The Portland daily press., 1899-10-31
Object To Our Protective Tariff
Laws.
Fact That They Do OBJ
ject Says Monohan.
Is a Splendid Argument In
Favor of Them.

Philadelphia, October s0.-Tbs Inter
national Com merciai Congress which has
been in session here since October -,
today entered upon the final week OF Its
work. The congress will close on Wednes-
day. Tcday's session WAS dev otad first to
papers on European trade and later in
the day there was m informal discussion
on the subject OF trade markets. Con-
gresham Irving p. wanger OF Pennsyl-
vania presided over today's elaboration.
Carlos Yensen, delegate from BilboA.
Spain, spoke Of the famous ores which
came from the section of Spain, which
he represented, much Of which found Its
way to Philadelphia, Baltimore aud New
York. He thought that II the United
States possessed greater shipping facili-
ties her trade with spain, and especially
with bilboa would be greatly enlarged.
Pietro Tappari of Florance Italy, In
discussing the question OF tariff said;
Without wishing to enter into the dis
oussion of the merits Of the protective
arin in gepesrl / viii only say that It
has by this time been fully proven BY ex-
rerience that prohibitive duties are some
times as Injurious to the country which
imposes thom as to the country against
which they are imposed, and this Is sx-
actly the case with your Dingley tariff,
which having very high duty on some
Italian prod ucta hiss caused rs much dam
age to American interests as to Italian
interests.''
J. MonohAn, United States CONSUL
at Chemnitz, Germany. the next speaker,
said in part: ''The fact that almost
cry foreign delegate has made oil jeotion
60 our tariff will be a splsndid srgumsnt
70 present to part of tue American pso-
ple In favor of keeping our restrictive du-
ies."
Mr.. Monohsn then took mp his sub
isot. 'Northsrn Europe as place for az
ports.'
he showed how America ID now ready
to make exports, and considered the ques.
tion as to the countries TO which tho ex-
DO rts should be maze. This nation, he
salt, should try and secure trade with
svery country. but psrii ,ularly di he
urge that srsoisl attention he devoted to
TO the iuduss y, energy ana methods ex-
Is lug In trade 10 the German empire and
al the batis Of German successes Is her
broad and ni1ute system Of technical
and indus ri Il education
Antonio Guyas, delegate from Madrid,
gave q resume If the oondi ions of trade
and commerce in Spain aud sid In
a6a,t nh AZ thu ,ou try vvna he ino tainva.
mated by re-organ IL alton Of its commerce
and manufactures In oonclu,inn he de-
olared that Spain IL very anxious to In
crease lis CONNER / Il trade with the
UpiEds States. In order so do that, he
sal !, 1. is iudispersalle that q treat OF
com mt rec be negotiated without deIry.
Harold Grebst, delegate from Gotasn-
hurg sws len urged that the CUES on Of
Improving the merchant maine be 81 ven
nIDeoi ate AMI close attention by the peo-
pie of ths Unised States.
The su jsct of onmsrcill trade marks
WAS discussed at the Afternoon session
Hon. Charles ID. Buell., Urited States
commits )ner of patents, presided and
made an address on the value OF trade
and merchants Of this country must find
an output for tn ir products In the
markets of the world. DniiaY nine
months of the present calendar ye'r oh
exports amounted TO M rly $3.50 600 900
against nearly s2r0 900 900 i, Ias Il g
months OF 1873 Anythinz W ion ADDED
to our power to hold and increase is
showing was OF the utmost
Importance.
Contin uink Mr.. Buell. sal that when |
foreign trade was established in par To- |
ular grade Of goods Ii could only be re-
tainsd by containing tn send or ade as
good as that first sent, and to prevent
others palniug off inferior goods In
imita ion,i became essential that export |
srs should adopt and use trade marks.
That the present Law needed amend |
rent was universally admit ted. The |
speaker in advising exporters to adop, |
trade marks cautioned them not to use
their own names ss q mark because, he |
said. the right Of a man to use his own |
name was common to all men and there |
fore, II thsre were twenty men by the
name OF John Adams each Of the twenty |
had as good right to use It as any of the
others. He further cautioned against
the adoption Of a geographical term, q
descriptive word or name az word ex-
presaing quality, grade or peculiar excel |
lence
DR. \. K. Stewart of New York. spoke |