The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-12-09

executive departments which are here
with submitted, have very naturally in
cluded resume of the whole work of the
administration with the transactions of
the last fiscal year. The attention not
only of con eress but Of the country is
again invited to tn methods of admins
tration which have been pursued and to
the results which have been attained.
Public revenues amounting 20 81, Ala, 079, :
1872. 90 have been collected and disbursed
without loss from misrepresentation, with
out single defalcation of such import
ance as to attract the public attention.
and at a diminished per cent of cost for
collection. The public business has
been transacted not only with fidelity
but progressively, and with view to give
to the people in the fullest possible good
service established and maintained for
their protection and comfort.
Reciprocity Treaties.
There has been adjusted under section
IF the tariff law commercial agreements
rellting to reciprocal trade with the fol-
lowing countries: Brazil, Dominican re-
public, Spain for Cuba and Puerto Rico,
Guatemala, San Salvador, the German
empire, Great Britain for certain West
Indian colonies and British Guiana, Nicar-
aqua, Honduras, and Austria Hungary.
OF these, those with Guatemala. Sal
vador, the German empire, Great Britain.
Nicaragua, Honduras and Austria Hun
gary have been concluded since my last
annual message. Under these trade ar
rangements, free or favored admission
has been secured in every case for an i'm
portant list of American procucts. Espe-
cial care has been taken to secure
markets for farm products in order to
relieve that great industry long under
depression for the lack of an adequate
foreign market for our surplus produc-
tion, also for our manufactured produc
tions, which will. if this policy is Main
tanned, greatly augment our export trade
The full benefits of these arrangements
cannot be realized instantly New lines
of trade are to be opened The CONNER
cial traveller must survey the field The
manufacturer must adopt his goods to the
new markets, and facilities for exchange
must be established.
Trade from south America.
If the present policy and these trade ar
rangements can be continued in force
and aided by the establishment of Ameri-
can steamship lines, do not doubt that
we shall, within short period, secure
fully one-third Of the total trade of the
countries of Central and South America
which now amounts to $3W.000,O00 an
nually. In 1885 we had only 8 per cent of
this trade. The alarmed attention of our
European competitors 'or the South
American market has been attracted to-
the new American policy AMI TO or
.sksz 4 1T e
lean trade.
The Behring Sea Mn.t-s
The president next reviews the l;ehring
Sea negotiations leading up to the treaty
of arbitration, with which all newspaper
readers are already familiar. He concludes
by saying he believes the United States
has a good Case before the arbitration
committee.
In regard to the conferehc. bet sreen tn {
Dominion of Canada and the Units4
States regarding closer made reat ,as
the president says. after reciting the p -
liminary arrangements for the confer
ence: The conference developed the fact
that the Canadian government was only
prepared to offer tn the United States. in
exchange for the concessions asked the
admission of neutral products. The
statement WAS frankly made that fav
ored rates could not bs given To the
United States as against the mother
country. This admission, which waa
foreseen, necessarily terminated the con
ference upon this question The beuefits
of an exchange of natural products wOnld
be almost wholly with the people VI Can
ada.
Trade Re1ati"ns WITH Co.ad.
Speaking of trade relations with Can
ada, the president says that somewhat
radical revision should be made In the
matter of canal tolls our treaty rights
have been fagrantly disregarded Cana
dian railroads compete for traffic without
the restraints of the Interstate commerce
law, and their cars pass through OUT ter
ritory almost without detention
There is no disposition on the part of
the people or government of the United
States to interfere in the smallest degree
with the political relations of Canada
That question is wholly with her own
people. 1t is time for us. however, to con
slider whether. if the present state of
things and trend of things is to continue,
our exchanges upon lines of land trans
portation should not be put upon n differ.
ent basis, and our entire independence OF
Canadian canals and of the St. Lawrence
as an outlet to the sea secured by the con-
struction of an American canal around
the Falls of the Yarmara. and the open
ing of ship communication between the
Great Lakes and one of 1ur own seaports
We should not hesitate to avail ourselves
of our great natural trade advantages.
We should withdraw the support which
is given to the railroads and steamship
lines of Canada by a traffic that properly
belongs to us, and to no longer to furnish
the earnings which tighten the other
wise crushing weight of the enormous
public subsidies that have been given to
them.
Gillian and Italian Incidents.
The settlement Of the CHILEAN and
Italian incidents is touched upon end
their satisfactory settlement noted by che
president. Several ether minor foreign
incidents are also touched upon and in
most cases satisfactory settlement re-
corded. The specially friendly relations
with Hawaii are commented upon ard
the need of cable communication with
that country is reiterated.
The Nicaragua Canal.
I repeat with great earnestress Tie
Recommendation which 1 have made ia
several previous messages that prompt
and adequate support be given to the
American company engaged in tie con-
struc5ion of the Nicaragua ship canal. It
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