Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-18
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1ssses 20 Americas Commerce Under Rs-
publican Kale.
In August, 1890, Mr.. Blaine, recog-
u1z1ng that there was q growing de-
mand for larger markets, suggested
reciprocity" as palliative Of the evils
OF protection. In speech delivered at
Nafervllie. Me-, August %, 1890, Mr..
Blaine said: II ann here to speak of an
expansion of our foreign trade Com
pairing the returns for 1889, he declared
mat with the countries to the south of
as we had by commerce .1ostn s14a.-
oO0, 600 in one year. With Cuba we
lost, according to Mr.. Blaine, S4l,-
0Oo, 600, as We imported $50. OOO. 600 and
exported only &11. 600, 900. With Brazil
we lost s51. 000, 600, importing &c.,
OO0,0OO and exporting s., coo. 600. With
Mexico we s'lost" $4,000 900, buying
81, 200. 600 and selling sl1 600, 900. That
was Mr.. Blaine's idea of commerce..
that was his plea for ssreciprocity.''
Turning now to the record of 1892.
under reciprocity we find an alarming
condition infinitely worse. according, to
Mr.. Blaine's philosophy. than in 1889.
In 1892 we sslost. with Cuba csc. 900. 600.
as against $40, 600, 600 in 1889. importing
SIS, O0O. 900 and exporting onlv s1s. 0OO. :.
600. With Brazil our s.lossas,, in 1907
were 500. s41 .7s1. rs AGAINST s,1 o5e 7aa
In the dark wear, of 1890. In 1892 we
imported Sis. 6ss. eo4 and exported onlv
al, 24O, 0O9. With Mexico our sslosses,
in 1892 were SIS. s1S. 526. AGAINST s9. 766. :
705 in 1889. our imports being SOS. 1O7. :
SIS, our exports only SIS. 500, 531.
Throughout the record In the same.
The discrepancy between imports and
exports is growing at an enormous rate,
and If this discrepancy represents q
.sloss," as Mr.. blaine contends. then we
are rushing headlon1 to ruin.
That there should be some increase
in our exports was inevitable. Every
obstruction, natural or artificial, les
sens commerce; every removal of an OBJ
struction increases the volume of COM
merce. The relaxing of the protective
principle led To an increase in ex.
changes. but absolute free trade would
have led to a fair exchange and TO
larger exports. OF course this discrep-
ancy between imports and exports is in
no sense a .eloss.. but IL has its lesson.
Brazil. Cuba and Mexico offer MS their
products at prices we are willing to nav.
and SO they sell to us in great auanti-
ties.
We offer to Mexico. Brazil and Cuba
products of our mills at prices greater
than those named bv Germany. France
and England. and so our neiphbors send
their orders across the water. Conn
merce will continue to run in these
channels until we revise our tariff for
our own benefit. until we relieve our
own people. manufacturers and con-
sumers of outrageous burdens and en-
ter competitive markets on equal terms
with other nations. What we need is
not reciprocity. but free trade. We
must be able to show all nations that
our manufacturers do not need ssprotec-
tom, that they are able tn hold their
home markets. AGAINST ALL corners and
are ready to underseu Europe in anv
American marlret
Our protective tariff is a proclama-
fion to all nations that the American
manufacturers cannot compete on
equal terms with the manufacturers of
Europe. What would be thought of a
could not sell goods a. prices named bv
his competitors? That is what Amer
lea does with its protective tariff and
its alleged treaties of reciprocitv.
For these reasons we should abandon
the hvpoeritical pretense of reciprocitv
and substitute for it the offer of Jeffer.
sons free commerce with all nations
But other reasons remain for this
change. A Washington dispatch saws:
..Spaiu has imposed an excise tax real
" euual to the duties RENTED by the
Mckinley bill"
The same dispatch saws the BRAZILIAN
government is also making trouble over
The treaty. with that conntrv ssbpt II
is not apparently violating the treaty
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