The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-30
Arrangements Concluded With
the British West Indies.
List Of Articles to Be admitted Free Of
Duty.
Bland New Coinage MGaSure-BOWerS' Anti.
Alien Bill-POStmaStfrs and Pensions.
Pacific Coast Patents.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

Special to THE MORNING CALL.
&WASHINGTON, e Dee. GA reciprocity
arrangement has been entered into between
Secretary Blaine and the British Minister,
to embrace the West India colonies, ia
maica, Barbados, the Leeward and Wind
ward Islands Except Grenada), Trinidad
and British Guiana. The official pro3lama-
tlon and correspondence will probably not
be Issued for ten days or two weeks as 1t
must await the notice that the necessary
legislation of the colonies has been en- acted.
1he following are the principal articles to
he admitted free: Animals alive, beef
beef and pork preserved in cans, printed
matter, bottles, bran, middi;ngs and shorts,
carts, wagons, carts and barrows, not in
Guiding vehicles Of pleasure, cotton seed
and products, eggs, fertilizers of all kinds,
fish, fresh or on ice. and salmon aud
oysters in cans, fruits and vegetables,
fresh and dried, when not canned, timed or
bottled, gold and silver cCn of the United
States and bullion, hay ami straw for for
age, Ice, india rubber ana gutta- percha
goods, implements, utensils and tools for
agriculture, lime of all kinds, all materials
and appliances for railways and tramways,
paper of all kinds for printing ard wrap
ping. Photographic apparatus and chemi-
Gals, all accessories for printing, quicksilver,
resin. tar, pitch and turpentne, sewing
machines, ship-building materials, includ-
ing wire rope; starch of Indian corn or
maize, steam and power engines, steam
hft5ln 80 .l.xt.,
electrical apparatus and appliances Of all
kinds for communication or illumination,
trees, plants, vines aud seeds. and grains of
all kinds for propagation or cultivation,
wire for fences, and proprietary medicines.
The following affect Jamaica only: Coal
and coke, sugar (gefned), wire for fences,
appliances for fastening the same; zinc.
tin and leGd in sheets. The articles to be
admitted at so per cent reduction of the
present duty are: Bacon and bacon hams,
bread and biscuits, butter ard cheese, lard
and its compounds. Lumber of pitch pine,
in the rough or prepared for building, to be
reduced TO shillings per 1000 feet. The
articles TO be admitted at % per cent reduc-
tton of the present duty are: Beef sated
or picked; ccrn and maize, c0rnmeal, oats;
petroleum and its products; pork, salted or
picked, and wheat.
CONCERNING DUTY ON HIDES.
The following letter from NJ jor William
Mckinley Jr author of the tariff law IN
Senator Blaine explains itself:
CASToN tOhio). Dec. 10Th.
My Dear MT. Blaine: Your letter of the 4ih
INST inclosing Hon. George Halsey's letter, Is
At manu- II natseS , mus nus i ba't r. ~ nisunuel stooa
duty on hides. for at some time IN the course
OF The consideration OF the tariff bin YOU wrote
me an earnest letter protesting against la = ing
hide sirom The free list aud placing them upon
tue outiaOie Hsl. YOURS Veiy iIuN.
william MC hlNLEh Jh.
BoWERs' ANTI-ALIEN BILL.
In addition TO the bills already noticed
Representative Bowers Of California WILL
January 9th, introduce bill prohibiting
aliens from holding offices or places of
profit, honor or trust under the Government
OF the United States. Section l provides
that no person other than q citizen of the
United States shall be appointed to hold
any once OF pace o.! hohor, trust or pT9ht in
t,,e sci ui tli' % tne 1hieu
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MY lHiptesS'on Is. telh"rhed cieVer
hcpreseht"uVe to-uhy, mat hooody mas
ny upon 'lie iIe" i W W men pIahu anu MS syui-
II lii w nroo .ao ' " tne
;Ihev viii iptroduce and rennrt faynrobi"
hin mt unttinr silver on tEe nraciso
eouolitv with gold in tho sense nf aptborizo
ing its coinage free of EXPENSE al the re-
the troubie to present it Mt the minis bnt
one which distinctly provides that the silver
bullion AZ nresanted Shall he raservad ro
eardless of the amount. and there shall he
fssnrd in exchnrpe thsretor its eouivoJent
I'm certificates, emitting the bearer To- tbe
volna of the bulIion i'm standard dollars tho
basis of valuation being 81. 2929 to the
ouuce.
,,,pp,cAN roppsrpv covvpvr,ox
AZ Is ~ - ~ iN i.ON.
ue Ahei IcHn no,estly ASsociatIou ne, ue-
gan ..o rentn annu'r soo,o1a ime
ecntye COMMITTEES included a draft Of a hill
nrovidinp for protection to prior ocemnants.
return of agricultural land 10 entry Iicenses
to nrnsnect Tor minerals. tn camn hnnt liSb
and otherwise use the reservation Iegiti,
,notaIv. Hcausas IN cut fimher nndar rson-
Iations adanted to the necessities of fba
locality proteciion against fire and theft
and such an orpanizati1n as will secure by
co-operntion with Stale authorities the oh
iects of the reservation With the least fric-
lion To the existing conditions. Secretary
Noble made a short address pledginr him
self to cooperate always to protect the for
estry resources OF the country.
PATENTS ISSUED.
Patents have been issued to the following
Galiforninns: Patrick Brasnahan. l.. Rich
ardson. A, Fritzchi. Suisun. nutlock: Will
lam A Brown. assicnor of one-half to A
q. Towue, San Francisco wrapping ma
chine; Frank Colvllle Oakland, electric
annunciatOr. Henry ELLIOTT, Los Angeles.