Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-02-24

Ihefclal reciprocity. The treaty, il
, may also be added, does not con.
template tue admission of fish into
the Uuited States free of duty.
Under the terms of the treaty, il
is said, the privileges enjoyed by
American and Canadian fishermen
will be entirely reciprocal. The
"touch and trade" privilege, or right
demanded by American fishermen of
purchasing stores and supplies and
of selling cargoes TO whoever might
desire to purchase was conceded,
though not until after long opposi
ton by Sir Charles Topper. On the
other hand, it is said, Canadian wa.
tcrs within the three. mile limit are
protected from invasion by American
fishermen. The American Commits.
sioners, it is said, surprised the Eng
llsh Commissioners by not insisting
on right to fish within the limit
The eastern fishermen consider The
deep water fishing moro profitable
than that of the shoals within the
limit. In consideration of the stouch
and trade" concession, it i, said that
tho English Commissioners stipu.
lated that Il license should be exact
ed from American vessels trading in
Cananian ports. This license is to
be adjusted to the form of n tonnage
tax, and the entire feature, it is
agreed, will be abolished upon the
placing OF fish npon the free list by
the United States.
Secretary Bayard said Wednesday
night that he could not, because of
his official position, make known the
contents of the treaty, but that it
was his earnest wish that it should
be given to the press by those hav-
ing the right to make such disposi.
ton of it, and that every line of it
should be published. The dispute,
he says, has been one of long stand.
ing and bad come to him by inherit.
ance when he assumed the duties of
Secretary of State. He had used his
best cndeavors to reach satisfac
tory agreement with tho government
of Great Britain and believed that he
had succeeded so far rs it lay in his
power to effect settlement.
The discussion on The urgent de-
iiciency bill in the House "Wednesday
afternoon touched upon the tariff
Nlcssrs. HurEes aud Rogers had
been indulging i'll II joint debate, tho
former attacking the estimates of the
Department of Justice, AMI the lat.
ter defending he'adninistration of
that department.. Mr.. Barnes called
attention to the number of persons
arrested for trivial violations of tho
internal revenue laws, which called
forth the suggestion from Mr.. Blu
chanan, of New Jersey, that those
laws should be repealed.
This brought Mr. Rainfall to his
feet. He said the committee on ap
preparations had been SO frequently
attacked that he had become some.
what hardened, and lie thought, i'll
deed, that he had acquired some of
the chara' teristics of the prize fight
Ell. lie was able to stand more pun
melting and come up more serenely
than most of his colleagues. The
committee on judiciary, he thought,
should frame some sort of amend
ment to the statute law which would
prevent the gross injustice which was
done to innocent aud unoflendiug
citizens by trivial prosecutions. Many
of these prosecutions, as said by the
gentleman from Missouri Mr. urnes)
came under the internal revenue laws.
by all means they should DO abol-
ished.
Mr.. Burnes said he would never
cease denouncing tho horrors and
evils of law under the internal rove.
me law. AT the same time he wish
ed to say to the gentleman from
Pennsylvania and the country that
he would remove the burdens of tar
if taxation and reduce the taxes on
some OF the necessaries of life before
he would undertake to lessen inter.
nal revenue taxation L.
IN BRIEF AND TO THE POINT.
Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disorder.
ell liver is misery Indigestion is
a foe to good nature.