Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24
SOUTH AMERICAN COMMERCE.
THE COMMISSIONERS PREPARING TO SUBMIT
THEIR FINAL REPORT.

THE COMMISSIONERS PREPARING TO submit
THEIR FINAL REPORT.
WASHINGTON, August 23.-The Soutl
American commissioners are preparing theii
final report, which will be transmitted t.
congress by the president, along with clever
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 furnished for
publication without violating official cour-
tesy, but they have been briefly foreshndowed
by dispatches sent from time to time to the
secretary of state, informing him of the
progress of commerce..
TIT detailed reports are very voluminous,
and contains much valuable matter. They
contain not only the views and conclusions of
the commission, but also statements taken by
stenographers from nearly all prominent mer.
chants engaged in foreign trade In the nine
countrieF, giving notes of their observations,
and their opinion as TO the best modes of pro.
noting trade between those countries
and the United States. It was the practice
of the commission at the cities visited to
INVITE BEFORE THIN PROMINENT
who were supposed to be friendly disposed to-
ward the United States, and to ecure from them
all information possible relating to the trade of
their countsies withthe United States and it's
CONNER cial rivals, and to ascer-
tain from them the reasons why
our country had SO small a share Of South
American commerce., upon which close inquiry
was made.
Questions were furnished in the instructions
given by Mr.. Frelinghuysen, late secretary of
state, and bore upon q closer intimacy be
tween the United States and the other repub-
lies of this hemisphere.
They embodied a series Of propositions,
which were accepted by every one of the gov.
ernments except Chilli. The twelve reports
which will be submitted to congress will make
z, 1000 or {, 5000 printed pages. including inform
alton furnished by the 250 merchants inter
viewed.
THE COMMISSION HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY
EMPLOYED
since the 18th of Last Septem Der, when they
met tor organization in New York, and have
travelled 80, 200 miles, and officially visited
nine different countries. Columbia, Nicara-
qua, and Honduras were omitted because of
revolutions. Bolivia could not be visited be-
cause her ports were blockaded, and Para
quay and Brazil were passed over because of
instruc iions sent by Secretary Bsyard for the
commission to return by July LIST last.
The commission report that q great deal of
interest was shown everywhere in South
America in their work, and even in Chill,
when the government did not show much
cordlality toward tho United State, the citi-
zers were hospitsble, and the merchants did
everything in their power to further the COM
missions work. In Uruguay and the Argen-
tine Republic, much disappointment was ex-
pressed because the visit was necessarily |
shortened by instructions from the depart !
ment.
ALL RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
at Montevideo and Buenos Ayres placed
special trains and steamers at the disposal of
the commission, that they might visit the
interior country, and did not conceal their
sensitiveness because their generous offers
could not be accepted.
In order to complete their work in these
two countries, the commission divided
Judge Thatcher remaining in |
Uruguay aud Mr.. Curtis Wis Ing the
Argentine Republic. By this means they |
were able to devote ten days to each country. |
The capitals of these countries being opposite
each other on the river. Plata, the commits |
sioners could hold consultation, and on occa-
sions, when it was deemed necessary, both
were present at official interviews with repre-
sentatives and merchants of the country.