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Show RECIPROCITY WITH BRAZIL. We may now look for cheaper coffee. President Harrison yesterday issued a proclamation announcing the conclusion conclu-sion of a treaty of commercial recipro. city with Brazil and modifying; our tariff laws to conform thereto. e put coffee, sugar, tea, hides, etc., from Brazil on the free list, while Brazil reduces re-duces import duties upon American products to the extent of about five millious annally, which is all she is able to do in her present financial condition. After all this preliminary discussion, reciprocity has actually begun to reciprocate. St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Tho fact that the quantity of sugar imported from Brazil is less than one-fifth one-fifth of the quantity imported from Cuba will make the sugar trade extremely ex-tremely auxious as to the probable action ac-tion of Spain. It is expected that the step taken by Brazil will force Spain to come to terms satisfactory to tho "discretion" "dis-cretion" of the president. In the mean time who knows whether Cuban sugars will be put on the free list or not? What a line field has been opened to the speculators? Buffalo Courier. Perhaps it would not be extravagant to guess that Brazil will pay $25,000,0(10 for products of the United States in 1891. We trust that this proclamation may be speedily followed by similar announcements 'affecting our trade relations re-lations with the Argentine republic Chili, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba and Canada. Protection modified by reciprocity recip-rocity of this continent. Detroit Tribune. Trib-une. But so long asthe McKinley bill is on tho statute books the general manufacturers manu-facturers of tho United States cannot hope to protit very much. The tariff law so greatly adds to the cost of their products that tho removal of South American import taxes cannot enable tbem to compete with foreign-made goods. The McKinley bill is a constant menace to our foreign commerce, and was meant to be New York World. This treaty is one of the first fruits of the new tariff law. It will be worth millions of dollars annually to the United States. It will give this country a large trade with Brazil which heretofore hereto-fore has gone to Europe. The advantage advan-tage of this to the American farmer, manufacturer and merchant is too obvious to require comment. Burlington Burling-ton Ilawkeye. The shipping bill is now more than ever entitled to prompt transmission to the president for his signature. A reciprocity treaty with a nation to which we have no railroad, but must send by water, without a shipping ship-ping bill, is like a law that is a dead letter because no money is appropriate d to execute it. New York Press. This, according to the tenets of pro tectionisin. will till the poor houses of both Brazil and this country, for reciprocity recip-rocity is free trade, pure and simple. The "administration ought to let the people know why it has taken down the tariff bars between the United States and Brazil. Ha rrisburg Patriot. This is great news for the republican party and for the country and for the countries south of us. All honor and praise to our great secretary aud to President Harrison, who has sustained sus-tained Mr. Blaine in pushing the all American policies that will open the grandest aud most prosperous era ever known on earth. New York Mail and Express. The first ray in the dawn of the new era in the foreign trade of the United States flashes across the continent in the president's proclamation of reciprocity with Brazil. This, using some of the language of Secretary Blame, means a market for a good many bushels of wheat and bj$y' pork. Pittsburg Times. (' ' Brazil get'a'ahead of all other conn-tries conn-tries of the continent in securing a reciprocity treaty with the United Slates. Her triumph is by a "neck" onlv, however, as some of the other nations will undoubtedly enter into a similar arrangement with us before the year ends. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. We make our compliments to Mr. Harrison with the hope that he will like the degree of free trade in which he indulges and waut more of it. And we can assure him that the more he gives the people of this country the more they will be pleased. New York Herald. 1 This indicates the successful begin ning of the American zollverein, the mere prospect of which awakened such formidable resentments in Europe-.and we may now expect fresh echoes of discontent dis-content from the old world. New York Journal. The free traders will feel very uncomfortable un-comfortable as they recognize that the largest and most important South American country has at once joined hands with us in a practical and reasonable reason-able scheme of reciprocity. Toledo Blade. This nation is back of Mr. Blaine in his brilliant and practical and patriotic policy, A few years from now the carpfnir opponents of that policy will be silenced by its accumulating commercial commer-cial benefits. Minneapolis Journal. Brazil has been sagacious in providing provid-ing for its own interests and generous ia providing freer trade with us than we permit ourselves with other countries. coun-tries. New York Times. Mr. Blaine has very largely widened the markets of this country and opened up a rioh field for the products of the American farmer. Bloomington Leader. |