Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1888 — Extract from the Annual Report of the Cobden Club. [ARTICLE]

Extract from the Annual Report of the Cobden Club.

SI'BMItTEU TO THE ANNUAL MItSTINU, IN LONDON, EXOLAND, JULY 21, 1888. “In the United States President Cleveland’s message carries with it the paomise of such measures :of tariff reform, us may, in the course of a few years, make somej thing like a revolution in internal trade. Not only would the di- ' rect results of opening the markets jof such a country bel enormous, I but if the United States, hitherto the great supporters of, Protection, should'become satisfied that Protection. is Vxlelusion, apd that their o\yu best advantage, is in Free TgAtyJß, such a change iu their opinions and practice could not fail tjo, iufiueuce the opinion and practice of the rest of the world,” “It j* to the New World that therCdbden Club is chiefly looking ms the most likely sphere ljpr its vigorous foreign policy, it has done what it cau in Europe, aud is now turning its eyes, westward and /bracing itself for the struggle which is to come. It can not rest while tbp United, States are nnsubdued.” —London 'Jaimes. Do not forget that President Cleveland in selecting liip seven cabinet officers, chose three who at the time were members of the Cobd.en Club; to-wit: Messrs. Bayard, Endicott and Lamar.