The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-09
of national legislation to define lnls
right of alien dOmicile as distinguishes
from Federal naturalization.
COMMERCIAL TREATIES,

/ Unit ed STATES Will IuSiL lIA!A1N
neighbors and with important areas .
traffic near our shores, Suggest eSpe
cially liberal intercourse between tneI
and the United States. -,
{. Following the treaty OF 1885,, VIII
Mexico, which resulted on the OASIS O
reciprocal exemption from custom
! duties, other similar treaties We're IN
Yited by my predecessors.
RECOGNIZING the need of less %
structed traffic with Cuba and Porte
4 Rico. and met by the desire OF Span
4 TO s6ccOr her languiShing interests II
the Antilles, HtepS were taken TO attalI
those ends by treaty CT commerce
j A similar treaty was afterWard slgnef
by the Dominican Repuolc. Su9Se-
7 quently OVertureS were made Dy f1el
Britannia Majesty's government Tor
4 like mutual extension OF commercial
! intercourse with the British w est In
| dian and South American dependen-
! cies, but without result. On taking
! office I withdrew for re-eXactlon the
! treaties signed with Spain and San
! Domingo, then pending before the
! Senate. The result has been to satisfy
me of the ineXpediency OF entering into
! engagements of this character not Gov
! ering the entire traffic, in
! These treaties contemplated the sur
render by the United States OF large
revenues for inadequate considers
tiOns. Upon sugar alone duties were
surrendered to an amount far exceed
ing all the advantages o1fereu IN eX-
change. Even were it intended TO re
lieve our consumers, 1t was evident
that so long as the exemption but par
italy covered our importation, such
relief would be illuSOry. To rellnqulSh
a rQxranno L CQamH6 hIOhlV
improVident at a time when new
and large drains upon the treasury
were contemplated. Moreover, en-
barTaSSing questions would have arisen
under the favored-natiOn clauses of
treaties with Other nations.
As a further objection to this, it is
evident that tariff regulation by treaty
that independent control
over its own revenues, which is es-
Sential for the safety and welfare of
any government. Emergency, calling
for an increase of taXatiOn, may at
any time arise, and no engagement
with foreign power should exist to
hamper the action OF the government.
TONNAGE DUES. ,r1i'ag-g
BY the 18th section of the shipping
let, approved June Goth, 1884, certain |
reductions and contingent exemptions !
rom tonnage dues were made on yes
'elS entering ports of the United |
states from any foreign port in North |
md Central America, the West India |
stands, the Bahamas and BermudaS,
Mexico and the Isthinus as far as As
'inwall and Panama, the governments
# Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Por-
ugul and Sweden and Norway have
under the favored nation
lauSe in their treaties with the United
states, q claim to like treatment in re-
pect to vessels coming to the United |
'tates from their home ports. This
however, holds that the
privileges granted by the acts
re purely geographical, in
urring to any vessel of any
oreign power that may choose to en-
age in traffic between this country
nd any port within the defined zone, 4
nd no warrant exists under the most
avUred nation clause, for the extern
ion of the privileges in question to
eSSelS sailing to this country from
ortS outside of the limitation of the
ct. ot os rief
Undoubtedly the relations of com
lerce with our neighbOrS whose ter
tories form so long a frontier linz
itficult to be guarded, and who find
| our country, and equally offer toUS,
atural markets, demand special and
OnSiderate treatment.
1t rests with Congress to consider {
hat legislative action may. increase
LcilitieS of intercourse which con-
nguity make natural and desirable.
AND CONSULAR SERVICE. s
earnestly urge that Congress recast l
lie appropriations for the maintenance !
the diplomatic and consular service
l q footing commensurate with the Z
lpOrtance of our national interests. ?
every post where a representative
necessary the salary should be graded I
as TO permit him to live with COM I
re. With the arrangement of ade- d
late salaries, the SO-called nOtarial
ira Official fees, which our officers =
road are now permitted to treat as y
rSonal perquiSiteS, should be done I \,
way with. I"
Every act requiring the certification p
id seal of the Office should be taxable D
schedule rates and the fee therefor
turned to the treasury. BY restoring l.
eSe revenues to the public use the "
nSular service would be self
pporting even with a liberal in
ease of the present low salaries.
n further prevention of abuses q =,
stem of consular inspection should W
instituted. The appointment of a 90
lited number of secretaries of lega- -
rs at large, to be assigned to duty -
Iereyer necessary, and In particular q
temporary service at missions a.
ich for any cause may be without a %
I'd, should also be authorized. / ~
or also authorization for the details
officers. of the regular service as en-
litary or~haval attaches at legations. "a
ne foreign governments do not lW
ogpize the union of consular with
lOmatic functions. Italy and Ven Sl
ELLA win only receive the appointee -,
)ne Of his two capacities, but this IN
s not prevent the requirement of air.,
Id and submission to the response :
ties of an officer whose duties he Ell;
not discharge. o The Superadded' 4.
e of Consul General should be Co
at all missions. I0i eIs00 -
deem it expedient that well de- ~
I'd measure for the reorganization =
he extra territorial to replace the (
sent system which labors under the lee
advantage OF combining judicial and the
cutive functions in the same office an
several oriental countries generous fac
rs have been made of promises for fac
sing the legation of the Emitted ma
ties. A grant of land for that pur- s.;
e was made some years since BIZ fac
an, and has been referred to in the