The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-18

 FINISHED WORK Plans to Better Trade Relations. cUF iINs' GREAT SPEECH F ya'S Governor Sweeps Floor 7 With EloQuence. Committee Appointed to Devise Plans for Formation of Permanent Organ
 tsation Known as American Re-
 ciprocal Tarin League.

Chicago. Aug. 1.-The reciprocity conference called to devise means of bettering the trade relations between the United States and foreign coun- tries finished the work today for which the meeting was called. arranged for 6 committee to prosecute the plans of the convention and formed a perma- nent organization sstyied as the Ameri- can Reciprocal Tariff League.
 The committee which will consist or fifteen members to be appointed by the chair was given full power to organize and promote the work for which the convention assembled. The resolutions advocated a maximum and minimum tariff as a means of relieving the sit uation with which this country is con- fronted and suggests that such recip- rocal concessions be arranged by a permanent tariff commission to be ere ated by Congress and to be appointed
 by the President.
 The principal speaker at today's ses- sion was Governor A. B. Cummins Of Iowa who, in a speech full of fire and eloquence, hurled defiance at the ene-
 mics of recipr ocity. Mir. Cummins
 brought the audience under his spell and except when interrupted with up-
 roarious appIause he held full sway for three-quarters of an hour.
 Other speakers today were Edward
 Rosewater of Omaha. former Mayor w. c. Maybrry of Detroit. A. B. Farqua- har of Pennsylvania, F. S. flower of
 Wisconsin. E. s. Lockridge of Indiana and a dozen delegates who made volun- teer addresses.
 Mir. Holidays motion to strike out the second clause of the report of the Committee on Resolutions after dis cussion at the opening of the afternoon fn
 and lost. After some further discus
 sion as to other proposed notifications of the resolutions, none of which were made, the report was agreed to. Chairman Packard called the reel procity convention to order today and l the committee on organization an nounced that the following gentlemen Governbr Cummins of fowa. A. B. l Farquahar of Pennsylvania, E. Rose- water of Omaha, Neb.; w. c. Maybury, l of Michigan, MT. Howser of Wiscon- sin, E. s. Lockridge of Indiana. Following these addresses the chair
 men of delegations will be called upon
 for five minute speeches. after which the report Of the resolution committee will be taken up and considered. Resolutions favoring maxtmum and minimum tariff have been drawn by the committee to be presented to the assemblase during the day. These resolutions advocate a form of
 reciprocity which will give low tariff | to nations favoring the United States commercially, and a high tarift to those | countries which discriminate in their | tariff against this country. The Resolutions Adopted. After a brief address by MT. Farquhar. l the chairman called for the report of | the Committee on Resolutions, and Chairman Enfoss read the following resolutions which will be considered at | a later hour:
 | The National Reciprocity Conven- 1 tion, representing more than 200 agri- cultural, commercial and industrial as- gates assembled at Chicago. August Is | and IT, 1905, hereby makes the follow l ing declarations of principles: l "Whereas, the agricultural, manufac- | lures and other industries of this coun- ] try have expanded to such an extent | that they can no longer depend upon l the home market for the consumption
 of their entire product; and,
 Whereas. The export trade has be-
 come a vital support to many of our in- l dustries; and,
 whereas The present commercial attitude of the United States largely
 owing to our failure to carry into eff l feet the reciprocal trade provisions of Section " of the Dingley law. is an- | tagonizing foreign nations whose good | will we desire and on whom we have
 hitherto depended as purchasers of our | surplus products; therefore be it
 "Resoived. first. that this convention 1 recognizing the principle of protection
 as the established policy of our coun- l try, advocates reciprocal concessions by means of a dual or maximum and I xIk1 ot11 l tical method of relieving the strained l situation with which we are now con fronted. Commission Wanted.
 "Second-That the question of the l schedules and items to be considered 1 fin such reciprocal conventions prefer l ably to be suggested by a permanent tariff commission. to be created by con- | gress and approved by the President
 which shall consist of economic, indus
 trial and commercial experts.
 l ''Third-That 1t is the sense of this
 convention that our present tariff af-
 lords abundant opportunity for such concessions without injury to industry
 trade or the wages of labor
 "Fourth-That we urge upon Con-
 gress at the earliest time possible tc
 recommend that permanent organiza- l ton be formed under the style of the l American Reciprocal Tartn League, and
 that a committee of fifteen be appointed
 by the chair to have full power to or | Ranize and further prosecute the work for which the Congress has assembled
 Said committee shall have power tc
 increase It's membership to fill vacan-
 cies when necessary"
 Editor ROsewater Speaks.
 Md Edward Rosewater. editor of The
 Omaha Bee. was introduced. He said
 ho was Secretary of tbe Committee on
 Resolutions of the Republican National 1 Convention of 1900 and wished to con- tradict the. statement made in the re- ciprocity convention that the Republi-
 can party in it's platform of, 1900 and l9o4 had pledged itself to a revision of inc tariff and that 1t had violated It's nIedRe. "The Republican pe-ty's great
 sst pledge" he said. was contin-
 uancs of prosperity. and we have got it."
 crossing roads or are we not on the upward trend to the highest degree of
 prosperity this country is capable ot
 having?
 ,'But remember that there are meth
 oas of reaching the Republican Con-
 gress that must be pursued by you here l unta aVa mt eroinC fa aarnna