The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-20
BAYARD's SPEECH.
Secy. Morton Says 1t Was as True as
Gospel.

Gospel.
A Pithy Spe ech to Board of Trade At New
York-What Will be the Results Of the
Venezuelan Message.
| New York, January Isl. Sterling
Morton, Secretary of Agriculture. ad.
dressed the Board of Trade and Transnor.
tation tonight. The secretary smoke Of
the labor saving machinery which had
been applied to farming and cheapened
the cost of bread and meat to the cob.
sumers and said: tThere remains q ma.
tural antagonism between your people
mere in this commercial and populational
metropolis on the Atlantic seaboard and
the people of the productive west. You
desire bread, meats, fruits and vepeta-
bles at the lowest possible cost. We seek
to secure the highest prices for those sta
pies because it our business and live
lihood to produce them. There never
will, therefore, be perfect agreement be-
tween those who produce and those who
consume. Nevertheless their interests
are mutual and their exchanges are
when legitimately mads, equally adyan-
tageous to seller and buyer. Trade, with
out profits. cannot live. 1t dies. GAINS
are the brains and life of commerce
A protective tariff, therefore, impedes,
restricts and destroys only that COM
MERGE with foreigners which is profitable
for the improbable and kills itself. -
Secretary Morton, after saying that
large lobbies of we'll paid lawyers were
kept at the national capital year after
year to secure protective tariff legisla-
ton, quoted at length from
AMBASSADOR BAYARD'S SPEECH
on protection at Edinburg some time
ago and said: "And yet, Bayard's re-
marks are as true as the gospels them
selves. They are, in fact, the very sub
stance and essence of truth. Have we
come, then, to time in the history of this
republic when the telling of the truth by
any American citizen holding public
place, either at home or abroad, is IN i'm
peachable offense? Has the right to ut
ter sincere and patriotic words in behalf
OF an unfettered commerce been made
slavery advocates who m ade talks upon
freedom in the presence of slaves, penal
fence to be applied to those Of us who
would abolish the slavery of protective
taxes?
"The way to treaty between
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED
STATES
which shall provide for arpitrating
all contentious between the two ooun-
tries forever, was opened by President
Cleveland's message to Congress on the
Venezuelan boundary question. AS a
rule, right, rightfully and righteously de-
olared, commands even from rivals and
enemies. respects admiration, out of
which naturally grow solid friendships,
good will aod lastin peace. And the
recent authoritative assertion of the Nor
roe ductrine will prove no exception.
From that message and it's logic may be
evoked new treaty between this govern
ment and Great Britain which shall pro-
vide that in all time to come differences
between the two nations shall be sub
mltted to the arbltrament of reason and
right rather than to that of the sword
and might
HON. ANDREW d. WHITE
oPoho MAJ SOAAthoAOO anu
He showed the Importance of having
diplomatic agents in all foreign coun-
tries. He said: Many examples might
be mentioned showing what can be done
by the right man saying the right word
at the right time and in the right place.
But will confine myself to just one,
shat of Chas. Francis Adams, our minis
ter to Great Britain during the most try
ing period of our civil war. A crisis came
in the relations of the United States and
Great Britain and it looked much as If q
number OF additional cruisers nominally
American but really British were to be
let loose to prey upon our commerce.
But just as they were ready to depart on
their mission of evastation, Mr.. Adams
Conferred with Earl Russell and stated
The case very simply using these memoir
able words: Il need not remind Your
Lordship that this is war. This cool,
plain, straightforward statement made in
the right manner, to the right man, at
the right moment, stopped the cruisers
and war was prevented, Immensely to the
advantage Of American commerce and of
all the interests of our country. Objec-
ton is sometimes made to regular
diplomatic service on the ground of it's
cost, but the diplomatic service may well
be called, the cheap defence of nations
The entire expenditure for our diplo-
matte corps for year would be only
about the expenditure for war during
four hours and if we should be SO unfor-
tunate as to have q war with any foreiR
power. our diplomatic service would pay
its expenses for six years if it delayed
the war by "a hours. -
Mr.. White said that every American
representative abroad should have such a
salary that he could give his thoughts en-
tirely to the public service and thar
socially, as in all other ways, he could do
his duty unhampered by the thought that
he1is imp0yerishing himself and family.
He was glad to see recommendation to
this effect in the recent message of Presi-
dent Cleveland.
Ashore on Cape Point.
Cape Henry, Va, January 19-Steamer
Govino. Seripahs for Baltimore, went
ashore on Cape Point Friday night and
was fosted at noon today. She was ap-
parently uninjured and passed in at 70 D.
N, for RaItiiOoro r.