Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-26
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islative and treaty making power of
that body.
This was not done in respect to the
Kasson treaties. The French treaty
opened the way for all of our agricul-
tural products where market is most
needed; all farm products. except
horses, butter, eggs and honey, at the
minimum rate of duty For this con-
cession treaty gave "a minimum rate
on certain French goods from per
cent to 20 per cent Of the Dingley rate.
The Kasson treaties are dead. After
the experience OF Presidents Mckinley
and Roosevelt, it is unlikely that other
treaties can or will be arranged by
and with the advice and consent of the
senate.
The committee on resolutions of the
reciprocity convention, as courts say,
took judicial notice of this fact and ac-
cordingly said in the declaration OF
principles that the convention "advo-
"cated reciprocal concession by means
"of a dual or maximum and minimum
tariff as the only practicable method
"of relieving at this time the strained
situation with what we are confront
"ed." The convention said that the
present schedules gave room for such
concessions without injury, etc.
There is no doubt of that. The sue
cess of the movement depends on con-
gress and the president. The stock
men believe in the president. He was a
cattle man before he was president and
being president has not made him to
forget that all men are entitled to
square DEAL" 1t was not square deal
for the overprotected manufacturers OF
;ewelry and knit goods to keep our
meat and meat products out of France.
Nor any as highly protected industry
as those Of Providence, r. l., to keep
us out of the German markets thru
fear of competition from German hair
pins. Iowa cattle and hog raisers must
struggle on while the home markets are
over supplied and sufficient foreign
outlet is denied to us.
The knit goods manufacturers has
protection at the rate of forty-four per
cent per pound and fifty per cent ad
valorem against the French manufact-
urer who takes his raw cotton from
New Orleans, ships it to Lyons.
France spins and knits and is shut out
of the American market on the class OF
goods made here-and twenty per cent
reduction leaves 352 per pound and for
ty per cent ad volorem-still prohib-
tive tariff rate.
What is a minimum tariff? 1t would
be the lesser rate conceded to a coun-
try by congress that through COM
mercial arrangement adjusted by d.
rection of the president, takes our pro-
, ducts at the minimum rate of duty
conceded to any other country. The
tariffs of Europe which are arranged
ION a protective basis, are Of this char
acter, and the maximum rates are APP
piled to the products of all countries
that have no trade agreements and con-
cede nothing, as the Dingley tariff
does, with the concessions under sec
ton 8 annulled and the treaties under
section 4 destroyed
What do we ask congress to do?
To give the president authority, with
view to secure reciprocal trade in our
meat and other products in foreign
countries, to enter into commercial
agreements concerning their admission
land to provide for the entry in this
country of the products of such for
teign countries upon such terms as he
may judge to be fair in consideration
of the equivalent and reciprocal con-
cession, not exceeding 20 per cent after
Dingley rates.
This would be minimum tariff to
be applied to all countries with which
commercial agreements can be ar
ranged. and by the proclamation OF
| the president will be in effect within
tho limits and for the time congress
shall authorize It is Short horse
and soon curried. The Kasson treaties
have demonstrated the great advant-
ages to our farm interests to be gained