The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
Senatorial Wisdom.

Senator Hoar In a speech delivered yes
terday before the Essex club, declared
that a great deal is heard OF RECIPROCITY
and of foreign trade and OF revision Oh
the tariff, but "a revision OF the tarlH
IL as necessary as it is for Massachu-
sets TO revise her statutes" This IS
as strong a protest as the senator couio
possibly make against tariff revision, LOT
the idea of there being any necessity
to change the statutes Of his own state
in any particular is thing unthlnKaole
to him. The senator's reference to reel
procity and foreign trade was also IN
reprobation Of reciprocity treaties nego-
tiated with view to extending Our tor-
eign trade He believes the domestic
market Is sufficient to absorb continually
the products of the nations INDUSTRIAL ac-
tivity--a view in which many OF his TEL
low citizens OF Massachusetts, do not con-
cur Indeed, while Senator Hoar was de-
nouncing tariff revision and reciprocity
(Which Is special tariff revision) on Ba-
ker's island, an eminent fellow citizen OF
his. Eugene Foss Of Boston, was declar-
ing with much force that New England
like the middle west, IS alive to the reel
procity movement and earnestly advo-
eating a reciprocity treaty with CANADA
which would be Of very substantial ad-
vantage to both countries and an arrange
ment which is largely favored by Canada.
It would appear from this declaration
of the leader Of the Canadian reciprocity
movement in Boston that there are some
people in Massa chusetts who do believe
in the kind Of tariff revision which IS
necessary to bring about what may prop
erly be called practical reciprocity, as OPP
posed to the kind of reciprocity which
only gives access to our markets, free
of duty, or under reduced duties, to that
which we do not produce, in return for
tariff favors for our products in foreign
markets Of course this minimizes the
comm ercial value of reciprocity to this
country, for the list of things we do not
produce Is comparatively small. Prac
teal reciprocity means the opening OF
larger volume Of trade with foreign coun
tries by making reductions Of our yer!
high duties on many articles and stimu
lating larger foreign purchases, we re
Ce1VmS IN return the IlllllllIluLi ldi Ill idIo
of the country traded with. This woul'
be practical reciprocity-giving and tax
ing, without limiting our concessions t
that which we do not produce in thi
country The New York Chamber o
Commerce. a great representative com
mercial body, has passed resolutions call
ing for practical reciprocity and condemn
Ing the narrow, one-sided reciprocity ad
vocated by the national reciprocity con
vention last year at Washington. Tha
convention met to champion real reel
procity, but having marched up the hill
it marched back again, illustrating tn
ditty: r. ....
Mother, may I go out to swim?
Oh, yes, you may, my daughter;
Hang your clothes on hickory limb,
But don't go near the water.
Public OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and indus
trial sentiment. is more and more. appre
T, ciative Of the demonstrated and potenti
fact that reciprocity treaties can only /
helpful and successful when they al
made on mutually reciprocal trade line
If we would secure foreign trade In larg'
volume, we must give the foreign produc
fair show in our markets.