Fair play., 1893-05-20
THE HuMeuG OF RECIPROCITY.

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TUE utIMR,,c ne pEc,naonirv.
Losses to american Conimeree Under he'
puo'ican H"s'
IN august io'o' MI biaihe' recoR.
hihn's that there Vas growing ue,
haha lor larger hiarkets' sugges'eo
reciPr"ci'y' as a pafha'i'e OF 'he eTi's
o. protection. ln speech deilvereu at
MaterViiie, Me- august ~ i''o' NE
DIANE sa"' a.h ii.re " i'.." =, ~ az
eAphhnioh VA o"' io.eieii u ',''
liFlie .ne returns ioi 80 NJ 80 go ~, st
'h@s "i'H ',Ao NooN y 40 ~ .''N
"ao un We Voc ''i" -: " e'."I y:,t C,,,, ,,o
oo''''o III '''c ''"'' ~. -:
hs.' "cco'ce !" ~. i'ta' '"o nr,
''' 'o'' ~ W, mp, I'a Si''Y ,.:,, .'..,
'Nl'o' ,''' oi'is 'oa,''o.''.' a."
>"''"'o'' 80,
,'o.y'' '-'i' ..''. .,o ,,,o noo
.i.1'o' -, ei.,ooo'",'o, ,', ,. 'uI 80, ,"+
A.. nIai,.- a.. af
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'"n' "a' '''' pi'a i'l io't'i'
turning no" 10 the recoro OF 1874
uh"er recipr"eity we ma an alarming
soi''i.ioa 'nhii.eiy WORSE according 10
MI niaines phhos"phy. thah In loS'.
IN tes- we iosl with Cupa foo'Ooo,ooo
as against sio,ooo ooo IN 1889 importing
s's'ooo,oo3 and exporting only sis'ooo,'
ooo' WIN brazil our losses IN ls9.
were <io4.3ll.'3l, as ngalnst $3l, ,oo2. TO
In the dark year of 1890. In 1899 we
Imported el's."aa a"l ana exported oni.'
t$l'1ao'oos. with Mexico our Losses
IN 1892 were Sl"Sl",3!6, against So.'66,-
40 IN 1889, our imports beng s2s-lo'.-
90, our exports only si3,o'o,'"l.
throughout the record IS the same
1 he discrepancy between imports and
eNports Is growing NJ nh enormous ra1f'
ana II thls discrepancy represents
loss, as -'ir. Blaine contrna~' thch We
are rnsh'n2 h'nn'"hE u RUM
mat th'rc shoe'" ne some increase
IN our exports was iheSi'ln.', is'trf
o''s''ic'f'h' ';H'nha' ar httiicia'' ita-
sens commerce: every reh"Vai OF an 90
struclion Increases the volume ol coin-
merce. me reExih% OF tEe protective
principie ie" 70 an 1hcreaae IN 'N-
nanSt ~ eu aos'iut H'S trhi' "o"'f
nav" ieo I" .a'f 'NchahS" ana 10
'a'9er "N course iiiiS -dAseieff-
""'s ''''h it'i!,'' - anu 'N.''' - 10 III
NO SeiHc iosn. put ~ Has itS iesHoii'
'hraIii' 'uoa anu -NeAlc" oier us thcir
P'oau'tn a' Prices we Az Waning 10 pay
an" SD 'i''E sen 10 us III great q"a"''-
t'es.
we "'ier I" M"Nic", hrar'' anu una
p'"''c,H oi "''' mus u, ti'e'S Sr'a'''
'hhh those hh":c" ny "crfnanE' france
anu hhgianh' ana so our heighpors send
thcir orders across the water '"m-
Merce VIII continue TO run IN these
cfia'fiels hhtii we REVISE our t'r'i' lot
our own p'heh'' "litii we r'ii'ft "'''
own people hl;,nutactnief> ana con-
snihers "' outrageous burdens ana en-
ef competitive markets on equal terms
with other nations Mhat we need Is
not reciProtiIy, bnt Tree uadc. we
must be able % show au nations that
our niahu1acourerS 90 hoS Sheeu pre'ec-
tioh' that they are aoie I" h"'" the'r
nome markets a%iifSt nj eoiiierS ana
American market
Our protective tarli Is proclanha-
'ion l" all nations tha' the American
manufacturers cannot compete on
equal terms with the manufacturers OF
E"rope. nat would be thought OF 4
city merchant Who advertised that ne
could not sth goods al prices named by
ms 1mTuNrsY mat Is what Amer
lea does wlut us protective 1ar'1i ana
i.s a'ieSs" 'rea''es OF reeiPF"eltE.
ror 'heSe reasons we sh"ul" aoahu"h
'"H hsp"crl'lca. pre'ense "i reciprocity
anu H"pN''l"'e i'r II 'iie ''iitl VI "ehei
son Tree commerce with all nations
h"t "'h.r reasons remain l"r TINS
rn"hs'- washington "iHPatch says:
SPAIN mas imposed IN eNri>e TAX real
~ cIuai 10 tne duties re'tii''e" oy lhe
MvM'h'ey OIL
oe same tiSi'a'eh SAYS 'i'e hfazii'ah
!, a'eu MA hinS ''""''t over
INV treaty Win INA. country p"' II
Is not apparently violating 'he treaty
50 faTrantly as the govern ment OF
a!,n.n hn,o f "s i'mira,;o"" w mfe f ."s
the hited States were made that the
general scale of brazilian import duties
might be raised. The Determinations