, 1891-02-06

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-This afternoon
President Harrison issued a proclamation
setting iurth that the Brazilian minister
has commune tied TO the secretary of state
the tact that in due reciprocity and for
the consideration OF the admission into
the United States, free Of all duty, of the
articles enumerated in section 3 OF the
tariff act, TO wit: Sugar, molasses, coffee,
and hides, the government of Brazil had
by legal enactment authorized the ad-
mission, from and after April l., 1891,
into all the established ports of entry of
Brazil, free of duty, merchandise named
as follows. provided that such be the
product and manufacture OF the United
StItes: Wheat, wheat -four, corn or
maize and the manufactures thereof, in
cluding corn meal and starch. rye, rye
flour, buck wheat, hu~ckwheat flour, barley,
potatoes. beans, peas, hay, oats, pork,
sailed, including picked PORK. bacon,
except ham, hsh, sailed, dried or picked.
cotton seed oil, coal, anthracite aud
bituminous, resin, tar, pitch, and turpeu-
tine, agricultural tools, implements and
machinery, mining and mechanical tools,
implements and machinery, including
stationary aud portable engines aud all
machinery for manufacturing and
industrial purposes, except ewing
machines, instruments and books for the
arts aud sciences. railway construction
material aud equipment.
The government OF Brazil has also fur
Their authorized the admission, with a re-
duction OF 25 per cent of the existing
tariff duty in Brazil, of the following
named articles, produced or manufactured
in the United States: Lard and the sub
stitutes therefor, bacon, hams, butter AMI
cheese, cauned and preserved meats, FISH,
fruit and vegetables, manufactures OF cot
ton, including cotton clothing, manufac-
lures of iron aud steel, single or mixed,
not included in the Ire schedule, leather
and the manufactures thereof, except
boots and shoes; lumber, timber and
manufactures of wood, including cooper
age, furniture of all kinds, wagons, carts
and carriages, manufactures OF rubber.
The government: of Brazil has further
provided that the laws and regulations
provided to protect its, revenue and pre-.
vent fraud in declarations. proofs, etc,
shall place no undue restrictions on the
importation, nor impose any additional
charges or fees therefor on the articles i'm
ported.
The proclamation states, further, that
the secretary OF state has, by the presi-
dents direction, given assurance to the
Brazilian minister that this action of his
government in granting exemption of du
ties to the products and manufactures OF
the United States is accepted as due reci-
procity for the acton of congress as set
forth in section 3 of the tariff act. There
fore, President Harrison has cansed tho
above stated notifications Of the tariff
law OF Brazil 10 be made public for the
information of the citizens of the United
States.
The first OF a series letters upon the
subject was written by Mr.. Blaine aud
dated Nov. B, last. In it the secretary OF
state expresses to Senior Mondonca the
hope that the government of Brazil will
meet the government OF the United States
in a spirit OF sincere friendship in its de-
sire Tor such trade relations with that
country as shall be reciprocally equal, and
that It may be the happy fortune of Senior
Mondonca and himself to be instrumental
in establishing commercial relations be-
tween the two republics on a permanent
basis of reciprocity profitable to both.
In his reply. dated Jan. 81, 1891, Senior
Mendonca informs Blaine that the United
States OF Brazil are animated by u desire
to strengthen and perpetuate the friendly
relations which happily exist between
them and the United States Of America,
and to establish a basis Of reciprocity.
Blaine. on the same day, in a note to
to Mondonca, expresses satisfaction at the
attitude of the Brazilian government in
the matter and asks Senior Mondonca to