The record-union., 1891-08-01
Special to the Rrconp-ux1ox.

Special TO the REcoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, July 3l.-The Spanish
reciprocity treaty and the diplomatic cor
respondence pertaining thereto was made
public to-day, tho President issuing a
proclamation announcing the full text of
the treaty. 1t was made pursuant to the
last Tariff Act, with a view to securing
reciprocal trade, by reason of the exemp-
ton from duty on sugar, molasses, coffee
and hides upon their importation into the
United States.
Under the terms of the treaty the fol-
lowing articles manufactured in the
United States, and included in what is
termed transitory schedule, will be adj
mitted into Cuba and Porto Rico free
after September lst next: Meats salt and
canned and jerked beef excepted), lard,
tallow, fresh, dried and smoked fish,
canned oysters and salmon, oats. barley,
rye, buckwheat (and flour ofthese grainsl,
starch, maizena, and other elementary
products of corn, excepting cornmeai:
cotton seed, oil and meal cake of said seed
Tor cattle, hay, straw and bran, fresh.
dried and preserved fruits texcept raj
SINS, vegetables, resin, turpentine, wood
OF all kinds, wagons, sewing
raw petroleum coal and ice.
The following articles will be admitted
on the payment of duties stated: Corn.
20 cents per loo Kilograms; cornmeal, y
cents; wheat, from January |, 1892. so
cents; wheat flour, from the same time,
81; butter and cheese, refined petroleum,
and boots and shoes to be admitted at
reduction of p per cent.
From and after July 1, 1892. as a
definite arrangement, the following
articles are to be admitted free: Marble
Jasper, alabaster and other stones. in
cludlnG cement; mineral waters, ice. coal.
pitch tar, resin, turpentine, asphalt, raw
petroleum, bricks and tiles, gold and
silver coin, pig iron, iron pipes, beams.
raiters, wrought iron, steel-wire nails,
screws, nuts and pipes, raw cotton, cot
ton seed oil and meal cake, tallow and
other animal greases, books and
pamphlets, woods of all kinds, manures.
agricultural implements and machinery,
materials and articles for public works.
such as railroads, tramways and roads;
salt and canned meats Gerl<ed beef ex-
cepted), butter, lard, cheese, fish of all
kinds, canned oysters and salmon oats
barley, rye, buckwheat, and Hour OF
these grains; starch, maizens and other
alfmentary products of corn Except corn
meal fruits except raisins), vegetables,
hay, straw and bran, trees, plants
shrubs and garden seeds, and tan bark.
The following Will be admitted ON paw
ment of duties stated: Corn or maize. 25
cents per hundred Kilograms; corn
meal, rs cents; wheat, 80 cents; wheat
flour, 81; carriages, cars and other ve-
hlcles Tor railroads, ETC., where the au-
thorization for free admission is not OBJ
tained, one per cent. ad valorem.
The following VIII be admitted at re-
duction of so per cent, Marble, Jasper.
alabaster OF all kinds. glass and crystal
ware, plate and window-glass, and the
same quicksilvered: clay in tiles. covered
tiles, roof tiles, glazed tiles and pipes,
stoneware, fine earthenware and porce-
lain, iron and steel aXles, tires, springs,
and wheels for carriages, riYetS and
Washington iron, wrought and steel in
fine manufactures, or those polished
with coating of porcelain or part Of other
metal; needles, pins, knives, razors, scis-
SorS, tin plate in sheets or manufactured,
all other common metals and alloys of
the same, furniture OF all kinds, of wood
or metal; brushes, vegetable hair, broom
corn, willow, straw and other similar
articles; paStes for soup, rice flour, bread
and crackers, and alimentary 1arinas not
comprised in other schedules; sausages.
stuffed meats, mustard, sauces, pickles.
jams and jellies, rubber, gutta-percha,
and manufactures thereof; rice hullcd or
unhulled.
The following will be admitted at a re-
ductlon OF % per cent: Petroleum (re-
fined) and benzine manufactured cotton
spun or twisted, and cotton goods of ali
kinds, woven or knit, and the same
mixed with other vegetable or animal
tibreS, in which cotton IS the equal or
greater component part, and clothing el-
clusively OF cotton, rope. cordage and
twino of all kinds, shoe-blacking and
yarnishes, soap, perfulnery, medicine
and drugs, stearine and tallow manu-
tactured i'll candies, paper for printing,
for decorating rooms, OF wood or straw
for wrapping and packing, bags and
boxes of same, sandpaper and paste
board, leather and skins, dressed, var
nished or japanncd, OF all kinds, incIud-
ing sole leather or bolting boots and
shoes, trunks, valises and other similar
articles in whole or part of leather. har-
ness and saddlery, watches and clocks.
carriages.
1t is understood that flour which, on its
expectation from the United States, has
been favored with rawbacks shall not
share in the foregoing reduction of duty.
Provisional arrangement as set forth in
the transitory schedule shall come to an
end July 1, 1892, and be substituted by
the definite arrangement outlined above.
The correspondence preceding the pro-
mitigation of the treaty was begun by
Secretary Blaine, who, January Sd last,
transmitted copy of the tariff law to
Senor Guanes, Spanish Minister, request
ing that the attention Of his Government
be called to it with Wow of the adjust
mont of commercial relations between the
two countries on permanent basis of
reciprocity, profitable alike to both. IN
the course of further correspondence the
Spanish Government submits to the con-
sideration of the United States Govern
ment the serious injuries occaSioned to
the tobacco production of Cuba and Porto
Rico in consequence Of the increase of
duties, and cherishes the hope that tho
President will recommend to Congress q
reduction of duty on tobacco of said
islands.
The correspondence closed with letter
from Secretary Blaine under date of June
10th last, in which he states that the Sug-
gestion will have the careful eonsidera-
tion Of the President, and that it shall be
the subject of a separate note.
Nickel Steel for Armor Plates.
WASHINGTON, July 31.-In view of tho
exhaustive trial made by the Navy De-
partment. with result demonstrating
the superiority and greater tensile
strength of nickel steel as a resistant
armor for naval vessels, the Secretary of
the Navy has contracted with Carnegie,
Phipps & Co. for ten three-inch
protective deck plates, upper layers. The
relative cost of these plates, as compared
with pure steel, viii be studied, and if
terms can be made, this
kind of arnor will be adopted in the con-
struction of the armored cruiser New
York and Cruiser No. I3.