Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-12-18
The Spanish Treaty.

treaty with Spain, negotated Dy Mlnlste
Foster, is as follows:
Article 1. The United States of Amer
lea, in reciprocity for concessions and priv
ileges stipulated by Spain in the presen
treaty, and as an equivalent for the same
agree to admit into all ports of entry in sal
States, free of import duties. or with tn
import duties to which they are subjected
in the accompanying tariff marked "a,
ali articles of merchandise enumerated il
said tariff "a" shall be the natural pro
ducts, or the products of the industries an,
manufactures of the Spanish Isles and tn
provinces of Cuba and Porto Rico; and
moreover, provided always that said arti
cles or merchandise be transported directl
from said Isles to the United States il
bottoms which shall be the exclusive prop
erty of citizens of the United States, or o
Spanish citizens, and whose officers shal
! be respectively citizens of the United State
or Of Spain. If during the existence o
this treaty any reduction is made in tn
/ import duties Cf the United States upol
any article or arti les among those enum
rated in the tariffc upon which duties ar,
imposed, the duties O. said tariff "a" shall
/ be proportionately reduced upon sale
articles.
Article 2. Spain in reciprocity for con
cessions and privileges stipulated by th'
United States in the present treaty, and as
an equivalent of same, agrees to admit il
all ports of the Spanish Isles and provinces
Of Cuba and Porto Rico free of impor
duties, or with duties imposed in annexed
tariffs ''B" and &C" respectively, all arti
! cles and merchandise enumerated in sale
! tariffs, provided always that articles ol
merchandise enumerated in said tariffs
| 'B" and &c" shall be natural products, OF
products, industries or manufactures OF
! Of the United States, and furthermore that
said articles of merchandise shall be trans
ported directly from the United States tC
said island in bottoms which shall be the
exclusive 7. operty of Spanish citizens OF
of citizens of the United Stases, and whose
officers shall be respectively Spanish citizens
or citizens of said United States. If, dur
I inc the existence of this treaty any reduc-
| ton in the third column of the customs
| tariff of Cuba or Porto Rico, or IN
the column in force in case the
said third column shall be replaced by an
other in regard to any article " articles of
those named in tariffs B and @ upon which
duties are imposed, the duties Of said tar
ifs B and G upon said articles shall be pro-
portionatelv reduced Tariff A articles
and products of the provinces of Cuba and
Porto Rico to be admitted into the United
States on the following condition, free OF
duty: Horses, cocoa, coffee, fish, fresh
fruits, cotton, hemp, flax, hides, skins
(undressed) aniline ard mineral dyes,
palm oil, sugars (not above No. 16 stand
ard in colon, loaves Of crystallized syrup
of sugar cane, melador, molasses,
seeds, woods, cast iron, eggs, honey, wax,
sponges, bones, guanO, manure, cocoa ex-
ports, horse hair, rushes, OXers, straw,
and coins of gold or silver. Subject to
duty: Cigars, cigarettes, begurs, Sl.25
per pound, 123 per cent. ad eal0rena; to-
bacco leaves requiring more than one hun
dred to the pound, if having stems, 81
cents per pound, and without stems 50
cents; other tobaccos in leaves, having
stems, III cents per pound; tobacco man
ufactured of one kind of tobacco without
stems 20 cents per pound; snuff, powdered
tobacco, % cents per pound; tobacco not
manufactured, 10 per cent. dd cnt0Tem.
Tariff 3D. Articles which are the pro
duct Of the United States that shall be ad-
mitted into Cuba exempt from duty: Beer,
fresh meats, bacon, fruits, fish, shell fish,
grain and other cereals, excepting rice,
flour of cereals other than rice, lard,
swine, beef, cheese, eggs and bread. woods
Of all kinds, slaves, knees, timber, pipes,
boxes of wood cattle. sheep and goats,
hogs, stones, and earths employed in con-
stfuction and IN arts and industries. clay.
tiles, brick and tiles unglazed, hides and
undressed skins, minerals or metals, coins
of silver and gold, useful tools, agricul-
tural implements, agricultural apparatus
industrial and scientific motors of all
classes and materials, separate parts the
same, raw cotton, hemp, flax, jute and all
other raw vegetables, tibres, woods, hog s
hair, raw horse hair, asphalt, refined btu
men, tar pitch and rOsin, petroleum raw or
crude, mineral and vegetable Goals, mineral
waters, trees, plants, shoots and seeds, nat
ural and artificial manures marble, Jasper,
alabaster in blocks and sheets, rough or
prepared other stones and earths employed
in construction; minerals and metals, min
eral waters, ice, cast IRON in pigs, all forms
OF waste steel and iron, cast iron in tubes,
same manufactured, malleable iron and
steel in cars, all classes Of wire, copper and
iron nails, screws. rivets, wrought iron
tubes, wire gauze (manufactured).
Tariff &C" Substances used in chemi-
cal industries, drugs, simples, seeds Of cot
ton, and all oleoginus products of the
same except the oils; tanning liquids,
grease and all other animal oily substances
unmanufactured, not comprised in this
tariff.
Glass ID" Cotton and its manufac-
tured forms; raw cotton, with or without
seeds
Glass "E" Other vegetable fibres and
their manufactured forms, such as hemp,
flax, jute, and other raw vegetable fibres.
HOW THE TREATY Is RECEIVED.
NEW YORK, Dec S.-The treaty is re-
garded with great interest by all business
men whose trade is affected. While i'm
porters all seemed to favor it. the refners,