The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-02-12
RECIPROCITY.
THE Blaine Idea to Have q Praeti.
cal Trial.


cal Trial.
The New Republic Of BraEII to Have the
Benefit Of Reciprocal Trade with Us.
-Ths PresIdent's Proclamation.
Reciprocity has come at last. On
and after April we will have free
coffee, sugar and hides from Brazil,
and Ia exchange the articles emu
merated in the proclamation Of the
president, given below, will enter
the ports OF Brazil free Of duty.
Negotiations have been going on
between Secretary Blaine and the
Brazilian Minister, Senior Medonca,
since last November, which culmi-
mated as before stated. The procla-
nation Of President Harrison will
fully explain the advantages gained
In the matter Of reciprocity.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The presI-
dent late this afternoon issued the
following proclamation:
by the President Of the United
States Of America.
APROCLAMATIoN.
"WHEREAs, Pursuant To section 3
Of the act OF congress approved
October |, IS9O, entitled An act to
reduce the revenue and egualiZe
duties on imports and for other
purposes the secretary Of state Of
the United States of America CON-
municated to the government Of the
United States Of Brazil the action OF
the congress Of the United States Of
America with a view to secure reci-
prOcal trade, in declaring the articles
enumerated in said section 3, tO.wit,
sugars, molasses, coffee and hides,
TO be exempt from duty upon their |
importation into the United States ]
Of America; aud
WHEREAS, The envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipOtentiary
Of Brazil at Washington has COM
municsted TO the secretary of state
the fact that, in due reciprocity for
into the United States OF America
free Of all duty Of the articles eHum-
Grated in section ; Of said act, the
government Of Brazil has by legal
enactment authorized the admission,
from and after April /, 1891, into all
the established ports of entry Of
Brazil, free Of all duty, whether
national, state or municipal, OF the
articles or merchandise named in
the following schedule, provided
that the same be the product and
manufacture of the United States Of
America:
Understandable Of articles to be
admitted free into Brazil: Wheat,
wheat flour, corn or maize and the
manufactures thereof, including
corn meal and starch, rye. rye -four,
buekwheat, buckwheat -four and
barley, potatoes, beans and peas,
hay and oats, pork, sailed, including
picked pork and bacon. except I
hams; fish, sailed, dried or picked,
cottonseed oil, coal, anthracite and
bituminOus, tar, pitch and turpen- {
tine, agricultural tools, implements
aud machinery, mining aud mechsn- {
icai tools, implements and machin- q
cry, including stationary and por-
table enines and all machinery for {
manufacturing aud industrial pur- G
poses, except sewing machines, in
struments aud books for the arts I
and sciences, railway construction '
material and equipments, '
And that the government Of q
Brazil has by legal enactment furth- .
er authorized the admission into all 4
the established ports Of entry Of
Brazil, with q reduction Of . per c
eentum Of the duty designated on q
the respective article in the tariff e
now In force or which may here
after be adopted in the United States D
Of Brazil, whether national, state or n
municipal, OF the articles or mer- ],
chandise named I'm the following q
schedule, provided that the same he G
the product or manufacture Of the RI
United States Of America: v
"Second-ScheduIe Of articles to b
be admitted into Brazil with a re- y
duction Of duty Of y per centum. p
Lard and substitutes therefor, bacon, Ct
hams, butter and cheese, canned Il
and preserved meats, fish fruits and v
vegetables, manufactures Of cotton, RI
including cotton clothing, manufaet- q
ures Of iron aud steel, single or mix b
ed, not included in the foregoing cl
free schedule, leather and the ?
thereof, except boots a
and shoes, lumber, timber aud the "a
Of wood, including "
furniture Of all kinds, q
wagons. carts aud carriages. manu- al
features Of rubber. Aud that the &C
government Of Brazil has further hi
provided that the laws aud regula- 10
tlOns adopted 10 protect its revenue II
and prevent fraud In the decIara- th
lions and provides that the articles or
named In the foregoing schedules
are the product or manufacture Of th
The United States Of America shall al
place no undue restrictions on the 70
Importer nor impose any additional b
lee thsrsfOr on the articles import b
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