Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-16

| state department.
Our relations with other nations are
now undisturbed by any serious con
troversy. The complicated and threat
ening differences with Germany and
England relating to Samoan affairs,
with England in relation to the seal
| fisheries in the Behring sea, and with
! Chilli growing out of the Baltimore af-
sair, have been adjusted. There have
been negotiated and concluded under
section of the tariff law, commercial
| agreements relating to reciprocity
| trade with the following countries:
Brazil, Domingo Republic, Spain for
Cuba and Puerto Rico, Guatemala,
| Salvador, the German empire, Great
Britain for certain West Indian colo
MES and British Guiana. Nicaragua
Honduras and Austria Hungary. OF
these, those with Guatemala, Salvador,
the German empire, Great Britain, Mic
aragua, Honduras and Austria Hungary
have been concluded since my last an
message. Under these treaty ar
rangements free, and favored admis-
sion has been secured in every case Tor
an important list of American products
Especial care has been taken to secure
markets for farm products in order to
relieve that great underlying industry
OF the depression which the lack of an
adequate foreign market for our sur
plus often brings. An opening has
also been made for manufactured prod
ucts that will undoubtedly, if This pol
icy is maintained, greatly augment our
export trade. The full benefits of these
arrangements cannot be realized in
stantly. New lines of trade are to be
opened, and the commercial traveller
must survey the field, the manufac
turer must adapt his goods to the new
markets, and facilities for exchange
must be established. This work has
been well begun; our merchants and
manufacturers have entered the new
iields with courage and enterprise. In
the case of food products, and espe
cially with Cuba, the trade did not
need to wait, and the immediate re-
suits have been most gratifying. If
this policy and the trade arrangements
can be continued in force aud aided by
the establishment of American steam
ship lines, | do not doubt we shall,
within short period, secure fully one.
third OF the total trade of the countries
of Central aud South America, which
now amounts to about s6 Nc, 400, 100. In
1868 we had only abou Sper cent of this
ttoNSs 4 hC ApiiOWibS StttlStltS SHOW
the Increase in our trade with the
countries with which we have reciproc.
ity trade agreements from the date
when such agreements went into effect
up to September 81, 1892, the increase
being in some almost wholly, and in
Others in an important degree, the re-
suit of the agreement.
The domestic exports to Germany
and Austria Hungary have increased
in value from s47 1913, 756 to S57, $685. "a,
an increase of 81 1913 S, or 62l .e3 per
cent. With American countries the
value of our exports has increased
from S4i, Is 80 to S54 ,6lS ,59S, an in
crease of slp, ass $50, OF 2S 81 per cent,
The total increase in value of exports
TO all the countries with which we have
reciprocity agreements has been $2,,-
712,67l. This increase is chiefly in
wheat, -four, meat and dairy products.
and manufactures of iron and steel
and lumber. There has been large
increase in the value of imports from
all these countries since the CONNER
cial agreements went into effect.
amounting to s74,294 ,525, but it has