The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-19

there is reduction in the general scale NJ
prices You have to appreciate your dol
lars, which have hitherto been SO easily
earned; you must make their nurchasinS
power greater that cheaper living will foIIc4
ana more contentment. But with protective
duties and inflated currency such results can
not i De attained, and it was my pleasure in the
intercourse with your countrymen to find
that the majority agree in the belief that
protection has concluded its good works: that
us us permanence will be effectively pernicious
ana that your currency requires without de-
Jay 10 De placed beyond the reach of politics
or the manipulation of silver trusts.
we nave seen how your factories employ
most advanced machinery, but these machines
are exported, copied and In some cases i'm
proved on; others are thereby enabled 10
compete with you by using your own in
t tenedons, by reduced price of labor and I'M
taxed cost OF raw material. Competition is
wholesome, for it corrects over-producIion.
put you are required to produce more for the
Employ ment OF your skilled workmen and
you must md markets wherein to dispose of
your goods. and all this necessitates an altered
system. You are favored with nome-rafsed
quantiues OF much of the raw material used.
40 not enhance its cost If 1T has to 20 abroad
your machinery is most effective but do NOT
expect too much of 1t. Your workmen are
very skilled, but do not underrate TIE for
elgher, and TO all your advantages add what
Tree trade can alone seoure-a permanent ard
engrossing international commerce which will
ensure the future Of every workman in this
wonderful country. This is what I under
stand by reciprocity, and my most carnesr
WISH Is that in such an example We N cur
country will find lesson and an incentive
u do likewise.
Mr.. Hitchings views were for the
most part seconded by Carlos Liz Klett.
an extensive exporter of wool and hides
from Argentine Republic, but Meu1.1
Fernandez, former minister of finance
OF Costa Rica, Central America, made
a strong plea in favor of protection,
He declared that the question came
down a
s1ty of the politician, which was pro-
lection, and the aspiration of the scian
t1tic, free trade. 1.-THE United States ia
right to protect her industries until
she can walk alone" he exclaimed, for
IN some political respects she is still
a baby
The meeting hereupon resolved itself
INTO debate between the free traders
and the protectionists of the party.
Louis A Dillon, of Ecuador. told his
hearers that his country imported very
much more from the United States
IMAM they exported to them, but the
business men of his country had
found that they could do better with
Europe, where they were enabled to
secure very much smaller rates OF
freight. F. Ferrari Perez, special rep
resentative of the Mexican government,
said that as his country increased its
industries it had been at the same time
u
de Graca, engineer and naval officer
OF Brazil, made another free trade
argument, characterzing the present
tariff bill as monstrosity.
Other addresses of a more general
character We're made by Alexandra
Garland. of Lima, Peru; Henry S.
Price, of Columbia, and Antonio E.
Delfino, of Caracas, Venezuela.
After the general discussion which
followed the party went to Willow
Grove, where dinner was served. To-
! morrow there will be another meeting
at the museum, and then the delegates
will disperse. Many will go to Europe.
others will remain in this country to
continue their studies of it's industries.
and some will return directly home.
Those who will remain are soliciting
additional information from the mer
chants and manufacturers of the Unit
ed States, and will reciprocate with all
the data required pertaining to their
own countries.