The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-09-02
FARCE OF RECIPROCITY.
Why Republican Leaders Took No
Part in the Chicago Side
Show.


Probably the press OF the country Is
giving more space to the reciprocity
convention which has just been neld in
Chicago than II deserves. II Is well
enough, however, says the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, to give some attention
to one or two points in that gatherings
programme. One of the resolutions
which II adopted said that the export
trade has become vital support to
many OF our industries" and added
that 1.-THE present commercial attitude
OF the United States, largely owing to
our failure to carry into effect the
reciprocal trade provisions of section
OF the Dingley law, is antagonizing for
eign nations whose good will we desire.
and on whom we have hitherto depend
ed as purchasers of our surplus prod
ucts."
II the reciprocity convention were
an assemblage of professional humor-
lists that expression about the world
turning against us would be all right,
but as most of its members want them
selves to be taken with seriousness it
may be pertinent right here to cite u
few facts. For the fiscal year 1905 the
United States sold $1,51S.00O, 900 worth
OF merchandise to the rest of the world.
This left all records far behind. 1t was
$57,0OO,000 higher than the exports VI
1904. 1t was very nearly double the ex-
ports of 1895, just before the Dinghy
law was enacted. 1t is in the face OF this
big expansion in ten years that the reci-
procity advocates claim that we are
"antagonizing foreign nations" More
over, our exports Of manufactures,
which is an even better test of our in
dustrial ability and of the worlds atti-
tude toward US, also broke all former
records. We sold to the rest of the
world in the fiscal year, 1905, $543, OO0,-
600 OF manufactures. This was $9l, 0O0,-
900 more manufactures than we export
ed In 1904. 1t was triple the amount Of
the manufactures which we exported in
1885. Our exports of manufactures in
1905 exceeded our exports OF all sorts of
merchandise in 1876. Our exports OF
manufactures in 1905 exceeded by $780,
100000 our entire exports and imports
In 1865, at the close of the rebellion.
Does this show that the present COM
mercial attitude Of the United States"
is "antagonizing foreign nations?"
In 1905 we sold $523,O0O,OOO of mer-
chandise to the United Kingdom, 1884,
100000 to Germany, $4,000, 900 to Can
ada, and smaller amounts to the other
The $1,518,000,0C0 Of our ex-
ports to the outside world in 1905 wen.
to all continents and countries. The
reciprocity people appear not to have
heard CT these things. They do not
seem to know that our sales to the rest
of the world are growing by leaps and
bounds. England, Germany and the rest
OF the world talk about the american
invasion" All those countries except
England are planning how to resist the
invasion" and to keep the Americans
from conquering the worlds markets.
None of these things. however seem TO
have come to the knowledge of the
reciprocity advocates. At the time when
the amiable gentlemen in Chicago we're
telling us that foreign nations were
WI hih6 dSSlHsl us Oh account OF our
commercial attitude" we were max
Ing vast conquests in the worlds mar
kets. In the present fiscal year our con-
quests are likely to be still greater than
they were in the year which ended six
weeks ago. II was noticed that nobody
representing the Roosevelt administra-
ion appeared at the reciprocity confer
ence. or took any notice of 1t. The fig
ures which We have just cited showing
the great increase in the countrys ex-
ports under the present tariff. especial
ly the exports of manufactures, will |
explain why 1t Is that neither the pres
ldent nor any other republican leader
who leads anything paid any attention
% the reciprocity roundup.