The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-10-04
LOSS OF TRADE.
One of the Results of Democratic Tariff
 Reform.

It is not to be denied that the reel
 procity feature of the Mckinley law
 had the effect of materially increasing
 our foreign trade, particularly with
 the countries to the south of us. The
 statistics show that in four years our
 exports to those countries were in-
 creased by more than one-fourth. | That is to say, there was net gain of
 over eleven million dollars. directly
 and entirely due to the reciprocity pol | icy, and representing the proceeds of | American labor. Under the present
 law this advantage is thrown away.
 It is no longer possible to make the
 kind of bargains by which the hand
 some sum of eleven million dollars
 was added to our foreign commerce, with definite assurance of steady growth and extension. The reef
 procity policy was republican inven.
 tion, and for that reason alone it was | abolished. We hear great deal about the alleged desire of the democrats to
 enlarge the demand for agricultural
 and manufactured products, but here | is the proof that they are more dis. posed to pursue the contrary course.
 They have deliberately reduced that demand and discarded the means by which it was being largely increased.
 This implies positive loss to the pro. ducers of the articles exported, and corresponding injury to the prosperity of the country.
 The people of the west have spe. cial interest in this matter. large proportion of the exports to Central and South America has consisted of
 four, corn and other agricultural staples, and the farmers of Illinois,
 Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska have thus reaped a great benefit, which is now to be taken from them.
 The trade of St. Louis with Cuba was becoming a valuable part of her com. merce, and now it will cease to be worth considering. Spain has already established a retaliatory tariff for that country which practically prohibits our traders from doing business there. Similar action will be taken by other nations with which profitable reef. procity treaties were made under the Mckinley law. The new tariff does not make any provision for arrange ments of that kind in the interest of American industry. All that has been gained in that way will be sacrificed, and where there was a splendid pros pect of constant increase of exports, there will now be a decided decrease That is one of the results of democratic tariff reform. A policy that brought us clear advantage of S11, ,000, ,000 a year in our dealings with the coun. tries to the south of us has been abro. gated solely to gratify narrow par. tisan prejudice; and the farmers and manufacturers will find the market for their products diminished to that extent--St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 eB The customs receipts of the United States treasury for the first ten days of the operation of the new tariff law reach a total of about | S7,S25, GOO. During the first ten days of the Mckinley law the receipts were about 80, SS5, 900. For ten days prior to | October, 1890, when the Mckinley bill became a law, the customs receipts amounted in round numbers to SIP. 99O, ,00O.-lowa State Register.
 GS-Prof. Wilson tells the London reporters that reduced tariff would ''tend to prevent collisions between capital and labor" Perhaps it would. It is morally certain that a Wilson tariff would soon pauperize American labor to an extent that it would have neither brain nor brawn for a collision with capital or anything else. And | capital itself would be pretty badly re duced.-N. Y. Advertiser.
 GB Senator Voorhees, has inst awalS. ened to the fact that "the people arc beginning to understand the new tariff" The first returns from the people who have been studying the tariff are from Maine and Vermont. | Voorhees, will hear from the rest of the. people in November Chicago In- ter Ocean.
 E~The era of democratic prosperity has set in. Hoke Smith, secretary of the interior, has dived deep into the pockets of the people and paid five hundred dollars for a set of harness for the government horse that pulls his government wagon in Washing ton.-N. Y. Recorder.
 LB Under the reduced tariff duties there is but one thing for the Ameri. can manufacturer to do to meet for. eign competition, and that is to re- duce the price paid for labor In nutshell, the question of tariff is a question of wages Toledo Blade
 John Knox, to his friends, was the Apostle of Scottish Reformers; to his enemies, was the Religious MachiaveL