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Show Free Trade Doctors. 1 Saratoga, 7. A conlerence ot tree traders was called to order here tn-day by Nathan Applcton ol Boston. Park Godwin, Horace White and FrauciB Walker are the committee on resolu-( resolu-( lions, who reported series. They attribute the present depression to the . erroneous financial and commercial i policy pursued by the government aince the war, which made it impossible impos-sible for us to dispose ot the BurpluB i productB of our industry to other - nations, unless we accept in return . the surplus products of their industry. . i American shippiug, it is charged, has - buuu swept from the seas by imposing j taxes for purposes other Mian revenue, 1 thus preventing the cheap building a or advantageous huying of ships, and for the revival and hearty growth ol the Bhipping and other interests. A thorough revision of the existing Urifla is needed. A reciprocity treaty with Canada ia advocated, and the tormation of local organizations is urged. One resolution entire ia us i follows: That as oue means towards , the revival of commerce and general i prosperity, we ask, coucurreutly with 1 reformed legislation, a thorough with foreign nations, mny of which are unsuited to the present industrial and productive condition of this country; coun-try; and wo ask also the negotiation of treaties ot commftrce. witb coun iries, such as France and Spain, with which we have now no such agree ment. The resolutinns were seconded and advocated by Park Goodwin and D. A. Wells, and adopted. David A ! --Veils w,48 made chairman, aud A. L. Earle secretary ol the cuuneu authorized. author-ized. Judge Peabody of New York presided pre-sided at the Social Scieuce association. associa-tion. Hamilton A. Hill of Boaloti read a paper on the navigation la ot Great Britain nod Hie United States. Horace Wnita read a paper on the tariff question. He Ball bad tariff and bad currency aggravate trouble and a crisis, but do not bring it od. There is presmug need ol better means of access to all the great markets ol tho world. The idle capital in the irou trade of this country coun-try now amounts to $100 UOO.000 The conditions of lull trade are Iree trade ; free traders are not dis posed to quarrel, but they want all restrictions removed as soon as possible. Foreign nations do not want our greenback or railroad bonds, but will gladly take our produce; pro-duce; if we purchase largely of those countries they will reciprocate. The country is too largely protected. We have too much capital in factories and labor to need projection; we have more iron and coal mines than England; Eng-land; our food production is so large and cheap that it will bear 1,200 miles of inland transportation and then compete with all others; as for pauper labor, we can compete even in toia with England. The next pnper was by the Hon E. R. Meade of New York, on the Chinese question. The remedy for Chinese immigration is to be either prohibition or large restriction. Il they hold 1 1 the Burlingame treaty, we must join with Ktigland whose colonies are already auflering from the same thing, to atop immigration Resolutions were adopted favoring the prison cougBs at Stockholm, and extending sympathy aud cooperation co-operation to it; aUo expressing the hope that all the states will furnish the information deaired by the investigators, inves-tigators, nud Bend representatives. Charles Nordbofl opened the discussion dis-cussion ot the labor question. He aaid the Biriko this summer is au event we should vaJ UJ(,re attention to, as the matter is uot ended. Politicians Poli-ticians and demagogues are taking bold of it. One member of congress proposes to give laborers one bun dred million nud land to live on. The alate platform of ooe party proposes that government shll inter pose between railroads and employes; others demand a large Bt-nding army to keep dowu discontented laborers. He thought railroad managers desiring desir-ing congress to interfere had some unprofitable railroad to sell. Employers Em-ployers to get on with labor must piuyem vu - show a Christian spirit, and an nil portant portion of this duty is to make laborers inier&ited in their work. Vaud-rbili recently said the employ 6s ol his railroad were part ol the enterprise. The evening session w.-is devoted to the discuaKiii of the Cnioeee question. ques-tion. Kev. F'saeuden ot Connecticut said tho resu.t ot much tnoughtlul consideration was that to carry uui the recommen latiDn of the Meade paper would be cruel He Imd seen immigrants ot other countries in at pitiable condition as the Chinese are said to oonie. They cere received and bad been cared for and made good citizens. Hewnuld welcome the Chinese here. m Sn. kn-y of sVaahington went tn Ort-g- n lal year. On the way be stopped at San Fran Cisco and made sooie inquiries regard ing the Cnmese. His intormation was very UiH-reut Irom tha: oi the paper read. Ho had good nccnunt-of nccnunt-of them generally. blizur Wright cf Bostun could see no dirfsrence hetweeu Cuinese coming here to comptte wim American laborers la-borers and machines 'tu whicn cur laborers bve he-.n cvmpt?ting. Htre 'tofore hp thought it U-ncaib, the dig nity of native American laborers to ' complain against Chinese. Gamaliel Brad lord of Boston said we bad seen 1 men Btriking and rrc;jiviug thirty or I forty do.lars per mouth, yet tha CnincsH were tjad to work for much letts. He thought we Bhould take! occasion to meet other questious be Bides that of labor in relation to the Chinese. It was: What would be 1 come of our cities when Chinese come :to vole and hud power in that way' Lord of Michigan eaid, while not sympathizing with the statements in the Meade paper, he thought there were poiuts in the Chinese question which required careful looking to. j VVh cannot tioot the Cninea out of the country, but must consider the matter in all the several aspects as presented. T. B. Sanborn, secretary, read the returns from Washington, showing that not over 100.0UO Chinese were in this country, and he thought there : whs no reason to tear any great influx in-flux during the present century. E izur Wright thought that if the Chinese, are to he excluded we should break up threshing and other labor-Having labor-Having machines. Hamilton Hill moved a vote ol thanks to the citizens and authorities ot oar 'toga for hospitalities, and the association adjourned nine die. |