The Rice belt journal., 1904-09-30

interstate commerce, in the absence or
United States statutes specifically COW
ering the case. Such is the law of the
land.
Reciprocity.
In my address to the notification com
mlttee | said that tariff reform lis de-
manded by the best interests of both
manufacturer and consumer. With
equal truth it can he said that the bene-
fits of reciprocal trade treaties would
enule to both. That the consumer would
be helped Is unqutStiOnablc. That the
manufacturer would receive great benefit
by extending his markets abroad hardly
needs demonstration. His productive ca
laCitN has OutgroWn the homo market.
he very term Home Markct,' has
changed in its significance. Once, from
the manufacturers point of view it
meant expansion; to-day the marvellous
growth OF our manufacturing industries
has far exceeded the Consumptivc capac-
lly or our domestic markets, and the
term Home Market implies contrac.
ton, rather than expansion If we would
run our mills TO their full capacity, tnuS
| giving steady employment to our work
men and securing to them and to the
manufacturer the profits aCrruing tom
! increased production, other markets must
| be found. Furthermore. when our manu-
| faCturers are dependent on raw materials
! 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.
az H!dI lHitu PIVSIuth'' iiIdm NC
ntli Mii,Itli a3P'frIdTu app Leu @ @tt'!s Si1Galloh, te
/ people that We must make sensible trade
/ arrangements If we shall extend the
outlets for our increasing surplus" He
Sa'9, "a system which provides mutual
tACHiH HSt VI commodities IS mahleSliN tsI
!. SeIlIi1l 70 tlle continued ana heal'nlul
grown ol our export traue. -; Inc
petiou VI tNciuSNthSSS IS past. / ne tX-
p"''Sioi ~ our Ihue anu ,Coil'lnrtCc Is
Tue pitHNiiiS Pfooieih. commercial wars
az uip' oMtd"'' y P"iitH, oi soou VIII
aiti IIe',SnN n itl!.loi!S WI prevent re-
pI ISulH, htIpio'ilN tItatleS are III mar
nio'i' YIN 5nt HPiIlt Oh lhG ''ileS' hledS-
VI @ ~ letdIIa'IoH are not;
MS argument was maze IN th' inter-
tHt u our IditilactulvTS' whose prod
uc'S' ne urged, nave SO multiplied, that
the problem OF more markets requmeS
nau come TO realize that the S"-called
Stdhu PAT poilcy must give WaN-that
Ineit must De rrddclloh OF duties TO
eniDle our manufacturers TO cultivate
tulelSH markets; ne aSt "oFHS OF thlS
pitSIutHt-"ho had won tne aIiectlol OF
ms tOahtfFmeh-OuSht to be STUDIED by
every man VINO mas any DOUBT OF me
iletrSSitE OF feGuctlon IN tarlft rates
III lIe interest," OF the MANUFACTURER. IHey
present win cioalueSS situation ana
provision i'll our platform which declares
mat. We favor liberal uade arrange.
hlehtS WIN Cahtda ana with peoples or
otnei couhtlieS Whelc thcE can De en-
tGleu INTO win dement, 10 American ag-
!Icullure' manufactures mining or com
merce
Inc persistent refusal OF the Republi-
can majority III the Federal Senate TO
latlfy the reciprocity treaties negotiated
IN pursuance OF the policy advocated alike
by Mr.. Blaine and Nj Mckinley. and
expressly sanctioned in the Dtngley act
itself, is diSCouragtug exhibition Of had
falth. AS already mentioned by me. the
eXofoltdht DUTY imposed on many an I'M
ported article by the DtnSley tariff was
aVowediy intended by its author not to
be permanent, but to serve temporarily
as maximum, from which the Fedt al
government was empowered to offer
reduction, IN return Tor an equivalent
concession on the part OF foreign coGn-
try. President Mckinley undertook hon
estiy to carry out the purpose of the
act. A number of reciprocity agree
mentS We're negotiated, which if ratified.
would have had the two-fold result of
cheapenlng many imported products for
American consumers. and of opening and
ehlaFSlnS foreign markets TO American
producers. Not one of those agreements
mas met with the approval OF the ke3
puDHcan masters OF lht senate. lnuteu
tiieN dlu not even permit theIr coiSiuel-
" "tioli' III 'i0N VI tIIC dt'l'Nut VI 'iiI
present executive, no new agreement need
be expected from him. Nor does the Re
publican platform contain favorable
reference 10 one OF the suspended treaties.
Inc Reciprocity causes OF the DlnSley act
seem destined TO remain a monument OF
legislative cOzenaSe ana poliilcal hau
ialtii' uiileSS the people take the natleI
All Ilell o"li laHuS at TIE pdllot poA
dtlu cotiltlahd teHucVoh ol o"|IeS III
return Ior reGlpfocal conceSsi0nS.
inoepehoehce TOT tne rhpnos'
- IN some quarters II mas peen aSSulneu
tildl IN the DISCUSSION ol 'he fhillpplle
question: Ill my response the phrase
sell ei1-goNefnmeht. was INTENDED 10 mean
sotitethlnS lesS Shat ttuepthuSnce. II
vas not intended that II should pe uh-
aetStooo 10 mean, nor 90 l thihh as
@ useu II uoeS mean iesG ttlin h."Spthiu ptIu
GIiCe; lioM IVY e., " eIliniIa'e , az pVI9i
lly !or CONJECTURE l now state Ihal
am an III itf1l WIN Stru pf"!N ,i
"a Rto.ip, ~ '"' un,S I @ tnr for
~, ilPtiioS VIII W. IA az. o''uH Go.V ~. ~
tle uoai", anu / laNoi % hi"hihS tne
promise 20 tnehn ho" lhal we sldil t"he
Sh stGh action a3 soon as 'heE are rea"oH-
aolS t,eIaieu ioI ~
Reclamation OF Arlo CanGs.
A vast eXpanse VI COUNT! III Tue Nest,
pottloEs ol "Hich are 10 pe loulu III
each OF the sixteen states anu TERI torres;
ilehtloHeu III tie idM' II uitectlS dilecteu
by ine hatohal Stalute-tHe outcome OF
inteHlseht ana peiSlSleht eloFtS ol leau-
ing c!t1zens' MoIIdlns 12r the reclamar
llun OF ole aria landS iof tue behetit OF
noiHtAtt thclS' DuilhS iHe years ol tne