The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-08-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

(From Our Regular Correspondent
Mr. ED1ToR:-It looks very much as
though the stand patters were going to be
forced at the coming session of Congress
to take their front feet out Of the trough
and consent to scaling down Of tariff
duties in line with the sentiment Of coun-
tries that have to DO business with the
United States and with the citizens of tho
United States who are suffering now
from the monopolies that have grown up
under protection. The wave Of reciproc
ity has spread all over the west and the
farmer with big crop Of wheat in front
of him and the cattleman with steers TO
sell and export does not look forward with
any satisfaction to a discriminating tariff
against him in the German market that
will put his wheat under a handicap of Il
cents bushel as compared With seven
other European countries and double the
tariff against him on meat. products. II
is Of course known that Germany has ne
gotiated tariff with seven other countries
in Europe containing the most favored
nation clause and that she had denounced
the treaty with US which will expire in
| consequence in March 1905. OF course
Germany has right to frame her tariff
to suit herself just as we have, but it is
one thing for US to exercise that right
and another to find it exercised age .st as
by GermsnY.-It is just possible, that this
situation along with the Chinese boycott
of American goods which cuts useff from
two big export markets, may have some
effect on the high protectionists who have
turned down several very decent recip-
rocity treaties that have been sent them
by the State Department. The President
has said, so it is reported, that he would
send no more reciprocity treaties to the
Senate til! something happened to shake
them out Of their self complacency that
had led to the rejection of the previous
treaties. 1t looks very much as though
! the time were at hand when ha could make
this move, and the chances @Fe that he
| will do it. 4-@.~@->
In the meantime China. Is protesting
| that she does not know what boycott is
and that there is no protest against goods
in China. The advices to the State De-
partment tell different story entirely.
The boycott against American goods
which started in Shanghai is spreading
rapidly and the government could Do
nothing to control it if it wanted to which
is very doubtful. 1t is on the ether hand
using the panic which has, been thrown
into American exporters to force the
framing of new treaty that will put the
immigration Of Cinnamon to this country
on very much more liberal basis.
At the same time the Treasury Depart.
ment has just received news from Buffalo
of q most important capture Of smusgled
Chinese near that point. 1t has been known
for years that Chinese were run across the
lake and landed near Buffalo,s that being
one of the favorite points for tfatsort Of
illicit trsffic. But last Saturday night 1t
caught the smuggler, rcd handed in the
act and not only will the crew Of Chinese
and Roumanians tina: he was smuggling
be turned back but his boats and launch
we're conhscated and there 10 long term
in prison staring him in the face The
Chinese government has declared that the
stories of Chinese smug9linH.>ncn'ss the
border were fictions aud the only China
men entering this country" were those
coming through the regular ports and
that these were subjected to great dig
mites. 1t is just possible that tbs present
capture will have something to do with
the attitude Of this government when
asked to sign treaty providing for the