Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-01
souTH AMERICAN NEWs-
Effects of the Reciprocity Treaty will
Brazil Other ItrIns.

Effects Of the Reciprocity Treaty with
Brazil other ItcIns.
WASHINGTON, Mar h 81. The bureau
of American republics makes public the
following budget OF South American
news:
The bureau has information Of the Of
fetal Inauguration Of work upon the
new railway between Carthagena, Co.
lombia, and town called Calauar, on
the -Magdalena rivef. This railway,
which is being constructed is Of the
greatest inn ortance to the city Of
Carthrgena, as it will restore the i'm.
portance Of that port which has been in
condition of decay because Of the bet
ter facilities for internal commerce of
Barranquilla, the rival city.
The Brazilian new pa1 ers which ar
rived here in the mails on Saturday con-
tanned little else than the discussion of
the reciprocity treaty with the United
States. While the remonstranCes to tie
treaty are very loud and earnest they
come almost entirely from English,
French and German importc'a who
have reason to fear that they VIII lose a
large share Of their trade because Of the
advantages offered in the treaty to the
merchants and manufacturers Of the
United States, he Brazilian govern
ment is prepared to carry the treaty
into effect upon April l., and necessar y
instructions have been issued to all the
collectors Of customs.
1t having been denied by the officials
of the Dominion of Canada thai over
lures for reciprocity treaty with Brit
ish Guiana had been rejected, the bu-
reau furnishes the following extract
a. ,# 10
excellency Viscount Gormanst0n, gov
ernor general Of British Guiana to the
colonial authorities: THE passing of
the Mckinley tariff act has, as YOU are
aware. led the government of Canada
to make proposals for re 'iprocal trade
relations between that colony and the
British West Ind c5 and British Guiana.
On this subject | received from the
Hon. George Foster, finance minister OF
the Dominion, q letter in which he pro
poses that in return for GiGerential
treatment OF Or sugars and fruits
exported to Canada, an equiv
alent diHerential treatment should he
accorded to certain Canadian products
imported into this colony. | replied
that, while anxious in every way Go
facilitate ard promote the extension of
commercial relations between British
anu ' ulldutt1 1 tbulu lbl tllibUI
age the government of the Dominion to
believe that the consent Of this govern
ment would be given to any djfterential
treatment which Will exclu e the sugars
of this colony from admission to the
markets of the United States on the
most favorable terms.
Lieut.. William +. Stafford, of the
United States navy, special commits
missioner of the world Columbian ex-
position to Peru, reports that he was
presented to the pres lent Of that re-
public by Mr.. Hicks, the United States
minister, and was receive with the
greatest cordiality. The president as
sured him that Peru would accept the
invitation to make display Mt the ex-
position. and that commissioners would
be appointed very shortly to secure IA
proper exhibit Of the resources and pro
ducts of that country us well as Co.lec-
tions of historical interest
The Latin American department. of
the worlds Columbian exposition has
information from Columbia that that
republic will be fully represented at
the Chicago exposition DR. Nunez,
the president of the republic, has taken
the matter in hand personally, and is
showing the greatest interest in the
subject.