Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-01-19
TIE poLlcY OF RETALIATION.


Republicans Making Party Capital OF. sn
EtsSf Unimportant Issue.
The discussion over the retaliatory
pofEy Of Spain and Germany Is beeom-
Ing somewhat hystericaL 1t is presscd
upon public. attention with o view 10 |
making party capital. We hayc nl-
ready exposed the Misrepresentation
that have been circulated with. refer
ence TO it. An editorial in a repnblic.l
an paper on tliis subject must ~bs
classed as phenomeually, fair unless it
contains as many fnisstatenlents as
sentences. The Bizarre feature OF the
discussion is that the republicans,
wtile claiming 70 be the only good
Americans" son earth (withept even
excepting dead Indians), almost unis
vsrsaily take the foreign side Of the
question, protesting that Spein and
Germany arc right md we. are wrong.
There is irthis sycGrtaiA eletncnt of
consistency TOR VI wh::ehs = epirit ~
fairness. we must give eie bls
credit. IinpTbnfss shey ~ xS[yel
'soEsissent x1Riipf n u i1fliI
marty and .Haci,inn the dss,crrs+s !.
,,b. .tbar o,o ~, A. o+har a, r;,ht or
wrong. What is more to the purpose,
they are consistent in defending a
policy Of retaliation against country
for regulating It's tariff rates in ac-
cordance with the requirements of its
revenue. They are quite wrong, how
pl,ino Tho ida. ~ tha lnttsr r,s 70
continre tho tor;tP ON sraor In tho
McK;n1av hi, hrt to +ol,o II oE tho
supa, nrodncod bv onv country when.
ever the latter hy a commercial
treaty granted snecial advantage to
o,,r o.norto tn ro o,,n.ah aps;ra
u,y ba ,ool,od "a ob,o,r+o freo troda
among American countries and John
Sbornoor cold bo r,o .,oI,,ost nor
sp,d ,dn 10 aorea with him II ;s hard
to saw whv fraa tr.da would ba ,nv
mora of n blessi,o with American
countries than with others hrt ats anv
rata Mr. Dlo;,o d;d NOT advoc,to +bo
nol;or of ra+,liot;or which want ;n,o
the MCKINLEY hin "a section
The Aldr;ch amendment 70 tb. No
Kinl,v biII numbared seotio, and
,nisrorod u,ha roo;rrooi,,, o1orso ),
,,ror.dad fo,. ra,,liation oc.o;rs+ s,,ah
corntries ne ala not in +ho irdnnant
a. tba rrasidart law fo;,. rotos -
a,.,, -, ,,,,,ad;.;aa ,,o,..o, s.,
.ho r,i4od c.ntaa I. ,,ni ,. -.
s,r,, ,hot opr s+ot. sborla Low, rora
tox On onr rrodrots thar an s;n;Iar
or,,c1ou from, otbor cor,,r;os II yas
s,mo;o,, .l,o. ,hoeo roto. .ho,,Ia l,o
donr,od hr tho nrosidart ,,rooinrooa,Iv
,ns,;r ord rrnoro1" o,,,, stato a.
,,ortr,o,t called ,ba ,..on+;o,, 90 a
n,,,rber of corntrias 10 tb;s nrovis;or
o,d .sneciol1,, tbo oorn+rios rrodrc;ng
srqar and coffee Az to coffen no
ohonra ,yos noda NV tba NoKinlar
I'M !, h,d hoor an tha frao list siroa
1870 St;II cotfao-nrodpcinr couptrias
,are hold ~, and asi,sd 10 admit orr
nrodro,s frao NV NJ lass ratas than
similar articles from other countries
IN tho rrornd that their coffee
o,mo IN froo sovoro1 of tho Sn.nisb.
Amerioor corrtr,as ro;pted ont that
tbay moda M discr;minat;on against
the nroduce Of the United States: that
thev.levied no duties for protection.
but only for revenue. and that If they
made the reductions desired Of them
bv tbo Harrison odmi,istrat;on tbav
could not collect revenue enough to
sunport their governments These
reasons did NOT satisfy President Iar-
risen as to several countries He is
s,ad nroclamations taxing tha coffee
~ verezuala and savaroI other c,rn.
tries Some other South American
stotes that moda No concessions es-
canad fnr what reoson has naver baen
EXPLAINED. though possibIv it NAV
have been the strong sentiment In
New England in favor of free hides
Now here was case where our gov
arnuant undertool, tn sav what tariff
rates other countries should levy for
strictly revenue nurposes. where there
wos no discrimination against us at
MI, We reopired them 10 discrimin-
ate in our favor. even to the sacrifice
ofrooda1 ra,onuo an Main ~ having