Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-28

United States upon the minimum STAN
dard of duties. Or in other words to
give us the benefit of the most favored
nation clause of the act. Well did she
know that in the event Of applying the
maximum duties which would discrim-
mate against the trade of the Unitedl
States that the American people had
the remedy within their hands. Rep
resentattve McCreary off, Minnesota,
approaching the weakness of Ger
many's position, introduced q bill In
the house Of representatives of theI
present congress providing for an adj
vance of the duties prescribed In the
Dingley act, as per cent to be applied
upon all importations from foreign
countries discriminating against the
United States trade. Therefore Ger-i
many did not dare to impose the max
1mum duty, confronted as, she was
with an almost total loss Of American
trade. The same condition likewise
applied with our trade relation with
France. The reciprocity treaty, nego,
tiated and rejected b. the senate of
the United States, provided that duties
upon certain manufactured goods such
as hosiery, should be reduced and, In
consideration, for such reduction upon
French manufactures, France, in turn,
was to reduce the duty upons certain
of her products. That you may see the
question more clearly, let me Illus
trate. Here Is Mr.. Winterode, man
ufacturer Of hosiery and Senator
Grossly, manufacturer of farm i'm
Elements. The reciprocity treaty prac-
tically provided that French hosiery
should be admitted into this country
at a reduced duty to the detriment of
Mr.. Winterodes trade, in considera-
ton for a reduction of the duty upon
Senator Crossley's products OF manu-
facture. Or in other words, reciprocity
In competitive products 80 provided
for and the trade of one of our citi-
zens was to be traded off for the bene-
fit of another. Is that craftsmanship?
And yet our governor, in most Of his
speeches, and In the inaugural address
which have read. ha, declared that
the only true reciprocity Is that in
competitive products, and that there
can be no, such thing as reciprocity in
nonrcompetitiye products. Is this
claim we'll founded?
Section Of the Mckinley act pro-
vided that the President should have
the power to negotiate treaties with
countries that would make conces.
sions In duties upon American impor-
tations and IN turn they were to re-
ceive practically free trade, or re-
ductionA of the American duties upon
coffee, tea, sugar, molasses and hides.
AS an Illustration, under this act Pres
ident Harrison negotiated a, treaty
with Brazil which provided that, in
consideration of substantial reduc-
ton upon -four, beet, pork and certain
manufactured goods, Brazilian coffee
should be admitted into the United
States free of duty but as q penalty
for her failure to reduce these duties
upon American products, duty was
to have been imposed upon Brazilian
coffee. A similar treaty was negotiat.
ed with Germany under the sugar
clause Of the Mckinley act and num-
Der Of treaties Of more or less import
ance, notably that with Cuba, were
likewise negotiated. All OF them are
illustrative Of reciprocity in non-com.
petitive products and are In absolute
harmony with the declaration Of Pres.
ident Mckinley and James q. Blaine,
the leading exponents Of protective
policy. Such reciprocity does not In.
volve the sacrifice Of single dollar
OF American trade and would tend to
expand the foreign trade Of our own
people. And yet, Notwithstanding the
approval Of such a policy by the lead
ing statesmen Of the republican party,
our governor, in MIS- inaugural address
OF 1904 ridiculed such policy. Let
me read from the platform Of 1904
ADOPTED by the republican convention
assembled at Des Moines.
owe believe In the protective tariff
which builds American factories
makes possible great and small Amert-
can industries, and gives employment
to American labor. We believe in the
!; American home markets for the pro-
and shops.i We believe 1t unwise tc
seek markets abroad by first sacrif,c-
ing some part of. the markets at home
| And equally unwise to leglslate in q
manner to provoke American indus
| tries to making war upon each other
Under the protective system newly in
augurated In 1897, the country has en-
| joyed unusual prosperity. Protective
duties have kept work and wages nj
\ with which to pay the expense of 8
{, foreign war, to rebuild the navy, tc
enlarge, and newly equip the army, tt
extend our coast defenses and have
| made possible the nations expansion
Fortified by the advantages and bene-
fits of a great home market the
! American manufacturers have thdf
| had the courage and the capital witt
which to invade foreign markets. Gu,
tariff system by giving assurance K
| the world that the revenues are ample
| has advanced the credit of the nation
to the first position. The same policy
has converted our people into lenders
instead of borrowers. We declare fol
faithful adherence to the system which
| found It's highest fulnilment In laws
bearing the name of William Nc.
Kinley and Nelson Dingley.
1--WE are In favor OF reciprocity jr
nom competitive products only
Gentlemen, leave the question tc
| you whether our candidate for gov
ernor, in the light Of a declaration oil
the convention which sent him to Chi
cago as delegate at large is true
republican and sincere advocate o,
republican principles. There is one