New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-15
fhs chiuese Commissioners Submitted project for
n treaty In brief as follows:

treaty In brief as follows:
Fgrs-Thc Uated States t, lIp but not pronios inc
snc ,mm,arauts Co be neinded ia the limitation az
should be actual aborers; d ability Of any kPd tS
he tnnosei upun such laDorers, and regulations 70 VI
sucn nature only as to hinder the entry Oh sucn
% ors of ,ns United States
oil otter students nsrria as
wall a. oIber States and all Chinese aborers now N
California to be protected and not included In h'n'A
Three-Ai Chinese iaborers permanently or ,sT I
ry residing IN m 70 " 30 seure to them tue
same privileges. immunities and exemptions tna. s
enjoyed by the citizens or subjects Oh tne must
HS,Imitatious placed upon immigration OF Chinese
Showed moi to be small the
term Of years long; the imItaons 70 app
"1y 70 thar rssaaous shall submitted to
the Chinese Government for Its approval
FINAL AGREEMENT.
Some of the propositions contained IN TINS prolec'
the American Commissioners decided 10 DC en.feiy
inadm,ssibe, and on the 2i of November they SUD
mitted o treaty project of their own. whion, III
every essential particular, was finally emDoa'ed IN
the treaty signed on the 9th of November. The only
concession made by the American Commissioners
was TO substitute the phrase: "The Government OF
the United States NAV regnate limit OF susps ta
such comine,n ETC., for "The Government OF me
the ' Chinese government comedies to tas United
G sss prc ossast'"' Of '1 sae
treaty Senator Booth said to o cor
respondent of THE TRIBUNE to-day that tne
without doubt soon after their ratification bill
would be introduced limiting Chinese immigration
in accordance with the new treaty provision
COMMERCIAL TREATY NEGOTIATIONS.
In tine dispatches of the American Commissioners
relating to the Commercial treaty full evidence Is
A. Gnvarnma06
to facilitate trade between the two countries. Ac
cording to the Commissioners two points nave oeen
gained in the treaty lately signed
Frst-It makes the Imperial Government directy
responsible for any INSTRUMENTATION oi 'no on''
pese customs laws and regulations
SecondwIt tends to diminish the power of provln-
cal officers and increases that OF the Imperial Gov
sInment IN the IN II the snY frat article Of
the treaty would not have been secured had u not
been for the anxiety OF the Chinese bo
have an additional article adopted prohibiting the
traffic in OPIUM There are still other questions re,
lating between the Udi ieS
States which remain unsettled, anu a "n the
present time between the Chinese Govern
msnt and the representatives. OF the various
treaty-making powers in Caaa Inc ,b prn @f
Kin taxation, including the system OF transit
passes and kindred regulations. The Chinese Coy
ernment seems disposed to accept the RUE tnat uns
imD0rt duty once paid at the port OF entry, snail
protect foreign importatons from any other dutles
In the interior, no matter where the goods may be
sent. There is a wide difference between the Chi
pese Government and the representatives OF the Tor
eign powers to what the amount OF such duties shall
In the report of q conference between Sir Thomas
Wade the British Minister. aud the Chinese author
itiss held on the 18th of November, the British
representative was pressed to indicate what was
the utmost increase Of tariff duty that foreign rep
resentatives might consent should be imposed. lie
replied that taking the tariff duty and the half duty
nj rate of onehaf OF per cent, or. at the most, OF
! per cent would be regarded as very liberal
concession. An addition of one-half OF l per
cent would have given in 1879 total
OF 3,6is.977 taels: of 1 per cent. 3.845,906. The
Chinese Ministers were confident that tas arrange,
meut would not be satisfactory to the PROVINCIAL
Governments. and If not that it would fail OF its
end In some provinces, at this time, the Ii Kin
eQualled three tariff payments; that Is to say, IN
Gliding the tariff, imports paid 70 per cent. In
other provinces they paid 15 per cent.
Finally. the Chinese Ministers expressed the belief
that .i2is per cent was tine minimum that would
satisfy tho provinces. - .u.
The American Commissioners express the belief
that no decision would b. reached on the disputed
questions before next spring; and tor that reason
they deemed it unnecessary that General Swift and
Mr. TrescOt should remain in China. full powers
having been delegated to Minister Angel to repro
sent the interests OF the United States IN future ne
ROTATIONS