Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XII, Number 6, 8 February 1873 — A New Treaty Wanted. [ARTICLE]

A New Treaty Wanted.

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Tberm ia aaoeh tmlk maaoog fora3&er».pmrtieukiij tboaa eogmged in nmlda« mad aailiag nmr, «boot th;'vmns of m oew Treaty with the Uaited &mun, «q. dcr whieh ocur prodaets emm be mdoitted iato ooontv7 (tee of t*x, we, pmrt, agr«tiag tto ad> ait mQ Amerkmo jeooda fraē'<MT tax. Socb a centxmc& aa Uak » called m Beciprocitj We will ez|dmia how ameh m tramty worka: Tbatmz om fiMtr mod Kioa io United Btatca* mnimpi mboottwoeeotm 00 eajth pound. AIl Sngmraoi Kiee aent to tbmt coaßtry from mbromd snaat pmj tba>t tmx beforeit emo be aokL Tbe««mmr of tb* Sagmr ham.to pmj tbe tmz wheo it mnhea iat the port where it Mto heaoli - Daring Uie yemr 1872, we aent to tbe U. & 14,400.0Ū0 poonda of Sogmr, mnd mboat l,000,flE)0 jpounda of Rtee. Tboae wbo mre expert in figuremran 'eaeil/ kani bowmaeh mooej we hiui to pty uflw't tmx «a tb& Biee mnd Sogmr. It mmoontm to $808.000 r nxnptj oe theae mrticlea mione. It ia smid tbmt mll our prodaeta bmve to pmj to tbmt gorcrnment oter 9400,> 000 emeh year« ma a tax, to belp rapport tbe govero« ment. 3Tbte>tam mmountm to &boat one-third of tbe prodoee on whieh it ia leTied, whieh is abont 33 oenU ou eTery iJoil*r , B worth. On tbe other hmnd, we ehmrge m tax en mll Aanghemn goodB brougbt here, whieh tmx ia to belp euppoei oar Goy't. Oar tmx is ten eenta on e*eqr wortb of raerch4ūdize, and e*ery one will see thpt it ia mueh )ess tbmn tbe United State9 tai. If we otq<i them 51,200,000 worth of merchaudia<» they mmke aa ! pmy a tax of §400,000. If they send ua the am»e i amount of goods, we mmke them pmy 5120,000. Now we want tbem to aboligh all taxea-on the proi duce we send them, and 9ffer to do the smme on mll : tbey aend to us. A Treaty whieh secares the ! movml of taxes in both countries is called m Recipro> | city Tremty. ) But some poople will say, what good will this do"f i our government wili loose $120,000 taxes, and tbe • American gOTeromeDt will lose $400,000, and tbmt 1 Goy't will be pilikia perbaps. and so will oura. I» h ! true tbat they and we will loee these large suma or revenue, aud we sball hare to raise it by taxea j laod, on spirits, on jewelry, and in other way«. B«f j at the aame time, we sball benefit all tbose wbo mre | employed in raising produce, sug«r, rice, wooi, co£ | fee. salt, skina, aod otber articlea we aend abroad r At the same time,thecost of ail articles brougbtfrom , America is reduced, aueh as flour, clotbing, lumber, and almost eterything we buy, becausē there will be no tax paid on it. i But Bome people in the U. S. say it is not fair W j ask tbem to gi*e up a tax of #400,000 when we only I give np $120,000 in return. And for this reasoh, J they declined to make Buch a treaty, when we sought 1 for one before in 1868. What they aay is true. ! But we must be bold, ānd try again. We must I kuoek at their great door, and say to tbem : "W« i are m poor people, and you are a great and rich ; government We ask yoa to be generoas to us, and ! seek to aid us, bo tbat we ean grow and become lika ! you a proaperouB people. We hare a young mnd ; good King whom we hare just ehoaen, to be oor ! ruler, and under him we desire to be industrioua j But you tax e?erythiog whioh we raise so heatily, 1 that we are piiikia and do not pro»per." i Let our government send a skillful person to : Wasbiogton, aod ask General Grant and his go*ernment if he will not make such a treaty. We thinl(i t he v®ll do all in hia poaw to. help ua, \ ? I We inrite oar readera to espress tbeir opiniona w»; > this sabject, but to be brief in their letters, so that ; we ean publish their views on eaeh side.