New-York tribune., 1895-01-31
mEMANCIPATED COMMERCE.
,,ou, DEMOCRACY HAS CONQUERED" THE
MARKETS OF THE WORLD.

A
TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AMERICAN
pRopI,crs. AND VIOLATED RECI-
PRoc1rY TREATY CRIPPLED
TRADE WITH SPAN
1sH COLONIES.
reY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
washington, Jan. So-The discussion OF the bill
=. repeal the dinerential duty bounty paid
r,,rs naturally invites contrast between the
,nn,ercal policy OF the United States under
republican President and Congress and the same
oucv under a Democratic President and Congress.
- his speech before the London Chamber of Com
.,ce on September 27 1884. Chairman Wilson. Of
~. committee on Ways and Means. depored and
a.,ounced the Chinese tariff policy of the Re-
,can party and informed his apprecative and
r,husastc English friends that I'VE tariff
CORNERS have been tearing down the fences which
the Pro,ectionsts have put up to keep Great Brit
ain out OF America but we have done TO COM
note with you and with other nations" He then
went on TO say that the United States had not
only IAN increasing surplus Of and wheat and
roeat' and other products for which consumers
must be found in other countries but also
"a manufacturing plant which. used to its full ca
nacity can in six months supply the home demand
for all its products" Professor Wilson'S vision Of
the future conquest OF 'the markets of the world
nv American producers. manufacturers and export
ers was so bright and beautiful that he was in
snred 10 warn his English friends that Great
Britain might have reason TO regret the successes
Of the Free Traders of the United States who had
taken the first step toward the emancipation OF
American commerce from the bonds OF protective
system The new law did not go far enough. but
I, had made a breach in the walls OF Protection.
,hrourh which the Free Traders would march in
triumph and capture the very citadel.
That speech was delivered exactly one month
after the new tariff law went into effect. On Satur
ft4r he became
Professor Wilson delivered another speech. This
one was addressed TO the United States House OF
Representatives II did not contain single alluson
to the proposed conquest Of 1.-The markets OF the
world" which filed his thoughts and inspired his
u,terances when he stood before his English audi
ence last September His plea Saturday In
favor Of the repeal Of OF the provisions OF the
tariff OF 1894. and 1t was marked by strong asser-
tlons and ingenious calculations 10 show that In
creased importations Of raw materials Tree or
duty and manufactured goods at reduced rates.
Plus the duty of 20 per cent ad valorem and the
snecinc duty Of one-eghth Of a cent pound. (Which
no had s,urdily opposed) and the income tax.
would Yield revenue enough to pay the current ex-
penses OF the Government The bill which he ad-
vocated on Saturday Is one ito remove irritation in
Germany" which country has recently imposed re-
strictions and prohibitions on the Importation OF
certain products OF the United States.
OF course Mr. Wilson careful not to allude
70 certain facts that have a most direct bearing
upon and intimate relation to this subject lie
omitted TO mention the fact that for dozen years
prior to September 3. 1891. certain American meat
products had been excluded from Germany on al
legged sanitary grounds, and that the prohibition
had not been removed until after Republican
Congress had passed act, which was approved
by a Republican President on August 80, 1890 pro-
vlding for thorough inspection OF said meat prod
ucts and which also clothed the President with
authority. whenever he should become satisfied that
unjust determinations were made by any foreign
country against products of the United states.
TO exclude the products Of said country from the
United States. That act has not yet been repealed
Mr. Wilson also omitted TO make any reference
20 the fact that under the authority given by the
@h,rd section of the Chinese tariff Of 1890 the
President ON February l. 1892. proclaimed the
adoption of a reciprocity agreement by the United
States and Germany by virtue OF which live cattle
all meat products Except iard), breadstufs. and
several other agricultural products. oleomargarine
or imitation butter. butter cheese and many other
nroducts of the United States were admitted into
Germany at greatly reduced rates OF duty when
President Cleveland was inaugurated IN March,
1893 therefore. the commercial relations between
tho two countries most pleasant and satisfac-
tory There was no discrimination either on sani-
tary or other grounds against American cattle or
meat products other agricultural products.
which on the contrary, admitted at lower
rates of duty than those OF almost every other
country There was no German outcry against
American cottonseed oil, such has been recently
heard. Exports from the United States to Ger
many were steadily increasing No sooner had the
new Administration come into power. however.
than clouds began TO obscure the commercial rela-
tions Of the two countries.
Mr. MORTON'S .ILL-JUDGED ECONOMY.
Soon after he came into Office the Democratic
Secretary Of Agriculture. in his zeal for economy
and REFORM began to issue proclamations Of
seml-oficiai nature through the Democratic news
papers. He asserted that the work OF inspection
Of meat products and stamping out and preventing
peuro-pneumonia among American cattle was ex-
ceedingy expensive. and In a large measure un-
necessary. and he strongly hinted that 1t had been
conducted a scale of extravaganza by his Re-
publican predecessor. With loud fourishes upon
his party trumpet he exploited the Savings that
ne had already effected which Saving TO be
greater In the future. Every utterance of his
this subject was reported to the German Gov
ernment. reproduced in German periodicals and
carefully preserved. The Secretary Of Agriculture
OF the United States unwittingly perhaps
but none the less effectively helping German
statesmen and politicians to lay the foundation for
another edict of exclusion and prohibition against
American products on account OF alleged unhealth-
fulness Then came the Tariff of 1894 which
furnished an additional pretext for unfriendy
acton-a pretext which quickly and eagerly
seized by Germany, and which the American Sec
retary of State has admitted to be a valid reason.
The new German crusade against American pro-
ducts has been fairly begun. and the pending bill
offers assurance whatever that IL Will be aban-
-doncd its purposes and effects even mitigated.
On the contrary. there is good reason to believe
that the prohbitory edict against American cattle
and fresh beef will be followed by action restrict
ing or prohibiting importations of other meat pro-
ducts cottonseed OIL imitation butter. etc. from
: The United States Already every advantage gained
oy American producers and exporters in the Ger
man market. under the Republican policy has
|'een surrendered-wasted. In fact--by the party
now In power. which has not only destroyed a
reciprocity agreement that most beneficial to
f'ne United States. but, by affirmative legislation
Ano Administrative action has furnished pretexts.