Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-01

I The nat.ona! EeDubI!can Dlat.or-n d
! 1865 declared az follows rega riding rsc.
orocfty;
"Protectinn and reciprocity are cvtr
measures ri Republican policy sad n
aand In hard. Democratic r.le has
-ecklessl7 struck down both, and bntk
a4ust be re~establiahei. f'rotertinn s6l
what We prodgce; free admission ,or
ne necessaries ri He which We IN no'
produce; reciprocsI Agreements If mn.
'gal interest which gain open markets
Tor ~ In return FOR Our npen. market m
others, lrofec5lnn bui.Gs ~ donestir
industry and trade ard secrres oar
J7vn market far ourselves. kAc4proclt7
ogl.Gs ~ foreign trade and Gnds ar
outlet fDF our surplus"
IN [grsuance If this blank 81 me
plaf',rrn secti0n III The Dingley art If
'sJ7, partly az an antiGote ~ ia high
profectlvc fra turez and partly az an ef.
FORT 70 keep the party true ~ IT.
pledges, gage 70 the president IT The
United States, by and with the advice
and consent IT the senate, within the
Deriod III twO years after the pa ssa re
NJ the art authority To enter into com
fnerctal treaties with foreign countries
III which our duties might he reduced
~ much "a IN per cent and certain nat,
oral products not of this country rniYht
bt. nrt Lirn the free list IN return for
70 Na1atl2 reductions allowed II
th ".' airy.
fat. this section President McKin-
icy atpn.ntrd Hon. John 4. Kasson,
W.D. !r"PlDusy On the ways and
n. ans committee. had acquired con
s.d"r =" experience with tariff sched-
nl"a he ut once set about his task
aLf i1 short time had succecGed in
formulating treaties with France. the
Al: i..c Erppb!ic, Danish West IN
dies "uI British West Indies. The
two Hi8t nancd were the most inpor-
iaut France agreed TO make an aver
age rcC ri!p1 Of about 20 per cent On
abort CDO articles. We agreed 10 make
~ average reduction Of G.3 per cent
"a about 200 articles. France, although
4 protective country, had Il tariff far
loWfr dan ours, yet she allowed w
substantial advantages, while we, hav-
j'Ig an exaggerated protective tariff,
only funde slight reductions on few
schedules. The most important CON
cessipn was on cotton knit goods,
which were reduced from Ga 10 51lA
per cent. Cheap imitation jewelry
"tt3 reduced 8 or 10 per cent, French
s!i.: was admitted at 30 instead Of 60
pr cent, and there were slight rcduc-
Ho..s in the paper schedules.
10 the Argentine Republic In return
Cor very advantageous terms We
granted 20 per cent reduction on wool.
70 the West Indies, who favored
among other articles American canned
80 Dis, we lowered the bars on tropical
fruits.
II vas a glorious effort to increase
our commerce and to gain an outlet
for our surplus product.
When these matters became public,
there was frightened cry from de-
pendent protectionists. Manufacture
ers asserted that the reduction on cot.
ton knit goods meant irreparable in
jury. A paper factory in Lee, Mass, was
n IN agony Of despair at the prospect
Of Il reduction in the paper schedule.
The gentle shepherds from Ohio, pas
turing sheep on hundred dollar an acre
land. and Of the Rocky mountains,
where government ranges can be had
ipr nothing, raised mighty shout at
..e enOrmity Of 20 per cent reduction
on wool. Under the Dingley act the
finer Andean fleeces were practically
prohibited, and the reduction would be
welcome to manufacturers. California
protested because West Indian fruits
were to compete with her own.
The most amusing objection came
from novelty factories in Providence
and Attleboro, which are supported
by kindly disposed customers who
cbarltably tax themselves some 65 per
cent. They addressed the New Eng.
land congressman as follows:
SHOULD the French treaty be rati-
fled the home market will again be
crowded with foreign made goods, and
to compete with the same labor which
enters largely into the production
must necessarily be the sufferer.
''ln 1897 we petitioned for a tariff
Of % per cent. The enactment of the
Dingley bill fixed the rate at G5 per
cent. which does not fully reach the
point of equalization.
ITO now infringe on that percentage
even per cent would be blow at la
Dor and the persons dependent on the
jewelry industry. We earnestly ap-
peal to you to use your utmost endeav-
or to have the treaty rejected"
The Home Market club, our indus.
trial mentor, not believing that Presi.
dent Mckinley was guilty of such
heresy until his last message to con-
grcss. began to pass resolutions. 1t
thought that the wool reduction was
IN outrage, for the wool schedule was
arranged after a long conference "be-
tween the growers and the manufac.
turers." 1t Is not apparent from this
that the question of revenue
or of consumers interests was Of any
consequence in this matter. The or.
ganization further declared that the
treaties ARE not based upon the true
principle Of reciprocity. which is the
exchange on favorable terms Of dis
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