Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-04


conditions OF demand and supply ana
our own hating hardness in inFiting
a freer exchange of commodities. ana
By this means imperilling our tooting
I'm the external markets naturally open
to us. have created a situation some
/ what injurious to American export IN
terests. not only fin Germany, where
they pre- perhaps most notlceaDle' u1L
I I'm adjacent countries.
EXTREMELY IRRITATING.
4 The EXPORTS affected are largely
/ American cattle and other food pro
ducts The reason assigned for un1aV-
/ oralio discrimination Being that their
consuuDtion is llleteriOUs TO the pup
/ lie health This is all the more lrrtat-
+ ing I'm view Of the fact that no Euro
/ Uean state is as jealous OF the excel
/ lence and wholesomeuess Of its export
/ ed food supplies as the United States.
/ nor so easily ablo, on account or INNER
emit souudness. TO guarantee these quail
I ties.
I Nor are these difficulties confined 70
our food products designed for eXpor'a-
ton. Cur great insurance companies
/ for example. having built up vast
/ business abroad and invested large
I share Of their gains I'm foreign codn-
I tries in compliance with the local laws
T and regulations then existing. now find
f themselves within O. narrowing circle
+ of onerous and Unforeseen conditions,
+ and are confronted by the necessity OF
retirement from deld thus made nm
profitable if indeed. they are not eX-
relled. as some OF them have lately
been from Prussia. It is not TO be for
gotten that international trade cannot
bo ore-si5cd Its currents are alternat-
inc and iis movements could Ge non
csrlv reciprocal. Without this IL al
most necessarily dtgeuerotes into a de-
/ vice to- gain advantage or a c0ntrlv2nce
/ to secure benefits with CriF the som
lance Cf @ return. Tn cur dealing WIN
other nations we oIEh, to be open
handed and serupul0usly homes. This
should be our rclicy as q producing
nation. and it plainly boh0ve5 us as a
people who love generosity and the
moral asrects OF national good faith
nm reciprocal iorbeaTance. These con-
sderatiOns should not, however, con-
strain us 20 submit 20 unfair discrim-
nation nor TO silently acauiesce in
vexatious hinjrauccs to the enjoyment
oil our share OF the legitimate adyan-
taees of proper trade relations. If on
examination GO the situation suggests
such measures on our part as would
involve restrictions similar to those
from which we suffer. the way to such
O. course is easy. It should. however
by no means ho lightly entered uDOn,
since the necessity for the inauguration
of such policy would be regretted by
the best sentiment of our people, and
because it naturally and logically
might lead 20 consequences Of the
/ gravest character.
OUR VESSELS COMPLIMENTED.
/ take pleasure i'm calling TO your at
tentiOn the encomiums bestowed on
those vessels of our new navy which
took part I'm the notable ceremony Of
the opening OF the Kiel canal. 1t was
fitting that this extraordinary achieve
ment of the newer German nationality
should be celebrated I'm the presence
OF America S exposition of the latest
developments of the worlds naval en-
orEy.
Our relations with Great Britain
always intimate and important, have
demanded during the past year even
a greater share of consideration than
is usual.
Several vcTatious questions were
left undetermined by the decision OF
the Dehrine Sen Arbitration Tribunal
The application OF the principles laid
down bv that august body has net
been followed 10y the results they were
intended 20 accomplish. either because
the principles themselves lacked in
breadth and dciuiteness. or because
I their execution has been more or less
7 imperfect Much correspondence has
+ been exchanged between the two gov
. ernments on the subject of preventing
. the discriminating slaughter Of seals.
The iusumciencv Of the British patrol
I Of BchriDg Sea under the regulations
agreed on by the two governments,
has been pointed out. and yet only two
British ships have been on police duty
I during this season I'm those waters.
The need of q more effective enforce
+ ment of existing regulations as eXper-
fence has shown to be absolutely neces-
sarv to A3rry ont the intent Of the
award. have been earnestly urged
upOn the British government but thus
far without effective results. IN the
I meantime the depletion Of the seal
herds by means of pelagic hunting has
SO al1rminelv progressed that unless
+ their slaughter is at once effectively
+ checked their extinction within a few
+ wears seems to be q matter OF absolute
/ certainty.
THE CLAIMS OF SAILORS.
The understanding by which the
United States was to pay, and Great
+ Britain to receive, q lump sum Of $40
/ COO in full settlement or all British
claims for damages arising from our
/ seizure of British sealing vessels uu-
authorized under the award Of the Paris
tribunal of arbitration, was not con-
| f-med by the last Congress. which de
cIire3 to make the necessary apprO-
/ Driaton. am still of the opinion that
f1is arrangement was q judici0us and
/ advantageous one for the government,
+ and I earnestly recommed that IL be
/ again considered and sanctioned. II.
. however this does not meet with the
/ favor of Congress. ii certainly Will
hardly dissent from the proposition
/ that the government is bound by every
7 consideration of honor and good faith
/ f0 provide for the speedy adjustment
/ of these claims Ivy arbitration as the
I only other alternative. \ treaty OF
/ srlit.-Ii0n has. therefore been agreed
rnon and viii Do Immediately laid be-
fore the Senate. so that i'm one of the
f modes suggested q final settlement may