Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-12-20

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rejoice. A general pr0ce.s u ,yaeO seauo-
tion cannot be contemplated by any pa
triOtlo citizen without the graveet appre
hcnsion. 10 may be, indeed believe IL is,.
possible for the American MANUFACTURED
to compete successfully with hls
foreign rival In many branches of produc-
tion without the defense of protective du-
ties II the pay rolls arr eQualisetl, but the
conflict that stands between the producer
md that result and the distress Of CUT
working people when u n attained are not
pleasant To contemplate. The society OF
the unemployed now holding its frequent
and threatening parties In the streets of
foreign cities should not be allowed TO ac-
qure an American dOmtcile, The reports
Of the heads of the several executive de-
partmunts which are herewith submitted
have very naturally included a resume Of
the whole work of Che administration with
transactions OF the last fiscal year
The attention not only Of CONGRESS but
Of the country Is again invited TO tho
methods OF administration which have
been pursued and to the results which
have been attained. Public revenues
amounting to tl ,l4l ,OT0 282 2S have been
collected and disbursed without Ions from
appropriation, without a single defaloa-.
LiOn OF such Importance as 90 attract the
public attention, aud at dimiaisncd per
cent Of cost for collection. The public
with fidelity hut progressively, aud with
view to giving TO the people In the fullest
possible degree the benefits OF service
established and maintained Tor their pro
lection and comfort.
Our relations with other nations are
now undisturbcd by any serious cbntro-
versy. The complicated and threatening
differences with Germany and England,
relating To Samoan affairs, with England
la relation to seal fisheries in the Rehring
sea, and with Chilli, growing Oui " the
Baltimore affair, have been adj ed.
There have been negotiated aud con.
clulcd under section OF the tariff lGW.
commercial agreements relating to rucip
rOcal trade with the following cOuntriegs
Brazil, Dominican Republic, spain Tor
Cuba and Porto Rico, Guatamala, saliva
dor, the German empire, Great britain for
| certain West Indian colonies, and British
| Guinea, Nicaragua, Honduras and Aus
| tria- Hungary. OF these, these with Gua-
| tamhla, salvador, the German empiros
Great Britain Nicaragua Honduras and
Austria-!iungary have been concluded
since my last annual mesqRge. Under
| these trade arrangements n free favOrsd
admission has been gecured ia every casa
| Tor an important list OF American pro
| ducts. Especial care has beeu taken TO
secure markets. for farm products ia order
| to relieve that great underlying industry
Of the depression which the lack OF an ade-
luRte foreign market for our surplus often
brings. an opening has also been uia,ie
for manufactured nrOduCtS chat Will TN
ioubtedly, II this policy Is maintained.
greatly augment our export trade The
iull benefits OF these arrangements cannot
be realized instantly. New lines Of trade
are TO be opened. Tho commercial traveller
must survey the field. The manufactures
must adapt his goods to the new markets
AMI facilities for exchange must he ostab-
! lishvd. This work has been wen begun
Our merchants and manufacturers have
entered the new fields with cour-
| age and enterprise. IN the case
with Cuba, the trade did not need 10 wait
| and the immediate results have been most
| gratifying. II this policy and the trade
arrangements can be continued IN force,
! lean steamship lines, do not doubt that
/ we shall, within a short period, securs
! tully one-third Of the trade OF the coun-
tries of Central md south America, which
now amounts TO about tCO0 O0,OOOOOO ang
! uually. In 1865 we had only per cent Of
! This trade.
! The following statistics show the In
:rease in our trade with the countries
I with which we have reciprocal trade agree
ments, from the date when such agree
ments went into effect up 10 Sept.
| 81, 1892, the increase being In some almost
wholly, and in others In an important de-
/ gree, the result Of these agreements. The
! Domestic exports to Germany and Austria
i Hungary have increased IN value from
J ~ G13,7a6 70 $579a3 084 an Increase
with American countries OF our
exports has increased from Sti,1b0,-
Rl5 TO f5l,6l3,5G9 an increase OF si0,4i3,H3,
or 23.GI per cent. The total increase In
the value OF exports To all countries with
which we have reciprocity agreements has
been S2n, O3d2l This increase is chiefly
N wheat, -four, meat and dairy produces
and nlanuiactures OF iron, steel and ium-
YER There has been q large increase In
he value OF imports from all these coun-
nies since the commercial agreements
Eent into effect, amounting 20 Si4 ,2j4 ,525,
Bnt Il has been entirely In imports from
he American countries consisting mostly
u sugar, coffee, India rubber and crnde
iuigs. The alarmed attention Of our
European competitors for the South Amer
can market has been attached 20 this new
American policy, and 20 our acquisition
and their loss Of South American trade.
treaty providing for the arbitration OF
he dispute between Great Britain aud tho
5 United States as 20 the killing Of seals IN
he behring sea was concluded on Feb 90
hst. This treaty wis accompanied BY au
agreement prohibiting pelaaic sealing
pclding the aryigrtupn, and NisarQul
effort was made during this season 90 drive
, out ali pOaCuing steamers from The Eeh
ring sea Six naval vessels. three rcTcnul
cutters and one vessel from the FISH com
mission, all under the command ct Com
mander Evans OF the navy, were
sent into the sea, which was sys
tematically patfolled. Some seizures
were made, and q IS believed the catch in
the behring sea 10y the poachcrs amounted
20 less thun $1,000 seals. 10 " true, how
ever, that IN the North Pacific, while ihe
seal herds were on their why TO the passes
, between Alnutian lslnnis,a very iarec nnm
4 ber aud probably 90 were tfsen 10,
I existing statutes OF the United States "a
4 not restrain our citizens from tti,ing scae
? Ia the pacihc ocean, and perhaps should
not, unless the prohibition can he eH
tended % The citizens Ol other cations.
= recommend that power be given 70 thi
! president iy proclamation 20 pruuDil tu'
2 I Taking Of seals "a the Nnrth Pacific %
I | American vessels. ia case either ra % tl.
4 result OF findings OF thc tribunal ul Afhi
r tntiOn ol Oihrfwlso, tho resituinis can n
z applied 10 tha vessels oi nll countries Lh'
casD uf he United States for tile trihunA
q cf arbitration has been prepared with 4rra
a carr aud industry by fhc iIon. ioln ~
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