The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-18
Our Commerciai Relations

WAsHINeroN August 1.-THE c9m-
missioners appointed to visit. the Cen
trail and South American States in the
interest of the most intimate national
and commercial rela tons between those
countries and the United States. have
submitted report to the Department of
State of its work in Uruguay and the
Argentine Republic. After stating that
both the Buenos Ayres and Monte Video
commission sought from the CONNER
cial communities information concern
ing the present condition of commerce
and suggestions as to the hest means of
promoting trade with the United States.
which will be submitted with Thea report
to the President, and was In prepara-
ton, 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
insufficient, and less than il was half
century ago. The reason is very APP
parent. Twenty-one lines of steamships
connect these ports with those of
Europe, while there is no regular steam
ship communication whatever from our
country. From forty to sixty
every month, and not one from
the United States, few products of our
fields and factories found they are
brought, sometimes in chartered YES
sells, but more frequently come by way
OF Europe. merchants, with one voice,
saying that because of the absence
OF steam communication, they can
afford to buy in United States only such
articles as cannot be obtained else
where.
The presentation of the communica-
ton to the President of Uruguay, was
made the subject of great deal of
ceremony and military display, it being
the desire of the government, as well as
the people, to testify in this manner to
their admiration for the grand" repub-
lie, 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 relations, &C
cepted without discussion each and all
of the propositions submitted by the
commission, except that which relates
to theSreciprocity treaty with the United
States. To this they would have readily
assented to also. The commas
sion felt justified in encourag-
Congress of the United States
would consent toa reduction or the re-
moval of the duty on wool, that being
the chief product 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 international Congress, they
were quite enthusiastic. The govern
ment of Uruguay, they said, was not in
such a financial condition as TO offer
pecuniary aid towards the establish
meat of a steamship line between
its, ports and the United States.
but they very earnestly hoped that
something might be done in this direc-
ton and would agree to afford a steam
er specialiprivileges in. the matter of har
Dor duties, etc.
The presentation of the commission
to the President of the Argentine Re-
public was at the Presidents request,
attended with the familiarity as was
consistent with diplomatic rank and
usage, and the usual oompli-
mentary addresses we're exchanged.
Formal topics submittedforc onsidera-
ton at our conference with President
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continues, were all cordially approved
by them. No where has the commits
sion met with more genuine cordially,
and no where has the desire for closer
political and commercial relations with
the United States been so apparent as to
the Argentine Republic. That country
aspires to be to South America what
our country is to the northern cOntin-
emf and is making very rapid strides
towards such aposition. The President
earnestly desired more intimate COM
merciai relation with the United States,
bat said it was useless to expect trade
without transportation facilities. The
Argentine government was willing to
do as much as the United States in Civ
ing financial aid to a steamship COM
pany that would sail vessels between
the ports of the two countries, and he
hoped our Congress would do some
thing at once, so as to make the market
Of the United States accessible to the
Argentine importers.