Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-20
our foreign trade mayhave expansion?

| our foreign trade may have expansion?
| The interests that demand change 70
sucE reason must be required to presen
incontrovertible proof that the end can b,
reached only by sucfs means before the ma
| ton can consent to make the experiment O.
renewed tariff Legislation
me interests for which speak believe
| tnat the safe thing to- do is simply to re
Iiain from meddling. In any manner will
] the economical legislation under which vic
tories SO stupendous ihave been won.
>, no man can tell where change will enc
| II change shall be begun. The politfca
parry parry that is in poWex because it pledged
itself to sustain the sproteetive system can
not afford to repudiate any part of it. Il
Is committed to no form of reciprocity
that involves sacrifice Of any home indus.
| Try: The figures given here justify the pro-
tective policy completely even from the
standpoint of the exporter of manufactures
Inc smallest authorized movement toward
change Of the tariff will Introduce to bust
ness an element Of uncertainty which will
| involve this nation in more loss than all
| the gains that the Individuals concerned In
| the movement can make In years. Let the
taIiH alone. Let prosperous business con-
oition alone. Let a mighty export trade
alone.
Doors Now Closed
MI Farquhar said in substance that the
doors OF foreign trade, now closed, could
De opened by reciprocal tariff concessions;
that, In Mr.. McKinley's words, Americans
cannot longer expect to sell unless we
puy; that the present tariff is the highest
In the history of the world; that to allay
the general antagonism it's excessive rates
nave excited reciprocity treaties are essen
tial; that Russia has proven how more
than $6OOO,OO0 of American trade could be
terminated In a day; that Germany and
france are inclined to follow Russia's ex-
ample
Some applause greeted Mr.. Farquhar's ar
gument, but it was not at all representative
Oh the strength of the convention and it
marked not SO much Mr.. Farquhar's decla-
ratlons in favor of reciprocity as the enun-
cation OF general principles, such as are
comprised in the following paragraphs, the
conclusion Of the address:
The promotion of commerce Is far no.
bier and worthfer aim for an enlightened
government than any that can be realized
oy victorious warfare. Commerce, though
IL may nave its source in seIf-interest, is a
pathy.
Our late President truly said that reel
procity is in harmony with the spirit of the
times, retaliation is not adding that the
ships of commerce are messengers of peace
and am1ty wherever they CO. and he closed
mis- farewell address with the noble exhor
tatlon Let US ever remember that our in
terests are in concord, not conflict; that our
real eminence rests in the victories of
peace, not those of war
other addresses.
Addresses were also delivered during the
afternoon by Frank Leake of the Manu-
facturers' Club of Philadelphia, in advocacy
OF department of commerce and manu-
facturers; George ]. Seabury of New York,
in support of the isthmian canal project, a
strong merchant marine and reductions In
the war revenue tariff, but no changes in
the Dingley tariff; George A. Laughlin of
hoe
domestic reprocity' and incidentally critf-
cising the steel trust; George H. Barbour
of Detroit, William L. Bass of Brooklyn,
Henry Dairy of New York, S. o. Bigney of
Attleboro', Mass.
Committees We're announced during the
afternoon session as follows:
To call upon President Roosevelt-Theo-
dore c. Search, Philadelphia; Chas. A.
Scherwin, New York E. P. Wilson, Cincin-
natl; Edward H. sSanborn, Philadelphia;
Stephen A. Knight, Providence, R. l.; VIII
liam B. Rice, Boston, Mass; Henry Fair
banks, st. Johnsbury, VT; Richard Young,
New York city; John Pitcoun, Philadelphia;
J. A Jeffrey, Columbus Ohio; George H.
Barbour, Detroit; George NJ. Sargent, Chi
cago; Ellison A. Smith, Pelzer S. c.; Chas.
A. Carlisle, South Bend, ind; Titus Sheard.
New York. ~ .-a
On resolutions-D. A. Tompkins, Char
lotte, N. c.; General VIM. F. Draper, presi-
dent Home Market Club, Boston, Mass;
Mr.. Titus Sheard, Little Falls, N. Y; Ma
tional Association, Knit Goods Manufac-
turers; W. r. FarraRd president Farrand
Organ Company, Detroit, Mich; P. w.
Gates, Almis, Chaimer Co., Chicago, ILL.,;
National Founders Association; Charles A.
Scherwin, New York chamber of COM
merce; s. T. Mcknight, president, Missis-
sippi Valley Lumbermen's Association,
Mimi; Frank E. Kaufman, ST. Louis Mil
lers' Club, st. Louis, Mo-; Murray ShipIey,
Club, Cincinnati Ohio: ].
Gordon Gray, Manufa cturers' Club of
Pa. ~
Reciprocal Relations Discussed.
The night session. devoted to the subject
Of reciprocity with the Standardization
countries, developed the fact that the dele
gates were having difficult time to avoid
making straightout high tariff speeches
One speaker said he had heard nothing but
high tariff speeches all day, and that, were
the delegates not SO earnestly trying to at
tain the ends mapped out, one might be-
ieve he were attending a political meeting
at the height of an important campaign
The discussion centered mainly on the i'm |
of hides from Argentina
Messrs f. B. Thurber Of New York Sec
rotary Hoffman Of the Kansas City Millers' |
Association, Col. j. r. Supplee of Balti- |
more, Charles A. Schieren of New York. |
w. B. Rice of Boston, H. T. Atkins of Gin |
,innati and Charles Carlisle of South Bend, |
Ind, had the floor in turn. Mr. Rice spoke !
especially in the interests of the leather in |
1ustry and said the tariff on hides from |
Argentina benefited nobody, and that I'm its
present condition the hide question offered |
/ good model for the mantle Of reciprocity,
---