The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-09-26

the home market. The very term
Home Market has changed in it's sig
nifcance. Once, from the manufacture
ers' point of view, it meant expansion;
to-day the marvellous growth of our
manufacturing industries has far ex-
eeeded 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 fun capacity. thus giving
steady employment TO our workmen and
securing TO them and to the manufac-
turer the profits accruing from in
creased production, other markets must
be found. Furthermore, when our man
ufaeturers are dependent on raw ma
terials in whole or part imported, it is
vital to the extension Of their markets
abroad that they secure their materials
on the most favorable terms.
Our martyred President, william Nc
Kinley, appreciated this situation. He
pointed out in his last address to the
people that we must make sensible
trade arrangements If 1--WE shall extend
the outlets for our increasing surplus
He said, "a system which provides
mutual exchange of commodities is
manifestly essential to the continued
and healthful growth of our export
trade. . The period of exclusive
ness is past. The expansion Of our trade
and commerce is the pressing prob
lem. Commercial wars are unprofita-
BILE. A policy of good will and friendly
relations will prevent reprisals. Reel
procity treaties are in harmony with
the spirittof the times; measures of re-
taliation are not
This argument was made in the in
terest of our manufacturers, whose pro-
ducts, he urged, have SO multiplied,
that the problem of more markets re-
quires our urgent and immediate atten-
ton" He had come to realize that the
so-called stand pat" policy must give.
way-that there must be reduction of
duties to enable our manufacturers to
cultivate foreign markets. The last
words Of this President who had won
the affection of his countrymen-ought
to be studied by every man who has
any doubt of the necessity of reduce
ton in tariff rates in the interest of the
manufacturer. They present with
clearness a situation and proposed
remedy that prompted the provision in
our platform which declares that, I'VE
favor liberal trade arrangements with
Canada and with peoples of other coun-5
tries where they can be entered into
with benefit to American agriculture,
manufactures, mining or.commerce."
The persistent refusal of the republi-,
can majority in the federal senate to
ratify the reciprocity treaties negotia-
ted in pursuance Of the policy advoca-
ted alike by Mr.. Blaine and Mr..
Mckinley, and expressly sane
toned in the fourth section of the Ding
ley act itself, is discouraging ex-
hibition of bad faith. AS already men
toned by me, the exofbitant duty i'm
posed on many an imported article by
the Dingley Tariff was avowedly inten-
lded by its author not to be permanent,
but to serve temporarily as maximum,
from which the federal government was
empowered to offer reduction, in re-
turn for an equivalent concession on the
part Of a. foreign country. President
Mckinley undertook honestly to carry
out the purpose of the act. Al number
of reciprocity agreements were negotia-
ted, within the prescribed Limitation Of
two years, which, if ratified,
would have had the two-fold
result of cheapening many inn
ported products for American con-
suners, and of opening and enlarging
foreign markets to American producers.
Not one of those agreements has met
with the approval Of the republican
masters of the senate. Indeed they did
not even permit their consideration. In
view Of the attitude Of the present Elk
ecutive, no new agreement need be ex-
Ipected from him. Nor does the repub-
|lican platform contain a favorable ref
erence to one of the suspended treaties.
The reciprocity clauses Of the Dingley
act seem destined to remain a monu-
Iment of legislative cozenage and politi-
lcaf bad faith.
independence for the Filipinos.
IN some quarters 1t has been assumed
that In the discussion OF the Philippine
question in my response, the phrase
"self-government," was intended to
mean something less than independence
1t was not intended that it should be
understood to mean, nor do think as
used it does mean less than indepen-
|dence However, to eliminate all possi-
bility for conjecture, now state that I
am in hearty accord with that plank in
our platform that favors doing for the
Filipinos what we have already done
for the Cubans; and i favor making the
promise to them now that we shall take
such action as soon as they are reason
ably prepared for it. If independence,
such as the Cubans enjoy, cannot be
.prudently granted to the Filipinos at
this time, the promise that 1t shall come
the moment they are capable of receiv-
ing it will tend to stimulate rather than
hinder their development And this
should be done not only in justice to
the FiIipinos, but to preserve our own
rights; for a free people cannot with
hold freedom from another people and
themselves remain free. The liberation
of tyranny over others will soon breed
contempt for freedom and self-govern-
ment, and weaken our power OF resis-
lance to insidious usurpation of our
constitutional rights, ~ Il
American Citizenship.
The pledge of the platform to secure
to our citizens, without distinction Of
race or creed, whether native born or