Morris tribune., 1891-02-11

Many of Our Agricultural Products to
BE Admitted Free, Others, Including
Manufactures Given 20 Per Cent. Re-
duction from Tariff on European
Articles.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The negotia-
tions which have been pending between
this country and Brazil through Secre-
tary Blaine and Minister Mendonca
have finally been fully completed and
the president has issued his proclama-
ton to that effect. The proclamation
says:
Whereas, Pursuant to section of the
act of congress approved Oct. l, 1890, enti-
tied, "An Act to Reduce the Revenue and
Equalize Duties on Imports, and for Other
I Purposes" the secretary of state of the
to the government of the United States of
Brazil the action of the congress of the
United States of America with view to
secure reciprocal trade, in declaring arti-
cles 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. And,
Whereas, The envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of Brazil at
Washington has communicated to the sec
procity for and consideration of the ad-
mission into the United States of America
free of all duty of the articles mentioned
in section 3 of said act, the government of
Brazil has, by Agal enactment. authorized
the admission, from and after April l, 1891,
into all the established ports of entry of
Brazil, free of duty, whether national,
state or municipal, of the articles or mer-
chandise named in the following schedule,
provided that the same be the product and
manufacture of the, United States of
America:
The Free List.
Wheat. wheat -four, corn or maize, and
the manufactures thereof, including corn
meal and starch; rice, rye flour, buck
wheat, buckwheat -four and barley; po-
tatoes; beans and peas; hay and oats;
pork salted, including picked pork and
bacon, except hams; fish, salted, dried or
picked; cotton seed oil; coal, antracite
and bituminous; resin, tar, pitch and tur
pentine; agricultural tools, implements
and machinery including stationary and
portable engines and all machinery for
manufacturing and industrial purposes,
except sewing machines; instruments and
books for the arts and sciences; railway
construction material and equipment;
And that the government of Brazil has,
by legal enactment further authorized the
admission into all the established ports of
entry of Brazil with reduction of 25 per
C6utUh Ol Inc uuby ucS1SuduCO OA Guc IcS-
pective article in the tariff now in force or
which may hereafter be adopted in the
house of Brazil, whether national, state or
municipal, of the articles or merchandise
named In the following schedule .5rovided
epsat 5ifsSs same be the prouurG or manufac-
yure of the United States of America.
twenty-five Per Cent. Reduction Schedule
Lard and substitutes therefor; bacon
hams; butter and cheese; canned and pre-
served meats, fish, fruits and vegetables;
manufactures of cotton, including cotton
cloth; manufactures of iron and steel, sim
gle or mixed, not included in the foregoing
free schedule; leather and the manufac-
lures thereof, except boots and shoes; lum-
Der, timber and the manufactures OF wood.
including cooperage, furniture of all kinds,
wagons, carts and carriages; manufactures
of rubber.
And that the government of Brazil has
further provided that the laws and regula-
tions, adopted to protect its revenue and
prevent fraud in the declarations and proof
that the articles named in the foregoing
schedules are the product or manufacture
of the United States of America, shall
place ne undue restrictions on the i'm
porter nor impose any additional charges
or fees therefor on the articles imported.
Now, therefore, be it known that, ],
Benjamin Harrison, president of the
United States of America, have caused the
above stated notifications of the tariff law
of Brazil to be made public for the benefit
of the citizens of the United States OF
America.