| Show RECIPROCITY MUST MUST NOT BE PERMITTED i TO ENDANGER OUR HOME INDUSTRIES IND I T There TAe is general I aou Is in our er present pr t tu tariff e as u a national pol policy pl polIcy icy ie The Te f requisite to t our or prosper prosperity Je prosperity ity It te In IU th the continuity and stability of Nothing could c be beyore economic e policy pT ul yore rore TG newlee than Own t to t disturb the Ue bus busl busness 1 nose ness ne Interests Inte of or the tH country by b any general gener tariff tart change at this thi time Doubt apprehension appA n uncertainty are exactly what wb we most z wish w to t avoid avo in inthe Inte Inthe the interest of our commercial and ma material matera te o or a in Is inthe Inthe terlsA tera wn Our experience ep the past pant Pt has baa h shown In that sweeping re ye visions of the t tariff tf are ar apt to produce conditions closely cl approaching panic pule in inthe Int Inthe the business busine world wol t b Yet it is I not only possible hot but bt em out eminently e desirable to combine with the stability of our or economic system sy a supplementary system al of o reciprocal benefit and obligation with other na nations n nations a tons Such Sch reciprocity ie Is I an a incident and result It of Cf f the 1 fir rm establishment end sod preservation of or our or present pt ecu eco econ e n policy pley It I was wa specially provided for to fo in the te present tariff tart law Jaw 4 Reciprocity must mu t be b treated te as 4 4 the te handmaiden of protection pro Uon Our Or Ort 4 first t duty dut is t to t see t tha t the tM pt 4 4 lion tion U granted Dt by the th tariff tJ in lit every eve 4 4 see where it I is I needed nde is I main 4 4 tamed tallied tiD and ad that reciprocity be b besought 4 sought ought for so 8 far f as 8 a it i can cn safely sl 4 4 be b done without to t our 4 4 home hom industries Just Ju ho hy far 4 4 this ti is i must mu be b determined accord according 4 ing to the individual wise rm remembering 4 4 bering always alwa that every application 4 tion ton of ot our tariff t policy pUe to t meet mt our 4 4 shifting national nat needs ne must most mu be b 4 4 conditioned upon up the th cardinal cria feet fact flIt 4 4 that the duties dutie must mut never be b re iv n 4 4 duc below bl W the point pint that will wi 4 4 cover the difference dl rn between the t 4 4 labor lab net at t here MN end and ad abroad ab The T 4 4 of the te is I Isa 4 4 a I prime consideration of our or en e entire 4 4 tire tre pm policy pley of economic emic legislation l lt 4 Hearty He Support Supt for fr Reciprocity Subject to this u proviso of the U proper p r protection necessary nt to t outS our O industrial at home b the th principle of reciprocity must mus command cm our hearty hey support The Th phenomenal growth Kowt of ot our export trade td emphasis i the ur urgency urgency urgency gency of the seed need R fo for wider wide markets and for a liberal policy in dealing with wih foreign nations Whatever is i merely petty and a vexatious in the th way of trade tade restrictions should be avoided a The i b voe customers cut n to t whom we dispose dl of ol our products in the te long lo run rn di dl dIt t or put indirectly I purchase those surplus products t by giving givin us U some something something thing in return Their Tir ability to pur purchase pu chase d our products should as far tar as be b pu secured by so s arranging ou ow tariff as a to t enable eh us U to t take te from them those products pru which we can cn use without harm b to our OM own industries r and labor r the use u of which will wil be beof beof of marked mare benefit eft to t us usI It I is I most moat mot Important that we w should maintain the t high level of our I r present pt prosperity We have Dve now reached lehe the point in thy U development ot of our or Inter Interests sets ests e where w are ar not no only oly able to sup supply sp ply ou our own markets but bt to t produce a constantly growing gw InK surplus for fo which we must most fled find fD markets mke abroad To se so secure B cure ure these t ratchets we can cD utilize utilise ex ox existing iaUn duties dut in any ny case c where they ty are no longer I needed J for tie tae purpose pUr of protection or o in ia any case cu where the te article is ie not produced here and the aril no prud Rn duty is I no n longer l nr necessary nece for rev revenue rv ernie enu as a giving lv us 1 something thiD to otter offer ofer in exchange toe lor fo what we ask uk The cordial cr relations with tt other nations which are 8 so se desirable ill iii 1 naturally be promoted by the course cur thus re J required b b te tU by o own interests The n natural line 1 of o development for fora a policy plY o 0 will wi be b in t run con connection nUon with those of our which wb no tender I all eu ot or the te t sup support support 2 a o port pd ones onos nc e ed to t establish e them upon a ssU J and I oth others th ther ers er up where either bet because ause aua of or ort orf t tf f economic causes c we are beyond byon the each ab of successful i I ask k the attention of the senate to tote by the te ray my reciprocity i it treaties t or re lies laid before it i |
