Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-10
WHOLE NO. l0,497.
TIE TREATY WITH SPAIN.
AeN' oil the Document as Presented tn
the Secretary of State.


by Telegraph
AsHINGroS Decrmber sth.-General
roster, United States Minister to Spain. ar
iNeu IN Washington this morning and
| presented 10 the Secretary of State a copy
oi the treaty recently entered into between
SPAN and the United Ststes. The text OF
the treaty is as follows:
Article l. The United States of America. in
iefag b, LOT concessions ana privileges stipu-
es ahaeH ny SPAN IN the present treaty and MS an
| equivalent 10 the same, agree tS admit into all
| ports entry of said States free of inport In
!,9 Ies, or with the duties to which they are sub
jeSteu IN the accompanying tariff marked "a -
All articles or merchandise enumerated in The
| Slhle proNided always that said articles or
| nrS lnteTrSSnahdlSe enumerated in said Tariff ,'A''
| sndll pc natural products, or products of indus
| trleS and manufactures cr the Spanish isles ana
the provinces of Cuba and Porio Rieo; and
moreover; provided always that said articles or
merchandise be Transported directly frn,n said
isles to the United States In hottons which shall
be the exclusive property OF citizens OF the
| United states or of Spanish citizens Snd whose
| ohccfs snail be respectively citizens of tha
| Chlteu states or OF Spain ii. during the exist
ence of This treaty any reduction is made in tha
| import duties of the United States unou any
AZ, t',; 0r MteieS among those enumerated in
| we laiiii upon which duties are imposed duties
OF said Tariff "A'' shall be prororfionafaiv r,s
| duced upon said articles
Article H. Spain, in the reciprocity conccs-
| S3ns ;llu privileges stipulated by the United
states IN the present treaty and as an equivalent
of the same agrees to admit in NIL i,,rts r entry
| OF the spanish isles and the province of Cuba
| and Porto Rico free OF import duties or with
duties imposed in the annexed Tariffs Il" aud
g, respeGtiySy Al articles and mcrchandiSe
| chat the articles or aefchantise enInc.
| rated in said TarinS "B" and s.r'' shall
be the natural product or products of the indus
| tries or manufactures of the United States. and
! furthermore, that said articles or nerchapdjse
| shall he transported directly from the United
| States To said island in bottoms which shall be
the exclusive property of Spanish citizens or of
citizens OF the United States. and whose officers
| shall 0c respectively Spanish citizens or citizens
| q! said United States. IT. during the existence
OF this treaty, eny reduction is made III the third
| column of the customs tariff OF Cuba, or of Porto
Rico. or in the column in force In ease said third
| column shall he replaced by another in regard
! 20 any article or articles of those named ia
imposed, the duty of said tarifs b" and G."
| upon said articles shall be proponionaicly re-
| duced.
Tariff i A-Articles and products of the
provinces of Cuba and Porto Rico TO he admitted
into the United States on the following cuudi.
| tiOnS:
| Free from duty-HorseS cocoa. coffee fish.
| fresh fruits, cotton, hemp. fax, hides skins Jan
| dressedl, analine and mineral dyes paiui oil
| sugar (nOt above Ii Dutch standard In colur)
| loayes OF erystnlized syrup, sugurcaile melada.
| lnolasses, seeds, woods, cust-iron eggs. honey,
| wax, sponces. bone. guanomanure. cocna cs-
| n2rtc, horse-hair brushes. oysters. straw, coins
| of gold or silver.
| CuuJCtb W NutN lSttIS, tlSiitlttS. htEutftiS,
81 y per pound-l2l4 per cent ad yalorem to-
| hacco leaves requiring more than 100 To the
| pound, II having stems, - cents per pound;
! without stems, 80 cents other tobacco in leaves
/ having stems, Ia cents per pound; tobacco.
| manufactured of every kind, without stems. -
| cents per pound; snuff, powdered tobacco. -
| cents per pound tobacco not manufactured Is
per cent. ad Valorem.
| Tariff B-Articles the product of the United
| States which shall be admitted into Cuba ex-
| empt from duty: Beer. fresh meats bacon
| fruits, fish, shelliish grain and other cereals,
excepting rice Hour of cereals other than rice
| lard swine, beef, cheese, eggs aud bread woods
! of all kinds, slaves, knees timber, pipes, boxes
of wood, cattle, sheep and goats. hogs, stoves
carths employed in construction and in the arts
/ and industries. clay, tiles brick and tiles un-
glazed, hides and undressed skins, minerals or
| metals. coin of silver and gold: tools, agIicul-
tural implements. agricultural apparatus indus
| trlal ana scientific motors of all classes and ma
terlals separate parts of the same, raw cotton,
hemp, fax, iute and all other raw getabla
| hbers; wool, hogs bair, raw horse hair, asphalt,
| refined bitumcn, tar, pitch and resin; petro-
leum, raw or crude; mineral and vegetable
coal, mineral waters. trees plants, vine shoots
and seeds: natural and artificial manures. mar
BILE. jasper, alabaster in blocks and sheets OF
| rough or prepared and other stones and earths
| employed in construction minerals and metals,
mineral waters ice, cast iron in pigs, aud all
!oSms of waste steel and iron cast iron in tubes
OF same, manufactured and malleabe iron and
steel in bars and all classes of wire in copper
and iron, nails, screws, riyets. wrought iron
tubes, wire gauze, unmanufactured.
| Tariff C-Substances used in chemical indus
tries, drugs, samples. seeds of cotton and all
oleaginous products of the same, except oil,
| tanning liquids, grease aud all other animal
oily substances unmanufactured, not comprised
| in this tariff.
Class D--Cottou and its manufactured forms
and raw cotton with or without seeds
| Glass E-Othcr vegetable hberS and their
manufactured forms, hemp flax jute and other
raw vegetable fibers.