New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-20

which France is permitted TO contravene, but
shall be carried out in their true significance and
to their full practical effect"
This renonstrance cannot fail to make q deep
impression on the minds of British legislators,
and may induce them to pause in driving through
Parliament this most obnoxious coercive bill Of
Lord knutsford.
Since the publication of the recent dispatches
sent from The Colonial Once, regarding the
reciprocity convention negotiated between Mr..
Blaine and Mr.. Bond, there has been lively time
in the House of Assembly, and also among the
outside public, 1t was not till these dispatches
we've received that we were made acquainted with
the text of this convention. the final draft OF
which was settled between Mr.. Blaine and Mr..
Bond, without Sir Julian Pauncetote being
present and was then sent by Mr.. Blaine
10 Sir Julian, as a counter-propOsGl to
the draft first sent to Mr. Blaine
by Sir Julian. Business people here, and l
should say the bulk of the population, take strong
objection to this convention mainly on the ground
that it admits only dry Goldfish" free of duty and
excludes green Goldfish THAT is, sailed cod, not
dried-from the free list. Now, there is only,
United States; in fact the quantity sent is in
significant But we expected that green cod
would also have been admitted free Of duty, and
this would have been great boon, because we
could have sent to the United States very large
quantity of Labrador and Bank cod. salted in
bulk which would be manufactured into bone
less Goldfish" for which there is an immense de-
mand and which is the chief form in which cod
fish is consumed in the United States To have
O large market for this in the United States would
ease the European markets, in which we are
handicapped by the French and Norwegians and
would increase the demand for our staple product
1t has, therefore, been great disappointment TO
our people to find that their main export is not
the free list. The same is true regarding the
products of our mnes-which we hoped to find on
the free list. We should benefit, doubt, 70 some
extent, by the free admission of behring's; but
herring fishery is not large and people have
yet 20 learn the proper method Of curing and pack
ing to suit the taste of American consumers. If
we take the convention as q whole, it is doubtful
whether. in it's present shape, il would he ac-
cepted by the people of this country.
Having tbeen disappointed in securing the
ratification of this treaty. our Government have
determined to retalate on Canada, whose inter-
ference caused it to be held in allegiance, by re-
fusing the Canadian vessels licenses TO purchase
bait and issuing such licenses only to United
States vessels. Thus Canadians placed on a
level with the French, and American fishermen on
q level with own, in obtaining supplies of
bait The wisdom of this step is questioned, be-
cause Canada could retaliate by placing duty on
Newfoundland fish, etc, for which she now gives
free admission. Besides, the British Govern
ment ratified the Bait Act on the express agree
ment entered into by the Thorbedon Government.
and it is said Endorsed since by the Whiteway
Government, that Canadian fishermen should be
placed on the same footing our own in regard to
supplies of fish.