The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-24

renee particular pca'ure, IT tor.,e competent
perfon could be perinaied to undertake this
ufeful aud arduous Office.
InfteaG of the Exports of '93, as they appear in
the two frf tables, we have taken the iiber-
ty to fu5ititute thofe of lso4. We were nm
able to correct the two ah tables, from the
want of authentic documents.
REPORT
0ftbe Secretary IF STATE, on tie Privileges and
Rej?yi7ion5 on The Commerce Of tie United
States in Foreign Countries.
Philadelphia, December Is, 1898.
SIR,
ACCORDING to the pleafure of the
Houfe of Representatives, exprehed in their re-
foiution of February %. 1901, now lay before
them, Report on the Privileges and Refr,iHi-
0nJ on the Commerce the United States in Fo.
reign Countries. In order to keep the iubjett
within thofc bounds, which fuppoted 20 be I'M
der the contemplation of the Houie, have re-
frahed my fatements to thoie countries only,
with which we carry On commerce of iome
importance, and TO thCfe articles ALTO OF our
produce, which are Of fenIible weight in the
fcale of our exports and even thefe articles are
iometimes grouped together. according 10 the
degree of favor or reltreton, with which they
are received in each country, and that degree
'exprefied in general terms, without detailing the
exact duty levied on each article.
TO have gone fully into thefe mnuti@, would
have been to copy the tariffs and books of rates
of the different countries, and to have hidden
under MATS of detail, thofe general and impor
sant truths, the extraction of which in fnple
form, conceived, would beft anfwer the en-
quirias of the Houfe, by condenling material in
ton, which this portion of their duties may iut-
ly claim. The plan, indeed, Of minute details,
would have been impradicable wiz: fome coun-
tries, for want of information.
Since preparing this Report, which was put
into its prefent form, in time to have been given
in to the laft FELTON, of Congrefs, alterations of
the conditions of our commerce with fome TO-
reign nations have taken place, fome of them
independent of the war, fome ariiing out of it.
Francspas propofed TO enter into new treaty
of commerce with us, on liberal principles and
has, In the mean time, relaxed fome of the re-
itraints mentioned in the report.-Span has, by
an ordinance of June laft, eftablifhed New-Or-
leans, Peniacola, and Saint Augutine into free
ports, for the veiIels of friendly nations having
treaties of commerce with her, provided they
touch for permit, at Corcubion in Gallicia, or
at Aicant and our rice is by the fame ordi-
nance, excln>ed from that Countrywide cir
cunitances Of the war have necefiarily given us
freer acCefS to the Weft-Indran illands, Whit
they have alto drawn on Our navigation, vexati-
ons and depredations of the mott ferrous nature.
To have endeavored to defcribe all thefe,
would have been as impraaicable as ufelefs,
iince the fcenes would have been Uniting, while
under defcrption. l, therefore, think it bef to
leave the report, as it was formed, being adapt
ed to particular point of time, when things
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fummer of 1899.
have the honor TO be,
With the mott profound refpea,
Sir, Your moft obedient, and
~, Mott humble fervant,
tn: JEFFERSON.
To the Speaker of the Houfe of Rel
prefentatives of the United States. {
TIE Secretary Of Sate to tyom 4ras yeyy.dGy tie Hon
Of RefreffntatiVs;, sbe Report sfa Committee TIE
4rrifen Adage IF The P,Edtnt Of sbe United S.ates,
sffbt l4b Of February, 1871, NTH igfrnt7ion to
port TO Cozgr tie nature and extent of tie Priveges
and Rsf,iG7ions Of tbe Commercial hfereopre of the
United States zOib Foreign Nafiors, and THE meafre,
sobieb be ona fbink proPe, 10 De adisd for tie inn
frO0fuenf efbs Commerce and Navigation Of toe ame,
b1s bad tbe fame Dndtr eOaGAtr@isu, and Bersu4on
makes tbtt 0llOzving Report:
THE countries with which the United States
have their chief commercial iRtercourfe, are,
Spain, Portugal, France, Great-Byi.ain, the Uni
ted Netherlands, Denmark, and S7veden, and
their American pofieiiions: and the articles of
export which conltitute the BATS of that COM
merce, with their REFLECTIVE amounts, are
Bread-fuf, that is to fay, bread
grains, meals, and bread, to the In 1904.
annual amount of 9,6OO,oOo
Tobacco 100000