Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26


OF our domestic markets. and the term
Home Market implies contraction, rather
than expansion. II we would run our
mills to their full capacity thus giving
steady employment to our workmen and
securing to them and to the manufacturer
the profits accruing from increased pro-
auction. other markets must be found.
furthermore, when our manufacturers are
dependent on raw materials in whole or
part imported. 1t Is vital to the extension
OF their markets abroad that they secure
t .nelr materials on the most favorable
Our martyred President William McKfn-
iey. appreciated this situation. He pointed
OUT IN MS last address to the people that
n me must rs make sensible trade arrange
our increasing surplus" He said, "a sys-
tenn which provides a mutual exchange OF
commodities is manifestly essential to the
port trade. The fiU" neri Hs our OF en-
clusiveness is past. The expansion of our
trade and commerce is the pressing prob
lem. Commercial wars are unproftable. A
policy of good will and friendly relations
Will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties
are in harmony with the spirit of the times;
measures OF retaliation are not"
This argument was made In the interest
OF our manufacturers, whose products, he
urged. have so multiplied, that the prob
lem lem OF more markets requires our urgent
to realize that the so-called stand pat
policy must give way-that there must be
q reduction of duties to enable our manu-
Iacturers to cultivate foreign markets. The
last words of this President-who had won
the anection OF his countrymen-ought to
De studied by every man who has any doubt
OF the necessity OF reduction In tariff
rates In the interest Of the manufacturer.
They present with clearness a situation and
a proposed remedy that prompted the pro-
vision in our platform which declares that
I'VE I'VE favor liberal trade arrangements with
Canada and with peoples of other countries
where they can be entered into with benefit
to American agriculture, manufactures,
mining or commerce"
The persistent refusal of the republican
majority in the federal Senate to ratify the
reciprocity treaties negotiated in pursuance
OF the policy advocated alike by Mr.. Blaine
and Mr.. Mckinley and expressly sanction
ed in the fourth section Of the Dingley act,
Is a discouragfng exhibition Of bad faith.
AS already mentioned by me. the exorbitant
duty imposed on many an imported article
by the Dingley tariff was avowedly intend
ed by its author not to be permanent but
to serve temporarily as a maximum. from
which the federal government was empow-
cred to offer reduction In return for an
equivalent concession on the part of for
eign country. President Mckinley under
took honestly to carry out the purpose OF
this section of the act. A number of reel
prOcity agreements were negotiated within
the prescribed limitation of two years.
which, il ratified would have had the two
fold result of cheapening many imported
products for American consumers. and or
American producers. Not one OF those
agreements has met with the approval OF
the republican masters OF the senate. IN
deed they did not even permit their consld-
Grafton In view of the attitude OF the pres
ent executive, no new agreement under the
general treaty power need be expected from
him. Nor does the repunhcan pia. 70 III
suspended treaties. This section or the
Dingley act stands forth as a monument OF
legislative cozenage and political bad 1alth.
Independence for the Flipinos.
In some quarters 1t has been assumed
that in the discussion of the PhlHppihe
question in my response. the phrase SELF
government was intended to mean some
thing less than independence. 1t was not
intended that 1t should be understood 10
mean, nor do 1 think as used 1t does mean
less than independence. However, 10 eluii-
nate all possibility for conjecture, now
state that am in hearty accord with tnat
plank in our platform that favors doing
for the Filipinos what we have alreaoy
done for the Cubans; and faVor nakihS
the promise to them now that we shali
take such action soon as they are red-
sonably prepared for it. If independence
such as the Cubans enjoy, cannot be pru-
IDENTIFY granted to the F'iliptnos at this tlme'
the promise that it shall come the mo-
ment they are capable of receiving 1t VIII
tend to stimulate rather than hinder theiI
development. And this should De done not
serve our own rights; for a free people can
not withhold freedom from another people
and themselves remain free. The tolera-
ton of tyranny over others will soon breed
contempt for freedom and self-government,
and weaken our power OF resistance 10 m
sidious usurpation of our constitutional
rights.
American Citizenship.
The pledge of the platform to secure to
our citizens. without distinction of race or
creed, whether native born or naturalized'
at home and abroad the equal protection
of the laws and the enjoyment OF all the
rights and privileges open to them under
the covenants of our treaties, as their just
due, should be made good to them In the
accomplishment of that result 1t Is essential
that a passport issued by the government
of the United States to an American clti-
zen shall be accepted the world over as
proof of citizenship.
Civil Service.
The statute relating to civil service Is the
outcome of the efforts of thoughtful, unset
fish and public-spirited citizens. Operation
under It has frequently been Of such a
character as to offend against the spirit OF
the statute, but the results achieved even
under a partial enforcement Of the law,
have been such as to both deserve ana com
mand the utterance Of the democratic party
that it stands committed to the principle
of civil service reform and demands its just
and impartial enforcement.
Reclamation Of Arid Lands.
vast expanse Of country in the west
portions of which are to be found in each
of the sixteen states and territories, men
toned in the law, is directly affected by the
national statute-the outcome of Intelligent
and persistent efforts of leading citizens,
providing for the reclamation Of the arid
lands for the benefit of home-seekers. Dur
ing the years of the development of the
measure which finally received the vote of
every member of the upper house of Con-
gress, it encountered opposition, based to
a large extent upon the view that the aim
of it's promoters was to secure the benefits
of irrigation to private owners at govern
ment expense. The aim of the statute is
however to enable this vast territory to re-
claim it's arid lands without calling upon
the taxpayers of the country at large to
pay for it. Whether the purposes Of the bill
will be fully accomplished must depend in
large measure upon the ability, sobriety Of
judgment, independence and honesty of the
officers of the Interior Department having
this great work in charge
In 1902 the main canals and bitches in the
region affected aggregated more than fifty
nine thousand miles and the work Of recla-
nation is but in its infancy. The total cost
of construction of the necessary head-gates.
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