The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-18
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NV tue htpubllNah opioihNio Nh'
are running the Washington
administration are cooking up
another iuggle with Germany
on the tariff question, and France is
Kicking on account OF II. She IL In
siatlng on 1.-The most favored nation
clause" in the Franco.American treaty
being carried out in good faith The
Republican bigwigs had to knock nm
der to Germany, though they are try
ing to cover up their retreat with II
sleight OF hand performance, hoping
thereby to hide their real backdowm
from the people, Just as the ostrich
pokes his head into the sand and
thinks, poor silly bird, that nobody can
see the rest of his anatomy. Not long
since that double back acting simon
pure stand patter, Hon. James 4. Me.
Cleary of Minnesota, then represent
ative iu congress, now assistant post
master general, demonstrated to his
own satisfaction that Germany would
have to yield to our desires or we
would starye her out! That was u
beautiful theory, but somehow or
somehow else Germany didn't yield
aud didn't starye. On the contrary,
we had to do the yielding. That Me
Cleary prophecy was like Beyeridge's
book proving that Russia was liking to
Kobble ali of Asia. winding up with
India but before the ink was dry on
his pages Japan licked Russia clear
out of her boots. All there Is to this
new arrangement with Germany Is
that we, to prevent Germany from
putting her maximum tariff into effect
against u.s. permit her to put such a
low value ON her goOds-nOt the price
at which they are SOLD, but ON which
the tariff Is charged as 70 amount TO
a lower tariff than other nations pay
on the same class of goods coming In.
10 this country, which as certain as
fate will involve us In all sorts OF trou-
Bile, perhaps war, with other nations.
Lovely statesmanship, isn't ltI Ger.
many ought To he treated fairly-so
ought every other country-nO more,
no less. This government in its for
elgn policy ought TO return at once To
the Jeffersonian principle, peace, com
merce and honest friendship with all
nations, entangling alliances with
none" The sooner that is done the
better for us and for all concerned.
As to this muddle with Germany,
here is the situation: our blessed Ding
ley tarif law shut out German prod.
uets to large extent, and Germany
concluding that that was a game al
which two could play, got ~ II law
which would shut about $500 OUOO,OOC
annually OF our products out Of Ger
many Tit for tat that's all. She
shook that retaliatory law In the face,
OF the Washington powers that be til
they were scared by the farmers anc
patched up II truce with Germany. So
MeClearys beautiful theory OF stay
ing the Germans into submission II
"ausgesplelt,"
why would not McCleary's theOr!
work? Simply because most product
which Germany buys from us are az
ricultural products, and the German
had sense enough to know what on
American stand patters did not hav
sense enough to know that IL the
could not swap German manufacture
Tor our agricultural products the
could swap them for South America
agricultural products and leave our
20 rot on our hands.
II our stand Eatters could get som
German brains into their heads, th
aforesaid stand patters would be grea
ly improved.