Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-08
a NEW MEANs...sAME. END.

While partfSans are reporting the re-
cent reciprocity convention in Chicago
according to whatever bias their views
may happen to take. to these OF US
who care more for the fact that some
thing was done to arouse interest in
the movement than for the shades of
Interpretation one can give to the res
buttons adopted, it is refreshing to
read the bare statement of fact by a
disinterested reporter in the September
Review of Reviews.
i Dr. Albert Shaw, the editor, mades 1t
his business each month to review the
important events of the world for his
readers, giving them a brief but veri-
ned statement of these events after
such elaboration and research. Re-
Arding the reciprocity convention, he
Says:
.sThe sense of the conference. as it
was finally crystalized into resolutions
was that the only practical method OF
relieving the present strained situa-
ton in our trade relations is thru the
establishment of a dual. or maximum
and minimum, tariff This position
taken by the conference is not to be
understood as an abandonment of the
principle of reciprocity, but rather as
q newer means of gaining the same
end-namely reciprocal trade conces-
stons. So many reciprocity treaties
have been killed by the United States
senate that the advocates Of that policy
have well nigh abandoned hope OF ever
achieving any notable success. 1t is
proposed that our present tariff laws
be so amended as to provide for two
set5 of duties, maximum and minl-
mum, the former to apply to all coun-
tries which give to our exports less fav-
orable treatment than the best they,
accord to those from any other coun-'
try. the latter to be applied to those
countries where our exports receive
as good treatment as the best that is
given to any country. l. is proposed
that the executive department OF the
government shall determine how this
dual tariff shall be applied.
This statement is not only calm and
candid, and fair, but it is accurate and
it Is presented to the readers OF the
T.-R. with some satisfaction, because
1t is identical with the view given by
this newspaper of that convention.
There are large number Of newspa-
pers in Iowa which prefer to ridicule
the whole reciprocity movement. These
very naturally took advantage of the
action Of the convention in thus sug-
costing reciprocity by dual tariffs as an
expediency to circumvent an obstinate
senate, by seeking to discredit it and
charge an abandonment of the princi-
pie Of reciprocity. Others, whose edi-
tors were somewhat jealous of the men
who were prominent in that conven-
ton sneered at it by calling it chau-
tauqua and again some semblance of
Justification was given to the jibes OF
Its enemies by hvpocritical fault find
ing in the house its friends. but tbs
fact remains that owe. a thousand del-
egates met at the call of the meat pro-
ducing interests in need of enlarged
foreign markets and they resolved Tor
tariff policy of Confessions" from
the present Dingley schedules as a
means for getting thee enlarged mar
kets It demanded the very reverse
of Secretary shaw's proposed tariffs of
retaliation and resolved for what the,
Review of Reviews terms newer
means for gaining the same end of
reciprocal trade concessions"