Beef And Reciprocity

The recent wori-y and fret over the beef situation could have been settled in the twinkling of an eye if the Reciprocity feature of the McKinley law had been incorporated in our present nondescript ïariff act. It was the design of the f rienda OÍ Iociprocity to apply this principie so a's to admit free, with compensating benefits from other countries, such articles qr things as were not produced by ourselves in sufticient quantities for the domestic consumption. Under the McKinley Reciprocity ciause in the act of L890 President could at ay time remove the duty upon any árticle. and at the same time, by treaty, enlarjfe our exportation of such (ommodity as the country with whotn the redprocal relation was established ' should want. In case ai possible Lnabllltyof our own cattle raisera to supply the domeetic deniand the exercise of such powers by the Executive, did they exist. would be most effective. Supplies could be drawo froni Argentina., Mexico and Canada, and for the privilege extended to these oountriea privileges would have been obtained in return. IKON oro is f'_'l)tinr it.s wav lieri' frena abroad. In Mareta wc importad over 30,000 tongas against 5,709 tone inMarch, L884. OÍ plg Iron aleo we bought $31,000 worth from torelgn countfios last March as ag-ain-t ;t,:ü2 worth in March, 1894.