The sun., 1901-11-23
RECIPROCITY AT HOME.

nuEhHliA HhHuldI WIZ
general idea Of trade extension Is terri
torial enlargement. and increasing vol
ume i'll exports. We may be wrong
about ii, hut we entertain in idea that
reciprocity like charity should hrsin Ut
home.
The discussion that has become genera
originates. and relates to the ohhgauoh
Of Congress as the national representa-
tive body to promote the betterment OF
domestic -homc--con,iitions and the dis
mute Of the discussion arises out ot the
difference Of opinion rs to how best G.
promote domestic interests. The one
side stands for the stimulation of the
home market by tariff protection-fnr
higher wages, shorter labor day and
greater home consumption. The othcr
side stands for il modification of tariff,
the present wage rate, the present labor
day, increased production without
comppnS.,ting increase of consnmrtien'
and foreign market for the surplus that
must inevitably. otherwise overstpck the
market. ana cHuSe llliuNtllul SAuShaNi'h
and commercial ruin.
The tariff for protection process has
produced the situation out of which TINS
discussion grows. II has stimulated
home industries until there is 4 necessity
for one Of two things IN outlet in foreign
trade for unused products, or 4 greatly
stimulated home market. The effects
Of tariff have been So beneficial, have 50
raised the standards Of American home
life, that lie who thinks seriously about
it heSitates to i'll any way lesson the
power Of such heneticcnt principle III
national and individual economy. II is y
fact easily ascertained by any one IN
tprested in the NATTER that the homes
nf the people Of this country hay,
changed vastly. and for the better, dur
ing the long continuance Of the tarlf
regime The little ugly tenements, will
their Inconvenience, which We're th'
homes Of the mechanics Of this city ftt,
wears ago have almost entirely dlsaT
peared. Those that remain are occupie
by the least intelligent and least compe
tent ot the people; and i'll some cases .
which We know, these former homes hay
long been deserted and are now bein
demolished hy fuel hunters. Not "nl
We're these houses barren Of what n
now essential to the buildings deSiSne
fol homes hut they We're barren Of u
furni~ hin@S that now are found IN almo
the very humblest of homes: very nfte
iii the old days the floors We're bare, N
iii some the foor WAS the earth the
worp no curtains III the windows, no ri
lures nn the walls. and the furniture vi
of thc plainest and most mlartiStie d
slu ara make: Il bath was I'M undream,
Ill Injury, aud the gus and electric high
werr represented by candGs ~ smol
i'll smelling oil lamps. Tie revcrS.
this picture i familiar to all who ha'
eyt Z ID sec. The comfortable homes. q
comfortably and elegantly clad peopl
and tic great ARMY II we'll fed. ",
clothed pupils u tile pul,lic schools III
thton- Till streets passing frem the
hane~ II tile great Well furnished scho
buildings, attest the power and ben"f
enre II tariff for protection With the
things achieved the tariff advocates b
that thr full measure Of its hrneticen
Ina nat hevn attained. Their oppositi
tp the popular reciprocity proposition
iasr, upon the fact that i proposes
distribate elsewhere the surplus lat
products that ought III justice 10 70
the producers iii some shape or 9th
The rruof If the truth Of this pnsit
i III The fact that the American peo
are n"t getting and consuming All Il
need aud want of their own products.
is these products, which given the ahil
the American people would consume
which the advocates Of reciprocity s.
Il mal,itrt. The proposition is 70 let d.
tho tariff bars III order u induce
foreign market--a profitable mafkot
otherwise apparently unsaahlr prndn
Success In this will llo two things.
will help maintain prices III the h
market and 10 that extent restrict Ii,
consumption 10 IFS present relation
production. II will enable the manuf
urcr to Sill his surplus III q small pl
or II even Id cost, and giy" him con
nous nsc ii capital, that without
market would be locked NJ il the nm
surplus stock. The manufactured !
escapes the losses incident 70 what
calls oyerprndu1tion escapes il At
cost u the worker. the consumer,
fails 10 get and enjoy his fair Si
of the profits Of his skill and labor
are in excess af the bare cost Of
living: in other words. the produt
living is made to cost NIL he can Z
Ii is to the solution Of this problem
distribution that the patriotic eeono
tolls. Under the tariff We have com
Il place where this distribution by 5
means is demanded, and the PROPOSE
is to dispose of ii by means Of rccipr
trade relations with foreign State.
necessity for this is said TO demal
modification of the tariff. But does
necessity exist That is one Of the q
tions Of the question of the discusSir
With this inquiry comes the sugges
of Il domestic application Of the print
of ciprocity-reciprocitS between {
tai and labor that will increase wa