Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-12
GOLDEN RULE RECIPROCITY BEST.
Commerce and Trade Will Respond to q
Removal of Duties.

Commerce and Trade Will Respond to q
Removal of Duties.
The difference between the Wilson
way and the Mckinley way of encour-
aging foreign trade is well illustrated
in the free wool clause and it's reception
by the Argentine government. The Ar
gentine minister in Washington declares
that the removal of the duties on wool
will give great impetus to commerce
between the two countries. Already the
Argentine congress is moving to reduce
the duties on petroleum, one Of our
principal exports, and the opening Of
new market to the Argentine farmers
will quicken the demand for agricul-
tural implements, which the United
States is in the best position to furnish
them. This is only the common sense
way Of building up trade by removing
the obstacles to trade. The Mckinley
way was to invent new obstacles, to
threaten the Argentines with differen-
tial duties especially directed against
them-a threat which President Harri-
son distinctly made in the matter Of
Argentine hides, and then did not exc
cute-and to establish a great scheme
for chafering and bargaining, which
was excellent fooling, but was not bust
ness. Bounties to ships without cargoes
had to be voted in addition, to make
the system complete, and lines of steam
ers were thick on paper, though they
never got off it. 1t is something to
have seen all that huckstering ab.n-
doned, and the natural method adopted
Of making it easy to get what we want
from foreign countries with the result
OF leading them to follow our example.
New York Post.
The Tribune's Mistake.
The Tribune seeks to lay the founda-
ton for factious opposition to the Will
son bill by saying that 1.-The people
have condemned its principles in the
most emphatic reversal of votes for the
last 80 years."
Whew! What whopper! as the
founder of The Tribune and the respect
er of its almanac would have said.
There was no reversal of the vote on
the tariff in the late elections because
the tariff was not in issue. The only
congressman elected was Democrat in
Michigan. But few Of the states held
elections, and New York was the only
one carried for Cleveland in 1892
which the Democrats lost. Even The
Tribune will hardly claim, in view of
the revolt against Maynard and the
Democratic bosses, that the tariff con-
trolled the result in this state.
When it comes to emphatic reversals
of votes" has our neighbor forgotten
1890 and 1899? Benjamin Harrison
and Republican congress were elect
ed in 1888. The Sherman silver pur-
chase act, the Mckinley tariff and the
billion dollar appropriations were pass
ed in the summer of 1890. In Novem-
Der Of that year general election was
held. The Democrats obtained a ma
jority Of 40 in the house and the Re-
publicans were in minority of 1884,
900 on the popular vote.
In 1892 Mr.. Cleveland received ma
jority of 10 in the electoral college,
plurality of 383, 600 in the popular vote
and carried the former Republican
states of California, Illinois and Wis
consin, with five electors in Michigan,
one in Ohio and one in North Dakota.
These were reversals that reversed.
The verdict stands. Judgment has been
decreed. 1t is for congress to give it
effect.-New York World.