Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-09
THE NEW TREATY WITH SPAIN.
How the More Important Articles are
Affected by 1t.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The New York
Times publishes the greater part of the
text of the new treaty between the United
States and Spain affecting the commerce
with the Spanish West India coIoniess
The Times says that 1t has been made
public in Spain, bat, not being obtainabIe
in this country in advance of the ratifca-
tien by the United States Senate. it has
been cabled to the Times. The following
is the schedule of the principal articles of
exchange between the two countries:
Articles the product of the provinces of
Cuba and Porto Rico to be admitted into
the United States on the following condi-
tiOns:
Free from Duty-Horses, cocoa, coffee. fish.
fresh fruits, cotton, hemp, flax hides skins
undressed, aniline and mineral dyes, palm
OIL, sugars, not above No. IS Dutch standard
In color, lOaYes of, crystalliZed syrup Of sugar
cane, meladO, mOlasses, seeds, woods cast
iron, eggs, honey, wax, spOnges. bones. piano,
manure, cocoa, esDarto horse hair rnshes
oslers, straw coins of gold or silver.
Articles, the product of the United States.
when shall be admitted into Cuba free from
duty are as follows: 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
flp0ss DOASs Oh WOOu. caJIle, Sneep ana goats,
hogs, stones and earths employed in cOnstruc-
ton and in arts and industries, clay, tiles,
bricks, aud tiles unglazed, hides and undressed
Skins, minerals or metals, coins of silver and
gold, useful tools, agricultural implements,
agricultural apparatus, industrial and scien-
tl1c motors OF classes ana material. separate
parts OF the same, raw cotton, hemp, flax
Jute and all other raw vegetable fibres
WoOls, hogs hair, raw horse hair, asphalt,
refined bltumen, tar, pitch and resin, petro-
leum raw or crude, mineral and vegetable
Goals, mineral waters, trees, plants. vine
shoots and seeds, natural and artificial ma
nures, marble, jasper, alabaster in blocks and
sheets, rough or prepared, other stones en-
ploYed IN construction, minerals and metals,
ice, cast IRON IN pig, and all forms of waste
steel and iron, cast IRON in tubes, the same
manufactured, maleable iron and steel in
bars, and all classes of wire in copper and
iron, nails, screws, rlvets, wrought iron tubes.
wire gauze manufactured.
d Tttctes Subject 70 DWtQ.-Cigars, cigarettes,
Begueres 81 % per pound, 20 per cent. ad va
loren; tobacco leaves requiring more than
100 TO pound, If having stems. 81 cents per
pound: without stems 81 cents per pound:
other tobacco in leaves having stems
l112 cents per pound: tobacco, manufactured
of every kind, tobacco without stems 20 cents
per pound; snuff, powdered tobacco 25 cents
per pound; tobacco, not manufactured, Is per
cent. ad valOrem.
The treaty will be laid before the Senate
tins week. Its ratification will be opposed
vigorously by Southern and Southwestern
men IN the interest of sugar and tobacco.
Northwestern and Western men WilI- give it
support heretofore little expected. because it
places American flour on a footing with
spanish Hour. Then the Eastern men will
fight for it for its general advantages, but its
enemies are very hopeful that they will be
aDle 10 prevent It's getting the requisite two
thirds of the Senate; at the least they say they
VIII be able TO defeat action on it at this ses-