Show 71 f W aa 1 1 i PM ka I 1 4 u ou 1 wr WS W il 7 rg P S at A r tc at Z 5 0 W mu an 5 M aits t fal iuli ly v sr ww fi i c 1 1 ice op OUR oua pat ianes k oi I 1 issues OP OF THE DA DAV v trow wonia our oar r becs ilk busm ft a io do or of abb he uni mn bu u Cong confreda Con frea reft done nr AU all representative antanna A the public that his reciprocity bill betl Is much up ap and wider out than aa the third thim of the mckinley McKin loy bul bill itu enough to cover ml lall phases of at our commercial 1 with other countries countr iea tt it specifies 11 five ve different conditions under which the rea r es ident ts is authorized to make commercial as aft fa elret where the ekpo expo exports arts of such countries tri tet 0 or colonies are an in excess of their from the united states i second where their chief articles of export m aare admitted in tree e into the united states third where their exports are ad bitted into the united states at aj an average rate of duty low lower er than the average rate of duty imposed upon the productions of the united states hy by their customs tariff fourth where they impose higher rates of duty on the products of the united tea states than are Impo imposter Im posted sled loh bh the or al similar products of other nations fifth where they impose restrictions and regulations to govern the importations of merchandise of the united states that in the estimation of the president may be unjust excessive and obstructive to commerce mr hopkins professes to ta believe thit that if his plan debould be adopted and put in operation this country could drive out english trade and monopolize the brazilian mar markets markeli keti and for that matter all latin american markets the above cOndi conditions tiOng are given in full in mr hopkins own words in order that the reader may bib able to examine them and set see for himself that the very saint conditions could be made the basis of trade oade dickers by england and other european countries not only with the spanish american countries but with the united states also it would be a waste of space to go over them one by one and show how bow they are all in a greater or less degree available for the purpose of english dickers with the latin americans leaving us at the same disadvantage relatively as at present and leaving to the english the same advantage of lower cost of manufactured products anyone who will look over the conditions keeping this point in mind will readily see that we have no advantage in such a contest that would not be fully offset by the advantage the latin americans would secure by buying the cheap goods of england and other european countries the point specialty specially deserving of attention is that europe could serve us precisely as mr hopkins proposes that we shall serve our neighbors to the south of us england takes half of all our exports and admits them all free with the exception of tobacco which is taxed solely tor for revenue as england produces tira duces no tobacco on the other hand we our highest duties on such articles as the people of great britain manti manufacture facture here are precisely the conditions which according to mr hopkins would warrant great britain in saying to us we take your products tree free of duty now we demand that you cut down your duties on our goods from one halt half to three fourths or we will clap high discriminating duties on your wheat your flour your cotton your beef your pork and the various other things you are selling 1 us I 1 in great quantities great britain can an do that to us as well as we can do it to brazil and with as much assurance of success success in bringing us to terms with the reciprocity club how would mr hopkins like that how H ow would our farmers like it those of the field in whom hopkins and his republican brethren profess 33 to take so 90 lively an interest probably they would would not relish it at all ex pree free coe co commerce e with all ration instead of embarrassing commerce under piles of regulating laws duties and an d prohibitions could it ie be relieved of all its shackles in all parts of the world could every country try t be employed in producing that which it Is best fitted to produce and each to be free to exchange with others mu mutual surpluses for mutual wants the greatest mass ms possible would then be produced of these things which contribute to human hn aate jue and human h happiness prineas the narn bairs fler sot ot mankind would be increased aid theli their condition bettered thomas re fferson 1 faai i tor for tree commerce with withal an na connection with none I 1 or no diplomatic establish faett in z lu bid I 1 7 second d of at these utterances so sd lter ar as it relates to commerce seems beemis ba ahe matured ma aured and epitomized ex iiii conof ot the philosophy set in nitwit 1 With the qualification corn pm 1 V le 1 an a 1 durpos Pur pos 47 eur eliminated in 4 ewari i ons 41 I 1 aier alithe ali the lwow gat 11 1 1 pro I 1 ia awat ahe extreme er lm am M tbt theli tt 0 aa h A M 7 ta th fri faff I 1 U A 3 fi 0 u 1 m T I 1 ft I 1 r 8 1 11 7 ff I 1 W 11 d saoe 11 1 T e e I 1 o I 1 zd W T m 1 i I law U b t E E c 0 a R M 0 I 1 W L 11 M tl a iii U I 1 p I 1 I 1 WV W V 0 O i max 0 gniew 7 it ail W I 1 a I 1 I 1 afar na Z 15 1 11 5 M K we a I 1 5 P T I 1 Z iu la 1 lan VZ I 1 r 1 T a Q M N a ia i bt I 1 1 1 bal I w s WN 1 I 1 17 Z 4 4 az 1 1 Z t I 1 1 0 26 2 6 ahk 5 S arl t 1 1 2 A Z 7 t 1 4 aa y ats test fitted tro doce each bein P perfectly tree te exchange als burp u tor to r the ehe of others othen to supply its ata grants sk rb was far in advance of nl his contemporaries rarie even bren when he intimate fed bd tia thai it ft might not be eaf one country to allow itself this erf et liberty so long as aa others did n ni same with his elear clear vialo that complete commercial ube the thel ideal deal condition it Is not surp surprise tag ft that he did not at once ri rid mm aim self seir so entirely of et the influences es of hla intellectual environment as to see that what would be good tor for all it all would the same policy would a also iso be good for each acting for itself i but when once hla his mind had grasped the great truth that universal c commercial liberty would be conducive to the welfare of all men he was on the high road to the great comprehensive conclusion which he condensed into one line 1 I am tor for free commerce with all nations many a man who calls himself a jeffersonian Jeffers onlan democrat today has a long road to travel before reaching that grand conclusion toward which enlightened mankind is steadily anu and surely moving chicago chronicle |