The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-15
xpANDING OUR TRADE
BY the Adoption of Treaties of
$500 Reciprocity. -
PLEA OF THE LATE PRESIDENT
At Buffalo In Favor of This Policy.
Reciprocity Treaties Now Pending
In the Senate of the United States.

At Buffalo In Favor of This Policy.
Reciprocity Treaties Now Pending
In the Senate of the United States.
Protection has brought great prosper
ity to the United States and to all our
people. Reciprocity will continue and
perpetuate that prosperity. 1t is the
logical development of protection. I'm
der the stimulus Of the latter, we ex-|
tended our industries and produced
more and more every year. We pro-
duce more than we can ourselves con-
sumo. Therefore we must do one of
two things: Either quit raising so
much on our farms and stop our mills
or furnaces or factories until con-
sumption catches up with production
or else we must sell more abroad
Greatly as our export trade has in
creased since 1897, until it's annual to-
tai is stupendous, can we retain 1t all?
More than that, can we increase it still
more? For we must do SO if we are
to continue the marvellous prosperity
of the present.
William Mckinley believed that we
can, and he so declared in his last
public utterance-his speech at Buffa-
10 the day before he was stricken down
by foul assassination. He was fully
alive to the possibilities of danger.
"Only broad and enlightened policy
will keep what we have. No other pol
icy will get more" Then he went on
to define reciprocity, which he did in
these words: by sensible trade ar
rangements which will not interrupt
our home production, we shall extend
the outlets for our increasing products.
A system which provides mutual ex-
change of commodities is manifestly
essential to the continued and health
full growth of our export trade" Then
he added there words of warning: I'VE
must not repose in fancied security
that we can forever sell everything
and buy little or nothing. We should
take from our customers such of their
| products as we can use without harm
| to our industries and labor. Reciproc-
ity is the natural outgrowth of our
wonderful industrial development un-
der the domestic policy (protection),
now firmly established. What we pro-
duce beyond our domestic consump-
| ton must have vent abroad"
These words of wisdom meet the ap-
| proval of every intelligent American
who puts the prosperity and happiness
| of the whole people above partisan
| politics. The only dissent yet heard
comes from Democrats who are bound
| by dogma-the outworn and condemn
ed dogma of free trade. They cry that
| reciprocity is but disguised free trade,
and imply that William Mckinley, the
lifelong champion Of the protective
policy, departed from it in advocat-
ing reciprocity. The assertion is either
evidence of stupendous ignorance, OF
of demagogic partisanship. Free trade
| would throw our markets open to all
nations alike, without any reciprocal
advantage to us. Reciprocity reduces
the duties on certain of our imports
from a country in return for a similar
reduction on our exports to that cOun-
try. For instance we say to foreign
nation: "You need our breadstufs
our beef and pork, our manufactures
OF steel and iron. Lower your duties
| on these, and we will lower our duties
on your hides, your tropical fruits
your sugar, or your other products
which we cannot produce. You will
greatly enlarge your sales to us, fol
you will have an advantage which
other nations do not have, while we
will have a similar advantage in YOU
markets, and increase our sales also.'
Reciprocity is fair exchange of trade
advantages; free trade is giving oul
advantages away without getting any
thing in return.
/ More than this, policy of reciproc
ity avoids trade wars and hostile tar
ifs directed against our commerce
McKinleys keen provision led him, il
his remarks, to warn us against thi'
danger. Commercial wars are unpro
fitable,' he said. "A policy of goot
will and friendly trade relations will
prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treatie!
are in harmony with the spirit of thu
times; measures of retaliation are not
If, perchance, some of our tariffs ar
no longer needed for revenue or to en-
courage and protect our industries a
home, why should they not be employ
ed to extend and promote our market
abroad?'
That is a correct definition of re
ciprocity, made by the great apostl
of protection. Mckinley believed in i
! as the logical sequence of protection
The Democratic clai n that reciprocit.
is analogous to free trade is as base
less of fact and as crazy in theory a
was their free silver idea that tn
stamp of a coming machine, by som
unexplained hocus pocus, would dou
BILE the silver in actual value. The dut
of the Republican party in the natiol
is to see that reciprocity is adopte'
by Congress. The duty of the Repub
. licans of Ohio is to support it by thef
votes for the party ticket, that Re
| publican legislature may be elected
i that Foraker may be sent back to tn
senate, to champion the ratification b
that body of the reciprocity treatie
| which are now before it.
5 Don't be deceived by Democratic 81
D lence and quiet. That is a game Of
: ten attempted to persuade Republic
1 ans that there is nothing doing, whil
4 this year everything should be doin
on the part of the Republicans. E,
cry voter of them ought to be stand
ing by McKinley's memory with hi
ballot, and be ready to support Roost
| welt most heartily.
Yellow journalism has encountere
ihe black flag of popular indignation