Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-18

! gentine Republic. After stating that
both at Buenos Ayres and Montevide
the commission sought from the COM
| mercial communities information con-
cernlng the present condition of COM
merce and suggestions as to the best
means of promoting trade with the
United States. which viii be ss;ut1mltted
with report, to the President, now in
Course Of preparation, the report in
part says: The share of the United
States IN the enormous commerce of the
River Platte country, which includes
Paraguay, Uruguay and the Argentine
Republic, is lamentably insignificant,
and less than 1t was half century ago.
Ihe reason IS very APPARENT. Twenty
one lines OF steamships connect these
ports with those of Europe, while there
is no regular steamship communication
whatever with our country. From forty
TO sixty steamers arrive at Bueuos Ayres
every month from Europe and not one
from the United States. The few pro-
ducts OF our fields aud factories found
there are brought sometimes in chartered
vessels, but more frequently come by
way OF Europe, the merchants with one
voice saying that because of the absence
Oh stear communication they can afford
10 buy in the United States only such
articles as cannot be obtained elsewhere
Tie presentation of the Commission To
the President OF Uruguay was made the
occas:1uot a great deal Of ceremony and
military display, it being the desire of
the government as we'll as of the people
to testify IN this manner their admira-
tion for the Grand Republic. as the
United States is universally called The
President of Uruguay and his ministers.
after expressing with great ardor their
admiration for the United States, their
efforts to initiate our government in all
things and their desire for closer rela-
tlons, accepted without discussion each
and all OF the propositions submitted by
the commission, except that which re-
Iates to reciprocity treaty. with the
United States. To this they would
have readily assented also had
the commission felt justified
in encouraging them to expect that the
Congress of the United States would
consent to reduction or a removal of the
duty on wool, this being the chief pro-
duct Of Uruguay, and the only
article exported to the United
States which is taxed under our
tariff. With regard to the proposed
common coin and the International Con-
gress they were quite enthusiastic. The
government of Uruguay, they said, was
not in such a financial condition as to
offer pecuDiary aid toward the establish
ment Of steamship line between its
ports and the United States, but very
earnestly hoped that something might be
done in this direction, aud would agree
TO afford the steamers special privileges
in the matter of harbor dues, etc. The
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President of the Argentine Republic
was, at the commissioners request,
attended with as little formaliry
as was consistent with diploma, ic
rank and usage, aud the usual
omplimentary addresses were ex-
chang d. The formal topics submitted
f'r consideration at our conference with
Preside,t Roca and his government,
the report continues, were all cordially
approved AID accepted by them. No
where has the commi- sion met WI more
genuine cordiality, and nowhere has the
desire for closer political aud CONNER
cial relations with the United States
been so apparent as in the Argentine
Republic. That country aspires to be
to South America what our country is to
the northern continent, and is making
very rapid strides toward such position.
The President earnestly desired more in
innate relations with the United States,
but said it was useless TO expect trade
without transportation facilities. The
Argentine government was willing to do
as much as the the United States in Civ
ing financial aid to steamship company
that would sail vessels between the ports
of the two countries, and he hoped that
our Congress would do something at once,
m mo 10 bp M OF nt a 1
States accessible to the Argentine i'm
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