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Show TMK I'l KKKNTS OF Tll.tllK. When ex-Senator Cll.l.oM was in England recently lie overheard a Scotchman cursing the American tarilT. Tho Scotchman proved to be a dealer iu American Hour. In an interview. Mr. Cl Midi expressed some surprise that an Euglish flour merchant should have been heard denouncing the tarill. , ' The Chicago Ikralil takes him up and attempts to make it appoar that Ihe Scotchman was aggrieved because the tariff was checkiug the importation of the article in which lm wusa dealer. In this the Hi niiil mado a "bad brenk," for American Hour has been going into England in increasing quantities since the new law went into effect. It makes no diliereuce why tho flour dealer grumbled, but it is probable that he simply followed the habit of those aboul him. The assumption upon which tho l r-uil r-uil goes so far astray is that England regulates her purchases of American bread-stuffs by tho measure of American Ameri-can purchases from her. The conclusion conclu-sion follows in the democratic mind that diminished exportations to America in certain lines must be followed by diminished imports, and, vice versa, that a policy under which England would bo permitted to llood our market would be followed by great buying 011 her part of our food products. This is all wrong. England will buy what she iieetls from us. and she will buy no more. The Euglish grain merchant iud the English Hour dealer make their purchases without any tvgard whatever 10 the sales mado by the Manchester iiauufacturers. It lias always been so nice modern commercial methods w ere Established, and it always will be so. f we should manufacture at home .very dollar's worth of goods that we now take from England, that country Tvould still be a purchaser of beef and flour, if, under such conditions, we had any to spare. The correctness of this point is shown bv tho condition of American trade with the South American countries prior to the establishment of the reciprocity recip-rocity system. We aunually purchased enormous quantities of goods from those countries, but our imports did not lead to any considerable export trade. On the democratic theory Brazil should have sent her merchauts here to even up the trade, but nothing iu the kind occurred. Brazil went ou purchasing from England and Germany, Ger-many, and we continued to purchase from her. Then, it should be remembered that England has no desire to build up our farmers. While this country has always al-ways been her best patron, she has diligently dili-gently sought to supplant our farm products with wheat, and cotton and beef from India, Egypt and Australia. Instead of rushing over here to purchase, pur-chase, she has steadily given preference prefer-ence to the products of her colonies. The British government has not only encouraged the farming industry in her colonies, but she has afforded special facilities for the transportation of its products anil arranged inducements for their purchase by her merchants. We may as well understand that we i must look out for ourselves. If we should surrender all that we have won from England in the way of manufacturing manufac-turing industries, it would not affect our exports to her in the least, ish would go right on building up her colonies col-onies and leave us to whistle. W would contract our home market and gaiu nothing abroad. |