, 1879-01-02
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE.,

Protective Reaction In Europo-FIow viii
It Affect Trade?
tNrrtspnndencs DoMon journal.
WASHINGTON, Der. 2p.-Afr. Kassou, Minister
to Austria, fn communication 10 the State De-
laftmept, calls the attention Of Mf. Evarts to
the fact that II Is not only tha tendency Of Aus
tria, but OF ali European countries, now to In
crease tho rites Of duties on articles competing
too aucressfully with national manufactures.
Ilu says:
Many European commercial treaties are exp!r-
inr. Each Government, much more carefully
than formerly, ts advising With the representa-
tivsa Of lte vArious industries to avoid anY mis-.
taxes arising from ignorance OF "details, md IN
order to nut their interests on such u footing
Tint their hotne markets cannot be suddenly
nnd runuuR1y foodrd from abroad. Indeed, It
seems to me Tint all Europe ts entering upon
what nay be styled an an era cf national e}Gh.
,sess, both In it, political and commercial rca
ttons. Every government In ia political rcla-
fions with others. and especially in connection
with the Eastern Qucattul,. tls tho air with tho
nGt es fHFmsry o. nananng
the resolution to ''p!otcct Its own intcfcxts.'
Whether in England, Austria, Italy, France, or
Germany, there Ia the satno cry. 80 1t is, ulso
In rrspcct to commercial Interests There ID
not Cabinet Minister OF tho Continent, whose
declarations hare fallen tinder my observation,
who does not take this ground when slcnkin0
Of now commercial treaties, or of establishments
Of tariffs.
III case you have not seen that portion OF tho
forthcoming report, Introductory to tariff bill
prepared BY the French Ministry tbut not ret
submitted to the Assembly from which have
your attention to y as completely confirming
tho statcn,ents Of European commercial policy
which have heretofore expressed. All such
lcf,1stat'on u Eulope u hot only cnIciu'lT pfc-
studied and elaborated bY Responsible O1llrers
and adjusted In a1l It's relations but It Is also
lnotlyc {n.oitel with equal care, TINT nil Rrcu.
sous for It may appear with tl,e bttj, and like It
bc snbIect to % cr!teisG @ ~ u Iron tron M sl.'s "mo-
lug extract. Alter al,ndiuR to the former bisl,
introduced in 1877, which proposed legislation
in tue direction OF lower duties. "bceause We
ut that timc supposed the econoa,ic doctrlnes
which had prevailed slnce 1S'o IN most ot Tho
great states were stfll In favor" thcy proceed
as foilo"s:
We hopcd tho commercial treaties to come wonld
show fresh progress In the direction Of ireu trade,
would fac,'!ato the extension OF our export tsnde.
aud 10 accord with nc .Coaseil supettnut du
Sonamet mh'ce ~ asxnIas = w ~ Enso, onlJ maoe
ta}n ~ ~ ,mas culy 10 b. III IN tSa axeen0
tional caso provided for IL Nrt i. hui ina "a.
acton fyOm tie crisis from which tho Commerce OF
the world ID 80 cruelty suffering. adcu TO the de-
direction to seca.: Recent s!gn!acant facts gys
U. tsason to tenr hat o%r hopts ' not % teatl.td
ahM tnaI no" 1t0ts. tg': " aEa!en me sneredsH0
teneneT " ous Toeens a ne@oa,aRs .tR is'v ~
70 trsat witn Swtxstsnd. wiicb il At ths mone,t
occupied with hill foe tho Increase Of her laTiG
Other Sfates. farQs and sn,d. sttn to b going IN
The sans dirfetion In presence Of this now siun-
ton. int when Tue commercial treaties arc 81! cx-
ptnng. woa.a o. 'tnptuasnt 1of France to disasn,
ns Mer neXnttaosa ~ ~ .r,snns sps ts tase,onR .ne
,.nmiat MT ree,nrncafc IL wnn ,vouId n!oro tms9
msTkets Irss accsssbe "a her snsna,actnres mi
natural products, and render bY thsir demnnJs.
| ths CONCLUSION Of commercial convention In.
possible.
The 'smottyet then continues with an assertion
that the MInlstry nevertheless. does mt uIpan
to 70 Iack to projection, but that tt,cir nctlon
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