The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-25
WITH OTHER People.
Interesting Reports on Our Trade
With Different Countries

WAsHrys7oY, August 24.-The South
American Commissioners are preparing
their final report, which will be trans
mitted to Congress by the President
along with eleven special reports upon
the different countries, which have been
forwarded from time to time to the
Secretary Of State. These reports, being
addressed to Congress. cannot be fur
nished for publication without violating
official courtesy, but they have been
briefly foreshadOWed by dispatches
sent from time to time to
The Secretary. informing him OF the
progress Of the commissioners. The
detailed reports are very volumlnous,
and contain much valuable matter.
They contain not only the views and
conclusions of the commission, bat also
the statements taken by stenographers
from nearly all the prominent part of
merchants engaged In foreign trade in
the nine countries visited, giving the re-
suit OIL. their observation and their
opinions and the best modes of pro-
noting trade between those countries
and the United States. 1t was the
practice Of the commission at the cities
visited to invite before them
the prominent merchants who were
supposed to be friendly disposed
towards the United States, and to
secure from them all the information
possible relating to the trade of their
own countries with the United States
and its commercial rivals, and to fiscer-
tain from them the reasons why our
country had so small 9 share of the
South American commerce. The vari-
Gus topics upon which the close inquiry
was made, were furnished in the in
suuctlons given by Mr.. Frelinghuysen,
late. Secretary Of State, and bore upon
me closer intimacy between the United
states and other republics of this hemis-
phere. They embodied series of pro-
po'ltlons which were accepted by
every one OF the governments except
Giiiii. The twelve reports, which will
oe submitted to Congress, will make
z,UO or 5000 pages. Including the in
i lolmalon furnished by the $50 or more
merchants interviewed. The Commits
siOn nave been constantly employed
stiice the 18th of last September, when
tIey met Tor organization in New York,
nave travelled $1,000 miles, and officially
C Issued nlne different countries
Ooluhola, Nicaragua and Honduras
were omitted because Of the revo,u-
SiOh' Bolivia could not be visited
because her ports were blockaded. and
:; araguay and Brazil were passed over
because OF instructions sent by Secretary
Da!aro Tor the Commission to return
~ July lst last. The Commission report
mat great deal of interest was shown
everywhere IN South America in the
work and even in Chill where the gov
to aa,.oh' t Glu not show much cordiality
y w. SSI Tue United States, the citizens
49, %vr1 n.to:spltaole and the merchants did
f tbe co .nlng In their power to facilitate
and ana ttGIl an work. In Uruguay
sn ann S,.e argentine Republic much dis
v vKgtpinlilent was expressed because the
sf-, r.. Was necessarily shortened by in
ibe . .uTns from the department. All
AZ M ifuroad and steamship companies
NJ m9hteVedeo and Buenos Avres
il =! SPECIAL trains and steamers at
H.. disposal OF the commission. that
IL IL. nIisht visit the interior country.
, ,au ulu hoJ conceal their sensitiveness
D ~ I their generous offers could
H.; DC accepted. In order to complete
,neII work in these two countries. the
al, divided, Judge Thatcher
y;s;r;nm III Uruguay and Mr.. Curtis
his s', 49,, sae argentine Republic. By
laws 1 ~ they were able to devote ten
-heeo " eaen country. The capitols of
1thsy i coqatrles being opposite each
, 2,,,o, IN the river plateau, the commits
ISL; te1s could hold consultation on oc
,aSnL,, when it was deemed neces-
y U1sn should represent at the official
Jews with the representatives or
Hefcnants OF the country.