The Globe-republican., 1891-02-11
RECIPROCITY WITH BRAZIL

The President Proelaims Reciprocity With
the New Republlc-This Country to Re-
ceive Free Sugar. Coffee and Hides In Re-
turn For Free Expectation Of Grain. ASri-
cultural Machinery and Provisions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The President
has issued the following proclamation:
By the President of the United states Of
America
PROCLAMATION
/ Whereas. Pursuant to section OF the act
| Of Congress approx ed October /. 1870. enti-
! tied ''An act to reduce the revenue ard
eQualiZe duties of imports and for other
j purposes" the Secretary of State of the
United States OF America communicated to
the Government of the United states of Bra
gil the action of the Congress of the United
States of America with view Of securing
| reciprocal trade. in declaring the articles
enumerated in said section 8, to- wit: Sugar,
| molasses. coffee and hides to be exempt
from duty upon their importation into the
United States of America: and
Whereas, The EavOy Extraordinary and
Minister PlenipOtentiary of BraZl at Wash.
ingtOn has communicated to the Secretary
of State the fact that in due reciprocity for
and in consideration of the admission into
the United States Of America free Of all duty
Of the articles enumerated in section of
bsaid act, the Government of Brazil has by
legal enactment, authorized the admission
from and after April /, 1891 into all the es-
tablished ports OF entry of Brazil free OF ,ll
duty, whether national. state or municipal,
OF the articles OF merchandise named in the
following schedule, provided that the same
be the product and manufacture OF the
United States of America:
First-Schedule of articles to be admitted
free into Brazil: Wheat, wheat flour, corn or
maize and the manufactures thereof, includ
ing corn and starch; rye, rye flour, buck
wheat, buckwheat Hour and barley; pota-
toes, beans and peas: hay and oats; pork,
salted, including picked pork and bacon,
except hams; hsh, salted. dried or picked:
cottonsecd oil, coal, anthracite and btu
minous: tar, pitch and turpentine and agri-
cultural tools. implements and machinery;
mining and mechanical too;s, implements
and machinery, including stationary and
portable engines and all machinery
for manufacturing and industrial pur-
poses, except sew ing machines. instruments
and books for the arts and sciences railway
construction material and equipments. And
that the Government of Brazil has by legal
enactment further author zed the admission
into all the established ports of entry OF
Brazil. with a reduction of 25 per centum OF
the duty designated on the respective article
In the tariff now in force or which may here
after be adopted in the United States OF
Brazil, whether national, state or municipal,
OF the articles or merchandise named in the
following schedule, provided that the same
be the product or manufacture OF the United
States of America.
Second-Schedule of articles to be ad-
mitted into Brazil with reduction of duty
of IS per centum Lard and substitutes
therefor-Bacon, hams, butter and cheese.
canned and preserved meats. fish, fruits and
vegetables; manufactures of cotton, includ-
ing cotton clothing; manufactures of iron
md sfn al intv rio mix a1 In GnH in
the foregoing free schedule; leather and
the manufactures thereof, except boots
and shoes; lumber timber and the man
ufactures of wood, including cooper
age. furniture cf all kinds, wagons, carts and
carriages; manufactures OF rubber; and that
the Governments of Brazil has further pro-
vided that the laws and r, gulations adopted
to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in
the declarations, and provides that the arti-
cles named in the foregoing schedules are
the product OF manufacture of the United
States OF America shall place no undue re-
strictions on the importer nor impart any
additional fees therefor on the articles i'm
ported. And,
Whereas, The Secretary of State has By
my direction given assurance to the Envoy
Extraordinary and the Minister Pienipoten.
tiary of Brazil at Washington that this ac-
tiOn of the Government of Brazil in grant
ing exemption of duties to the products
and manufactures of the United States OF
America is accepted due reciprocity OF
Congress as set forth in section of said act;
Now, therefore. DO it known that /, Benja-
min Harrison. President of the United States
of America, have caused the above stated
notifications of the tariff law of Brazil to bs
made public for the Information of the citi.
zens OF the United States of America In
testimony whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done ut the city of
Washington this 5th day of February, 1891,
and of the independence of the United
States of America the one hundredth and
fifteenth.
BY the President BENJAMIN HARRISON.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.