Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-28
SPAIN COMES TO TERMS.
COLLECTION OF DIFFERENTIAh
DUTIES DISCONTINUED.

prasident Cleveland Issues 81 Proclama-
inn setting Forth the Agreement
I,sached-Each Country to Meet the
O her on sp Equal Observation-Disclosures
20 collectors of Customs.
NtAnK1D. Oct. 27.-El CorreO says that
tho Governments of America and Spain
nave agreed that the third column oil the
Cuban customs tariff shall be applied
rntil January to goods arriving at ports
in Cuba and Porto Rico under the Ameri-
cap flag. and that the diferenFial duty Of
IN ner cent. shah not be re-estabIished on
snanlsb goods imported into America. A
detinitive treaty Will be negotiated al
Madrid before January.
THE PRESIDENT sUsPENDS DISCRIMIN-
ATING DUTIES.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The President
issued the following proclamation this
afternoon:
By Ito President of the United Statos Gf
Ameracf:
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS. Satisfactory proof has been
given 10 me by the government Of SPAN that
no dIscrm mating duties OF tonnage or I'M
los,s are imposed or levied in tue Islands o.
Cuba ami Porto Rico upon vessels Wn)ily De-
longing to the citizens of the United ates,
ar mon nroiuce. manufactures or merchan-
disc imported in the same from the Unlteu
states or from any foreign country; ana,
WHEREAS, Notification of such abolition OF
discriminating duties of tonnage and imposGs
a. Aforesaid has been gwen TO me
hV memorandum OF an agreement
signed this day in the city of Washington,
between the Secretary of state Of the United
states and the Envoy Ertraord nary and
Minister P,enipOtentary OF Her Majesty the
Queen Regent of SPAN, accredIted to tbe
,f ba mi or al
Now therefore, /, Grover Cleveland, Presl-
deutof he United States of America, by virtue
Of the authority vested in me by section APIS
of he Revised statutes of the United states,
do hereby declare and proclaim that from
and after the date of this. my proclamdt on.
being also the date OF notification, receive d
as aforesaid, foreign, dlscrlminating
duties f tonnage and impost with
in the United states are suspended AMI
discontinued so far as respects vessels of
SPAN, and produce, manufactures or mer-
chandlse imported in said vessels into the
TniteI states from the islands of CUBA and
Porto Rico or from any other foreign coun-
Try; such suspension TO continue SO long as
RECIPROCAL exemption Of vessels belonging to
citizens + the United States and their carEoes
shalt he continued in said islands OF Cuba and
Porto Rico, and no ger.
In witness wh. reOf have hereunto set my
hand. and caused the seal of the United states
10 be atliXed. Done at The city OF Washington,
tnls 9th day OF October, lSSG. and # he inde-
penoe4ce + the United states the J llth.
GROVER CLEVELAND,
By the President:
[. F. BAYARD, secretary of State.
THE AGREEMENT.
Following IS the agreement referred to
in the Presidents proclamation:
The memorandum of agreement between
the governments of the United States OF
America and the government Of Spain Tor re-
ciprocal and compete suspension Of all dis
eliminating duties of tonnage or imposts in
he af A ha
an Porto Rico upon vessels of the respective
countries and their cargOes:
!. 1t is positively understood that from this
udte an absolute eq al ZdbiOn Of TONNAGE and
impOst duties will at once be applied To the
products of a1d articles proceeding from the
nljea States, or from any fOregn country in
vessels owned by citizens Of the United States
TO the Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, and
that no higher or other impOst or TONNAGE du-
ties VIII he levied upon such vessels and mer-
cndnalse carri d In them as aforesaid than
are imposed upon spanish vessels and their
Garg0es under the same clrcums ances. I'm
aer the above conditions the Presi ient of the
United states Will at once issue his prOcama-
ton declaring that foreign discriminating du-
tles of tonnage and mposts within the United
states are Suspended and discontinued so far
a. respects Spanish vessels and produce,
manufactures or merchandise imported in
thcm INTO the United States from Spain or
her possessions aforesaid, or from any foreign
country. Ihis memorandum Of the agree
ment IS offered by the government of Spain
IIuu accepted by the government Of the
United States as full and satisfactory notif-
cation OF the facts above rectted
:. lAe United States Minister at Madrid
WI ne authorized to negotiate with the MIN
lster OF Foreign Affairs either by an agree
Iuent or treaty. 80 as to place he commercial
seIauons between the United States and
ePalh on permanent footing advantageous
TO both countries
IN witness whereof the undersigned, in be-
udIi OF me government Of the United states
shu OF SPAN respectively, have hereunto set
,neT hands and seals. Done at Washington
thi' 2'th day of October, 1856.
T. r. BAYARD.
E. DE NURUACA,
r COLLECTORS NOTIFIED.