Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-06-29
Mr.. T;rado to Mr.. Clauton.
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- ..s .a.... WAsHINGToN, JUNE 10, 1850
SIR In the which your Excelency addressed me on
the 9th instant with view of ecng information as to the
proper to be adopted in order enable the far
of the United States to obtain Peruvian guano with ia
cily and low prices find only an earnest of the
zeal manifested by your Exceency in behalf of the agcul
raj interests your country, but subject of particular inter-
in the eyes of my Government whose this
cle both exported and sod 1t being my duty promote
consumption and being fully convinced that the most eff
cacious mode of accomplishing that object render the
QUESTION cheap and easy have before this written the
Peruvian Government upon the proprey of adopting
by which 1t may be enabled to reduce the prcesby
diminishing in poporionate degree the expenses attending
the eghng Of vessels and by such other rerenchmens
may be deemed necessary in order present that article for
sale wherever it is in
In the same spirit now propose to comply with the laud
able wishes expressed in your Exceencys noe by giving
you the information you ask far it lies in my power
do present, with hope that may be the means of
contributing somewhat towards increasing the demand for Pc
ruvan guano in the United States by inspiring confidence
the farmers of their being able to obtain the article easy
TERMS and Of improving that friendly intercourse which Peru
is inclined to cultivate with the United States.
II appears from the information have been able obtain
the subject from the consgnees of Peruvian guano n this
country and the knowledge have derived from the results
of the Of Sales that to the present time, the price
which guano has been selling for and which has been as high
forty dollars ton, has not depended either
the fiscal regulations of Peru, any runous monopoly
to which the sale of the article has been subjected From the
first attempts that made in 1910 supply the European
markets with guano, where its virtues and applicability
both unknown to agricultural labor the enterprise only
as matter Of speculation the part Of few private
individuals who hatered by the results Of experiments
which had been repeated with considerable in
England, obtained from the Peruvian Government, by
virtue of annual allowance permission to export for
certain number Of years. either in specified or limited guam
titles. When the successful experiments OF 1917 had con-
vnced of the Europe OF the Importance Of
this species of manure which then began TO assume the at
tude OF article Of interest," the Government entered into
contract with the specuaors who have continued to
make remancs consgnees of the Government with va
ried success in regard results But was only through
and prudence the management OF the affair."
that in spite Of serious osses which experienced in con-
sequence Of the competition aryed against Peruvian guano
by the deposes Of similar kind of discovered some
time after the coast Of Africa, and the panic specua
tors who had made large advances and incurred heavy ex
penses in the ncpent stages of the enterprise they finally
had the qualification Of seeing the merit of the article establish
ed so that would YIELD saeabe prces security for the
reimbursement of their ousy and moderate profit to the
Government as the proprietor.
MS result however, the fruit of successive experiments,
ana years OF perseverance, only Of date in Europe
while in the United States every effort bring the guano of
Peu into repuie has been made subsequent this
would the Government have been able succeed had
been for the interest felt and the ability displayed by the
sgnees It had been found necessary them adopt this sys
tenn in the management Of sas in order introduce the ap