St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-31
READY FOR RETALIATION.
A Bill Reported to the House
Which Will Give the Liou's
Tail a Corkscrew Twist.

IA Dill IAeDOFUeO TO the house
Which Will Give the Liou's
Tail a Corkscrew Twist.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 50. Chairman
Belmont was prompt this morning, and
presided over the meeting of the house
committee on foreign affairs. The sub
committee to whom was referred the
Wilson retaliatory bill reported sub
stitute to the full committee. In pre-
Senting the substitute to the full COM
mittee, Chairman Belmont stated that it
met his hearty approval, as it was SINH
lar to the bill he introduced in the last
congress with the retaliatory act, and
which was unanimously passed by the
house, but was amended by the senate
so as to deprive it of the railroad clause.
which necessitated further legislation
now. The committee. in reaching its
conclusions embraced in the substitute,
divided but once. The Republican
members proposed to instruct the de-
partment of state to notify the Canadian
government that the twenty-ninth
article of the treaty of 1871, re-
lating to the tranShiDment of goods in
bond, had been abrt & t; d. and this was
vot d down by the Democratic mem
bers. On the final adopt of the bill
tEe.e was unanimous affirmative vote
of the committee. The committee re-
ported the bill to the house this after
noon and recommends that it be taken
up for conSiC Grafton next Saturday.
The bill provides that whenever the
president may deem it his duty to eXtr-
else any of the powers given to him by
an act entitled IAN act to authorize the
president of the United States to pro-
tect and defend the rights of American
fishing vessels, American fishermen,
American trading and other vessels. in
c4rta Il cases, and for other pun p )ses,"
approved March 5. 1887, it s. ali be law
full for the president, i'll his discretion,
by proclamation to that effect, to sus-
pend in whole CT in part the transporta-
ton across the territory OF the United
States in bond and without the payment
of duty, of goods, wares and nerchan-
disc imported from any foreign country
to or from the British dominiOnS in
North America.
Section 2. Whenever the president
shall be satisfied that there is any dis
elimination whatever in the use of the
Weiiand canal, the st. Lawrence river
canals, the Chambly canal, or either of
them, whether by tolls, drawbacks, re-
fund of tolls or otherwise. which is or
may be detrimental to the interests of
the United States or any of its citizens,
it shall be lawful for the president in
his discretion to issue a proclamation
to that effect: whereupOn there shall
be collected a toll of 90 cents a ton upon
every foreign vessel and her cargo
passing through either the Sault
Ste. Marie canal or the st.
Clair canal flats, and the secre-
tary of the treasury may author
ize and dirrct any of the customs offic-
erS to collect the tolls levied under this
act; or the president may, in his discre-
ton, when he is satisfied there is any
such discrimination, prohibit the use of
said canal to any such foreign vessels.
The president when satisfied that such
discrimination has ceased may issue his
proclamation to that effect in his discre-
ton, whereupon the tolls authorized
by this act shall no longer be collected
and said prohibition if ordered shall
cease.
Sec. 8. The secretary of the treasury
is authorized to make any regulations
needful to carry this act into effect.