The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04

There is general acquiesence in our
present tariff system as a national pol
icy. The first requisite to our prosper
ity is the continuity and stability of
this economic policy. Nothing could be
more unvise than to disturb the BUSH
ness interests of the country by any
general tariff change at this time
Doubt, apprehension. uncertainty are
exactly what we most wish 70 avoid in
the interest Of our commercial and ma
terIal weT-DeiHg. Our experience in
the past has shown that sweeping re-
visions of the tariff are apt TO produce
conditions closely approaching panic in
the business world.
Yet it is not only possible, but en-
lnently desirable. to combine with the
stability of our economic system a
supplementary system of reciprocal
benefit and obligation with other ma
tons. Such reciprocity is GE incident
aha result Of the firm establishment
and preservation of our present eco
nomiC policy. 1t was specially provided
for in the present tariff law.
= Reciprocity must be treated as
= the handmaiden of protection. Our y
= first duty is to see that tie prOtec- =
= ton granted b. the tariff in every =
= case where it is needed is main =
= tanned. and that reciprocity be =
= sought for so far as il can safely =
= be done without injury to our =
= home industries. Just how far =
, this is must be determined accord =
> ing TO the individual case, Temem- =
> bering always that every applica- >
> tiCn Of our tariff policy to meet our ,
> shifting national needs must be =
= conditioned upon the cardinal fact =
p that the duties must never be re- >
= duced below the point that viii =
= cover the difference between the =
= labor cost here and abroad. The y
= welI-being Of the wage worker is .
> a prime consideration of our en- >
= tire policy Of economic legislation =
Hearty Support for Reciprocity,
Subject 10 this prOviso OF the proper
protection necessary 10 our Industrial
Wall-boinE al home. the principle of
reciprocity must command our hearty
support. The phenomenal growth of
our export trade emphasizes the uT-
gency Of the need for wider markets
and for a liberal policy in dealing with
foreign nations. Whatever is merely
petty and vexatiOus in the way Of trade
restrictions should be avoided, The
customers % whom we dispose Of our
surplus pr0dggts in the long run, di-
rectly o. Indirectly, purchase those
surplus products by giving US some
thing On return. Their ability To puT-
chase our products should as far as
p0ss bic be secured by so arranging
our tariff as 10 enable US 10 take from
them those products which we can use
without harm to our own. Industries
and labor, or the use of which viii be
of marked benefit 10 US.
it is most important that we should
maintain the high level Of our present.
prosperity We have now reachL1 TIE
point in the development Of our int r.
ests where we are not only able to sup
ply our own markets but 10 produce
a constantly growing surplus for which
we must dEd markets abroad To Sc
cure these markets we can utilize eX-
istiag duties in any case where they
ere no longer needed for the purpose
Of protection, or in any case where the
article is not produced here ana the
auty is no longer necessary Tor rev
enue, as giving us something TO offer
IN exchange for what we ask. The
cordial relations with other nations
which are so desirable VIII naturally
Le promoted BY the course thus re-
guired by our own interests.
TIE natural line OF development for
4 policy reciprocity VIII be ia con-
necd0n with those of our productions
hich no longer require ~ az the sup
pOrt once needed 70 establish them
upon a sound basis. and with those 9TH I
efs where either because of natural or I
0f economic causes we are beyond the /
reach Of successful competition.
ask The attention Of -he senate to 1
the reciprocity treaties laid before it /
- nay predecessor