Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-09-21
Says the Thing to Do 10 to Arrange to
Swap TRADE Privileges,
QUOTES EXTENSIVELY FROM @KlNLEY
De6sa Anyone to Detect in it Leaning
Toward Revision.
THOUSANDS HEAR AND CHEER THE IowAN
He is the Principal Magnet Tor Great
Rally at Mason Park-Hender-
sons ResiEnation IL Not
Mentioned.

CHICAGO, Sept. 20.-As an opponent OF
tariff revision and as an advocate Of reoi-
prooity, Secretary OF the Treasury Lcalie NJ.
Shaw spoke to a great crowd In Mason park
tonight. The secretary was the magnet which
drew thousands to the republican rally, and
although he disappointed many In that he
did not refer TO the Henderson incident,
he evoked applause in his treatment Of the
issues which were so closely knit into tho
resignation Of the speaker Of the house
A point which seemed to flnd favor with
the crowd, was that offered by Secretary
Shaw, when he quoted from the last speech
OF President Mckinley, and dehed any one
to find I'm the entire speech anything that
would indicate that Mr.. Mckinley had the
fsintest leanning toward tariff revision
other speakers at the meeting were Con-
gressman Foss, Boutell and Mann.
In part. Mr., Shaw said:
Under a protective policy we have built
up our manufacturing interests until now
our factories turn out more In value than
all the shops and all the factories Of any
other two countries on the map by more
than SO, 900 ,000, 900. We have now a surplus
Of manufactures as well as food products
and the all-important question confronting
us is what shall we do with it? For the
more common articles of manufacture like
iron and steel and glass, and the product
Of the loom and the spindle we need more
markets. In fact, we must have them, for
II the ability Of our people TO consume
should be materially checked either by pro-
lnnsed and acrimonious taTS agitation vi
by failure Of crops, we will be confronted
with a surplus, and labor will again seek
employment in vain
NOS Advocating Free Trade.
"If have made my premises clear the
conclusion Is irresistible l am not advo-
eating opening our markets to the unre-
strlcted trade Of foreign countries That
must never be so much as thought Of
am simply making as strong an argument as
1 am able to formulate In favor OF swap
ping trade privileges.
Under the provisions OF the Dingley bill
certain treaties were prepared and signed
during McKinley's first term. They have
not been ratified. Before referring gen.
orally to the merits OF one or two of these
treaties want to call attention to the fact
that the republican platform has declared in
favor OF reciprocity and the then president
authorized these treaties. No one sup
poses for a moment that William Mckinley
did this without knowing of their contents
and without approving them in detail.
Next / want to emphasize the fact that
the last speech made by that hero and
statesman was his first and preliminary
speech preparatory to an aggressive move
ment in favor of their ratification. doubt
II a speech was ever misrepresented as
much as that one has been. The opposi-
ton papers throughout the country seized
upon 1t as a declaration in favor Of tariff
revision. There are not three consecutive
sentences that permit of such construc-
tion. He said: If perchance some Of our
or to encourage and protect our industries
at home, why should they not be employed
to extend and promote our markets
abroad? He does not say why should
they not be removed-thrown away. What
he does say is, why should they not be
employed to extend and promote our mar
kets abroadT You cannot employ them
by removing them gratuitously. He ex-
plains how Reciprocity treaties he says,
are In harmony with the spirit Of the
times Reciprocity treaties are the means
pointed out by William Mckinley for us
ing these mo longer needed tariffs to ex-
tend our trade abroad That is the whole
import Of that speech. and in It he gave
notice that he proposed to use every hon
orable means to secure the ratification OF
those treaties.
Cites an Instance.
II now want to refer to just one OF the sew
eral treaties. Take the one with Argentina.
The treaty provides that the United States
shall admit the WOOL the hides and the
sugar from Argentina at the rate OF duty
20 per cent below the regular Dingley tariff
and in consideration of this reduction Ar
gentina Is to give us 80 per cent reduction
from her regular tariff schedules on canned
salmon, Holsters. corn, succotash tomatoes,
apples, dried and evaporated fruits, parafin
wax and wind mills and 20 per cent reduc-
tion on bacon, oatmeal, cracker wheat and
hominy and other cereal foods, and on cer-
tain kinds OF twine and cotton rope. We
are also to have certain advantages on a
large number Of manufactures OF vJod
Similar treaties were drawn with other
countries. Under the Dingley bill 20 per
cent reduction might be allowed under
treaty duly ratified. In other words our
minimum tariff under the Dingley act Is
20 per cent below the regular schedule. The
minimum tariff in France differs on differ
ent items, but amounts TO about 80 per cent
less than their regular tariff rates Franae
has given a number OF countries the advan-
tage over US in her markets. The only way