The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-26
the federal courts, cannot be deter.
mined by the president, or by a candi-
date for the presidency.

the constitution, to the judiciary. and
not to the executive. The supreme
court of the United States has recently
considered this question. and. in the
case of the Western Unian Telegraph
Co., VS.. The Call Publishing Co., to be
found in the one hundred and eighty
first volume of the United States SUI
preme court reports, at page 80. it de
cided that common law principles
could be applied by United States
statutes specifically covering the case
Such is the law of the land.
Reciprocity.
In my address to the notification
committee l said that tariff reform is
demanded by the best interests of both
manufacturer and consumer" With
equal truth it can be said tnat the
benefits of reciprocal trade treaties
would enure to both. That the consul
mer would be helped is unquestionable
! That the manufacturer would receive
great benefit by extending his mar
kets abroad hardly needs demonstra-
! ton. His productive capacity has out
grown the home market. The very term
Home Market" has changed in its sig
nificance. Once, from the manufactur-
ers point of view. it meant expansion:
today the marvellous growth of our
manufacturing industries has far ex-
ceeded the consUmptive capacity of our
domestic markets. and the term Home
Market implies contraction, rather
than expansion. If We would run our
mills to their full capacity, thus Civ
/ ing steady employment to our work.
! men and securing to them and to the
manufacturer the profits accruing
from increased production. other mar
kets must be found. Furthermore.
/ when our manufacturers are depend
ent on raw materials in whole or part
imported, it is vital to the extension
of their markets abroad that they Sc
cure their materials on the most favor
able terms.
Our martyred president, William
/ Mckinley appreciated this situation.
He pointed out in mis- last address to
the people that we must make sensi-
BILE trade arrangements if we shall
extend the outlets for our increasing
surplus" He said, "a system which
provides a mutual exchange Of COM
modities is manifestly essential to the
continued and healthful growth Of our
export trade. * The period of
exclusivenees is past. The expansion
Of our trade and commerce is the
pressing problem. Commercial wars
are Improbable. \ policy of good will
and friendly relations will prevent re-
| prisals. Reciprocity treaties are in mar
mony with the spirit of the times:
measures of retaliation are not.
This argument was made in tne in
/ terest Of our manufacturers. whose
products. he urged, have SO multi
piled, that the problem of more mar
kets requires our urgent and imme-
| date attention." He had come to re-
| alize that the sO-calied "standDat pol
/ icy must give Way-that there must be
a reduction of duties to enable our
manufacturers to cultivate foreign
markets. The last words of this pres
! ident-who had Won the affection of
| his countrynen-ought to be studied
by every man who has any doubt of
| the necessity of a reduction in tariff
! rates in the interest of the manufac-
turer. They present with clearness
situation and q proposed remedy that
prompted the provision in our plat
form which declares that, 1--WE favor
liberal trade arrangements with Can
ada and with peoples Of other coun-
! tries where they can be entered into
with benefit to American agriculture,
manufactures, mining or commerce..
/ The persistent refusal Of the repub-
! Iican majority in the federal senate
to ratify the reciprocity treaties ne
eOtiated in pursuance of the policy ad-
vocated alike by MI Blaine and Mr..
Mckinley. and expressly sanctioned
in the Dingley act itself, is discourage
ING exhibition of bad faith. As already
mentioned by me, the exOrbitant duty
imposed on many an imported article
by the Dingley tariff was aVOWedly in
tended by it's author not to be perma-
nent but to serve temporarily as
maximum. from which the federal gov
eminent was empowered to offer a re-
ductiOn. in return for an equivalent
concession on the part of foreign
country. President Mckinley under
took honestly to carry out the purpose
of the act. 4 number of reciprocity
? creements We're negotiated, which. II
ratified. would have had the two-fold
result of cheapening many imported
products for American consumers, ana
of opening and charging foreign mar