Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-19
Here is where objection Will
be made by the British common PEG.

be made by the British common PEG
pie.
The colonies also are supposed 70
raise their tariff walls against other
countries and 10 import almost entire
II from The Rather country
ii Is a nne sounding scheme. and
for fhe Canadian people would no
doubt prove In the highest degree ad.
vantageous. But It Is dihieult ID see
how il can help Great Britain The
sclf.goyernment colonies are practical
~ Independent.
II Il undoubtedly true that Canada
can raise all the food supplies reqtir
cd by Great Britain for she has more
~unocclpied agricultural land than the
United States possesses altogether
But the natural trallag neighhef of
Canada Ii the United states VIZ III
garaing Canada al a foreign nation
have denied tse reciprocity for which
The commonwealth has been pleading
The moment The United States chose
10 upset the beautifully arranged
Chamberlain plan-and she would
choose very aoonlt would be fle cas-.
lest thing In the world to arrange :
reciprocity treaty Then the food sup
bly, would come 10 the United States,
and the products Of American factories
would oil Canada 70 the exclusion q
all other. Reciprocity With the Unit
cd States would do more for Canals
Than could any arrangement with the.
mother country.
Mr.. Balfonr's policy has more ~
recommend 1t from the standpoint
of E~ngland's best interests. He PRO.
poses that England shall impose high
or customs duties on foreign goods,
not solely or even mainly 70 soIidify
the empire, but u punish the coun,
tries that maintain tariff walls for the
exclusion Of British goods. The pres.
ent fiscal policy OF England. he says,
was made for q free trade country n
n world OF free traders, and It does
not work well for a free trade com
try In a world Of free traders, and u
doea not work well FOR a free trade
country In a world 81 ot~ectionists.
Since other countries i IN shut
ting English goods on Z mar,
kets. he would have Z aai strike
back by shutting the goods Of other
countries out Of her markets
il England shou.a rol!cy of
Imposing discriminating duties, such
as Mr.. Balfour advocates, she would
probably start d world wide tariff war.
Other nations would take a hand, but
the principal combatants would be
England. Germany and the United
States, for the latter two are the
countries which have been most sue.
cessfully invading both England's
home markets and the markets che
has heretofore controlled abroad Mr.
Balfour's scheme seems to be To i'm
pose tariffs mainly on foreign man
ufactured goods. This would shut
the manufacturers OF Germany and
the United States out OF English ma.
kets.
The scheme seems feasible. No
doubt II viii look very attractive to
the manufacturers Of England. It
ought also to appeal more forcibly 70
the laboring population Of England
than Mr.. ChamberlaIn's scheme.
But the people will have none OF Il,
The realization Of his w best In.
terests impresses itself upon the dun
brain Of the British workinsman but
slowly. And the vlgllant leaders OF
the Liberal party welded to the Cos
pei Of free trade Will be quick 70 take
advantage OF the present crisis, Some
day. II the nations OF the earth contin.
ne TO levy tariffs. England viii be
forced In line. hut there will he
much logged battling with adverse