Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-02-13
APRoc1AMAroH. a

america.
A APRocLAMAT1oH. f =
Whereas, pursuant to section y
the act OF congress approved Oct. q
1890, entitled can act to reduce thss
revenue and equalize duties on im--SS
ports, and for other purposes" the
secretary OF state of the United States
of America communicated to the gov
ernment of the United States OF Brazil
the action of congress OF the United
States of America, with q view to se-s
cure reciprocal trade, in declaring the
articles enumerated in said section 5,
to-wit: Sugars, molasses, coffee and
hides to be exempt from duty upon
their importation into the United
States of America; and
Whereas, the envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary OF Brasil
at Washington has communicated TO T
the secretary of state the fact thAt,
in due reciprocity Tor and considerar
tion of the admission into the United
States of America free Of all duty Of
the articles enumerated in section OF
said act, the government OF Brazil has,
by legal enactment, authorized thea
mission, from and after April !, 1891
into all the established ports OF entry S
of Brazil, tree of all duty, whether ma
tional, state or municipal, OF the arti-
cles or merchandise named in the fol- ]
lowing schedule, provided that tho
same be the product and manufacture
of the United States of America:
First-Schedule of articles to bead.
mitted free into Brazil: Wheat, wheat
flour, corn or maize and the manufac.
lures thereof, including cornmeal and
starch; rye, rye -four, buckwheat,
buckwheat flour, and barley, potatoes,
beans and peas, hay and oats; pork.
salted, including picked pork and
bacon, except hams; fish, salted, dried
or picked; cottonseed oil; coal, an
thracite and bituminous; rosin, tar,
pitch and turpentine; agricultural
tools, implements and machinery;
mining and mechanical tools, imple-
ments and machinery, including sta
tionary and portable engines, and all
machinery for manufacturing and in
dustrlal purposes, except sewing ma
chimes; instruments and books for arts
and sciences; railway construction
material and equipments.
And that the government OF Brazil
has, by legal enactment, further au-
torized the admission into all the e.
tablished ports of entity of Brazil,
with the reduction of 25 per centum
of the duty designated on the respec-
tive articles in the tariff now in force.
or which may hereafter be adopted in Z
the United States of Brazil, whether
national, state or municipal, of tho
articles of merchandise named in the
following schedule, provided that tho
same be the products or manufacturo
of the United States of America:
second-Schedule of articles to be
admitted into Brazil with reduction
OF duty of 25 per centum: Lard and
substitutes therefor, bacon, hams,
butter and cheese, canned and pre-
served meats, fish, fruits and vegeta-
bles; manufactures of cotton includ-
ing cotton clothing, manufactures of !.
iron and steele, single or mixed, not
included in the foregoing free schedule;
leather and the manufactures thereof,
except boots and shoes; lumber, tln1.
Der and the manufactures of wood,
including cooperage, furniture Of all
kinds, wagons, carts and carriages;
manufactures of rubbers.
has T i,,rthar y 0rv nreeUiJad ea % +hat tha 1n is ~
on5 , rea,ia M lot t;ops os adan+ad t - o.1 1919 me
to to- raveuna , snd ,,rauol,t e fraI,a w So - ~
declsrat;ons I ~ apd o nroof It'll thot = ~ tao
articles named in the foregoing sched-
~ az tha An I1n;+ed liz State. g Aa,am;aa sSaM
,,iona w ,,n5,,o oo"et nost.;o+;ans y. @ ~ 10; s1
pnrtor pe -. NV ;neaa .oo on~ sda;t.s, "a ;ne
% eh . roas @ ~ vi feos +berefor s y ~, - +haast;aiea
;nnnprtad A. GA@A '- w oAAe e.N e.N'o'
Whereas Tho s.cratarv ofstata n..
by nv direction. given assuranca "a
the envoy extraordinary and minis.
ter plenipotentiary of Brazil at Wash.
ington that this action of the Cow
ernment of Brazil in prantino exfan.
sion of duties on the manufacturea
and products of America. is accentad
az q due reciprocity for the action Of
congress as set forth in section 3 nf
said act:
Now, therefore, be it known. that i. &
Benjrman Harrison, president of the
United States OF America, hayecaused
the above stated notifications of the
tariff law of Brazil to be made publia
for the citizens of the United State
ofAmerica.
In testimony whereof I have here.
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the Ci+v of Wa ahinofS,,, tl,;~