The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-11-02
A NEW TREATY.
Spain and The United States Set
tie Their Tariff Differ
ences Amicably.
The Discriminating Duties to b,
Removed From Spanish
Vessels.
A Presidential Pr clamatiOn.

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| this afternoon.
! By the President of the United States o.
/ America, proclamation
| WHEREAS, Satisfactory proof has been
/ given to me by the government OF SpaiI
/ that no discriminating duties OF Tonnage
on imports are imposed or levied In the
| islands of Cuba and Porto Rica upon yes
! sells whcllv belonging 10 citizens OF thu
7 United OLairs, or upon the manufactures
produce or merchandise imported in th'
same from the United States or from an
foreign country; and
| WHEREAS, Notification OF such abOli
! ton of discriminating duties o
tonnage and imports as aforesaid
has been given to me by memo
randum of an agreement signed this daI
in the city of Washington, between tn
secretary Of state of the United States and
the envoy extraordinary and ministe
plenipotentiary OF Her Majesty the QueeI
Regent of Spain, accredited to the govern
ment of the United States OF America.
Now, therefore /, Grover Cleveland
PresidenC of the United States of America
by virtue of the authority vested In me-
by section 422S of the revised statutes o
the United States, do hereby declare am
proclaim that from and after the dat
of this, my proclamation, belnl
also the date of the NOTIFICATION receive
as aforesaid, the foreign discriminating
duties and imports within the Unite,
States are suspended and discontinued 5
far as respects the vessels of Spain and IA
produce, manufacture or merchandise i'm
ported in said vessels into the. Unite
| States from the Islands of Cuba and Port
Rica or from any other foreign country
Such suspension to continue so long as III
reciprocal exemption of vessels belongin
to citizens of the United States and the
cargoes, shall be continued in the Island
of said Cuba and Porto Rico and
longer.
In witness, whereof, / have hereunto 50
nv hand and caused the seal of the Unite
States TO be affixed. Done at the city
Washington, this 9th day OF October,
the year of our Lord, one thousand eigl
hundred and eighty six, and of the inds
pendsnce of the United States, the on
hundred and eleventh.
GROVER CLEVELAND, u. s.
BY the president.
(Signed) L. +. BAYARD,
Secretary of state.
THE AGREEMENT.
i
to in the Presidents proclamation
Memorandum of agreement between I'd
government of the United States Of Anne
lea and the government OF Spain for th
reciprocal and cCmpl te suspension of q
discriminating duties of tonnage on il
ports in the United States and in the
lands of Cuba and Porto Rica upon vesse
of the respective countries and their ca
goes.
First-It is positively understood til
from this date an absolute equalization
tonnage and impost duties will at once
applied to the products Of and articles pr
ceeding from the United States or fro
any foreign cou TRY in vessels owned
citizens Of the United States to the ISLAND
of Cuba and Porto Rico and that no high
or other import or tonnage duties will
levied upon such vessels and the merchs
disc carried in them as aforesaid, than a
imposed upon Spanish vessels and the
cargoes under the same circumstance
Under the above conditions the preside
| OF the United States will at once issue b
proclamation declaring that the foreie
discriminating duties of tonnage and ID
ports within the United States are su
pended and discontinued so far as respec
/
| ture or merchandise imported In them
the United States from Spain or her pc
sessions aforesaid or from any fOrei
country.
This memorandum of agreement
offered by the government of the Unit
States as full and satisfactory notihcatid
of the facts above recited.
| Second-The United States 4 mister
4 ~ - a.
with the minister of foreign affairs, eth
by an agreement or a treaty, so as to pla
the commercial relations between
United States and Spain on a permane
footing, advantageous to both countri
In witness whereof, the undersigned,
behalf of the government OF the Unit
States and of Spain respectively, ha
hereunto set their hands and seals.
Done at Washington this 9th day
October, A. D., 1856.
| Signed I. F. BAYARD, IL. ST.
K. De MERNUALA, l.,
ORDERS ISSUED.
The treasury department this afterno
issued the following circular to collect
of customs and others in regard to the
pension of defferential duties on carg
in Spanish vessels:
"Oficers of the customs will observe
instructions contained in the proclamat
of the president, dated to-day, suspend
the collection of foreign discriminat
duties of tonnage and imports within
United States, so far as respects the
sells of Spain and the produce and ma
features or merchandise imported in 5
vessels into the United States from
Islands of Cuba and Porto Rica, or "a
any other foreign country.
The Instructions contained In the or
of Oct. Is, 1885. NO. 143 current seri
directing that discriminating duties sho
! be imposed under 250l of the revi
, statutes on merchandise imported from
Z, island mentioned under the Spanish
are hereby recinded and the collection
such discriminating duties viii be disc
tinued frem and after this date.