The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-10

MEMS JEANS PANTS.

period, to enforce it's existing pronlp pl-
tion against pelagic sealing and to limit
the catch by the fur seal company upon
the islands to 1900 skins. Ii this agree
ment could have been reached earlier,
In response to the strenuous endeavors of
this government, it would have been
more effective; but, coming even as late
as it did, it unquestionably resulted in
greatly diminishing the destruction of
the seals by the leading sealers.
In my last annual message l stated
that the basis of arbitration proposed by
Her Majesty's government for the ad-
justment of the long-pending contro-
versy as to the seal fisheries was not ac-
ceptable. am glad now to be able to
announce that terms satisfactory to this
government have been agreed upon and
that an agreement as to the arbitrators
is all that is necessary to the completion
of the convention.
Disputed boundaries.
Provision should be made for a Joint
demarcation of the frontier line between
Canada and the United States wherever
required by the increasing border set
Elements and especially for the exact
location of the water boundary in the
straits and rivers. l should have been
glad to announce some favorable dispo-
sition of the boundary dispute between
Great Britain and Venezuela, touching
, the western frontier of British Guiana,
but the friendly efforts of the United
States in that direction have thus far
been unavailing. This government will
continue to express its concern at any
appearance of foreign encroachment on
territories long under the administra-
tive control of American states.
Meat Inspection.
The law of the last congress provided
q system of inspection for our meats
intended for export and clothing the
president with power to exclude for
eign products from our market in case
the country sending them should per-
petuate unjust determinations against
any product of the United States, placed
this government in a position to effect
lively urge the removal of such discrim-
nations against our meats. It is graft
flying to be able to state that Germany,
Denmark, Italy, Austria and France, in
| the order named, have opened their
ports to inspected American pork pro-
| ducts.
The removal of these restrictions, in
every instance, was asked for and given
solely upon the ground that we had now
provided meat inspection that should
be accepted as adequate to the complete
removal of the dangers, real and fan
cied, which had been previously urged.
The state department, our ministers
abroad and the secretary of agriculture
have co-operated with unfiagging and
intelligent zeal for the accomplishment
of this great result. The outlines of an
agreement have been reached with Ger
many, lookinh to equitable trade con-
cessions in consideration OF the contin-
ued free importations of sugars, but the
time has not yet arrived when this COR
respondence can be submitted to con-
gress.
| Advice to Braxilians.
| The recent political disturbances in
| the republic of Brazil have excited re-
/ gret and so1icitude. The information
j we possessed was too meager to enable
rs to form q satisfactory judgment OF
| the causes leading to the temporary as'
sumption Of supreme power by Presi
dent Fonseca; but this government die
not fail to express to him its anxious
solicitude for the peace of Brazil and
for the maintenance of the free politica,
institutions which had recently beer
/ established there, nor to offer our ad
vice that great moderation should bt
observed in the class of parties and thu
contest for leadership. These counseli
were received In the most friendly
J spirit, and the latest information is thai
conAatutional government has been 70