The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-11

Boston. Dec. 10.-The opinions of
men of national reputation upon i'm
portant questions of the day were laid
before the business men of Boston to-
night at the annual banquet of the
Merchants Association. Senator John
w. Daniel of Virginia spoke on the
negro question; Senator Joseph
OuarIes. of wyoming. on Chamber
lain's Revolution" while the speech
of Gov. A. B. Cummins of Iowa on
Reciprocity with Canada" was read
by Hon. Charles S. Hamlin. The Gov
ernor was obliged to return home ow-
ing to the sickness of his aged moth
err.
CONGRESSMAN Samuel w. Mccall Of
Massachusetts, echoed the sentiment
of Gov. Cummins on reciprocity.
The banquet was held at Hotel
Somerset and was largely attended.
Senator Daniel, taking for his sub
iect. 1.-THE Unities of the Union"
dwelt in a general way on the l1ar-
monious conditions existing between
the Northern and Southern States,
referring also to the negro question.
with respect to the unity of the coun-
ty. he said that, IF a cloud did pass
in front of the sun at one time, that
cloud was now passed away. 1t seems
that the whole country might he
moulded to be the perpetual home OF
one people
Passing to the negro question, Sena-
tor Daniel pointed out that, although
the North and the South are united,
there is one subject on which they are
divided, the color question He said
"You have never seen slavery from
the standpoint of some of us. Having
DESTROYED slavery and abolished it,,
what are you going to do with the
corpse? Yet the American people have
never had a problem to deal with
for which their courage and skill were
insufficient"
Charles S. Hamlin was then called
upon to read the address of Gov. Cum
Minis. The Governors address, in part,
follows:
at goes without saying that we
ought to, if we can, secure treaties
that will hurt nobody, but to allow
an interest that puts a million dol
lars of goods annually into our mar
kets to stand in the way of a series
of interests putting ten millions Of
dollars of goods into a foreign market,
is turning the doctrine of protection
from a beneficent policy which bestows
its largess upon the country as a unit,
into an instrument of avarice and self
ishness. 1t must not be understood
that I am for any trade arrangement
that would strike down any industry
whose existence is necessary to make
us independent of other nations In so
far as our natural resources can make
us independent Here again the prin-
ciple which / invoke sways the situa-
tion-the good Of the people.
1.-THE reciprocity which / advocate
is the reciprocity for which / believe
Blaine expended his natural wisdom
and which he illuminated with the best
thought of his ripest years. II is the
reciprocity which Mckinley saw as he
uttered his last word to the American
people 1t is the only reciprocity which
will aid our producers in their strug-
gle for the trade of the world and
IL we are not ready to stand for t.,
and fight for Il. we ought to cOnsign
the word and the thought 10 the
oblivion Of our grown heresies
ut has often been said that our
manufacturers sell their products
abroad cheaper than they sell II at
home, and some prejudice has arisen
upon this phase Of the problem. do