Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-10-06


United States statutes SPECIFICALLY COW
ering the case Such is the law OF the
land.
Reciprocity.
In my address to the notification COM
mittee / said that tariff reform lis de-
manded by the best interests. of both
equal truth it can be said that the bene,
fits of reciprocal trade treaties woulo
enure to both That the consumer would
be helped is unquestionable That me
manufacturer would receive great benent
by extending his markets abroad naroly
needs demonstration. His productive ca
The very term Home Market, mas
changed in its significance. Once, from
meant expansion; to-day the marvellous
growth of our manufacturing industries
has far exceeded the consumptive capac-
ity of our domestic markets, and the
ton. rather than expansion. II We Woulo
run our mills to their full capacity, thus
men and securing to them ana TO tne
manufacturer the profits accruing from
increased production. other markets mus
be found. Furthermore, when our manu-
facturerS are dependent on raw mater ans
in whole or part imported, IL Is wal
to the extension of their markets abroad
that they secure their materials on the
most favorable terms.
Our martyred president. William NC
pointed out in his last address to the
people that we must make Senslple trt.ue
arrangements if I'VE shall extend Inc
outlets for our increasing surplus. ne
said, "a system which provides a mutual
exchange of commodities is mamiestiy esI
sential to the continued and heaitn mIa
growth of our export trade. Inc
period of exclusiveness is past. Inc eX-
pansion CT our trade and commerce is
the pressing problem ECmm nf eood vii
and friendly relations Will prevent re
prisals. Reciprocity treaties are in har-
mony with the spirit of the times; meas
rptalia tiOn not
This argument was made in the inter
est of our manufacturers, whose prSo..
the problem of more markets requn l IS
our urgent and immediate attention. ne
had come to realize that the so-ca tet
stand pat" policy must give wayGIha al
there must be reduction of duties 70
enable our manufacturers to cuitlv ,a.ie
foreign markets. The last words OF tn rs
his countrymen-ought to be studied py
every man who has any doubt OF me
necessity of a reduction in tariff rates
in the interest of the manufacturer. They
present with clearness situation anu
proposed remedy that prompted the
provision in our platform which declal es
that, I'VE favor liberal trade arrange
ments with Canada and with peoples Oh
other countries where they can e9 a ae-
riculture, manufactures, mining OF coh-
MERGE" -.
can majority in the Federal Senate to
ratify the reciprocity treaties negotiated
in pursuance of the policy advocated allke
expressly sanctioned in the Dingley act
itself, is a discouraging eXhibitlon OF pao
faith. AS already mentioned by me, IN, tne
eXorbitant duty imposed on many an I'M
| ported article by the Dingley tarlH was
| avowedly intended by its author not 70
be permanent. but to serve temporary y
| government was empowered to oHer
reduction. in return for, an equivalent
| try President Mckinley undertook hon
estly to carry out the purpose OF the
act number Of reciprocity ,5ioS 20 a tifsd
would have had the two-fold result oil
| cheapening many imported products 1oI
american consumes fsi ana Oh 70 op AmericaE
| producers. Not one of those agreements
has met with the approval of the Re:
| they uid not even permit their consider
| alton. In view of the attitude OF Inc
present executive. no new agreement neeo
| publican platform contain a favorable
| reference to one of the suspended treaties
The reciprocity clauses of the Dingley acl
seem destined to remain monument o.
| legislative cozenage and political nae
| faith, unless the people take the matter
in their own hands at the ballot boz
| return for reciprocal concessions.
Independence for the Fillpinos-
In some quarters it has been assumed
that in the discussion of the Philippine
question in my response. the phrase
"self-goyernment, was intended TO meal
something less than independence.
was not intended that it should be un
derstood to mean, nor do think a.
used it does mean less than n n 1n rspefbi1
| ity for conjecture, l now state that
am in hearty accord with that plank II
our platform that favors doing for tn'
Filipinos what we have already done fo
the Cubans; and l favor making tht
promise to them now that we shall TAKE
such action as soon as they are reason
| ohIv rrena red for it.
Reclamation of Arid Lands.
A vast expanse of country in the West
each of the sixteen states and territories
| mentioned in the law, is directly AFFECTED
by the national statute-the outcome Q
intelligent and persistent efforts OF lead
ton of lne arid lands for the benefit o
homeseekers. During the years OF IN,
development of the measure which finall!
received the vote of every member
the upper house of Congress, it encoun
tered opposition, based to large eXten
upon the view that the aim of its pro
| moters was to secure the benefits OF lrrl
cation to private owners at government
ever. to enable this vast territory to re
claim it's arid lands without calling upoi
the taxpayers of the country at large Z
pay for it Whether the purposes of tn
bill will be fully accomplished must de
pend in large measure upon the ability
sobriety OF judgment Of f6e
partment having this great work
charge.
An isthmian canal has long been tn
hope of our statesmen, and the avowe,
aim OF the two great parties, as thel
platforms in the past show. The Pan
anna route having been selected, the build
ing of the canal should be pressed t
completion with all reasonable expedition
The methods by which the executW
| acquired the Panama canal route an
rights are a source of regret to many
To them, the statement that thereby
| great public work was assured to tn
profit of our people is not sufhcien
answer to the charge of violation OF ma
tional good faith. They appreciate ina ina
| which in their working out have made u
free and great. stand firmly against tn
argument or suggestion that we shall b
blind to the nature of the means EN-
| ployed to promote our welfare. The
hold that adherence to principle, .Wheth
a more 6 be Influence on our III
ture destiny than all our material up
building, and that we should ever re
| to a smaller, weaker nation than we. @
even all mankind, may have a resultan
good is repugnant to the principles upo
| which cur government was founded.
American Shipping.
Our commerce in American bottom
tai exports and imports. For sevent
years prior to 1860. when the Repuhli
can party came into power, our mer
chant marine carried an average OF sev
enty-fve per cent of our foreign com
merce. By 1877 it had dwindled to TWEEN
| ty-seven per cent. Now we carry but
contemptibly small fraction of our ex
ports and imports.
American shipping in the foreign trad
was-greater by over one hundred thou
sand tons in 1S1O-nearly hundred year
ago-than it was last year. In the fac
OF the continuous decline in the recor
of American shipping during the las
forty-three years. the promise of the Re
publican party to restore it is withol
encoura cement. The record of the Den
ocratic party gives assurance that I'll
task can be more wisely entrusted to !
feet of forty years of decadence. an
requires the study and Investigation
those best fitted by experience to find IL
remedy-which surely does not lie in II
granting of subsidies. wrung from ii
pockets of all the taxpayers.
Investigation of Government Department
Recent disclosures, coupled with II
rapid augmentation of government e1
: penditures show a need of an investig;
ton of every department of the govern
ment. The Democrats in Congress d.