Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-06
|AEWs !! BY TELEGRAPH.
 From All Quarters. THE TREATY CONCLUDED Reciprocity With Brazil an
 Established Fact. INDIANA'S ACT AGAINST TRUSTS. Nine Children Burned in an
 Orphan Asylum. CONGRESS PASSES SEVERAL BILLS. Crowd Charged by Troops
 in Barcelona.
FAvORs RECIPROCITY.

Brazil Accepts Secretary BIaine,, Terms in the Matter of Exchanging Products-The Information Made Public Through a Proclamation by the Pres1dent-What the United States Can Export to Brazil Free ol Duty. .,,,..,, ..- -... WAsHINaroN, Feb. .5.-The following proclamation was issued late this after noon:
 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
 Whereas, Pursuant to section of the act of congress approved October 1, 1890, entitled, ''An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes, the secretary of state of the United States of America con- municated to the government of ike United States of Brazil the action of the congress of the United States of America with a view to secure reciprocity trade in declaring the articles emu merated in said section B. to wit: sugars molas- ses, 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 Washing ton has communicated to the secretary of state the fact that in due reciprocity or any consdera, tion of the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumer- ated in section 3, of said act the government of BraZu laS Dy legal enactment, authorized the admission from and before April 1s91, into all the established ports of entry of Brazil free of all duty whether national state or municipal, of the arti- cleS of merchandise named in the following schedule, provided that the same be the product and manufacture of the United States of Amer 1ca:-
 O Schedule of articles to be admitted free into Brazil: Wheat wheat flour; corn or maize and tho manufactures thereof including corn wheat flour and barley; potatoes beans and peas hay and oats; pork, salted, Including pickied or picked; cottonseed oil coal, anthracite and bituminous; rosin, tar, pitch, turpentine; agr- ing and mechanical tools, implements and ma chinery, including stationary and portable en- zines, and all machinery for manufacturing and industrial purposes, except sewing machines: in struments 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 admis sion into all the established ports of entry of Brazil, with reduction of twenty-five per article in the tariff not in force or which may hereafter be adopted in the United States of the articles or merchandise named in the follow ing schedule, provided that the same be the pro- duct or manufacture of the United States of America:
 C9 Schedule of articles to be admitted into Brazil with a reduction of duty of twenty-five percentum: Lard and substitutes therefor; bacon and hams; butter and cheese; canned and pre- served meats, fish, fruits and vegetables; manu- features of cotton, including cotton clothing;
 
 not included in the foregoing free schedule; leather and manufactures thereof except boots and shoes; lumber. timber and the manufac- lures of wood, including cooperage furniture of all kinds, wagons, carts and carriages.
 And that the government of Brazil has further provided that the laws and regulation adopted to protect it's revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named the foregoing schedules ta are the product or shall place no undue restrictions on the import CT, nor impose any additional charge or fees therefor on the articles imported.
 And, Whereas, The secretary of State has. by my direction, given assurance to the envoy ex- as that Ss aeon cf tSe government of Brazil in granting exemption of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of congress, as set forth in section 3, of said act.
 Nov, therefore, be it known that l, Benjamin America, have caused the above stated modifica- tions of the tariff law of Brazil to be made pub lie for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.
 {---) In testimony whereof, have here Seal unto set my hand and caused the seal t0~} of~the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this fifth day of Feb one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifteenth.
 [Signedl BENJAMIN HARRISON.
 By the president:
 JAMES G. BLAINE,
 Secretary of State.
 WAsHINToN, Feb. 5.-The Post under stands that similar agreements with Cuba and Venezuela are being negotiated.
 COMMENT ON THE TREATY.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Charles w. Flint, of the house of Flint & Co.,, engaged in the South American trade, and treasurer of the New York Commercial company, which deals extensively with Brazil, was seen to- day in reference to the reciprocity treaty just concluded between Brazil and the United States MT. Flint considered the conclusion of this convention most i'm portant event. It opened up under favor ed conditions the largest and most promis- ing market of South America to our manu- factures and agricultural products. MT. Flint said the advantages conferred by treaty were, in his opinion, sufficient to secure the Brazilian market for American goods and products, as it would enable them to compete in price with the Europe needed, American goods being recognized to be superior in quality and better adapt ed to the requirements of the South Amer ican countries On the other hand it should lead to an increased importation from Brazil to the United States, more especially of sugar, which can be produced in Brazil in large quantities.
 MT Flint thought such a treaty, com bined with increased transportation facili- ties and with an international American bank, such as proposed in the bill now be- fore congress, making us independent of Europe from banking point of view, would lead to new era of prosperity and commercial and industrial development in this country.
 ORPHAN ASYLUM BURNED. The Lives of Nine Children Lost- Several Other Inmates Seriously Injured. ...- s... .-.::- .s. 7. Moscow, Feb. 5.-A terrible fire oc cured in an orphan asylum in this city last night. The building was burned te the ground, and most horrible scenes were | witnessed as the youthful inmates were l being rescued. Asit was, nine childreI | were burned to death, and number O. others were so seriously injured that thei lives are despaired of.
 The McCarthy-Dixon Fight. 1 LONG ISLAND CTTY, Feb. 5.-The glove
 fight between Cal Mccarthy and Georg
 Dixon, the colored boxer of Boston, dit
 not take place at the Muritan Athleti
 club tonight as warrants for the princi
 pals, who were charged with an intention