Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-06-26

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And tNi, sentiment To- not confined
. tu thg eastern >igu.,. hU, c&lcud- 10th,
Pacific ooa-'. whore new enterprise
demanding The fostering ,arc ol pnotcc.
tou acr ociCg inaueuratcJ. while II
is pr'uaN'r true ,hat uo tarit measure
could Ice constructed That would exact
lr suit an Of the local conditions in
pycYy rlrt oi tAc country. a measure
That brings the greatest good 10 the
greatest number is not likely To be-
abandoned or radically changed, The
people will not stand for it. and their
representatives will Ice alert when tariff
tinkerlng is proposed. If the tariff
needs revision and it can be done with
out injury TO any OF our industries il
will be odctcrmincd by the ablest and
most judicious men Of the Republican
party. bat not at the bchcsts of a few
who have private or special interests 10
serve. When we are doing well the
people will have but little patience
with those who would seek 10 disturb
conditions by experiments. They have
seen enough oi the folly of trying some
thing new. They Jumped out of the
frying pan into the ire once too often.
some go ,p far ~ 10 say that PreSi-
dent Mckinley iayOrs tariff reform,
though lac has made no public DECLARE
ton 20 warrant the statement. 1t is
safe 20 say the people are willingto fol-
low where this apostle of protection
will lead on this question. There is
little danger of his fayoring any radical
measures. lie has lived To see the pol
Icy with which his name is inscparably
associated lift his country TO the front
rank Of the nations of the earth. and he
would he the last nan to check its
onward march.
1t is quite possible President Mckin-
ley would like To see the reciprocity
treaties ratified, at least some of them.
in the interest of trade extension, but
ever in these there may he mischief
lurking which it might be well To ferret
out. 1t is said some Of the treaties ne.
gotiated by Mr.. Kas,on could not pass
the senate in their present form because
they provided for an exchange of many
commodities which this nation is
producing. which is not in keeping with
the latest declarations of the Republi-
can party. The platform of 1900 says:
I'VE favor the associated policy of
reciprocity. 50 directed as to open our
markets on favorable terms for what
we do not ourselves produce, in return
for free foreign markets"
Now il is said the treaty with the
Argentine Republic provides for a re-
duction OF our duty upon imports of
their wool. which Is nearly the same in
quality as that OF the United States.
In return for this concession the Argen.
tine Republic would buy O of our
agricultural machinery. TheodoreJ Jus
tiec. writing on this subject recently,
says:
Investigation developed the fact that
of the wool exports of the Argentine
Republic for the past eve years % per
cent was sold 10 Europe and only I, pei
cent 10 the United Statcs. The latter
puantity, however. was more wool than
We Imported from any other country IN
The world. with the single exception OF
ius trala>ia. and two-thirds Of II was
almost rAHctIy like wool grown in the
United State, or was better than the
latter. The United States during thi,
period sold Ia the Argentine Republic
~ per cent OF their argentine Rcpub.
licI imports Of agricultural machinery.
the other per cent came from Europe.
which was buying %? per cent of thcii
wool. The discovery OF these facts OK.
posed the tallngy of the contention that
she Argentine Republic would buy
more Of our agricultural machinery in
proportion 10 our increased purchase,
uf wool. Iflhis reciprocity treaty had
been approved the Argentine Republi,