Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-15

often brings. An opening has also been made
for manufactured products that viii undoubt-
eddy, if this policy Is main tanned, greatly aug
ment our export trade The full benefits of
these arrangements cannot be realized instant
ly
The following statistics show the increase in
our trade with the countries with which we
have reciprocal trade agreements from the date
when such agreements went into effect up to
September 80, 1892, the in crease being in some
almost wholly and in others in an important de-
gree the result of these agreements:
The domestic exports TO Germany, Austria
and Hungary have increased in value from ST.,
673,756 to s57,ss3 064, an increase of s103l9,-
3o8 With American countries our ex-
ports have increased from s44, ,255 to
46f3, sos. an increase of SO ,3l3 % 67 per
cent. The total increase in the value of exports
to all the countries with which have reci-
procity agreements has been S2),s72, 62t This
increase is chiefly in wheat, flour, meat and
dairy products. and manufactures of iron and
steel and lumber There has been . large in
crease in the value of imports from all these
countries since the commercial agreements
went into effect amounting to 75,294.52o but it
has been entirely in imports from the American
countries. consisting mostly Of sugar, coffee,
India rubber and crude drugs The alarmed
attention of our European competitors for the
South American market has been attracted to
this new American policy and to our acquisi-
ton and their loss of South American trade
THE CANADIAN DIFFICULTIES
A treaty providing for the arbitration of the
dispute between Great Britain and the United
States to the killing of seals in the Behring
sea was concluded on the 10Th of February last.
This treaty accompanied by an agreement
prohibiting pelagic sealing pending the arbitra-
ton and vigorous effort was made during this
season to drive out all poaching steamers from
the Behring sea.
The case of the United States for the tribunal
of arbitration has been prepared with great
care and industry by Hon. John w. Foster, and
the counsel who represent this government ex-
press confidence that o result subs tantially es-
taI1J isl ir1tro
industry to the benefit of all nations will be at
tanned.
During the past year suggestion was
ceived through the British niniSt ter that the Ca
nadian government would like to confer as to
the possibility of charging upon terms OF
mutual advantage the commercial exchanges OF
Canada and OF the United States, and con-
ference was held at w Washington with Mr.. Blaine
acting for this government, and the British min
lister at this capital and three members OF the de-
minion cabinet acting as commissioners on the
part Of Great Britain. The conference devel-
Oped the fact that the Canadian government
was only prepared to offer to the United States
in exchange for the concessions asked the adj
mission of natural products. The statements
they made that favored rates could not be
given to the United States as against the
mother country. This admission foreseen
necessarily terminated the conference upon
this question.
The benefits of an exchange of the natural
products would be almost wholly with the peo-
pie of Canada Other topics of interest were
considered in the conference and have resulted
in the making of a convention for examining
the Alaskan boundary, the waters of Passama-
quoddv bay adjacent to EaStpOrt, Me-, and on
the initiation of an arrangement for the protec-
ton of fish life in the coterminous and neigh
boring waters OF our north boundary.
The controversy as to the tolls upon the Wei
land canal, which was presented to congress at
the last session by special message, having
failed of adjustment, I felt constrained to
ercise the authority conferred by the act Of
July 26 1892, and to proclaim q suspension of
the free use of ST. MaryS Falls canal to cargoeS
in transit to ports in Canada. The secretary OF
the treasury established such tolls were
thought to be equivalent to the eXactions un-
justly levied upon our commerce In the Cana
dian canals
If, as must suppose, the political relations
Of Canada and the disposition of the Canadian
government, are to remain UNCHANGED, a some
what radical revision of our trade relations
should, think. be made Our relations must
continue to be intimate, and they should be
friendly. L regret to say, however, that in
many of the controversies, notably those
to the fisheries on the Atlantic, the
sealing interests the Pacific and
the canal tolls, our negotiations
with Great Britain have continuously been
thwarted or retarded by unreasonable and I'M
friendly objections and protests from Canada
In the matter of the canal tolls, our treaty
rights were fagrantly disregarded. It is hard
~ too much to say that the Canadian Pacific
and other railway lines which parallel our
y
having it's origin Or the originatOrs, or both, in
the UniIed States. The Canadian railroads
compete with those of the United States for
our traffic and without the restraints Of our in
ter-state commerce act. Their carS.pasS almost
without detention in and out of territory.
The Canadian Pacific railway brought into the
United States from China and Japan via British
Columbia during the year ended June So 1892,
% 239. $50 pounds of freight and it carried from
the United States to be shipped to China ana
Japan via British Columbia "a, O6S, 346 pounds of
freight There were also shipped from the United
States over this road from eastern ports of the
United States government and Pacific ports dur
ing the year. 13, 92 0l3 pounds of freight and
there were received over this road at the United
States eastern ports from ports on the Pacific
coast ID 293, 315 pounds of freight. Mr.. Joseph
Nimmo, former chief of the bureau of statistics,
when before the senate committee on cations
with Canada, April 49, $780, said that the value
of goods thus transported between different
points in the United States across Canadian
territory, probably amounts to 500, 600 900 a
year.
There is no disposition on the part of the peo-
pie or government OF the United States to in
terfere in the smallest degree with the political
relations of Canada. That question is wholly
with her own people. 1t is time for us, how
ever, to consider whether, if the present state
of things and trend of things is to continue, our
| interchanges upon lines of land transportation
| should not be put upon a different basis, and
| our entire independence of Canadian ca
nails and OF the St Lawrence as
|
cons truction of American canal around the
! falls of niagara and the opening of ship COM
municatiou between the great lakes and one of
| our ports We should not hesitate to
| avail ourselves of our great natural trade ad-
| vantageS. We should withdraw the support
| which is given to the railroads and steamship
| tines of Canada by traffic that properly be-
! longs to and no longer furnish the earnings
| which tighten the otherwise crushing weight of
| the enormous public subsidies that have been
| given TO them. The object of the power Of the
| further legislation has been under considera-
| tion but circumstances have postponed q con-
clusion 1t IS probable that a conSidera ton of
| the propriety of q modification or abrogation of
| the article Of the treaty of Washington elating
to the transit of goods in bond is involved in any
| complete solution of the question
| TIE AFFAIR WITH CHILL
Congress at the last session was advised of
| the progress of the threatening differences
with the republic of Chill. It gives me now great
| qualification to report that the Gillian govern
| ment in a most friendly and honorable spirit,
| has rendered and paid as an indemnity &c
| were killed and to those who were injured il
the outbreak in the city Of Valparaiso the sum
of s75 GJ). This has been accepted, not only as
an indemnity for n wrong done, but mosi
gratifying evidence that the government oil
Chilli rightly appreciates the disposition of this
government to act in a spirit OF absolute fair
ness and friendliness in our intercourse with
that brave ueoOie a further and conclusive