New-York tribune., 1884-12-09


cones from the Unrd etstesi IL It OF any particular
benefit t n coorege stun is admitted 'ree
of All dntlesi And ~ what value IL treaty W the KING
ran npurnze ts efects by decfees regulating Interior
commerce. over which treaties nave no ohums io'ce
or intisdlroni
"A ,s raw rotinn and wpci see No artcnaf
henpt TO MA IN their introduction ,lther with ~ without
dntps nasmch thefe nie nn wanuiaeioties heie am
the uisstt ~ there ever behs aht "a pu,e hs frmote
ant ,shr ns Nfs IrHiiess hisiie, iiniehase 80 ths
aatiat the nHit eihe, ihpip esh hh ,s iH 90
sran ~ establishing ~ transferring e' ettshllne ohe ~
hey r.p steamship inpa hpwppn thpap iNits AhN "'s
al ,he vued niatas % aPpesillna ~ Waih anA AlnA
andre, and ia the Wlef destruction ni on' salleis'
Tho samp ampst literally ~ fips W. hoNse hniiinF aM
shin huing materials. trane hoasos are never hnllt
here Tor thoy would he hollor than hast furnace ana
tho ship bldng interest what little there eNer Was o
10 expired about l72L The free introduction OF THESE
articles would he about profitable as the introduction
of refrgoraors into Greenland or Albright stoves into
Africa
Machinery pays only duty Of per cent This is not
sufficient and has bcen to counerbaance the pre-
juice of the planter II he thinks French machine or
Belgian machine il better than an American one he VIII
buy 1t. no matter what the duties are.
The same applies TO hardware. Common furniture
could scarcely be given away IL Is not made to suit the
taste csdes the climate would render II utterly useless
I'm six months. II would separate and fall to pieces
Any one whose patriotism has induced him to buy SO
plain and simple "A piece OF furniture desk knows
this TO his and Outside OF an extensive
array rocking cl airs the we-to-do have little
furniture and the common people have none. so you
will that of all the articles introduced free OF
duties either all bought exclusively OF u.s. and al
ways have been and will bc or they are useless aud
prontless.
or the articles which pay duties, coal is an importa-
ton Of the United States and England Inasmuch as the
treaty supposed to be of reciprocity. and in
asmuch buy nearly all the products OF Cuba,
amounting to about $50 OOO 900 year, against COM
with England OF less than SS,OOOOOO and mas
much coal pays duty of only sixy-hye cents ton
with all port charges taken Osoley to encourage its
Internationally, at least, 1t not included IN the
free lisl Was it because 1t was product OF England
ALI the oil brought into the island comes directly from
and is bought exclusively Of u.s. What interest did II
jeopardizei None; not the few barrels pumped III
In the Carenas district so OF leather fabrics; almost
| literally so OF carriages aud wagons
What Is lett of productions OF value to our COM
merce Flour cotton silk and linen fabrics and shoes
As cannot, underany circumstances even
II the ports had been opened to unmreded free trade
augment itself than Sl,000.00O, and as we had
| offered to make sacrifice to our revenues OF
S25.OOQOOO year. why could not those articles have
been admitted free OF duty as qind gTo quo iOr sugar
1t because England and France and Germany sell 50
largely of silks, linens and mixed linens and cottons and
wished protect them ana her Hour mills
Certainly it would reasonable 10 expect that III the
sugar industries OF louisiana representing invested
capital OF not less than sl50OOO,0OO-in fact the IN
dustry OF the stae-Slan should nave Deeh Wiling u
sacrifice the small commerce OF Hour to this isand-a
| commerce not exceeding 100000 year. But un-
fortunately for our diplomacy and our commerce, we
have gwen both away-giyen away $25.9OO.O0O year
and for WHAT For palty Increase OF trade OF about
100000 And this is not all Underneath this deter
mnatiun TO protect alike the industries OF spain ana
Europe, for future contingencies, there Is masked no
little satire While Spain demands or us the free INTRO
duction of Cuban into the United states regardless
of ou-anns interests, she places on the same sugar
Introduced into SPAIN internal revenue duty or S2
for every hoeshead OF 1G00 pounds There used to be
a customs duty, but she finally admitted Cuban sugar
unrdp IN 10
and Ilaced Internal duty above I'm order
10 protect the industries Of Spain which amount
10 about 10000 tons year whilst Louisiana produces
| 100000 TONS
"strangc all this difference should be
'rwiXt tweedledum and twce lleice."
There can be no puestion that in these negotiations
spain has display ed commanding diplomatic Skill and
ability She has not only oeded Ia protecting herself
and her friends, hut has used us to pull her cuban
chestnus out Of the fire, and has prOhab artayed ot
her side certain humber " our manufacturers, wlu
will take the rnnbe To read aud ana le the treaty
hut will their influence to cOnhrn II, and the shipping
suddenly they lind Immense steamers plying between
these and American ports whilst they scud home with
swept holda. And hesdca thia competition thei viii
have that of tho Ingsh French aud Irussnn SHIPS Tor
cannot the face Rcctionp i,22s and I,22D how
| auy Nations Nnaanls which hefuic suffered no dis
! rriminatlnn IT, hr discrimnated against now,
| A. the reforms promiard IN the cuHtnmH rcgula-
tnna that is oft told tale aud Hgnhrs nothing, ho
.ldca the regulations now fst enough tH the p'rce
nunrr whrrr fraud IL htrndnl hut who a the Judge
! whether fraud was inrudrdl Tho maHirit certainly
not II IL the oniccr Who, nndcr the snmo regulations,
guls nno han of the nnr imposed N the Hnme knd "t
spanish ycssos then indeed were better To bear
thosc Ills We have than to fy to Others that We Know not
Of An AMLNltAN II tthA
! Harasa. Deo O. lssi.
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