The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-13

be exposed.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. In his
Cuban proclamation writes:-'The United
States are Here is a chance for the
@. A. r. to howl.
The upward movement of wages having
completely negatived all Republican
~prophesies. the brains carriers of that
party are eagerly casting around for
some way in which to discredit the new
tariff. They think they have found it in
the sluggish movement of the export
trade of the country. They attribute
this. with exquisite u%nreason, to the
Democratic tariff. and cry out for new
legislation by the next Congress which
Will stimulate European buying Of our
commodities by reducing our imports
from Europe.
Nobody but q self-seeker sodden in
prejudice could utter or entertain such q
notion as this. or fail to perceive the
true lesson which the present state of
our export trade inculcates. A little
while age- year or wo-the Republican
press was recording with childish glee
the havoc the Mckinley tariff had played
with English industries. 1t told of starv-
ing Welsh tin workers. of WOODEN weav-
ers out Of employment. of iron and steel
men on half time, of capitalists looking
for new markets In South Africa and
Australia. and arranging to buy their
beef and grain in these regions on the
understanding that their manufactured
goods were to be bought by way or re-
ciproeity.
Thus we and that McKinleyism inn
povershed England so much that her
capacity for buying our exports was
measurably reduced. while at the same
time she began to buy the things she
needed In other countries. leaving US to
enjoy our Chinese Wall condition as best
we might. That the Mckinley system
affected our relations with other coun-
<lA<Sr 1itIktldkly IL " OPCA ~ 0OhDts
There fs excellent reason to think that
the prohibition against our cattle now in
force in Germany, Belgium and France
IL nothing but a retaliation against the
excessive and commerce destroying pro-
visions of the Mckinley law.
Holland. the very able New York cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Press
In HIS letter in his mornings edition.
thus describes the situation:
One dscordant note is heard in all the
comments that are indications of a
fhroashout the Country. That Is the
complaint made by those whose business
1t is to make charters or contracts for
Eprope. One of the most experienced of
these commercial agents, a man who
has IN times past made the largest con-
Dreadstuns. provisions and other staple
exports to Europe. said this morning
that while he rejoiced with his friends
Improvement, yet he was Unable to share
their feeling of encouragement. parity
because he has had no part in his bus.-
he does not see now It Is possible Tor
permanent and healthy. prosperity to be
usainta.ned SO long as the gloomy export
AkkAlE8 dIG .a- .~ Fl
He declared h a ne had never known
such a. falling off in exports as that
which has occurred in the past ten
fallen out of the business. There are
The indications are that imports are to
exceed exports from this time IN, and
that vessels which come from Europe
laden to their decks with merchandise
wilt go back half fun. or even less. and
II these things continue. some OF them
wifi return in ballast.
The man who talks this way, Of
course, shows a blind ignorance of the
laws Of trade. 1t is impossible for any
such one-sided movement to continue
long. But. on the other hand, it is
necessary that the import movement
should have time to make its mark be-
fore the counter movement sets in.
There Is a regular sequence in such
things. Our export trade naturally sur
H..ved the deadly blow to our imports by
many months, while we were paying up
for wha we had got and while Europe
wei looking for new customers. Con-
versely the revival of our exports lags
!. behind that of our imports, n is
bound. to do SO until Europe becomes
our creditor to a large extent, and
dSllatefally acquires encouragement to
renew dealings with US.
New tar.n dickering can only have dis
astrous results by preventing the pres
emit tendencies from attaining fruition. If
the tariff is let alone, We shall have all
the market We want for our produce in
side another year.
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