The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-25
SOUND THE TOCSIN
FOR RECIPROCITY
BUSINESS MEN, FARMERS AND
MANUFACTURES HOLD CON-
FERENCE IN CHICAGO.
Speakers Advocate the Adoption of
DUAL Tariff" with Maximum and
Minimum Manifestations Are
Passed.


gan it's two-day session at the Illinois
theater here. The convention opened
under brilliant auspices, 900 delegates
from all over the country being pres
emit, including many men prominent
politically and in the business world.
The proceedings will be devoted to
securing a sentiment in favor of re-
ciprocal trade relations with other
countries. the amendment of the Ding
ley tariff law, alterations in the inter
state commerce statutes, and kindred
matters. 1t is expected resolutions
will be passed favoring these things,
and a committee of Is appointed to
carry on the work.
Among the prominent commercial
organizations sending delegations are
the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants
association and Produce exchange Of
New York, Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants association of Boston, and
many others throughout the country.
The largest delegation comes from Tex
as. 1t has Is members. The convention
opened with the selection of John e.
Wilder, president of the Illinois Manu-
facturers association, as temporary
chairman.
A dual tariff law, providing maxi
mum and minimum schedule, modelled
after the tariff law of France, will in all
likelihood be the plan determined upon
for recommendation to congress by the
delegates to the conference. The dual
tariff law will place in the hands of the
mum schedule to those countries that in
return give the products from this coun-
try more favored terms and will do away
with the necessity of having a treaty
passed on every occasion when other
countries enter into trade agreements
with the United States.
Iowa's Governor Speaks.
Chicago, Aug. 18.-Declaration of
political war on the "stand-patters
in congress and throughout the coun-
try was demanded by Gov. A. B. Cum
minis, of Iowa, Thursday before the
national reciprocity conference. In
tones that reverbrated through the H.
ilnois theater the Iowa governor fiayed
the opponents of reciprocity in Ian
guage that stirred the delegates into
tumultuous applause The comment
was made that in Cummins the confer
ence had found it's leader Gov. Cum
Minis aroused the convention previous
to reading his manuscript. He said he
had prepare dhis speech that his words
might not be tortured, perverted and
misrepresented by the enemies of reci-
procity."
After prefacing his address, Gov.
Cummins directed his attention to
those who had fought secretly and
openly the tariff reform. Reciprocity
has been damned with faint praise and
false friends long enough" he said.
1.-THE time has come to unmask, and
and who stand against it. The recent
past has been full of depression and
encouragement for the advocates of
reciprocity, simply because it's enc
mics had coddled it in conventions,
and have crucified it in congress;
have eulogized it in the abstract, and
have condemned it in the concrete"
He also winged shaft at Secretary
of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, chief
among the opponents of reciprocity.
In all speeches the promoters of
reciprocity did not hesitate to attack
the United States senate for it's hos
tility. Special attention was paid to
Senators Hopkins of Illinois, Aldrich
of Rhode Island, and Lodge of Massa-
chusetts.
Resolutions Favor Dual Tariff.
Resolutions favoring a maximum
and minimum tariff were drawn up by
the committee on resolutions. These
resolutions advocate form of reci-
procity which will give a low tariff
to nations favoring the United States
commercially, and high tariff to
those countries which discriminate in
their tariffs against us.
Permanent Organization.
A permanent organization, to be
known as the Reciprocal Tariff league,
is the outgrowth of the movement, and
with the passing of the conference ac-
tive work will be carried forward by
a national committee of Is members.
The makeup of the committee will be
announced as soon as the chairman of
the conference, Stephen B. Packard, of
Marshalltown, Ia, makes his choices.
1t is settled that the head of the COM
mittee will be Alvin H. Sanders, of Chi
cago, editor of the Breeders Gazette.
Favors Dual Tariff.
With declaration advocating inn
mediate reciprocal concessions by
means of maximum and minimum
tariff and favoring the creation of a
permanent tariff commission of eco
nomic, industrial and commercial ex-
perts, the conference ended its session.