Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-12
rue NEW SPANISH TREATY.
Secretary Freii,ahuysen's statement or Its
Purpose AID Effects.
10y telegraph to the Dispatch.I

by Telegraph 70 Tue Dtsp1tcnsl
WASHINGTON. December III. The new
fresiy with Spain Is published In full In the
Congress iondi Record to-day. Secretary
FrellDgLuysen has submitted TO the Pre,i-
dent n compendious statement OF the pur-
pose and effect Of tie various articles OF the
treaty and an anal, SIS Of the schedules at
teched 10 II, showing succinctly the exact
changes proposed 10 be made In the exist
Ing spanish tariff. The Secretary's paper
SAYS: " The need has long been recognized
OF some arrangement by which the natural
maikd Of tie .arge communities ly-
INC AT our doors should be Sc
euied under beneficial terms for the
principal productions Of the United
states. In return for this we grant certain
rcs'r,cd favors whereby articles. mainly
raw materials or food. products. which this
country does not produce OF produces IN
INADEQUATE quantity. stall reach their natu-
fal market q consumption in this country.
The tarii barriers. for the most part greater
IN foreign possessions rs respects our
Manufactures than ia The United states.
with respect 10 crude materials we
coLsume. have hitherto operated a obstacles
to Cc-irahle natural movement OF the
trade between our ports and theirs. This
bas btcn notably toe case with the Sptni~h
Antiiie'. our imports thercfrom amount
IN round numbers 10 about seyenty-two
million dollar. in value, large proportion
CT those imports being frcc.llsted in our
tariffs. Oar exports thereto amount
10 nearly seventeen millions OF dol
lars, comprising for the most part
Articles In whose production we eX-
eel, and which, with difficulty and in
limited quantities. find their natural IN trket
I'm cuha and Porto Rico, because Of the
heavy customs. taxation. aud discriminating
spplcalion Of duties. THIS taxation and
discrimination have not only practically cut
Of q Profitable market from H. full eli lncc
OF dcyclopu opt, but have also prevented
IT fro N enjoying a due share of the carry
irg-irade. These unflvOTablc conditions
have kept the bulk Of the import trade OF
uba and Porto Rico in Other channels.
TIE absence Of official data for many wears
makes n impossible 10 ascertain The precise
tmourl Of the present import trade Of those
Islands, but an approximate estimate OF
SG5.0OO. 900 or $40. 00O, 900 in tllur, coming
fTom all part. including the mother
country, probably uuderstates the fact.
II would lie safe 10 say that
while under existing Circumstances the
bulk Of the productions OF Cuba and Porto
Rico comes 10 the United States, this cOun.
Try only supplies one nth Of the goods and
anuiaciurcs which those islands must re.
ceiye from without Ia meet tie absolute
necessities OF existence. The bllanceol trade
l. therefore ~ TO those PROVINCES agilnt the
United States in the proportion o. five tO
one: and this i due TO the operation
Of the cnuses which limit our facility 70
supply. and the ability 81 the popul rion OF
cuba and Porto Rico to demand. u fol-
lows, Therefore. that any changes which
chcapon> the price OF the nccessaries OF life
in Cuba and Porto Rico will increase the
demand. and so benefit the United States.
The commercial agreement Of January =
and February 10. 1884, between the United
States and Spain was an initial step to-
wards a better condition Of affairs. The
correspondence laid hy the President be-
fore the Senate on the 18th OF January last
show. negotiations leading To that agree
ncpt, which had for Ils Object to favor the
production. % the United States by less
cred tariff duties. while removing dis
examinations against our flag. Thi, agree
ment. while ncccs,ar ~ an Imperfect and
tentative CXT cdicnt .rccO sniZnd the need and
imposed the mutual OhlisatiOn Of devising
4 complete commercial treaty 10 take its
IidfF. III Iiill't " WIS loulu ID i'Aft
untouched certain determinations against
our flag. "A, IN The ease Of the good, ~
foreign origin trans,hipped in orr ports
for the Antilles. which. il n vessels o. the
United states, paid higher customs duties
in Cuba and Porto Rico tim when under
the Spanish flag. To compile the work thus
Icgun and remove all remaining imDedi-
mems 10 full trade with the Antilles
REGULATIONS fer more comprehcn siye
commercial convention was pressed. and
the result is now before you. The object
bad in view on the negotiItion Of the treaty
was threeiold: First. to establish such re-
ciprocity OF exchange Of product, OF the
United states and Of neighboring spanish
provinces and the Islands OF Cuba and
Porto Rico, and such mutual ship.
ping privileges ~ will tend To the
greater development u commerce; second,
TO remove the restrictions and Instructions
10 which American trade and shipping h Is
FOR many years been exposed under the
tariff and customs regulations Of those
Islands: and third, 10 supplement the
treaty Of 1875 with Spain by more modern
provisions a. to commercial freedom, pro-
lection OF the rights OF per-ons and pro-
perry, and the ''moSt favored nation
clause, which do not exist in that treaty,