New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-08
PORTUGAL AND THE FAlf.
URGENT EFFORTS FOR ADEQUATE "r' "N-
SENTATrON AT CHICAGO
Lisbon. April %.


,,, announcement was made
49,. ',,, hv reason Of the present financial Crisis
,,o,,a n. unable TO take part Government III w
Chicago Exposition. This, OF COURSE uoe' NV
vent the efforts Of private enterprise l" So, 49,
a representation OF the productions VI wv" =,
may help her t. rise from her present po'o'P ~ "
cre,.,ng those commercial relations when or'ns
,,, ., . country II olso does not hinder strong
announcement on the part of the Govcrinehp III "'o
., ,r,,,to entcrt,rIsc according to the convenient
J dulomatic distinction between oihcal' anu VI,
nc,oisr action There is 10 doubt t'at '"e h''o ,'
hc taken TO assist the work begun seNcr'' "
eipcc by the Society OF Geography Of HsDon ID se
euro for Portugal her proper place IN the grea' "o''
Fnir which Is to open the markets o. INC w" WV"
IN the commerce aud Industry OF the oiu'
40, octohcr 10 I-DI senior Mendcs Guerrero pre-
o, to the society Of Geography. Of when he Is one
Of the most active members. proposal t""' WV
tlons concerning the relations Det"e'h NV ~
states and Portugal should form tn" subject ol 0e'i
ons sudv with n view TO subsequent action on inc
mart of The maritime and commercial oomhi''c'9 Va
the society," In union with the commercial ana agri'
cultural societies of The whole country. til" r't Oh
n,s, questions VA, TO be the representation ot Uc
agricultural and colonial products OF for"ea III wv
Exposition OF Chicago. The second concerns th' es-
Establishment OF Il line Of mail steamships bcu"ee" LIS
bon and Ncw-IOrls
The report the second question was hrst gwen
M, Ecb,ory 10 AZ the deliberate opinion OF the seven
teen members forming the committee. one OF "ho'n
WIS the proponcnt himself. 1t treats In detail VI
the relative distances from Now York OF QueFhs'""h'
Souihampon. IIavfc. S0ntandcr. 'dniz hnu ''N"'"'
and Of the advantage, to be derived III the "cS'"h"
,ovne. across tho Atlantic from the grc'uy dlmn-
Isbcd mean velocity " the Calf stream M the paSsaEo
from Lisbon that from the more northern por,'
which -hould b. added 10 the advantage In distance
II also brings forward the freedom Of this route io
icolergs I'm the spring months and the STOP NJ 'pc
Azores which would be useful In case OF hc''o'ht ="
for the .a,or of provisioning on the o'"r hlu INC
report I'm the mos, positive manner o'c"rcs '"'
Imp,ssblllty OF realizing the prcicct o such Trans
nfl,uil. line First the commerce b'tw"n for'uE'l
and the United state Il not enough Of Itself 10 pay
tho heavy cost the freight returns and The very
limited number Of passengers ard enlgi1lntS "Ouiu
in uoVise allow the Inc 10 enter Into competition Win
/ the other greet TIA -ailantc companies Moreover
Portugal hs never been able to organize and o'"b~h
a I'm. II steamship, to the countries even with WN'h
.he has the greatest commerce and where einiEI'''o"
L,s lcen con. idornbI. 80 nllu-iUu j. made ~ the
! imu,s sLlllty That the Government In IL present
.,r., ,hnid give ~ subvcnilon Ike that when even
spain supple. TO liz tranSalantc company. Hni
| tho report cOnciud ly lmcnng that ali the zen
tntiv,, 80 far made by the shippers OF Lisbon ana
Porto have lallcd-a fact Which confirms lis own con
ciu,lOn 10 the mnticr
The mort ON the commercial relations between
the two countries. which wa, handed In on the same
iav l. equally positive In the direction Of hope IL
,t,.tv form. An answer to the first question Of the
proposal ~ TO the part 20 be taken ly Portugal IN
| tho onproaclIug worlds Faig II Is signed by the
| members u the society who form the sections OF
I uolfcal and commercial geography. II begins by
reminding the member. of the advantages accrulng 10
every nation from appearing ~ these Reviews Of
! Labor >urh reviews made periodically tehd 10
| strengthen International rotations and 10 make known
| what part each nation can take IN sa'iSivihe the
! need. Of our civilization; and the report notes
sicydly that this advantage IL always In TN" inverse
ratio Of the political importance Of the nation rtpic
/ ,entcd In fact despite ire traditional pride Of the
! loriuric~e In what their nation once WAS. you may
vcr7 where now hear lamentations Dt It's present ltte
! ncss among nations. and open appropriations OK what
Nigh, be done FOR Il by proper development OF lis
agriculture industries aud commerce
The report goes 10 say " II there Is naiion
| with which We have need TO enlarge our comnerla nj
relation, +, with the nitcd states of America. IN
order that may Increase our cHporalion ana mus
| lee able 10 establish a commercial equilibrium since
We mr., Obliged through the deficiency of the cere;
products OF our country Import annually from the
great American Republic very considerable quantities
The statistics OF the commercial movement between
Portugal and Tho United states certainly sIgnlh
can't They -how stationary balance LOT tile ten Year,
ending with 1870. III which ss.5 per centvm Is ma ("
up %. importation from the United state, INTO Portugal
leaving only llj per ccntum for the answering cN
poltatiOn from Portugal 10 the tinted states; TINS
Ih,tilc, the declaration Of the report that on the part
~ Portugal there f. an urgent need NJ modifying these
relations which can be done by only one OF two pro
cthc: by diminishing the imports or augment
! ing expectation" The importation from the United
Stats during the last five years OF the period stated
f. 10 following order of importance the first Item
hc6 NOR than triple IN value of NIL the other, taken
| tDgt Ter Wheat and Hour timber petroleum tobacco.
cotton, machine and clocks aud other altering ar
| ticlcs. The Portuguese expectation to the United
states during the same period H. made up Of cork
rough aud worked of wine and things relating Ia wnc
Snrdncs. salt mineral ore. and worked wood. with a
small number OF other products. OF these cork has
fci.n,d nearly the double I'm value of all the others
! together while the wines. which In l-oG were twice
ANY 81 the remaining article, tn" list occupy only
The third place In 1870, mineral ores having Risen 10
| the second.
| Altogether. the between Portugal and the
nltcd states thus clearly stated Is simply item in
the wretc economical condition Of thiS flour
! sizing country NDw that the crisis has come the
real energy which stlll rmans however dormant,
viii doubtless awaken. And there can b. no awaken
ing for Portugal promising OF brighter days 10
como than that which shall lead 10 increased CONNER
clal relations with the United states Of America.