The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
PROCLAMATION
TO Be Issued Directed Against
Non-Reciprocal Countries.
The Proclamation Will Take Effect
On January 1, 1892.
DiploninticAl Circles mt Washington In q
Flutter over Promised Action of the
Presidcnt-The Announcements
Is Made In Positive Form.

NEW York, Dec. 1S-President Har-
rison, according TO Washington spec
ial has decided to exercise the power
vested in him in section of the recip-
rocity clause of the Mckinley tariff bill
and issue u proclamation restoring the
duties on sugar coffees, teas and mo-
lasses from the countries that have not
negotiated reciprocity treaties with our
government. "The proclamation" +"
runs the Washington dispatch. twill
take effect on January 1, 1892, and will
be issued in few days, certainly not
later than Christmas day. 1t has been
prepared by the secretary of state and
has been signed by the president
From time to time there have been
rumors that the president would issue
such proclamation, but they have not
been believed. But the president has
now decided to take this step regardless
of consequence, and the announce
ment is therefore made in positive form.
"The effect of the presidents proc
lamation will be far-reaching The
only countries that have concluded re-
ciprocity treaties with the United
States, and will consequently not be
included in the proclamation, are Bra
zil, Cuba, Porto Rico. San Domingo
and the British West indies.
THE German reciprocity treaty has
not been ratified yet and can not be
until it comes before the German
reichstag, which will not be until Feb
ruary 7. German beet sugar is now on
the free list but under the presidents
proclamation the duty will be reim-
posed on it for at least thirty-eight
days, from January 1 to February z,
and longer if the reciprocity treaty is
not ratified by the reichstag promptly.
Reciprocity treaties are now pend
ing at the state department with
Mexico Guatemala, Costa Rica, Saliva
dor, Colomb bia, Venezuela, Peru and
Ecuador. But until these treaties are
ratified into an accomplished fact, the
president will not take official cogni-
zance of them. Sugar, coffee, Hides,
etc. from these countries, after Janu-
ary 1, can not come into the United
thereon AS soon as each treaty is
ratified, however, the embargo will be
removed.
Last year we imported from Ven
ezuela over IL 600, 600 pounds of coffee
free but after January l duty of
cents per pound will be added to all
coffee imported from that country un-
der the presidents proclamation. This
will practically shut off Venezuela s
coffee trade with the United States 1t
will be unable to compete with Brazil,
which can send it's coffee here free.
"Mr. Ryan. the American minister to
Mexico, was here few weeks ago. 1t
is understood he brought with him the
draft of a reciprocity treaty with Mexi-
co, which he submitted to Mr.. Blaine.
The secretary of state, it is said, made
some slight alterations in the treaty,
and Mr.. Ryan took it back to Mexico
with him to be re-submitted to the
Mexican government The changes
treaty were not important and it is be-
lieved that they will be acceptab BILE to
the Mexican government.
Minister Morales, of Salvador, ar
rived here several weeks ago for the
express purpose of negotiating a re-
ciprocity treaty. He stopped in San
Francisco and spent some time in sight
seeing. Now he is awaiting the arrival
of his instructions, which he neglected
to bring with him. His instructions
should have followed him at once by
mail, he says, but they either were lost
en- route or We're never sent, which is,
perhaps, the most likely. In the mean
time the position of Mr. Morales is not
enviable.
He is here to negotiate a treaty, but
until his instructions and credentials
are received the state department car
take no official notice of his presence
1t is regarded as singular that he car
get no word from his government or
the subject. In quiet way the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps are pokine
great deal of fun at him.
The fact that the president would issue
the proclamation indicated above, to &c
known in diplomatic circles for several
days, and it produced sensation there
| The representatives of South American
countries that have not negotiated reci
procity treaties with us are particularly
excited. They have been swarminl
around the state department for th'
last two days gesticulating and swear
ing automatically in many languages
"They all want to see the secretary
and get their reciprocity arrangement
fixed up forthwith"