The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

strong nODeH Ulhk hAO
ooon ba adinsted Questions have arisen.
touching the rights Of American anu OF Aer
foreign manufacturers in China, und'.e tho
provisions OF treaties which permit aliens 60
exercise their industries in that ">JNntry. On
this specific point our own " estv is silent
But under the operation Of fhe mo.t favored
ma ions clause we have 10 privileges to those
Of other powers. Wht.e j, is tho duty Of the
government to see that our citizens nave the
ful enJoymrSSi'V of every benefit secured Dy
treaty, : 6oHbt the o1pedlency or iead'
ing N a movement TO const[alh CTtu@
50 admit an Interpretation by "AIcn
we have only an indirect rlSht 10 eA"c' nc
trausf0Tence to China OF American cAP1"'
For the employment there OF Chlheso laCoL
would In effect maugurate a competition 1oE
the control Of markets now sUpPIleu ny Iut
home industries. There - g0od reason ~ ~
lieve that the law restricting the ihlnll",H-
tiOn Of Chinese has been violated intentionally
~ otherwIse nv the officials Of China upon
whom is devolved the duty OF cerutylhS 'ha'
the cmigrants belong to the excepted classes.
Measures have been taken 10 ascertain tuo
facts incident TO his supposed ihItacIon
and it is believed that the government OF
China will cO-ODerate with the United States IN
securing the faithful Observance or me laW'
The same considerations which prompted CON
gress at it's last session TO return - Japan inc
SimOneski indemnity seem to me 10 require
at its hands like action IN respect 10 lhe IAN
ton indemnity fund, now amounting 10 F3:UO'-.
GOO The question of the genera revision or
the foreign treaties of Jaran has been consid-
cred in an international conference held at
Toxic but without dednlte result as
vet This government Is disposed
to concede the requests OF Japan 70
determine It's own tariff Adutles, pro-
vide such proper judicial tribunals as may
commend themselves to the Western powers
for the trial of causes 10 which foreigners are
parties, and to assuniIate the terms and d7cla.
rations of its treaties TO those OF other CIVILIZED
SAFES. Through our ministers al LONDON Gud
Mourovia, this government has endeaY0red 10
aid Liberia in its differences with Great Britain,
touching the boundaries OF that republic. There
as a prospect of the adjustment Of the dispute
by the adoption of the Mannah river az the LINE.
This arrane ement IS q compromise Of the con-
tlcting territorial claims. The rich and
populous valley OF the Congo Is
being opened to commerce by q
society called the International African ASSOC
citation, of which the king of the BolgiaDs is
president, and a citizen of the United States
chief executive officer, and large tracts
cf territory nave been ceued TO the association
by native chiefs. The objects OF this association
are phIlanthrOpiC. II does not aim at perma-
nent political control, but seeks the neutrality
Of the valleys which have been
opened. Steamboats, placed on the
river and the nuclei Of states established
1T twenty-five stations under one flag, which
offers freedom to commerce and PROMPTS the
slave trade. The United States cannot be
nd different to this work, nor TO the interests of
their citizens involved i'll IT, 1t may become
advisable for Us to cooperate with other com
mercial powers in promoting the rights or
rade and residence in the Congo valley free
rom the influence or political control of any
one nation.
In view of the frequency of inVi-
tations from foreign governments to partici-
pate in social and scientic congresses
for the discussion Of important matters
Of general concern, l repeat the
suggestion of my last message, that provision
be made for the exercise Of discretionary power
by the executive in appointing delegates to
such conventions. Specialists are ready to serve
the national interest in snch capacity, without
personal profit or other compensation than the
defrayment Of expenses actually incurred, and
this a comparatively small annual appropria-
ton woulI suffice 10 meet
RESTRICTIONS UPON TRADE.
l have alluded in my previous message to
the injurious ah vexaLious restrictions suf-
fered by our tra8 in the Spanish West Indies.
Brazil, whose natural outlet for it's great
national trade in coffee is In aud
through the United States, imposes
a heavy export duty upon that product. A
like narrow policy Is pursued in other Amerl-
can countries. Oar petroleum exports are
haInpered in Turkey and in other Eastern
ports by restrictions as 10 storage, and by
onerous taxation. The free outward movement
Of our great food product is in some quarters
clogged with like impediments. For these mis-
chiefs adequate relief is not always provided
by reciprocity treaties ike that with Hawaii
or that lately negotiated with Mexico, and now
awaiting the action of the senate.
1t is advisable to provide some
measure of equitable relation with
the governments which discriminate
against our own. II, for example, the execu-
tive were empowered to Apply to Spanish yes
sells from Cuba and Porta Rico the same rules
Of treatment and scales of prices for technical
faults which are applied to our vessels and
cargoes in the Antilles, a resor: to that course
might not be barren of good results. A dis
cretionary authority to forbid the imoortaTion
Of articles OF consumption injurious to health
might be advantageously exercised in our deal
ing with countries that discriminate against our
food products.