The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-18

III rs greatly surprises us, ana winch Is Ger
'l' .r,ouco,is ~ and iif proof Of this positive
- ,0 II cites articles l. ii, and VII Of the
=, .,nysutorl of 1921, in the following words
H''' -, Articles Of the growth. produce. manu-
II = he United States imported into France m yes
sHr -. United States shall pay additional duty,
s"ipg twenty francs per ton OF merchandise over
nS. the duties paid ON the like articles also Of the
Il sa ~ nrOduoe manufacture OF the unitec States
u sV'uIr .,Tnorted in French vessels. -. = =.
'0sl H. Articles of the growth, produce, on manu-
Il - France imported into the United States in
Sa rssrls shall pay additional duty, not exceed
"s q Der ton OF merchandise over and above the
~. collected upon the like articles also, OF the
Ahn n.iuce OF manufacture OF France when import
gD''+ -. Of the United States n
Il ID - - VII o o 90 And Ina case the present
ut should remain without such declaration of its
puance by either party, the extra duties specified
~ sut and second articles shall trom the expiration
Us IA two wears be both sides diminished BY one
uD d = their whole amount and afterwards by one
Da u tbe said amount from year To year, so long as
~ raTty shall have declared the Intention of re-
i F1 nj0g II a. above stated y sa
/ IAN discrimination be written in palmer terms,
il possible to clothe the spirit Of = an
and obsolete restrictions OF trade in more
noA,de or unequivocal verbiage : To what
l :. the language of the message refer when
80. il iealously levies discriminating duties
4 IL On tonnage and on articlesl' To "our com
,.j, treaty with France, which is still in
|, -. and which us in this respect exception
-, ~, treaties with all other commercial nations"
MI. the articles cited by the Courier and Enquirer
hon, to he 80 and if, under the operation Of arti-
/ i. VII the extra duty of 50 10 per ton on Ameri-
-, rroduce imported into France in vessels of the
r.,.5 States has come to an end" which is true,
Termination in the indirect trade still remains,
. oermanent and onerous tariff duties are I'M
A.,,.d and the convention itself, TO which the
..,ye in the message explicitly referred, is stll on
MP .otute book, and, therefore stands in the way
, more liberal treaty based on more enlightened
oo,ecation of the mutual wants and mutual pro-
I,,do,, of the two countries This is the point to
which the paragraph in the message was designed,
General terms, to invite the attention of Congress;
md to demonstrate the friendly disposition Of the
ped States to enter into more satisfactory com
percia arrangement with France in the very follow
IN, paragraph of the message, the President adds
The act of May "a, 1923, removed this restriction
and offered similar reciprocity to all such vessels with
m reference to the origin of their cargoes. Upon these
npes our commercial treaties and arrangements have
ven iunded except with France and let us hope that
this exception may not long exist ga al
How unjust and captions is the criticism of the
r,mer and Enquirer may be seen when we state
that tobacco OF our leading staples, is totally ex
Guided from the ports of France, unless it passes
through the hands Of the government rsga and that
the reason why the manufacture Of cotton has failed
ia keep pace with the productive development of
The empire is solely because Of the heavy burden to
which the raw material is subjected by the French
unf -. "a 5iss %. NJ. 80. a
IN 1896 France consumed 1ls 900 900 pounds of
cotton against Sc, 100000 consumed in the United
States In ten years from that period we gained so
RAPIDLY that in Is45 both nations stood at precisely
the same figure of $4,000, 900 pounds and now, in
c5 the relation il reversed, and our annual con-
sumption is some 7O,OOO,0OO pounds in excess of
France Need we ask why our commerce with
France with her Sc 100000 of inhabitants, falls fully
one-third short Of our commerce with Great Britain
with population of only some 20000y000 FOR why
he between France and England so largely
exceeds in value that between France and the Uni
'tA CiAteh III iooV inc iOIliltI IIJ,-
100000 the latter amounted to over SIS, 100000.
Ia 355 the excess of the British over the American
''mmerce with France was upwards Of $40, 100000.
Why is this the case? Simply because there is
scarcely article Of the growth, produce, manufac
jnre of the United States which reach the
ner in France without having its prime cost aug
ueued by custom duties, municipal taxes octroi
tributes, &c, to an extent that dwarfs down to the
nercs necessities Of retail traffic the commerce of
'o great nations, whose productions, in the Ian
gGge Of the Presidents message. "are of such IA
hlracter as TO invite the most extensive exchanges
md freest commercial intercourse"
Both nations would be equally benefited by a new
treaty and if we are to judge from the
nphatic and hghly-appropriate paragraph bestow-
d on the subject in the Presidents message we can
With confidence give the assurance that nothing will
e left undone by the present administration to ac-
Haplsh so desirable AN end. z .. @.l 49,. %
We have been authorized 10 state that the Post