, 1885-07-01

be closed against us in the United States;
to avoid that we ought to get a similar
treaty; but it is not to be had without
sacrifices; what demands the United
States would make as an equivalent cannot
be known until the negotiations have beeu
opened; but it is not likely that the terms
would diverge much from those which have
been stipulated in the other treaties already
concluded. If VT take the Treaty with
Spain as the basis, and xamln what
would be the result if the tariff stipulated
therein were put in the stead OF our own
Custom Tariff we would find that OF the
four Glasses of Articles contained III our
Tariff:
The first Glass embracing mostly agrl-
cultural implements, and already duty-1ree
here, should also be duty-free according to
the Spanish Treaty.
The second Glass embracing all KIND OF
food, and paying at present a hxed duty,
should be duty.free.
The third Glass embracing different ma
terials and paying 8 0 O duty at present
should he partly duty-free.
The fourth Glass embracing a number
of different articles of goods and paying
123oIo duty could mostly continue TO pay
a considerable duty.
On the whole, the less revenue resulting
from the duty.free importation OF such
would be 800, 900; and this Is under the
supposition that wheat-lou will continue
to pay impOrt-duty, which according to the
Spanish Treaty is to be the case out II
that article should also be imported duty
free here, as stipulated in the treaty with
Ste. Domingo, the decrease III the Import
Duty would be $31 900 yearly. TO cover
that, or any other deficiency in the income,
it would be necessary to impose new taxes
Therefore it appears doubtful whether IL
would be OF any real advantage 10 the
planters of st. Croix to obtain a Keclpro'
city Treaty with the United States, under
such conditions. On the other hand 1t
would hardly do for us to allow such Trea'
ties TO come into force without Denmark
having a similar one; hence consider 1t
probable that Denmark will try to OBTAIN
such a treaty, if other Nations obtain 1t,
for her West Indian colonies. The Home
Government is fully aware of the lmpor-
lance of the matter for 81. CrOlX.
Concerning the third point, the depressed
state of the Sugar prices, the considerations
in Copenhagen came to the result that sup
posing the crisis to be but temporary, 1t
would be but right to help the Island over
it, by taking such steps as would enable
plante s here to keep up sugarcultlvatlon
but 10 arrive at a knowledge of what ought
TO be done, it was found requisite TO know
what are the really necessary expenses OF
cultivation; of course it was difficult to
arrive at a reliable and correct result III
this respect, but he thought that the result
at last arrived at was not far from beng
correct. According to the Matricul there
are about 5000 acres of land i'll Sugar
Cultivation; and the most necessary ex'
penses, OF the expenses absolutely necessa-
ry for good cultivation may be calculated
to be on an average $50 per acre of the
said area, perhaps a little less; the calcu-
lation must be based on the acre, as a CAL
culatiOn based OH the expenses for the
working of a pound or a hogshead of sugar
would vary according to the crop, for
instance if we put down the average crop
at 10000 hogsheads OF about 1000 lbs. of
sugar per acre, the expenses for such a
crop would be covered by a price Off cents
q pound, on the other hand if we take the
crop of 1882 which according to $4,000
or about 1919 lbs. per acre then "a price of
81 cents per Id, would cover those expen-
SOS. Surprising that result to be correct,
it would be seen that the reduction of 8
Ore per pound in the Import Duty on our
sugars in Denmark, of which mention is
made in the Address from the Council,
would be far too much the said reduction
would cause "a great loss to the Danish
State Treasury, a loss which as the reduc-