The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-10-10
ROOSEVELT FOR RECIPROCITY
Ills Speech at Minneapolis Compared with
that of Mckinley at Buffalo Four
Days Later.

hOOSeVSlU, the one at Buffalo I'M
mediately before the murder, the
other at Minneapolis four days
earlier, are already historical
and are receiving close compare
tive study. The two speeches
were wholly independent of
each other in their preparation
and were calculated to express
views of their makers alone, but
they cover largely the same
points of national policy and. IN
the light of Roosevelt's declara-
ton that he will pursue the Nc.
Kinley policies without deviation,
they now together become an ad-
ministration textbook.
That reciprocity will be the
all absorbing issue of the next
congress is apparently beyond
doubt. The exact position of
the president is a matter of great
concern among the law Takers.
He does not care to be drawn out
upon that or any subjecj except
in a proper manner and for a
proper purpose and he has evad
ed the efforts made in that direc-
ton since coming to the presi-
dency. the two speeches re-
ferred to, with Roosevelt's in
augural declaration. are there
fore taken as expressing his
opinion ON the subject of reci-
proclty and as indicative that he
will cooperate with congress to
the fullest extent of his ability
in promoting advantageous trade
relations with the world.
At Minneapolis, Sept 3. he
said in his great Grafton:
''We most earnestly hope and
believe that the chance of our
having any hostile military com
plication with any foreign power
is very small. But that there
will come strain, jar, here
and there from commercial and
agricultural-tha. is, from. in
dustrial- competition is almost
inevitable. Here. again, We
have got to remember that our
first duty is to our own people;
and yet that we car best get JUS
tice by doing justice. We must
continue the policy that has been
so brilliantly successful in the
past and so shape our economic
system as to give every advant
age to the skill, energy and in
telligence of farmers, merchants.
manufacturers and wage-work-
ers; and yet we must remember,
in dealing with other nations.
that benefits must be given when
benefits are sought.
"Itis impossible to dogmatizeas
to the exact way of attaining this
end, for the exact conditions
cannot be foretold. In the long
run one of our prime needs is
stability and continuity of econo-
mic policy; and yet, through
treaty or by direct legislation, it
may, at least in certain cases,
become advantageous to suppl
ment our present policy by a
system of reciprocal benefit and
obligation"
Four days later President Nc
Kinley, at Buffalo, devoted a
portion of his last speech to the
Same subject, and Roosevelt has
given the assurance that he
would continue the policies of
Mckinley on unbroken lines.
President Mckinley said:
1--WE have a vast and intricate
business built up through years
of toll and struggle, in which
every part of the country has it's
stake, which will not permit of
either neglect or undue selfish
ness. No narrow, sordid policy
will subserve it. The greatest
skill and wisdom on the part of
The manufacturers and producers
will be required to hold and in
crease it. Our industrial enter
prizes which have grown to such
great proportions, affect the
homes and occupations of the
people and the welfare of the
country. Our capacity to pro-
duce has developed so enorm-
ously and our products have so
multiplied that the problem of
more markets requires our urg-
ept and immediate attention.
Only a broad and enlightened