Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-30

- | ~ 20 thA bAACA ukACCu lAlht IOT lIl6 IIh
: period goods, wares or merchandise a
d irving at any of the ports of her Bri
!, fannie majesty's possessions In Mort
b America aud destined for the Unite
States may be entered at the prop,
8 custom house and conveyed in. trans
& without the payment of duties throug
! the said possession, under such ruI,
e and regulations and conditions for tb
: protection of revenue as the govern
ments Of the said possessions may fror
! time to time prescribe, and under Hk
rules and regulations and condition.
: goods, wares or merchandise NAV b
conveyed in transit without payinefl
? of duties from the United State
through the, said possessions to othe
! parts of the United States and for ex
port from ports in said possessions y !
In the year 1856 notice was receive,
by the representatives of our govern
.ment thatour fishermen would no long
er be allowed to ship their. fish in hone
and free of duty through Canadian ter
! ritory to this country, and ever sine,
that time such shipment has been de
MED. The privilege of such shipment
which had been extended to our fish
ermen, was a most important, one, al
lowing them to spend the time on the
fishing grounds, which would otherwise
be devoted to d vRyage home with theil
catch, and doubling their .opportunitie.
! for profitabiy prosecuting their voca
tion. r4si -a,t ht 4.ssl,., tn .ti,,II
In forbidding the transit of the catcl,
ofour fishermen over their territory In
bond and free ofiduty the Canadian
authorities deprived us of the only ia.
cility dependent upon their concession
and for which we could supply no sub
stitute. 1t -. ss..4.I.l.
| The value Of the Domininu of Canada
of the privilege Of transit for their ex.
| ports and imports across our TERRITORY
and to and from our ports, though great
in every aspect, will be better appreci-
ated when 1t is remembered that for a
considerable portion of each year the
st. Lawrence river, which constitutes
the direct avenue of foreign commerce
leading to Canada, is closed by ice.
During the six years the imports and
exports of British Canadian provinces
carried across our territory under the
privileges granted by our law, amount
ed to about 1927 ,0o0, COS, nearly all of
which were goods dutiable under our
tariff laws. BY far the larger part of
this traffic consisted of exchanges of
goods between Great Britain and her
American provinces brought to and
carried from our ports in their ownIves-
sells; The treaty stipulation entered in
TO by our government was I'm harmony
with the laws which were then on our
statue book and are still in force. e3li
| reccomend immediate Legislative
action comforting upon the executive
the power to osuspend by proclamation
i the operation ofall laws and regulations
permitting the transit of goods, wares
and merchandise in bond across or over
the territory of the United States to or
from Canada. There need be no Jhesi-i
tapeylin s1spending these laws arising
from the snpposition that their continu-
ationis secured by tfeatyobIigations. lit
seems quite plain that artfcle29 of the
treaty of 1871, which was the only arti-
Gle Incorporating such laws, terminal,
ed the 1st of July, 1885! The article it..
self declares that It's provisions shall be
in force "for the term of years rfien-
toned in article 33 of the 9tfeatv.''
Turning to article 33 we find no men,
tion of the 18th article, but oniyi q pro-
vision chat articles 1S to rs inclusive,
and article 80 shall take effect tas soon
as the laws required TO carry them into
operation shall bepassed BY the legisla-
tive bodies Of the different countries
cofcerned and that ''theyshalt remain
In force ten years from the date at
which they may come into operation,
aud, further, until the expiration Of
two years after either of the high CON
tracing parties shall haveigiven notice
to the other Of its wish to terminate the
sarne.''g a9 ~ hi gsk1js lsise l9 raI 1
lam ofthe opinion that the "ternl
OF years nnentiofied In article 33Ys Ye-
lferred to in article 20 as the limit Of its
'duration,' mean the period during
which articles IS to rs Inclusive, and
article 80, commonly called the sssfisR-
cry articies,p should contfnue in force
under the language of said article 49,
That the joint high coaamissioneFaWho
negotiated the treaty s0 understood
and inteiided the phase is ceftaing f6rin
g statement containing an account of
their gotiati6ns, prepared Under their
stiper ervision' and approved by them, we
ind the following entry on the subject:
s'Fhe tr4snsit question was discussed.
and 1t Wasagreed that any settlement
that might be made should inetude d
reciprocal arrangement i'm that respect
for the period for which the fishery arr
ricles should be in force, esx9tI saE
In addition to- this very satisfactory
evidence supporting thecpnstruetionof Of
the iaHgd;ti5e ofaaFticles 20, it tiwill be
found that the law passed byi Congress
TO CARRY the treaty into effact, furnish.
es conclusive proof of the correctnessof
such eonstrlctions This law WAS passed
Mareh~I; 1873, and is entitled 4 AN act I'd
carry iilt6 effect the provisions of the
treaty betWeeus the United States and
Great Britain, signed in Washington.
May 9, lST l.a Relating to efsheTies. u
After providing in itssfirstt and ,sHe6lid
sections for pistting I'm operation artieles
IL TO 55 inclusive and iEartiela 30 off the
treaty, the third seotioRiis aieyotsdl to
article 20 asfoilowsa aiaaasa .tsIstrsa
~ Section 81 That: ffomdthe date OF
the Presidents proeIamatfons anthor,
ized by the first section of tliisgacts and
SO long as the artielesl 9Th tosa a6theinl
elusive and dsaTtiele GOTH Of said treaty
shall remain ia3foFce according 10 the
ernsaand conditions of articlea 33F Of
said treaty, all goods, wareka and n,ar4
chandise larrivisIG;i n etc, stc.p following
m the remainder Of the section the
precise words of th6sst ipHIati0n, the |
part OF the United States ias contained +
M article 29. which III haxeg already