The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-19
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From the Now York .TrIbuue..
Il have been amused at reading the
reports OF Mr.. Crlsp's attitude on the
Bnyard resolution" remarked o proml-
tent Western milling man. He was seated
with party OF friends In ono OF the up
town hotels, and they had been having
free.fornll discussion OF the situation.
He sud. 1T was not so long ngo that l
was travelling through the South. and
met MIR. Crisp on the traiu. The new
tariff bill had only recently gone into
operation. My firm up to the time OF tho
bills passage had been shipping annually
to the spanish West Indies about 40 600
bags or barrels OF Hour a year.
AT the time tho bill became a law. we
had on our books orders Tor Let waen 1000
and 5000 bnge, which were tmm ediately
cancelled by telegraph. and we have not
sold n bag of Hour In those markets up to
the time OF the incident am narrating,
although we afterward got new hold on
a percentage OF tie tTado. said 10 him.
MIR. Crlsp, have acme choice bits OF
carpnign Literature that l can furnish
you II you like At once he said. Have
your Well. let me bave them. That's
what Pm locking for
'sIhen told him about our West Indian
experience ard suggested that he could
make good uee OF that as one Item II he
WAS 80 tUluQtu. utH. IN OEutE 10 utuW
him out, lacked him for my own informa-
tlon and guidance. II he could tell mo
where we were to ilnd a market for tho
one we had lost He looked at me In u
plying eorL OF way. thought, AMI re-
marked: why, my dear sir, the world'e
production of Hour has not been Increased
nor its consump tiou diminished by the
Wilson bill. They are still eating just as
much brealstulf 10 the West Indies, and
they are buying their Hour somewhere.
All that you have to do lie TO find the
country where they are buying tkelr
supplies. and there's your market"
'Iiis fr.ends were ready to applaud. but
came back and asked hun ii ha could
tell where that was. He replied. No. l
don't think that / can.' We'll, said /,
I'll tell you. They are getting Il from
Spain and from Canada. In retaliation
for tho Wilson billie sugar tariff Spain has
placed prohibitory tariff on American
Hour for import to the West Indies. and
this prohibition applies equally to Spain
herself. So wo can't go there for mar
ket. Now. as for Canada, let me Inform
you that Great Brltain's benellcent Tree
trade policy does not apply to her colo
nies. lie operation is reserved for the is.
land and under CanHdhs protective tariiI
system American flour lie as efieotually
shut out from that province as 1t 10 from
Spain and her dependencies. There 10 an.
other Item for your campaign. Mr. Speak
| err
"fhe second round wac distinctly In my
favor, and tho speakers friends looked
askance. But / was not through yet. l
had just returned from England, where
| had gone to endeavor 10 lind u new mar
ket. In the South OF England learned q
surprising thing. In Bristol l found
flour made from American wheat, grouud
In the mills Of France. which was on o
| level la competition with Hour made in
our own mills. This set me to thinking,
and on my return tome soon found that
| France i'm ediateiy after the passage OF
the Wilson bill had imposed diiferential
| duty ON American flour OF prohlbitory
nature. At the same time she had granted
| a bounty to .Freneh millers on their ex-
ports OF flour equivalent 10 the import
duty upon q corresponding quality Of
| wheat.
Now, tho rub Of II all came right here.
Our sharrest competitors In the purchase
OF wheat through the West were tue buy
ers Of two large houses right at the sea-
board, who exported the most Of their
wheat direct to France. told this to the
Speaker and his party, and concluded;
Now, there ia some more campaign lit
erature for you. MIR. Crisp. and reltghted
my cigar, which had gone out during the
argument. Ina few minutes Mr.. Crisu
excused himself and went out. Two OF
his friends were secuted opposite me. and
as tho form OF the Congressman dtsap
peared through the door one OF them
leaned toward the other and said wit.
petiilonary fervor. We'll. I'll be hanged