The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-12
THE SPANISH TREATY.
IFS Features Overhauled by
FreIinghuySen.
MESSAGE GOES WITH IT,
p,n1atning to the Senate the Motives
which Actuated Those Who
Drew il Up.
, MESSAGE GOES WITH 1T.

WASHINGTON, December 1.-The fol-
,,u,ing * the message Sent by the Presi-
dent to the Senate, with the Spanish
treaty
~, H., 7cgatc Of tie United Stdtcs:-I
.-lo.uit herewith, Tor consideration By
the Senate, with view 10 advising anu
ealnspnting 10 its ratification, the cons
Cl+;In for q crmme cial reciprocity
Iot,reen the United States and ;. al,
.,CCogi,ling for an intimate. and favored
P-,baD9e of products with the.-l Islands
of Cuba and Porto Rico, which conven-
IN wa signed at Madrid, on the 10th
'II,;mo Negotiations for the conven-
In have been IN progress since April
iost in pursuance of an understanding
,r%ascbed BY the two governments on
tho 3d of January, 1884, for theimprOve-
'1,ont of the commercial relations be-
+r,aan the United States and the Spanish
tnfillesg by the eighth article of which
+ba Governments engaged ''tO begin at
nee negotiations for complete treaty
- commerce and navigation be-
tuaen the United States of America
"a the said provinces of Cuba
an5 Porto Rico" Although this clause
u-as bv common consent, Ommitted
som the SubstitutiOnary agreement or
Eebruary l3. 1884, now lii force until re-
rIaced bv this convention being put into
aFac. ( e obligation to enter upon such
.ogoriations as were deemed advisable
n continue, with a desire manifest on
both sides 10 reach a common accord,
Tho uegotiatiOn has been necessarily
n acted. owing to the cOmplexity OF
details to he incorporated. III order that
tbp convention might respond to the
national policy Of intercourse with
neigbboring countries of the American
system. which is outlined in my late
annual message to Congress in the fol-
loving words: The conditions
of these treaties should be the
free admission of such merchan-
disc as this country does not produce in
returu for the !misSiOn free. or under
favored scheme of duties, of our own
prOductS. The benefits of such eX-
change apply to goods carried under the
fag OF parties to the contract, the re-
m6yal on both sides. from vessels so
p,i7e,esed o all to mage dues and
ma ionaI m q. is, So tina. those vessels
NAV ply unhindered between our ports
AMI those of the other contracting
parties, though without Infringing Oh
the reserved coasting trade; the re-
mOyal or reduction of the burdens on
theexportei products of those countries
coming within the benefits of the treat
les. and the avoidance of the technical
restrictions and penalties by which our
intercourse with those countries l. at
present hampered." A persual of the
convention now submitted will suff q,
show fully that it carries OHt the policy
of intercourse thus Il: nOunced.
Icommend it to yOn, in the confident
expectation that it Will receive your
sanction. 1t does not seem necessary to.
my present purpose to enter into a de-
tailed consideration of the many imme-
date and prospective advantages which
viii flow from this convention to orr
production and our shipping interests.
CHESTER a. Arthur,
Executive Mansion, Washington, De
Cember 10.