The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-15

IA special interest AAs ceyns taken by me
tn the establishment Of lines from our
South 8 ti Atlantic 1. and gulf ports and: Though
hss sen S.s ss Tsnsss
possessed by these reports, and, HhsH tl;&if
people are more fully aiIvs 20 their inter
ests, do not doubt that they will be able
70 secure the capital needed to enable them
The Demccratis party Ras % fcund sdIsscss no Sisos
tn It's platform for any reerenoe ~ this
subject, and has shown 10 hostilist 70
an appropriation, made during the isst ID
ministration, for ocean mail contracts with
American lines.
The patriotic people. the workmen In our
shops, the capitalists seeking new enter.
prises, must decide whethef the great
ships owned by Arnerieans. which have
sought American registry, shall again
humbly ask place 10 the English naval
er's tables to go to foreign shipyards Tor
construction, and the United States lose
the now Frightening opportunity OF rscov-
er1ng place commensurate with its
wealth, the skill of its constructors and
the courage Of It's sailors, In tho carrying
trade Of all the seas
Another related measure, a. furnishing
an increased ocean traffic for our ships,
and OF great and permanent benefit to the
farmers and manufacturers as we'll. Il
tfftf The Reciprocity Poiicy Ei
declared by Section Of the tariff oct of
1880 and now in practical Dpsration with
i've OF the. nations Of Central and South
america, AI;.;rk A San Domingo, the Spanish and
many and austria, under special trade ar
rangements with each.
The removal of the duty on sugar and
the continuance of coffee and tea upon the
free list, while giving great. relief to our
eSery @ss also %
such enormous advantage to the countries
exporting these articles as to suggest that
In consideration thereof reciprocal factors
should be shown in their tariffs to articles
exported by US to their markets. Great
with which he pressed this view upon The
country.
We have oalY begun to realize the bene-
At of these tide arrangements. The work
OF creating new agencies and Of adapting
taken time, but the results already az
tained are such, am sure. as to establish
In popular favor the policy of reciprocal
trade, based upon the free Importation Of
such articles as do not injurfously COM
pete with the products Of our own farms,
mines or factories, in exchange for the
free or favored introduction Of our prod
ucts into other countries. fL sr
The obvious efficacy Of this policy in In
creas1ng the foreign trade Of the United
States at once attracted the alarmed attn
ton Of European trade journals and boards
OF trade The British board Of trade has
presented to that government a memor-
lai asking for the appointment of a COM
mission to consider the best means of coun-
teracting what is called ''The commercial
crusade of the United States"
At meeting held in March last of the
associated chambers Of commerce of Great
Britain the president reported that the ex-
ports from Great Britain to the Latin
American countries during the last wear
had decreased S23, 750, 900, and this was not
due to temporary causes, but directly to
the reciprocity policy of the United States.
their startled appreciation of the fact that
a new. and vigorous contestant has ap-
peared in the battle of the markets, and
has already secured important advantages.
The most convincing evidence Of the tire
tion is found in the fact that Great Britain
and Spain have found it necessary to make
reciprocal trade agreements with US for
their West India colonies, and that Ger
many and Austria have given US import
ant concessions In exchange for the contin-
A few details only as to the increase Of
our trade can be given here. Taking all
the countries with which arrangements
have been made, our trade to June 30, 1892,
had increased 23.7S per cent.-with Brazil
the increase was nearly II per cent; with
ports increased IS, ,7O2, 1893, or 54s and with
Porto Rico, $500, 500, or "a per cent. The
liberal participation of our farmers in the
benefits of this policy Is shown by the fol-
lowing report from our consul general at
Hayana, under date Of July 20 last:
received l4O.050 bags of flour from Spain,
and other ports Of the island about an
equal amount, or approximately 280,112
bags. During the same period Havana re-
ceived 1876 bags of American flour, and
s1neT pnSi sinsp papSoa. s bsss an equal
for the first half of this year Spain has sent
less than 1000 bags to the whole island,
and the United States has sent to Havana
alone l6S, 487 bags, and about an equal
amount to other ports of the island, MAX
Ing IN Is approximately $4,000 for the first half
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 ending June 80 last, &.0e5,074.
The British Trade journal of London, in
q recent issue, speaking Of the increase of
American coal exports and of the falling
of of the English coal exports of Cuba,
says:
''It Is another case of American competi-
tion. The United States now supplies Cuba
with about 10000 tons of coal annually,
and there Is every prospect Of this trade in
creasing as the forests Of the island become
exhausted and the use Of steam machinery
on the sugar estates is developed Ala
bama coal, especially, is securing reputa-
tion in the Spanish West Indies, and the
river and rail improvements Of the south
ern states will undoubtedly create an i'm
portant. gulf trade. The new reciprocity
policy by which the United States are en-
abled to import Cuban sugar WILL. Of
course. assist the American coal exporters
even more effectively than the new lines Of
railway" -
The Democratic platform promises . re-
peal of
The Tariff Law
containing this provision, and especially
denounces as a sham that section Of the
law under which these trade arrangements
have been made. II no other issue were
involved In the campaign, this alone
would give it importance. d m s7.-r -
Are the farmers of the great grein-grow-
ing states willing to surrender these now