The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-03-30
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WEDNESDAY MCE. 30. 1904.
~ AIKEN g SCHMAHL.
ELOQUENTLY SILENT.
Democrats Don't Talk Since the Speech
OF DaIzeIl and v0lstead.

Washington, March, IL, 1904
There is silence in Democratic
quarters on the reciprocity" ques-
ton since the admirable speeches
by Representatives Dalzell and Vol
stead. These speeches struck the
keynote Of the reciprocity policy OF
the Republican party. Against
these lftterances by Republican
leaders, who represent manufac-
turing and agricultural interests
respectively, theassaultof the rec
iprocity Democrats make no head
way. It should not be forgotten in
this connection, that the Democratic
party has never been favorable to
any policy of reciprocity that does
not open the markets of the United
States to competing foreign commo-
dities. Every proposition advanced
in the past by the Republican party
for reciprocal trade relations be-
tween this country and foreign
met with the undivided opposition
of the Democratic party. Tt is only
when the misapplied Cuban policy
of misbegotten reciprocity in
competing products was brought
forward that the Democratic party
awoke to realizing sense of how
good and beautiful policy is which
admits free of duty, for at reduced
duties, competing commodities from
foreign countries. The fact is thai
all the reciprocity that has been
heard from in this session OF con
gress on the Democratic side of the
house has come from Mr.. Williams,
the Democratic leader, who ex,
pressed desire to open up the way
for reciprocity with Canada, and
the reciprocity scheme advanced by
Mr.. Lind, Democrat from Mime
apolis, who appears to be working
in the interests of Democratic mi Il
ers and the cities of the border
states. The speech made by Mr..
Volstead, the Minnesota Republican
who represents an agricultural dis
trict, was complete and convinc-
ing answer to- the Lind scheme of
reciprocity, which is handmade off
the Iowa idea. And the speech
by Mr.. Dalzeli was complete and
convincing answer to any generals
scheme OF reciprocity according to-
the ideas advanced by the Demo
cratic leader, Mr.. Williams. Ut IS
not surprising, In view of the
speeches by Republicans in the
house that there has been silence in
Democratic quarters on the the rec
iprOcity issue during the past two.
weeks.
Speaking of the reciprocity qnes-
lion and the results OF the scheme
into with Cuba, which Re-
publicans who favored that enter
prise are constantly apoligizing for
is unique and peculiar scheme, =
justitiable only on the grounds OF
our peculiar relations toward Cuba,
It is interesting to note what is as
serted to be the results Of that re-
alton up to this time. Attention
mas already been called to the effect
If the more recent changes in the
Cuban custom laws, whereby the
effect of the expected closer trade
relations was to some extent
1t least nullifed by the lat
n action in the Cuban laws.
Some testimony has since been Civ
IN before the committees of con-
gress regarding the effect of that
new reciprocity relation. It is
claimed by the Hawaiin delegate
n congress that the effect ofthe re-
luction in Cuban duties incident to
The reciprocity arrangement, was
% lower the price Of raw sugar 10
Hawaii and in the United States by
practically the amount of the 20 per
cent. reduction in the Cuban sugar
duties. No reduction in the price
u refined sugar accompanied this
reduction in the price of raw sugar.
The natural inference to be drawn
rom this is that the effect of the
Cuban scheme was to give to the
refners all the benefit which
accrued from the reduction. The
result, therefore, was precisely
what was claimed by Protectionists