Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26
HALE AND VEST
Have a TO at Each Other in the Senate
on Reciprocity.

WAsHiNGTON, ESD. ID.-Iu tut ctuhte
the resolution offered yesterday by Stewart
giving Claggett, contestant for Dubois seat
the right TO occupy = seat in the Senate
during the discussion and speak as to the
merits Of his right, was laid before the
Senate. Vest inquired if there had ever
been q case in which the privilege was
granted.
Stewart-Several. have list Of them,
Mitchell moved to amend the resolution
by limiting Clsggets time TO-, speaking to
two hours: agreed TO.
After further discussion the resolution
IS amended was sgeed TO.
H.ie's resolution of January 10, calling
on the secretary Of the treasury for copies
of the reciprocity agreements under the
last tariff act vas taken up.
Vest moved the following amendment:
That the secretary Of stste also inform
the Senate whether any steps were taken
bv our authorities to negotiate reciprocal
commercial treaty with Mexico; il so, what
has been done, and with what results.
Also the secretary 10 to inform the Sem
ate il the negotiations inaugurated for the
purpose aforesaid were unsuccessful, and
what was the cause of the failure.
Vest addressed the Senate in reply to
Hsle's speech on the resolution.
He agreed with Eale, in that the discus
sion of the question would become the
leading issue IN the approaching national
canvass.
In the morning papers would be found q
report Of an address delivered last night at
9 banquet in New YORK city by Mr.. Foster,
representing the state department, in which
he stated that reciprocity with the South
American states was eminentiy successful,
the success being brought about by the fact
that the South American states produced
trcpcsl fruits and commodities which did
not come into competition with the farm
products of the United States.
That Of itself favored and even necessi-
tated reciprocal commercial intercourse.
lie (Vest) should undertake to show by
statistics Of the treasury department itself,
that in the months OF reciprocity with Bra
markets, so far from there having been an
increase in exports Of farm products from
the United States, there bad been decrease
Of such exports; and the only increase in
eports from this country to Brszll had been
in steam engines, machinery and agricultural
implements. on which Brazil had not
charged and did not now charge al import
duty.
In other words, he would show that the
only increase in American exports The I'M
portant question: had been in the articles
on which the had no import duty at all
levied by Brazil; consequently reciprocity
could not have brought about the the fact.
1t had been also been stated By Mr.. Foe
ter that the reciprocal intercourse with
Canada was very different thing from
reciprocal intercourse with South America
the principal reason being given WAS that
Crest Britain controlled the treaties Of
Canada and Great Britain was under sys-
TEN Of free trade which was eniiriy sntag-
ouistic to thesystem adopted by the people
| Of the United States.
Hale said he did not propose to be drawn
now into q general discussion Of the merits
or weakness Of the Mckinley tariff bill.
He supposed from the indications at the
other end of the capitoi that ample oppor-
tuni.y would be given before the session
closed to discuss the Mckinley bill, its
| operations on the country. and whether, on
the whole, it had been beneficial.
| The senator from Missouri and himself
did not sgree on that, the senator believing
that The tariff bill WAS the sum Of all hnan-
| cisl iniqultles, and he believing it a sound
strong, good measure, and that the sense
| Of its merits would increase with the Amer
ican people the longer 1t was heheld ant
examined by them.
The reciprocity plan did not suit tbs
senator from Missouri, and did not suit hi
associates on the Democratic SIDE.
II vas no attractive plc'use to the sen
stor from Missouri tAat, By reciprocity
more American goods could be sent to Brs
zil which she needed, which she could pa,
for in goods that the UHited States did no
produce.
That did not suit the senator from Mis-
souri, because it was the reciprocity plan.
But it would suit that senator TO opel
vide the doors, IN throw down tie bars tina
protective legislation had reared again.
the competition from Europa.
But be (Hale) believed in ret o,ocity
because it vas the ally and bsndmsiden t
protection.
As TO Vests statement that nothing hA
been accomplished by the reciprocity piar
Hale read = newspaper paragraph about q
excursion Of American -four mllers I
Havana. to open up An increase the msrke
there for American fl ,ur and said that th
"he . AhSat@Se "a tAPNhs1
-four ID Cuba.
A telegfsm from the cousul-genefal I
Havana gave the following figures s
imports Of -four in July, 1890, and Juil
1891: 1890, from Spain, 80, 400 osgs; frol
4 United States, 2720 bags. 1891, frol
: Spain, none; from the Uaised States, So
: 81 bags.
That showed that fleur Of old Spain vi
4 driven ou, Of the market.
The necessity Of Cuban sugaf plante'
/. for An American market coerced old Spa
: to . reduction Of duty on dour from S.
. barrel to lees than 81 and the result VI
that owing to the United States Aour to Il
Cuban market and the coespness Of Il
American processes, old SPAN had bes
driven out Of the market in the very fr
month.
!. Could the senator from Missouri, Ha
asked, wink that out Of sight - one Of Il
schievemsnts of RECIPROCITY?
Hale gave other figures showing the i
e crease Of imports into Cubs, of Amefic'
0 farm produce, the importation of potato
u having increased frnm 90 900 bbls. in IS
,. to sc, ,OCO bbls. in 1891; lard from IL 5
l pkss. TO Is s45; bacon, in hefces. barr,
: sud boxes, from 2o50 to 34o0; hsy ffs
J. 1868 tons to 971; osts from $50 bushels
. 1894; pork from 2s7 bbls. % 3s5, and {
: pies from 76s barrels to 1880.
II reciprocity, he said, intended n