Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-08-09
AN ACTIVE MINORITY"
ITS ssEcioUs PLEA FOR WIDE
OPEN RECIPROCITY.
Not one IN . Hundred Among American
Manufacturer. In Favor OF Trade e"n-
e-..son. That Are Certain Co Curtain
Mama production.

The celebrated proclamation Oh '"O n
tailors OF ToolSy street. commencinS' :
1--WE. the people OF England. Is re- r
called by the declaration OF principles
ard purposes os an organization call :
tn ifself the National Reciprocity
League. Sixty-six delegates attended ,
tho convention nj which this body was
called into being. and they adopted
resolutions OF the most pronounced re-
c,procity type. among them the follow
iug.
RESOLVED. That the doctrine that
there should hc no modification or the
.9ri0 which involves any Injury 10 any
homo industry and which permits
each industry 20 be sole judge OF
whether such notifications viii cause
f,irrv. prevents all reform in existing
trade laws. however benCdcial 20 the
neople generally such reform would
I be ana suhoriinatcs the Interests OF .
th, many 90 that OF the few. In place 4
~ which we propose broad. liberal F.
commercial regulations. hcnenclaI 10
Tho uconie 81 the whole country.
Resolved That the reciprocity treat
les negotiated by eN-Minlstcr Mason
tndc- TIE direction and with the ap-
proral ~ President Mckinley should
DO promptly ratified IS beneficial TO
the interests 81 the people OF thiS coun-
-rv. and that further treaties along the
same general lines should be neSo-
tia-cd with other nations
.RrSolvet. That the interests or IN
s--lve minority should not prevail over
tlcs, OF 81 passive majority. and tna' IN
making tariffs and reciprocal trade
. a-rcewcuts With other nations. the in-
rests &C. American Industries AND or
tho American people as whole SHOULD
. r, considered"
Among the officers and directors OF
, rra or-rtt-.t.rr- tlcre arc nearly
p as MANY or tlam ass there were ot.e-
gates iu thc couNo-uor-ve rnl some
, familiar names. Among them -s tAa'
4, of lf~. James Dec.iu-. who lcaped into
fame a- % single bound at tle assn
80 ln-tou convention ~ November l',A
~ when with % swcc. in-cas isneSS DE-
b. -att- eve know THAT >'uo -olu>lI-''
r. viii he injured ly thc tarln re-uci'oh
h, proposed ol tle pending rtcilF'ciI-
-e treaties. aut tlcy VIII not ne ihl w e'
-~ g. much SIS other industries Nii I'D
g. benefited" Nlcr.at he coAFeNl-o'
.n o--.oCcd .uto big laugh. and M
i- pecr.n- SAT- down in CONFUSION IL NA
ID probably not even yet occlfscd q
o. young Nr. Dcer.u-.s asT ,u-tul"4 -''
ly chilery mind that pr'c@elf iAt S'l-
plea might BE- urged by TIE pic"pocN'
lr- and the safe-hlower. -. also we III
ss among The officers snd directors 81 (.
DE National Reciprocity League NlI' a.
ne Farquhar. 81 A'rS' i'. amor. ..i l'.' p, p.
-h ~ farm imp-eiile MS w nose '',''' o.'. =,
Nt % iuteli- tilaI Hi>''l-''''-' '''''' '-
TACT that De is an -N--,--'''- .''''.' '''' .
ne turer ana iltt 'i''"''. '-'
~ manning siAil --out "."''' -.- ''
'-i- mat Sii-pe 'i "'>.- -.
i} very F"'' l-.r .-t' " 49,
US oliA'-- '-- mecca '- 49,
" tAer own -NuUN''.''' '-
t-c@ nave uoH I4'i.-se '-''- --t
' 'r4lSuH SAa" .'"N. p'o'NN'-'- 90
-is' can thereby sell ~" more u"ei''"
liAlNeiieu'~' '''-'4N "a "
., foreign lliaIN''S' "''1
W""ns '""' 'N' -'", ri,
4tan wage ll- -"-
10 lAe "tF. % '-'E ''''
'o 90 "'''e ''o.c
Z" near -'''"- "''- -.
i- Il Mason. ga 'D.'i. o''
among ''-e o''i''' .'"'
A"''e 'N ~.
i'''". '-S 0- ,,-, ~. r.
cav on the selfish. short-siShtei. desu
full trv. r,roo~sr, ~ wide omen recipro,