Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-11

Justice and ltberaiity Of It's provisions will
command universal approval at home and
abroad The death Of our representative at
Russia, while nc his post at Sc Petersburg,
newed opportunity 10 testify its Eympa-
thy in a manner betting the Intimate
fYiendliness which has ever marked
the Intercourse Of the two countrieS
The course of the -goyernEient In raising It's
representative at Bangkok to the diplomatic
rank has evoked from Siam evidences Of
warm friendship The SiaInese government
has presented to the United States a commo-
dlOus mansion and grounds for the occu-
pancy Of the legation. and ! suggest that
by Joint resolution congress attest its appEe-
citation of this generous gift THIS govern
ment has more than ones been called on of
late 70 take action in fulhllment OF interna-
tlohal obligation toward Spain agitation In
n ISLAND OF UBA
hostile 10 the Spanish crown having been
fermented by persons abusing the sacred
right OF hospitality which our territory
affords The officers of the government
have been instructed 10 exercise vigilance TO
prevent infractions Of our neutrality laws az
Key Vest and other ports near the Cuban
coast / am happy 70 say that In the only
instance where these precautionary measures
were successfully Guided, the offenders when
found in our territory were subsequently
tried and convicted The growing need Of
close relationship Of intercourse ana traffic
between the Spanish Antilles and their nat
urnl market in the United States led TO the
adoption, in January last, Of a commercial
agreement looking To that end This agree.
mcnt has since been superseded by q more
carefully framed and comprehensive con
%vention, which i shall subject TO tho senate
for approval Il has been the aim OF this
negotiation to open such a favored reciprocal
exchange OF production carried on under the
flag OF either country as TO make the inter
course between Cuba and Porto Rico aud
ourselves scarcely less intimate thar the
commercial movement between our domestic
ports, and TO insure a removal OF the burdens
on shipping in the Spanish indies. OF which
in the past our -shipOwners u shlpmasterS
have so often had cause TO complain.
The negotiation Of this convention has Cor
a time postponed the prosecution Of certain
claims OF our citizens which were declared to
be without the Jurisdiction Of the late Span
ish-American lain commission, and which
nre, therefore, remiLted 10 diplomatic chan
nels for adjustment The speedy settlement
OF these claims will now be urged by this
government Negotiations for a treaty Of
commercial reciprocity with the Dominican
republic have been successfully concluded,
and the result viii shortly be laid before the
senate. Certain questions between the
United States and the Ottoman empire stin
remain unsolved Complaints Ia behalf of
our citizens are not satisfactorily adjusted.
lnt lOiNt mas hNAElL 20 W1LnuQAu from QUIZ
commerce the right OF favored treatment 10
which we are entitled by existing conyen-
tional stipulRtions, and the revision Of the
tariff Is unaccompiished. The hnalGtspositiOn
OF pending questions with Venezuela has not
as yet been reached, but | h nave good reason
70 expect an early settlement, which viii
provide the means Of r-s-eNamining the
Caracas awards, IN conformity with the OK
pressed desire OF congress, and which VIII
recognize the justice of certain claims pre-
ferred against Venezuela
cENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
The Central and South American commits
sion, appointed by authority Of the act OF
July, 1884, VIII seen proceed to Mexico II
has been furnished with instructions which
VIII be laid before you They contain a
statement Of the general policy of the gcy-
eminent for enlarging it's commercial inter
course with American states. The commits
sioners have been actively preparing for
their responsible task by holding confer
ences in the principal cities with merchants
and others Interested in the Central and
South American trade. The international
Meridian conference, lately convened in
Washington, upon the invitation of the
government OF the United States, was com
posed OF representatives OF twenty-five ma
lions The conference concluded It's labOrs
on the LIST Of November, having with sub
stantial unanimity agreed upon the meridian
OF Greenwich as the starting point whence
longitude is TO be computed, through $50
degrees silva and westward. and upon
the adoption, for all purposes for which IL
may be pun convenient, OF a universal
day, which shall begin at midnight ON the
initial meridian, and whose hours shall be
counted from zero up to twenty
o The formal report OF the
transactions OF this conference will
be hereafter transmitted to I
This government is in frequent receipt of i'm
81 49, -.
in International exhibitions, often of great
interest and Importance Occupying as we
do an advanced position in the worlds pro-
duction, and aiming to secur a profitable
share for our industries IN the general com
petitive markets, 1t is a matter of serious
concern that the want OF means OF partici-
patton in these exhibits should so often ex-
clude our producers from the advantages
enjoyed by those OF other countries During
the past year the attention Of congress was
drawn TO the formal invitations in this re-
gard rendered by the governments OF En-
gland, Holland, Belgium, Germany aud
Austria Tit executive has in some in
stances appointed honorary commissioners
This y, however, a most unsatisfactory ox-
pedient, for, without some provision to meet
necessary working expenses of a commis-
sion, 1t can effect little or nothing In behalf
OF exhibitors An international inventors
exhibition Is TO be held IN London next
May. This will cover a field of special inn
portance In which our country holds
foremost rank, but the executive is az PRES
ent powerless 10 organize a proper reVreSen-
tation OF our vast national Interests in this
direction / have W some previous messages
referred 10 this subiect It seems 10 me
that a statute giving 20 the executive gem
eral discretionary authority TO accept such
invitations and 10 appoint honorary CON-
missioncrs without a salary and placing at
the disposal OF the secretary OF state a
small fund for d~efraying their reasonable
expenses W uld be of great public utility.
This government has received official notice
that the revised International regulations for
preventing collisions at sea have been adopt-
ed by all the leading maritime powers except
the United States, and came into force on the
LIST OF September lnst For the due protec-
ton OF our shipping interests, the proyis-
ions OF our statutes should at once be brouch
into conformity with these regulations TIE
question OF securing authors, composers Srd
artists copyright privileges In this country
In return for RECIPROCAL rights abroad
Ia one that may justly challenge your
attention. II is true that a convention
Will be necessary for fully accomplishing
this result, but until congress shall NIX the
extent 20 which foreign holders Of copyright
shall be here privileged, IL has been deemed
inadvisable to negotiate such convention.
For this reason the United States were not
represented al the recent conference at
Berne. recommend that the scope OF the
neutrality laws Of the United States be 20
enlarged as to cover all patent acts Of
hostility committed in our territory and
aimed against the pence Of q friendly nation.