Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-03
CHILL.
Report Ct the South American Commits.
siouers-A Gold Reception Ac-
corded Them.
Our Limited Imports Sent to Chill by
Way of Liverpool-A Standard
American Dollar Wanted.
President Santa Maria Disfavors Peace
Congress but will Subsidies
American Steamers.
SOUTH AMERICAN COMMISSION.

SOUTH AMERICAN COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, July 2.--The South
American commissioners under date
OF Santiago, May A, have made their
report to the secretary OF state OF the
result of their visit to Chill. The
commission reached Valparaiso May
3. The report says Vdpa-
raise is almost an English
colony. The English language
is used almost exclusively ia trade
and the leading merchants are sub
jects OF Great Britain, there being but
three distinctively American houses
in the place,
The report describes the meeting of
the president of Chill by the commits
sion, and says a series OF propositions
were submitted to him,
The amount OF goods imported from
the United States Ia very small beyond
what are brought by those firms, the
great obstacle TO an increase of this
trade being the disposition OF English
men TO trade at home and their inabili-
! ~ TO do so on account OF the high
| freights between New York and
| Valparaiso, which are usually
double the cost OF transportation be-
tween Valparaiso aud London, Havre
or Hamburg. No goods are Inn
ported from the United States
except when they cannot be obtained
elsewhere and then il Is found much
cheaper to ship them to Chill from
New York via Hamburg or Liverpool.
Itcontinues, the first was sugges-
ton that the old treaty Of
amity, commerce aud navigation
between the United States
aud Chill, which long since wac
terminated, might be renewed with
advantage to both countries In reply
to this the president said
he could not see any advantage
TO Chill, ana was not disposed TO enter
into any further conventions with for
eign countries.
The second proposition involved
the idea Of a reciprucal Commercial
treaty between the two countries,
under which the special products OF
each should be admitted free
of duty into the other when carried
/. under the flag OF the other nation.
: This did not meet with any great
err favor with President Santa
0 Marin, who wRs not disposed
: To make reciprocal treaties
His people we're At liberty 10 Eel
where they could get the bee
prices and to buy where goods were the
}, cheapest. In his opinion, colpmerc'
/. was not aided by commercial ttealiee
;, and Chilli neither asked IRON
' nor gave TO other nations especial ia
y vorB Trade would regulate itself, ant
b there was no advantage In trying t.
g divert II TO one direction or the other
. SO far M the United States was con
!. cerned there could be very little trad
a with Chill, owing to Tho
a fact that the products o
= identical. Chill produced very LITTLE
- that we wanted, and, although there
> were many industrial products OF thI
United States that were used in Chill
the merchants OF the latter country
must he allowed to buy where The!
sold and where they could trade 3.
y the greatest advantage WIZ
II reference to the provision that reduce
IA duties should b. allowed only upOi
a goods carried in Chilian or American
4 vessels, he said that Chill did no
a want any such means TO encourag
a her com nerce, Her ports were opei
TO all vessels of the world upon equs
terms,
II wassuggested that there might he
l. large commerce between the two c0un
X tries II the low grade guano which !
adapted to the cultivation Of cOttol
in the Southern states, and IL no
p sought for In Europe, could be ex
L changed for the manufactured pre-
y ducts OF the United States. Tn
d president very frankly and somewha
e bluntly responded that Tia
n government OF Chill owned all IA
+. guano and had given the monopoly o
n its expectation to company Of whic
d the people OFT the United States coul
70 purchase ~ mu 1h az they liked.
; The next topic seemed to he receive
At with decided favor not on
o. ly by the president, bu
Y the ministers present also oine
ia expressing their acquiescence. ]
was touching the establishment Of
common silver coin Of the value o. tn
United States gold dollar to be coine
by each OF the American republics {
an equal degree Of fineness, and 10 a
amount which should be agree
OF TO be legal tender in a.
n commercial transactions between To
, citizens OF this hemisphere
o. This proposition which has alreAd
70 been Assented 10 by Mexico, Venezu
ye ella, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Echsdo
VI ana Peru, was accepted by Preelden
~ Santa Maria ~ u long step towards Ia
~, w generalization Of silver and II adOpiel
= by the American republics nigh
i. + In his opinion compel the latter unioi
% to accept double standard, and IA
~ crease the value OF one Of the chie
Vi products OF Chilli. His goverp meni
= he said, was ready 10 enter into con
I, ventlon with the United States an'
~ other American Republics At any tim
Z 10 secure such a desirable result
! TIE fourth proposition, which iD
y, vittd the Views OF the government 0
Chill to the pYactlcabiliiy OF holding
~ congress OF delegates from All ,n'
= American republics 70 adoDt measures
:. 10 secure psaee and promote Property
among the pations ~ this hetnlS phore
met Nith diafayor. His excellency could
not see the advantage such y gam
Oaasiuusd "a roaeth esxs.