The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-06
Treaties Of Commerce and Navigation


| We publish to-day, by proclamation of the President
the declaration of accession of the Grand Duchy of Meek
enburg. Schwerin to the treaty concluded on the 10th
of June, 1916, between the United States and the King
dom of Hanover.
By the terms of the accession, it will be seen that
the administration under the immediate superintend-
OF the head Of the State Department, has most
vgant eye to the advancement of the great commercial
and agrcu tura interests of the country The naviga-
ton employed by New England in the South Sea 6she-
res embraces, well recollec upwards of $50
fine large ships Not than about one half of the
whale oil produced by them finds market in the United
States Nearly all the other half exported to the Baltic
and North and principally consumed the States of
Germany Prussia has long manifested desire to monopo-
lie this trade, and she advances bonus of 30
haers per last TO every vessel that will engage in it, and
gives premium of thaer for each barrel of oil that
may be produced and brought home by them This is
fearful odds against fishermen; and they cannot fail
to be highly gra,ied that Mecklenburg- Schwern--
which, learn, of the article, in pro-
portion to her population, than any European Stae-has
obligated her self to lay higher duty upon it, for the
next ten years than the nominal one of IS cents or
theeabous the 100 lbsless by twenty five per cent
than that exacted in Hanover, and only half of the
much for the w.,tchulness of the President and his cab
net over northern interests Now, let us turn to the
south and the west and inquire if these quarters of the
Union have not abundant reason to be satisfied with
what the administration is doing for them.
In Mecklenbuny Schwerin cotton is to enter free as
in Hanover; tobacco and tobacco stems imported in
hogsheads casks TO pay the duty that is
levied upon them in Hanover-ony 10 cents per 100 lbs
o|c
Hanover, the duty is 10 cents per 100 lbs and in Prus-
STA, 81 40, in whatever way imported Paddy (rice in
the husk) is to be admitted free or at a mere nominal
rate of one and half per lbs This is an i'm
portant concession for the rice-grower Paddy not
wihstandng the extravagant and unjustifabe Danish
Sound tolls levied most of staples, is almost the
only which is permitted to pass at nominal charge;
and this article cannot be carried from Batavia upon as
favorable terms as it can from Charleston it is evden.
that have secured great advantages for our product
over that of Java.
Mecklenburg- Schwerin evies one cent more-a mere
nominal control taxon the 100 pounds of our four
staples sitting through her territory the Hamburg
and Berlin railroad than is LEVIED in Hanover and Olden.
burg but in consideration of this difference she obi
gates herself to lay duty whatever on the same ar
ces transng in other directions The system of trans
it-dutes from the blow which it received in the Hano.
treaty, it is believed will be abandoned no distant,
day by the German confederation, has been for some
time in France To two three transit duty as
tax of CONTROL no reasonable objections can be made
but beyond this it is our duty to persevere in aboshng
them on all articles in which are interested
The grand duchy of Mecklenburg -Schwern has en-
ioyed all the advantages in carrying, since 1885, by the
proclamation of the President pursuant to the of Con-
gress of May a. 1925 that it will enjoy by accession
the Hanover treaty 1t privileged to pur
chase its vessels wherever they could be had cheapest
but BY the terms of this treaty, is restricted its
intercourse with u.s. the vessels of its build, those
of the build of the United States, by which our ship
builders will be benefited STILL il appreciated the lbe
raj spirit manifested by government, and consented
to recprocae it, by bestowing upon everything com
mercially at its disposal.
The work of negotiating the proper kind of CONNER
cal treaties, under the auspices OF Mr.. Buchanan, is
now fairly commenced and trust Gas beieve) that
will be prosecuted, until every nation is forced to act in
that true spirit of generosity displayed by Hanover Oden