Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-24
Cleveland Plain Dealer

many's purchases from us came to
| $214, 7S0,992, A trade of that size is not
a trade to be fooled with. 1t would be
| important to a commercial country
| twice and four times as rich as the
United States. -
The arrangements under which we
have been doing business with Ger
many will expire ten months from now.
March, 1906, will see Germany's new
tariff in operation. The commercial
countries of Europe, half dozen of
them and more, have fastened to avoid
its rigors by making special trade trea-
ties with Germany-reciprocity trea-
ties. The door is wide open for the
United States. Germany has given
timely notice. ample opportunity Be-
lin is ready to meet any reasonable and
fair proposals from Washington in a
reasonable and fair temper. But the
United States must take the initiative,
or there will be nothing doing. It's Ger
many, this time, that is standing pat.
Knowing all this and with the text
of the new German tariff under his
eyes, Mr.. Shaw, secretary of the treas
ury, tells American merchants that he
Cannot believe" Germany will be so
articles imported from this country
than upon articles imported from the
! countries which have made special COM
mercial treaties with her. But be that
as 1t may, he cannot listen with pa
thence to the suggestion that the Unit
ed States ought, in common prudence.
to make a special commercial treaty
too No weakness of that sort for Les
lie NJ. Shaw! No reciprocity-no low
ering of Dingley schedules to sell more
goods--for the stalwart old economist
of Denison, Iowa! He deprecates in
words tariff war with Germany, but
he makes it fairly plain that he faces
the prospect Of 1t Gas NJ Emile Oh
livier, prime minister of Napoleon Ill,
faced the prospect of another kind of
war with Germany thirty-five- years
ago., with light heart It's only at
the thought of tariff revision that Mr.
Shaws heart is heavy within him.
William Mckinley did not see things
as Mr.. Shaw sees them; rather, he saw
the country's real and permanent in
terests as it isn't in Mr.. Shaw to see
them. William Mckinley said in his
last speech: 1.-THE period of exclusive
ness is past. The expansion of our
trade and commerce is the pressing
problem Commercial wars are un-
profitable. A policy of good will and
friendly trade relations will prevent
reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are in
harmony with the spirit of The time:
measures of retaliation are not
1t isn't upon William Mckinley
alone that the Shaws. Aldricnes and
Dalzells have turned their backs; they
have turned them squarely upon the
republican national platform. From
their talk an uninformed stranger
would infer that they speak for the
party with authority. AS a matter of
fact they tried hard to force thru the
platform committee at Chicago de-
,claration limiting reciprocity to nom
competitive articles. Doubtless Mr..
Dalzell remembers how many votes it
got. Our recollection is that there We're
just five, his own included.
Thanks to the senators from Have
meyer" and their allies we have a tariff
war with Russia on our hands already.
At the recent Atlanta meeting of the
manufacturers. the effects-actual and
prospective-of Russia's retaliation for
the countervailing duty put upon her
sugar were spoken Of as appalling.
That's rather too strong a word per-
haps, but some branches of American
trade have been made to smart pain
fully Now, at time when Russia
wants to make commercial peace with
usI II Is proposed to 60 stupidity drnt-