The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
REPUBLIC OF
THE HEMISPHERE
Senator's Looking Forward to Mighty Territorial
Acquisitions Why Newands Wants
Cuba Annexed

combinations to prey upon our domes-
TIC consumers while giving the outside
world the benefit of reduced prices"
WIN regard to the principles which
mould govern in shaping the fiscal
system or a country Senator Newlands
lays down this general proposition:
Inc fiscal system of a country
should be stable. Its rates of taxa
tfon should be fixed in amount, GER
tam in aseertainment, and fair in dis
trlputlon. They should be imposed by
the legislative body, and should not he
subject to the changing action of the
treaty-making power controlled bv
sentiment or by interest in its relations
with other countries. The system
should not be made the subject of
bargain or sale. Our duty should not
be one thing to one person and another
thlng TO another, nor should 1t be less
to one nation than to another"
senator Newlands believes that a.
tariff based on the reciprocity idea
would bring favoritism to some don1es-
tic industries at the expense of others.
ana that the government by adopting
this reciprocity system would neces-
sarily fail in it's duty of absolutely fair
treatment as between it's citizens.
Whatever party is in power the
custom houses will not be abolished"
ne argues. The revenues of the coun-
try will be largely derived from Gus
toms duties, and these duties will nee
essarily give either designed or Incl
dental protection to domestic indus
tries. Reciprocity means that the
products of certain domestic indus
tries will go into other countries on ia
Vored conditions. and that the products
or foreign industries in such countries
VIII come into this country on favored
conditions, and thus work disadvan-
tage to similar domestic industries. No
reciprocity treaty can be devised which
VIII not promote certain domestic in
oustries at the expense Of others. Reel
procity with Cuba means that we IA
vor our manufacturing interests at the
expense OF our agricultural interests"
The fmprobability of according fair
and impartial treatment to equally
friendly nations-this involving, as
must necessarily be the case, bitter
commercial rivalries and in all prob
ability serious International compIica-
tions-furnishes, in the opinion of the
Senator, a very weighty argument
against = reciprocity system.
"Recipr ity means favoritism in all
foreign relations" says he. EVERY
consideration of interest which com
pels free trade inside of the republic
compels impartial trade with the out
side world. Reciprocity means favor
ed trade with certain nations. It
means giving one country an advan-
tage that is not given to another.
Such policy will undoubtedly secure
the enmity, hatred and jealousy of the
nations less favored. If the sugar of
cuba is to be admitted with a reduced
duty, why not the sugar of Jamaica.
England's colony? Is England less
friendly than Cuba, or is England to
De punished because her tariff i'm
poses less restraint upon the impor-
tation or our products than Cuba's?
Why, also, should not Frances sugar
be admitted with reduced tariff
France, the traditional friend of the
United States?
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reciprocity will force retaliation
II reciprocity is a wise policy 1t should
be extended to other countries, and the
natural impulse will be to seek reel
procity with countries which now i'm
pose the most restraint upon the i'm
portation of our products? Germany
has been most pronounced in this d.
rection. If reciprocity is to be our con-
trolling policy, we would naturally
treat with Germany first. We would
not seek to treat with Great Britain.
because she puts no restraints upon
our importations. England, therefore,
would find herself Disseminated
against and Germany favored, simply
because England was liberal and Ger
many restrictive. How long could Eng
land afford to stand this discrimina-
ton? Would she not be forced to re-
taliate by barring out our products, in
order to secure a favored arrange
ment? Would it be wise for the United
States to place a premium upon dis
elimination against our products by
giving the most hostile country the
most favored arrangement? Foreign
European countries are now exceed
ingly FESTIVE because of our restraints
upon their importations through high
duties. A policy of favoritism to cer-
tain nations would increase our diff
ficulty."
Senator Newlands amendment to
the Cuban treaty was not voted upon.
He did not deem 1t judicious to press
it to vote at present, as public senti-
ment is not vet sufficiently declared,
and an adverse vote might create the
wrong impression in Cuba that Com
gress would not favor Cuba's applica-
ton for admission to the Union, should
it be made. He has served his purpose
by making it a matter of discussion
All such questions, he said, necessar-