New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-06-24

shall use the fol loving case as an i
lustrarlon pain has 8 tarii q on Amer
can y heat ship ped into Cubasof 90 cent
4 per Dushe.., and places q taxsof 1850 llell
.Ig.rrel on our ilonr. Il axes aIout tiyt
bushels Of wheat % make one barrel q
/! four. Then Spain has q pro ibitiye tar.
LIZ cf $3.50 on every barrel 81 American
]! -four that enters Cuba; equently ou1
/ -four cturers must reduce their
prices s.. so per barrel that they may
lcompete.ln the Cuban mark ts. If Re-
ciprocity were introduced, Spain would
reduce her tax on American flour to
$500 per barrel, SO that our flour deal
ers could compete on an equal footing
with those IN Cuba, while We would le-
duce the duty on certain imports from
Cuba, such as coffee and sugar. #
Now any patriotic American, DESTROYS
of the prosperity Of his country would
not oppose suclnan arrangement, for if
there IS anything we desire but which
we cannot produce, how can it be other
than All advantage for us to open our
gates at reduced duty to those who
possess those articles provided they in
return will extend the same privileges to
us. L
Brazil produces large quantities Of
coffee and rubber, but does not produce
enough flour and machinery for its own
use; we cannot produce either coffee or
rubber to any great extent, but we have
large surplus of flour and machinery
such as Brazil demands. BY making a
Reciprocity treaty between Brazil and
oul own country, both nations are mu-
itually benefited and their home prodIc-
] tions are greatly increased, their mar
kets enlarged and the laborers of each
countr; find additional work at better
| wages. But the u. S. cannot reeipro-
cate with every nation for the reason
that many of them produce the same ar
ticlcs we do and no Others
Our exports to- Brazil notwithstanding
the fact that its foreign commerce has
for a long time been controlled ny Eu-
| rope and in spite Of the depressed eondl-
ton of trade consequent upon a state of
political revolution and semi-war, in
creased over so percentbetween 1889 and
1891. During the same years European
Eexports to Brazil weres steadily decreas-
ing in amount and value ALL this was
due to the Reciprocity Alliance we had
with the South American Repablic. To
show still more emphatieally our gain
through Reciprocity, it should be mem
toned that France had established IL new
line of steamers to BIZ; zil a few years be-
fore, while our line was discontinued
owing to differences existing among the
owners. Our transportation facilities
were therefore LII the handsof foreigners,
who have always Disseminated against
us. With direct communication by
means of our own vessels and continu-
ance of the Reciprocity treaty, our fu-
ture trade with Brazil would he greatly
augmented. g..
Our trade with Cuba under the same
kind of treaty almost doubled itself in
two years, and we were steadily acquir-
ing complete mastery over the Cuban
market, while Grea. Britain's trade with
that island decreased more than 40 per
cent. IT, - "sz a Z
Our most important Reciprocity trea-
ty with any European country was that
with Germany, whereby VIC secured the
| free admission into that country Of a
number Of our farm products and a spe-
I
cial reduction of almost one third Of the
regular tariff on i long list of agricul.
tural implements and similar articles
BY this same treaty the embargo placed
on our American pork in 1880 was re-
moved and we secured new and valu.
able market for our meats.
| But there arc some who wish to abro.
gate these treaties, because they arc in.
consistent with the Free Trade Policy
In the Fifty Third Congress a bin was
| passed providing that the law. under
which we formed certain commercial a:
greements with foreign countries, should
he repealed. The effects of this law are
already apparent. Germany, Spain ano
Brazil have Withdrawn tile concessions
they had made to us and most of the 9th:
carnations have done Or will do likewise
our exports to Cuba have decreased. Z;
per cent; the present business stagnatiol
/ and the governmental loan of 81 Loo, 600,