Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-11
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WAYS and means replied as follows:

WAYS t4IlO u1Ssz4lS 1SH110aA t4S AOAAOWos
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4, 1903.
DEAR SRI am indebted to you for q copy Of
your Interesting work. Mes Campagnes aux
Etats Unis ct en- France" which reached me
several days since and for which beg you to
accept my sincere thanks.
/ have also received several documents In
which find published letter addressed to
myself. have read it with much pleasure
and am glad to learn that you take 80 close
and intelligent an interest in the prospective
tariff legislation On this side Of the sea. =
thrust that the results of our labors to reform
and reduce the existing system of tariff duties
may lead to such larger commercial inter-
course between our respective countries as Will
result in great and permanent benefit to both
of them. Very sincerely yours. -
NJ. Leon Chotteau.
From the reading of this letter it can
be seen that the gentleman from West
Virginia (Mr. Wilson) was afforded
''much PLEASURE by the letter received
from the representative Of the English
and French bankers and manufacturers
and says that he is glad to learn t It
they take SO close and intelligent an y
terest in the prospective tariff legis- V
ton on this side of the sea- This per-
which he expresses as to the result Of
their labors to reform and reduce the
existing system of tariff duties may be
successful, for he says, II trust that the
results Of our labors, that is, the
united labors of this French committee
and the Democratic party in the United
States. There are many other facts re-
cited in this letter and the pamphlet re-
ferred to that would be of special inter
est to that vast industrial army of Amer
lean citizens now idle and in need Of
employment that would materially aid
: them in determining whose interests
have been consulted and will be sub
served by the passage Of this measure
Our Favorable Balance of Trade.
! A free trader is nothing if not incon-
sistent. If we have a favorable balance
of trade, the tariff, he tells us, has
nothing to do with it. If we have az
adverse balance of trade, it is all due tc
the ''robber TARIFF But he hardly
knows how to explain our present excess
of foreign trade. No two free trade or.
gans explain it alike and yet the ex
PLANTATION is simple. The Mckinley law
i has been in force between three anc
: four years, and as long as we are only
! threatened with free trade SO long will
our balance of foreign trade continue
! favorable. Foreigners do not care to sell
so much in our market when they must
pay high tariff, and they do pay il
: now. But once the tariff is taken off the
! balance in our favor will disappear in {
; twinkling. Every foreign commercial
: center is wal ting most hopefully and ex
; pectantly to dump it's accumulated goods
, on our shores. The following from the
Dublin Telegram is sample Of what
j the foreign press is telling it's readers:
1.-THE time to be in the field is no
when the new tariff has been in opera
tion some time, but Oh the first day tina
/ it comes into play. The English anc
: Scotch and other wooden makers will
; make rush for possession. But while
j q favorable foreign trade balance is mos
desirable it is insignificant compared
with our home trade, Of which we hav'
already lost hundreds of millions Of dol
lars because of threatened free trade
Actual free trade means loss Of thou
sands Of millions. Let us continue t.
protect our home market, and our for
eign trade will take care of itself -
American Economist.
Wool Growing In Italy.
The, free trader who believes tina