The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-10
CHILL.

me South American Commisaioa Meets
with Little Encouragement From the
Presidens OF Chill.
WAsnNGToK, July &-In their report
concerning the prospects Of trade with
Chill, the South American Commission say:
valparaiso is almost An English colony.
The English language Is used almost exclu-
sively in trade, and the leading merchants
gre subjects Of Great Britain, there being
but three distinctively American houses in
the place. The amount of goods imported
from the United States ID very small. be-
yond what are brought by these firms. The
great obstacle to an extension of this trade
Is the disposition of Englishmen to trade at
home, and their ability to do so, on account
of the high freights between New York and
Valparaiso. which are usually double the
cost of transportation between Valparaiso
and London, Havre or Hamburg. In short.
no goods are imported from the United
States except when they can not be OBJ
tained elsewhere, and then it is found much
cheaper to ship them to Chill from New
York via Hamburg or Liverpool" The re-
port describes the meeting of the President
of Chill by the Commission and says
SERIES OF PROPORTIONS WERE SUBMITTED
to him, as follows: 1.-THE first was sug-
gestion that the old treaty of amity. COM
merce and navigation between the United
States and Chill, which was long since ter
minated, might be renewed with advantage
TO both countries. In reply to this the
President said he could not see any advantage
to Chilli, and was not disposed to enter into
any further conventions with foreign coun-
tries. The second proposition involved the
idea of reciprocity commercial treaty
between the two countries, by which special
products of each should be admitted free of
duty into the other when carried under the
flag of either nation. This did not meet
with any greater favor with President Santa
Maria. who was not disposed to make
reciprocity treaties. In his opinion com
merce was not aided by commercial treaties,
and Chill neither asked from nor gave to
other nations especial! favors. So far as
the United States was concerned. there
could be little trade with Chilli, owing to the
fact that the products of the two countries
were almost identical. With reference to
the provision, that reduced duties should be
allowed only upon goods carried in CHILEAN
or American vessels, he said that Chill did
not want any such means to encourage her
commerce; her ports were open 10 all YES
sells of the world upon equal terms. 1t was
suggested that there might be a large COM
merce between the two countries if the low
grade guano which Is adapted to the cult
walton of cotton in the Southern States and
is sought for in Europe could be exchanged
for the manufactured products of the
United States. The President frankly and
somewhat bluntly responded that the Gov
eminent of Chilli owned all the guano and
had given the monopoly of the expectation
to company, of which the people of the
United States could purchase as much as
they liked. The next topic seemed to be
received with decided favor. and not only
the President but the ministers present also
joined in expressing their acquiescence.
1t was touching the establishment of
COMMON SILVER COIN
of the value of the United States gold
dollar to be coined by each of the American
Republics, of an equal degree Of fneness
and to an amount which should be agreed
|. upon to be legal tender in all commercial
transactions between citizens of this hemi-
sphere. This proposition. which had al
ready been assented to by Mexico, Venezue-
la, Guatemala, Costa Rico, Ecuador and
Peru. was accepted by President Santa
Maria as long step toward the monetiza-
ton of silver. The fourth proposition,
which invited the views of the Government
of Chill to the practcability of holding a
congress of delegates from all the
American Republics to adopt meas
ures to secure peace and promote
prosperity among the natives of this
hemisphere. met with disfavor. His excel
lency could not see the advantage of such
gathering. Chill had learned by expert
ence that nothing could be gained and that
the general welfare was not promoted by
international conventions. The fifth and
last proposition was general one and in
vited the suggestions of Chill as to the best
modes OF increasing trade between that
country and the United States. The Presi-
dent repeated what he had said previously
about the impossibility of securing large
trade, but thought if there could be direct
communication by steam from the ports of
one country to those of another C, N nerce
would be greatly aided.