Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-16
VE'LL RETAL[ATR
Against Countries Which Have
Not Sought Reciprocity.
A New Tariff Law Provision About
to Be Enforced.
Proclamation to Re Issued New
Years Day.

China, Japan, Hawaii, Hsyti, Uruguay,
Paraguay and the Argentine Republis
VIII Have Discriminating Duties Lm.
posed on Their Products--Francs And
German ywin Endoavor TO Secure the
Repeal Of the Sugar Bounty Clause 81
the Mckinley Law.
WASHINGTON, Dec 10. -- President
Harrison is about TO take most import
ant step in the commercial dealings Of
this country with others. 1t is nothing
short of proclamation now being pre-
pared, practically placing an embargo
against all countries which have not
made reciprocity treaties with tbs
United States under the provisions Of
the Mckinley act. The proclamation
will be issued on the 1st day Of January
next, which is less than three weeks OF.
1t will attach retaliatory duties upcn
sugar, molasses. coffee and tea imported
from those countries which have failsA
to take advantage of the reciprocity
clause.
This proclamation will be Of more inn
portance in its commercial effect than
the negotiation OF dozen treaties, FOR
it effects many countries, and practicR'..y
closes our custom houses against the
chief articles of export Of several nations.
The reciprocity section which empowers
the president to make this proclamation,
is as follows:
With view TO secure reciprocal trade
with countries producing the following
articles, and for this purpose on and aft AZ
the lst day Of January, 1872. whenever
and so often rs the president shall be sat
isied that the government of any country
producing ADdeAPOFaaAa sumama, mol@as~s,
coffee, tea and hides, raw and INSURED, or
any of such articles, imposes duties or
other exactions upon the agricultural or
other products of the United States whl0h,
in view Of Nhe free introduction Of such
sugar, H,olasses, coffee, tea and hides iRto
the United States he may deem 70 bs
reciprocally unusual and unrsAsonahls.
he shall have the power, and IL shall Be
his duty, to suspend, by proclamation ~
that effect, the provisions Of this sct 20
lating to the free introduction of such
sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides,
the production Of such country, for such
time as he shall deem Just, and in such
case, and during such suspension, duties
shall be levied, collected and paid upon
sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides. the
product of, or exported from such desiR-
mated country, as follows:
The act then specifies the discrimina-
tory duties which may be imposed. These
are seven-tenths of one cent per pound
on sugars not above No. 18 Dutch stand
ard, and one and three-eighths cents psS
pound on sugars above No. 10 Dutch
standard. On coffee the discriminatory
duty is three cents per pound; on tea,
ten cents per pound, and on all kinds Of
hides one and half cents per rornd.
who j: VIII Affect.
The proclamation will bs manly im-
portant in it's effect on the gre&. tea ira
ports of China and Japan, tie enormous
hide products of the Argentins q Republic,
and the sugar and coffes Pre- c1ucts \
Uruguay, Paraguay and several miI "
southern countries. China and Japan
might have secured remission Of TITS
ten cents per pound duty on tea. but
they have failed TO take advantage Of
the reciprocity clause, and the proclaim
alton win be specially directed against
them. The Argentine Republic Is the
great exporter Of hides 10 this country.
The average value Of importatiOns In
seldom short Of q ,000, 900. Other conn
tries which will suffer by the prcciai y
tion are Eayti and the Hawai:sp islanda,
with their great sugar products, and the
Danish, Dutch ard Frsnch colonies to
the south of this country.
Lucky Ones.
The proclamation will also be import
ant in securing to the countries which
have embraced reciprocity the full AA-
vantage of the United States markets in
sugar, tea, coffee and hides. The coun-
tries which thus far have accepted re-
or are now negotiating treaties
TO that end are Brazil, Santo Domingo,
Costa Rica. British Columbia, Ports
Rico, British Gri ns, Guatemala, On
Iombia. British Honduras, Venezuela,
Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, British West
Indies and Nicaragua.
Aside from the commercial import
ance Of this proclamation, IL VIII popu-
Iarly be accepted rs ofsettirg the rscert
criticism directed at the prcaiesnt's mes-
sage because II wholly failed ~ msntion
This has been vsdefy con
,trued rs an effort on the part OF Mr..
% ignor Secretary Blaine's re-
,iprocity plan. Ii appears, however.
that the president fully agrees with Ma.
Blaine on the importance Of u reciproo-
ty program; 80 much 10 that he desir9
- treat 1t specially in the proclamation
# Jan rather than cover 1t mp in
general message.
Afraid OF the Sugar Bounty.
WAsUINaToN. Dec. 16.-It In stated