufac1%I the dilsH S European Ct pecan
Ing new market Is greatly liei as " Sam
engine cas- OF cotton prints wll noo, ,r nnms
1acures must be adapted 10 the requirement
of the climate the necessities and tastes OF the PEG
Die and the order OF civilization OF races oil m-eu
blood OF else they cannot be sold. Reductions OF -
or 80 per cent in the schedules VII! not serve 10
int Cduce any thing tLat Is not wanted esPeclsia
when European merchants have been on ihe gI y
for thirty years and furnish what IS wanted. Even
ST with The advantage Of preferential taril scn"uGes
a superior articic be- provided al an inienor price
IL must be itelligeny introduced ana caIliN ~,
ill wholesale houses Inc real eApnnVn man N
tAe' supremacy Of English French anu Tei 1t La
UfattuIes southern markets Hes III ne iaI' ,na
maritime EIrope has SYSTEMATICALLY SuitEaYe" u"ro
relations in tat quarter OF inc "V!G, wt i Enrd
cas- have neglected and abandoned tne held, lG
pean agents have learned what the motley popuiHuUn
N Brazil has required ana lhe th
'b1,pduced what called for. ii the foTtus
traders have asked for goods Of narrower VIGIL t h,
have been supplied even If extensive aerauons h have
been involved In the Manchester mills IL thcS IaNo
complained Of prices and demanded cheaper cooII S
Of quality which the poorest customers a., h Snv
would have been ashamed to wear. huropeanSs "tNc
hbOrcd Icrsistenty ana successiuilS ~ iha ueri
import trade OF Tropical America their own Amer
cans cannot hope 10 wTest IL from them, or 10 obtain
even fair share of it, without patiently te'o,in a1
themselves TO the business OF competition "ith equ"i
Intelligence aud y steniabc enort.
the spanish West Indies the schedules on American
cotton goods Lave been reduced 20 per cent. IIns
preferential rate oilers marked advantage over r,1
FISH and German manufactures but uhless speci Ia.
lines of goods Of the cheapest grade are suppsu ,or
Southern trade there VIII be OILY htdkTt IG w
The exports OF American cotton goods TO BialiI no"
amount to les than 100000 Heap cI t F IN one
form Of coarse drilling At the same ums Eurup S
ships that country cottons amounting 10 n'" Try
q cannot be secured without a struggle. English
mauuacturers do not atept 70 s ,Iav eToh sTScy
have in the principal coast towns wholesale house,
where retail dealers can repienIsh 'helr s,oohs; d
h ntb n Skk 1a and ~U in Cha When duties are levied
on gross weight is ordinarily done sIs IN spnniShS
H rnst Of the goods from their being placed
IN heavy boxes southern co Merchants Tb inev I Saye
Them on their counters, for they cannot forecast the
plumbers which may be made IN Invoicing ana p achag
Wholesale houses established IN The centres Of popna
lion In tropical GSqR a the dess Of on customs law
interior transportation, credits and the requirement.
orders , can be filled without costly 6lunder in packing
They VIII not antagonlze the nstve retail m ,
crCund AS they want them. A house of this kind rep
resentng syndicate OF Massachusetts manufacturers
is now successfully introducing American boo,s ana
shoes in the British West Indies and Is driving out Eng
iish goods. similar series of houses properly sup
with 25 per cent In duties III their favor would make
heavy nroads upon Manchester trade IN the s9uH rs
the Brazilian and 30 per cent IN te spanish
well as in those negot ated with the british Wet Indie;
and san Domingo engines and machinery are Included
lists. The result III tne Cusc OF
shown in an increase Of over 100000 IN the mpoi-
,atons Of American machinery during the hrst I'VE
,0Ge oc6 % fe statistics already dcoe similar
gain Every steamer sailing from New iolh 10,
machinery for sugar works. builders hardware, iron
castings and similar mnuiactnie,i .hder rAi5InSi
prodnction Of trop c staples like coffee and is
dependent upon superior mechanical plant ] met IN
ing sugar plantations and making estimates for I'M
proved machinery from the United state rms Is the
most practical method OF securing larger market ior
edS ~ tb ifih Wn,t indies and especially to
Brazil and Venezuela. where cheap Belgian boilers with
tubes badly set whore in use and where rag
ish engines and mechanism have been introduced with
out Quate competition fr IN America me conee
Industry requires complex hydrduhc and steam ma
Inventive talent Mexico all the rolling stock IN the
railways tie improved agricultural implements III the
fields and the machinery in mines and smelters comes
from the United states bat elsewhere in spanish
America England i largely supplying thc meclElhci11
material progress. In the heart Of Central america
in mountains Of Peru, in the desert Of Tarapac9
have EnG1 81 mechanical engineers who had been
s eet 0a 10 ae'gn ana r. nd wlep
American manufacturers are known to excel Euro.
by sending expert talent INTO southern countries.
have referred 10 large classes Of ma4iacturcS,
There are many other classes, such rs MANN
features Of leather, rubber glaSs, paper and
20 per cent In their favor in some Of The cGnven,
tons. or are on ire ie lS', IN 2lher ,reu m i e
that without free materials il will be Impossible
for Americans t. compete With European manufacturers
loses rs force But without reference u these Giscm
nations IL be confidently asserted that AT least 70
per cent Of the imports o. Tropical America man
nfactnres which either have free materials already
I'm lie United states have been greatly chcapencd
IN price BY competition under the protective system a,
10 be on n level with Eur pcan goods. Few OF tho~r
goods which are most heavily protected in the tnited
states taken from Fu'opr ~ any price Jahalca;
for example imports 81 800 900 u cotton goods ana
less that $4,000 Of woOcnS. and the proportion IN
favor Of Is even larger in traz ana \tnrIue'
Blankets. heavy cloths, carpets uphoser iumitm'r'
feits linens and SILKS are imported most spafiHgN'
ruhbcr fibre wood iron and copper Americans DO
not need 10 modf, their tariff before making vigorous
effort 10 supply he oouth.rn markets Win what r.