The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-04
EXPORTERS
Agitated by Remarks
on Tariff Made by
Congressman.


somewhat agitated because Of the re
marks recently made by Representa-
tive Stevens Of Minnesota. AS one Of
the older members of the body his
remarks seemed to be particularly sig
nificant when he says:
But believe the time will be near
at hand when a reduction must be
made in some Of our tariff schedules
which are admitted to be excessive,
such as those OF iron and steel. glass,
lumber, pulp. pottery and the like
and among them must be reckoned
the tar.I schedule on sugar. Tha
chairman of the committee yesterday
informed us that this schedule was
Excessive now. ! believe that II It be
burdensome to our people a reduction
should be made so that our people
will get the benefit and that It ought
not to go to some foreign producers
lsr 70 those who dwell in some foreign
icountry. am willing to vote for any
measure which pledges to continue
for five years a tariff schedule which
is admittedly excessive and burden
some and which rings unjust taxation
to that extent from our people.
believe also in the Republican doc
trine of reciprocity believe that the
practical application of that doctrine
is necessary to protect and extend our
foreign trade and I am convinced that
the results of this measure viii be to
restrict our trade rather than to ex-
tend it, | believe 1t will narrow our
markets rather than increase them;
that it will prevent reciprocity rather
than promote it, l believe a liberal
policy of trade agreements should be
adopted. especially with Canada, Mex
leo. and our nearest American neigh
bors But this measure seems to me
to postpone such contamination in
definitely
He also struck a national chord
when he said:
I'VE invite retaliation from these
various nations whose products are ex-
cluded from the American market
lGermany, Austria, Russia. the Neither
lands. British colohies, West Indies
and East Indies, Mexico and Central
and South America are excluded from
our sugar markets by a direct policy
of our discrimination against them
and their products. They would have
no right to complain if our domestic
Iproduct met our own wants They
could not complain If they had en-
trance to our market on even terms
with all other nations and could not
compete in prices. quality and de-
Livery
1--WE remember about TWO years ago
although Russia has sold us only
about 5000 ions OF sugar-yet because
we imposed the countervailing duty
on sugar provided by the Dingley tar
lin bin upon the Russian product that
Russia quite excluded many American
products from its markets. | notice
This very week that one of the leading
English statesmen, Sir Henry Nor.
man, Tree trader has been urging
upon the present Balfour ministry OF
Great Britain that that ministry pre-
pare measures Of retaliation from the
great sugar producing and distribut-
ing nations of the world
He also said:
statistics show that our exports
IN the past three years were each
larger than our exports during the
highest period Of Mckinley reciproci-
ty and we can not fairly expect any
further phenominal
What do we pay for it? In the first
place there win be a reduction Of our
revenue. II read the testimony
rightly this measure viii cause a re
duction Of revenue Of about 81 ton
on sugar There viii be l&R0O,00O
tons to 15.000.0 600 tons imported from
Cuba next year Seven dollars a ton
would make a reduction OF about sl0.-
900 ooQ on sugar alone There would
be a further reduction of about 81
i0OO.00o. as I recall on other products.
THE result woull be that we antici.
pate a possible reduction of $4,000
600 I'm our revenue for the sake OF
selling possibly from twelve TO tUen-
Is million dollars OF our products.
His most significant utteranoe, how
ever, in placing facts and figures be-
fore the house of representatives was
lin the statement; "We sold Cuba
last year Ssi.76ioOo of products. We
sold the other West indian Islands
which export sugar 10 This country
! 4f,.. e4- 100 o0o Wa