Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-04-07

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Mr.. Clark gave statistics showing
the enormous corn crops annually pro
duced in the United States, the large
deportation Of this cereal and the in
significant importation OF the same.
"And yet" be remarked, farmers
are expected to whoop it up for the
Republican candidates, because they
are protected by the tariff from foreign
corn raisers"
Mr.. iiepburn's claim that the price
OF steel rails had been reduced In the
United States from Sl65 a ton, under
the Walker tariff, to s2I a ton now,
through an industry built up by a
Republican tariff and American ingen-
uity, was an assertion, said Mr.. Clark,
which might satisfy Republican mem
bers OF Congress, but would not de-
ceiye any Intelligent man elsewhere,
as the cause OF this reduction In the
price Of steel was the discovery OF the
Bessemer process OF manufacture. He
added;
"Eyen Colonel Hepburn, with his
disposition to claim everything for the
protective tariff, will not claim that
1t was responsible for Sir Henry Bes-
semer, or for bis process OF making
cheap steel.'
RECIPROCITY IDEAS.
The reciprocity speech Of Represent
alive DalzeIl, delivered in the House
recently, received considerable at
tention from Mr.. Clark. The keynote
Of that speech, he declared to be this
sentence:
Republican reciprocity is reciproc-
ity in noncompeting articles and in
nothing else.'
This doctrine, be said, differed very
widely from Mckinley reciprocity, the
foundation principle OF which was ex-
pressed by President Mckinley at
Buffalo In these words:
"Wem must not repose in fancied Sc
curity that we can forever sell every
thing and buy little or nothing"
President Roosevelt had Endorsed
this Mckinley idea Of reciprocity, Mr.
Clark asserted, by sending to the SEN
ate an extension Of time for the ratif-
cation Of the reciprocity treaty ne
gotiated with France under the direc-
tion Of President Mckinley. This
treaty contained scores of articles pro-
duced in France and Algeria, and also
in the United States, on which re-
duction Of the tariff was provided
for.
"If Republican reciprocity, on Feb
ruary 20, 1904" said Mr.. Clark, "the
day in which the gentleman from
Pennsylvania made IS speech, was
what he declared 1t to be, then vast
change has come over the Republican
dream since those two Republican
presidents sent those treaties TO the
Senate"
DEMOCRATIC POSITION.
The Democratic position on reci-
procity, Mr.. Clark stated, had been
set forth by Mr.. Williams, the minor
ity leader.
"It is" he said, "an authoritative
statement upon which we are willing
to stand In the pending campaign and
The Democratic party be-
lieves that when, on any articles that
20 to Cuba or any other people on the
earth, you get an agreement to reduce
the burdens to their consumers by re-
duclng the duties In their markets,
you have conferred benefit upon
their consumers and also on the Amer
lean producer, because you enable the
consumer 10 Cuba or elsewhere in any
country entering into these reciprocal
to get the product at a
cheaper price. That enables them to
buy more Of our products. That en-
ables those who have been buying IT to
buy more and enables those who have
hitherto not been able to buy any to
buy some, and that increases the vol
ume OF consumption of American
products and benefits the American
by enabling him to sell more goods at
the old profit, and thus both parties
to the trade are benefited
RoosEvELT's NOMINATION.
"That Colonel Roosevelt will be
appears TO be certainty, |
but hundreds OF thousands of Republi. |
cans will support him under protest.
The stand .Patters' will make the |
platform, but large minority win re-
ceive II sullenly. In fact, the reading |
1ut process Of the tariff reform Repub-
leans has already begun
Mr.. Clark recounted the efforts Of
the minority members of the house to |
secure a reduction of the tariff on par
ticular articles through the introduc-
lion OF separate bills at the present |