Arizona republican., 1902-09-22
The Roosevelt Policy.


 A Washington dispatch to the Globe Democrat states that reciprocity rath- the president on his western tour as the proper course fer the republican party in congress in solving the prob lens of trade over which there has been much interest created in the manufac turing states. and the dispatches in yesterdays Republican giving a digest of MT. Rooseveits speech at Cincinnati. Saturday indicated that his suggestions received warm approval in that city. There can be no doubt that the argu- ments in support of this policy are many and forceful and that action along the lines to be indicated and urged by the president will meet every demand of the republicans who are now urging tariff revision, and will thor oughly satisfy the country.
 One strong argument to be advanced is that the treaties have all been pre- pared and can be acted upon within very few days. or weeks at most. after the converting of the senate, while any Intelligent revision of the existing tariff schedules could not possibly be under taken at the short session of the con gress. These treaties. thirteen in num- ,ber have been pending before the sen ate committee on foreign relations, of which Senator Cullom is chairman, and favorable reports have been agreed to upon all of them except that with Ar gentina. With the exception of the French treaty. the manufacturing in- terests are but slightly involved, the concessions being made very largely to the farmers and the producers of foodstuffs. These treaties would very largely increase the possibilities for the extension of American trade. partIcu- larly in farm products and the com modities which the people of the west produce.
 In the treaty with the British and Danish colonies the United States makes a reduction of 121z per cent from
 
 oranges. This small reduction will not hurt our western orange growers, while in return Jamaica gives the American farmers and producers long free list, embracing f1fty-nine numbers covering a great variety of the products Of the farm. forest and factory Tn addition, the tariff rates are reduced on lumber shingles, salt and cured meats. butter cheese. lard. meat, Indian corn, oats peas, beans, four cotton cloths, petrol cum. wines. tobacco and other products, and the provision made that the tariff on United States goods shall in no case be greater than tht imposed upon the products of other nations. Jamaica's trade amounts to about SIG, ,OOO, 900 an- nually, and the United States has half of it. with a certainty. the advocates of reciprocity claim, of getting the rest or it if the treaty is adopted
 The French treaty is the most i'm pcTtant of those pending The reduc- tions made by France apply to the whole tariff list. with the exception of nineteen articles. and the reduction av- erages about AS. per cent, or 26 per cent. excluding oils. The United States concessions are at the rate of only d ! per cent reduction from present tar if rates. The list of products of the United States upon which the French tariff is reduced by terms of the treaty is a very long one, including nearly everything raised on the farm, in the forest, or produced in American fac tories Wheat. corn, grains of all kinds. apples, meats. fruit, oil, flour, agricultural implements and all kinds of machinery. furniture of all kinds, lumber. all manufactures of wool. and mules, vegetables. broom corn, vinegar and hops are among the items on the list in which the west is particularly in- terested The French reduction on these articles is from 20 to 40 per cent from existing rates.
 The adoption of the pending treaties will end for some years all talk of tar fir revision, and will open the way to an enormous increase in American for eign trade.