The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-12-10
WEST INDIES.
Proportions Tor lseciprocnI Trade,

JAMAICA, Dec. 9.--Propostions for recipYo-
cal trade between the United States and the
British West Indies have recently been under
discussion. The legislative council has de-
cisivelg rejected proposition to join the Do
minion OF Canada, and appointed q special
committee on the ways and meaus of making
up the revenue which would be lost by admit
ting certain products of ths United States free
of duty. This Committee reports as follows:
The select COMMITTEES, as reconstructed by the
resolution OF the Legislative council of the 28th in
stant, to whom was referred back the proposal to
make up the loss which will be Incurred by repea
OF The lport duties, specified in the message cf his
exeelleDcy the governor to this council on The Goth
Instant, beg respectfully to recommend as follows:
That the abolition Of import duties should be- Inn
tied to the seven articles specified, namely-bread
Qncluding biscuit), butter, cheese corn -four lard
and kerosene oil, and should obtain for not longer
than four years or for such shorter time any ex-
elusive * mpt on from duty on British West In
dian sugar on entrance into the United States may
be in force.
That in order to make good the revenue Of ee9-
3O9, which Nill be sscrifced by such Abolition
and which will practically be remission Of taxa-
ton to the general consumer, the following amounts
be raised: 81 900 by export duty of "a Ger gal
lon on rum, 6 200 by duty of I'd on each pack
axe OF good- impo tei or exported, and ga 900 bv
one-hsif Of me additions to the import tariff daty
named in the following paragraphs:
That the Editions to the import duty tariff to the
extent of one half the total amount of duty should
erHment and the United States government NAV be-
approaching tiual conclusion, be selected from
the Following 1tens
eiS,0oo by 1ad per Id. on fish, dried and salted.
$4,000 by 2s Cd per bbl, ON alewives and her
rings picked.
91,2uo by rs Sd per bbl. on maekerel.
e2,3s0 By 81 per gallon ale.
GlO, W oy l2H2 per cent. on haberdashery and
millinery.
ei,5UO on pork, salted, by 5s per Dbl.
4l,o0O on salt, by Cd per 100 lbs
81 100 on tobacco manufactured by Sd per H.
~ ,00u on tobacco unmanuiactured by Sd er h.
$4,000 on VINE, except claTet 2s 6d per gallon
$4,000 on woolen and worsteds, 1919 per cent,
And that any further sum which NAV be- needed
might be made good by small addition to the ex-
else duly ON rum. In recommending this course
which defers the selection of the articles on which
duties may be Increased the obec is to obviate sny
undue importations by specu ators, and to leave
tIale. pending the International Negotiations as
little disturbed as pos be.
In the direct contribution recommended TO be i'm
posed ON the sugar and rum producing interests
the committee have borne in mind that while this
measure originates in desire to further that ia
terest, the permanent benefits to it are by no meas
10 be measured by the amount OF Utited States i'm
port duty remitted, but wi ultimately be limited to
the tree entauee into large market Of greatly in
; sreasipg consumption,
j. NJ. FAEQUHARsoN,
E. N. WALKER,
z. q, BARRETT.