Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1891 — The Ex-Czar on Reciprocity. [ARTICLE]

The Ex-Czar on Reciprocity.

Tom Reed, the ex-Czar, has recently returned from a trip to Europe. On board ship he indulged in some very free-hand criticism of reciprocity. The editor of the Chicago Advance, who was his fellow-passenger, reports that the one-time Czar relieved himself in the following fashion on that subject: “As to reciprocity, that is an attempt to Carry on commerce by diplomacy. Two Secretaries strike a bargain with each o her for their respective stat s. But the commercial world can only do busin ss on great commercial priucip'ea not on correspondence between state departments Then again, if we

must have a tariff to protect our business in New York City, how can we compete with the same rivals after we have shipped our goods to some distant republic 1p South America? If we cannot compete on equal terms here, it is preposterous to suppose that we can there. And it is equally preposterous to suppose that our neighbors will keep up a discrimination against other nations in our behalf."