The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28

= CHICAGO, Aug 27-Secretary of the
Treasury Leslie M. Shaw to-day made
public the following letter, written by
/ him to Governor A B. Cummins of Iowa,
in reply to a statement made by Cover
nor Cummins before the recent reciproci-
ty convention at Chicago:
CHICAGO, Aug 26-My Dear Goverhor
deuered before The Af Fecpfocity Convention ct
Chicago which the papers say you read lest
guage: The Secretary Of the Treasury in a
speech recently delivered in Des Moines Is re-
ported as saying that the explanation o., tne
refusal of the Senate to consider the--Freneh
| treaty is that il gives everything to France and
nothing TO the United states. must DO MN
the Justice to- believe, that he never ref. the
treaty for otherwise he has committed "a grave
offense against the proprieties of deeate
r did not see that portion or your address IN.
til cams West and have delayed writing
that might ascertain where / was reported 10
have made such statement. knew ald
terp;reted but was not so sure about the
port The occasion was an informal luncheon
and. the speech was impromptp, though not ex-
temporaneous. l find that both OF the Des
Moines Republican daily papers represented at
the luncheon reported me as saying;
TREATY WITH FRANCE.
II was an enthusiast among those who ia
vored the reciprocity treaties. Ameng these
contrac. gave her an advantage in entering the
American market over every other country on
seventy articl-s, in consideration of which she
agreed TO apply her minimum tarin to our ex-
ports to France. except as TO twenty articles.
including horses, butter, eggs, cheese, leather
Goods machines (rnachine tooIs). .dynamos. etc.
That is II we would treat France better than
we did any Nher country, France woula treat
US about as we'll as she did any other country,
..Of course the treaty not ratified l
say 'of course 1 mean merely to say Il was
not ratified There were those in the senate
who declared that they did not believe this
nation should discriminate against Great bri-
tain where we sell $500 COO COO Of our ex-
1aHf af q
less than S2Go. 000. 0cO.
SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
While the report is no> verbatim. IL is
substantially correct. Whether 81 read the
iy OF little Importance, but II the treaty as ne
eotiated did not give France reduction from
our regular tariff rates on substantially seventy
articles (to be exact, sixty-nine articles).
counting every variety of silk manufacture as
one article then it may be conceded that l
had not read IT, rfses arS from aid the no provsions
of the French minimum rate Of duty, as fol-
lows: Horses. butter, lucerine aha pa eiover over
nared boots and shoes and parts of same;
belts and cords and other leather articles man
tools dynafrb conductors and parts; arc lamps,
known as reguators; sugar, cnicoIy I1o.s'
green or dry; r. nssfs egss then It may be conceded
that violated the proprieties OF debate, though
an informal talk at a luncheon Is several re-
'''Jyg yo,, NV dear Governor, and l. have had
-sorne exnerienee in the trial OF cases. and we
baIs seldom, lost through the nisreeresenta-
ton of our opponents, Attorneys usually. and and
LAWYERS always exercise great care lest they
incnrrectIy state the position of their profess
sonai adversaries Certainly friends and ad-
herents of the same political party VIII be
more careful still.
Knowing therefore. that you would not
violate the proprieties of debate by quoting
me without authority having made specific
statenent / write TO inquire where you saw
the report of my speech as given IN your
C,bfcopo address l have not seen 1t and /
wish TO correct the record as soon possible.
Please advise.
!. LESLIE NJ SHAW.