The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-06
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entire commercial world, and hence
the minimum tariff of the United
States has been given universal ap-
satisfactory character of our trade
relations with foreign countries.
Marked advantages to the COM
merce of the United States were OBJ
tanned through these tariffs. For
eign nations are fully cognizant of
the fact that under section two of
the tariff act the president is required
whenever he is satisfied that the
treatment accorded by them to the
products of the United States is not
such as to entitle them to the bene-
fits of the minimum tariff of the
| United States, to withdraw these
| benefits by proclamation, after 80
days notice, after which the maxi
mum tariff will apply to their duti-
able products entering the United
States In it's general operation the
| section of the tariff law has thus far
provided a guaranty of continued
commercial peace, although there
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stances where foreign governments
deal arbitrarily with American in
| terests within their jurisdiction in a
manner Injurious and inequitable.
The policy of broader and closer
relations with the Dominion Of Can
ada which was initiated in the ad-
| justment of the maximum and mini
mum provisions of the tariff act of
August, 1909, has proved mutually
| beneficial. 1t justifies further eff
forts for the readjustment of the
| commercial relations of the two
countries so that their commerce
may follow the channels natural to
contiguous countries and be COM
mensurate with the steady expansion
OF trade and industry on both sides
of the boundary line. The recipro-
cation on the part of the dominion
of the sentiment which was express
ed by this government was followed
in October by the suggestion that it
would be glad to have the negotia-
| tions, which had been temporarily
suspended, during the summer, re-
sumed. In accordance with this
suggestion, the secretary of state, by
my direction, despatched two repre-
sentatives of the department of state
as special commissioners to Ottawa
to confer with representatives of the
dominion government.
| Conferences were held by these
| commissioners, with officials of the
dominion government at Ottawa In
the early part of November.
The conferences were adjourned to
be resumed in Washington in Jan
uary, when it is hoped the aspira-
lions of both governments for mu-
tually advantageous measures of re-
ciprocity will be realized
Cost of Running the Government.
The final estimate for the year
ending June 80, 1912, as they have
! been sent to the treasury, on Nov
% of this year. for the ordinary ex-
penses of the government, including
those for public buildings, rivers and
| harbors, and the navy building pro-
gram, amount to $3.50, ,013. This
lis $52,964,SS7 less than the appro-
priations for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1911. 1t is 6,SS3.153
less than the total estimates, includ-
| ing supplemental estimates submit
| ted to congress by the treasury for
| the year 1911, and is SIS, $50
less than the original estimates sub
mitted by the treasury of 1911.
These figures do not include the
appropriations fer the Panama canal,
the policy in respect to which ought
| to be, and is, to spend as much
| each year as can be economically
and effectively expended in order to
complete the canal as promptly as
possible and, therefore. the ordi-
nary motive for cutting down the
expense of the government does not
apply to appropriations for this pur-
! pose. The estimates for the Panama
canal for the ensuing year are more
than fifty-six millions of dollars, an
| increase of twenty millions over the
amount appropriated for this year
a difference due to the fact that the
estimates for 1912 include some
thing over 100000 for the for
LITIGATION of the canal. Against the
estimated expenditures of $500.
494,013 the treasury has estimated
receipts for next year $3.50, 900
making a probable surplus of $50.
| 100000, or. taking into account the
estimates for the Panama canal
which are $56,920,S47, and which I'LL
| timately will be paid in bonds, it
will leave a deficit for the next year
of about $7,000,000, if congress
shall conclude to fortify the canal.
The cost of the Notifications is
about nineteen millions of dollars
! Should there be no appropriations
| this year for Notifications, then
there would be, even including the
Panama canal appropriation, a sur
plus of about twelve millions, ac-
| cording to the treasury estimates.
Public Buildings
In our public buildings we still
suffer from the method of appropri-
alton which has been so much criti-
cised in connection with our rivers
and harbors. Some method should
be devised for controlling the sup
ply of public buildings, so that they
will harmonic with the actual needs
of the, government. Not only are