The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-12-18
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President oF fIle u. states.
10 THE Two HogsEs or CONGRESS.
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MESSAGES

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I+NHkAMA Us fNEENMN a4a@eu NuuEf
the iFnlh aTsiele 0G the subsisaiag treaty
hrtwerAR tie uniiea States aud Prussia.
By his liele. the eonsuls of the tEo
countries issve the Tighl 10 III as indges aud
aghitFainTs "in sarh difference a. may
arise b,i.e'n tie captains AMI crews u
the res-rls helnnglng TO the rattan whose
INTERESTS are eammilt-d ia Ihcir charge.
without the Interference Of lueal anIhori-
I.Fs, unless the cnndrri nf lhe cTeA or Il
tie eapialn should disturb tie order or
tranquility Of the country. or lie said ron.
suls shauli lie tuire thrir assistance 10 cause
then decisions TO 6e earred into I'll, Ct or
Supported"
The Prus in consul at New Bedford,
10 June 1914. applied Ia Mr.. Justice Story
60 carry in'0 tiire, a decision made by
him between the captain and crew uf The
rrnssian ship Bnrussis; but The request
was refused IN the ground that. without
pretioIs leg slaton by Congress. the 10.
diriary lid nel possess the power to give
effect n this article Of the treaty. The
Prussian government. Though their minis
Ter here. have complained Of this violation
at The treaty. anI have aske,' the govern.
meut at the United States IN adopt The
necessary measures 10 prevent similar
violations hereafter. Good faith 20 Prus.
sla. a. well sip oiher nations with whom
VIC have similar treaty stipulaIi"ns. re.
quires. that these should be faithfully OBJ
served. lhaFe deemed tptnper. therefore.
TO lay this subject before Congress, aud
To recommend such legislation as may be
necessary to gise effect to these treaty OBJ
legations.
BY virtue Of an arrangement made be-
tween the Spanish government and that
OF the United States IN December 1881.
American vessels. since the twenty ninth
Of April, 1892. have been admitted To en-
try in the ports Of Spain, including those
OF the BlleaFic aud Canara islands, on
payment Of the same tonnage duty of five
cents per ton. as though they had been
Spanisns vessels; anu TINS, wneIner our
vessels arrived in Spain directly from
the UnilediS,aies, or indirectly from any
other country. When Congress. by the
act of the 10 Of July, 1892. gave ei-
fert to this arrangement between the two
governments. they confined the reduction
ol'tonnage duty merely 10 spanish vessels,
coming from a FORT in Spain" leaving
the former discriminating duty TO remain
agains, such vessels coming from a port
in anv other country. Ills msnliesIly un-
just. ,blt whist American gfsstls, arrl'-
ing in the ports Of Spain from other coun-
ties, should be subjected 10 heavy diserl-
minallng tonnage duties. This Is neither
equality nor reciprocity, and is in viola
lion oil the arrangement concluded IN lie
cember. 1881, between the tw" countries.
The Spanish government have made re-
peated and earnest circumstances against
this inequality, and The favorable attention
of Congress has been several times Invok-
ed to the subject by my predecessors. l
recommend as an act Ut justice to Spain'
tha, this inequality be removed by Con-
greSs, and tat the discriminating duties
which have been levied under the act ot
the 1871 OF July, 1928, on Spanish
vessels coming to the United States from
any other foreign country, he refunded
This recommendation does not embrace
Spanish vessels arriving in The United
States from ruh,. and Porto Rico, which
will still remain subjecl To the provisions OF
the act of June 3Olh, 1891, concerning
tonnage duty on such 'esseIs.
4 al. T,nrtannth nj Inlv.
ls35, ir,e was exempted from duty al
together. Thlsexemption was UNIVERSAL
without reference To the country where IL
was produced, or the national character OF
the vessel in which it was imported. by
the tariff act Of the thIrtIelh OF August
1912, this exemption from duty was re-
slricted To coffee imported in American
vessels from the pace of It's production;
whilst coffee imported under all other cir
cumstauces was subjected TO a duty oil
twenty per cent. al ralorem. Under tins
act, and our existing treaty with the h'ns
of the Netherlands, Java Coffee imported
from the Eu opean ports of that Kingdom
inlo the Ini,ed States, whether N D"'ch
or Ameri an vessels now pays thus rate
Of duty. The government of the Nether-
lands complain that such disseminating
duty should have been imposed on coilee.
the prodnc ion OF one Of It's colonies, ana
which is chiefly brought from Java to the
ports OF that kingdom, and exported from
thence to foreign countries. Oar iaae
with tn. Netherlands is highly benehcla'
to both countries, and our relations with
them have ever been,o( the most friendly
character. Under I'll the circumstances
Of the case, | recommend that this d'scrl-
minatinn should be abolIshei, and IN
the coffee of Java imported from the