New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03
PRAISE FOR RECIPROCITY.
INcONTfSTABLE TESTIMONY As TO INCREASE
or TRADE FOLLOWING THE TREATIES

INcONTfSTABLE TESTIMONY As TO INCREASE
or TRADE FOLLOWING THE TREATIES
since tho rcprority treaty went into effect the
trade Of the United state, with south American conn
trcs has almost doubled. And IA" exports 10 thcs'
counties TO a great extent have been manufactured
,ftlccs. J. p Mcday Of the firm Of \ X whitney
CO.. iron and steel commission merchants Is In posi-
don 10 observe the trcct the reciprocity treaty hlH
had IN Increasing the exports II this county, and when
.t,.ak,ng Of the matter the other day he said
Every bu>ln.r, man who T. directly Interested In
tho amount Of the exports. AMI Who has wachcd the
figures could not help having noticed the lncr'a 81
amount Of our trade sincc tho rccppiv treaty went
into cncrt. The Increased amount Of trade Win inc
spanish West lrdcS has been eSP' ca!ly noo"ah" of
late The trade with the west coast II Souih America
and Brazil especially in The shipment Of nails. also laf
rccased 10 a great extent, and from the present IN
dlcatious the trtds will he s greater before long
When The exports 10 the south American conhtnc' o
the last few weeks compared With those 81 former
years II is plain To he That the Increase has bee"
,omcthing remarkable And | attribute the great
change Ia the reciprocity treaties All that l. needed
nov Is increased steam facc, between here and south
America The trouble IS that the people At the Other
md ~ the line complain because their orders are not
nlIcl promptly enough. We certainly should have
more steamship lines going 10 Sonth America ana now
hat reciprocity has created such dcmatd. nave Il"
donbt that the necessary boats will soon bo carrying
freight 10 the far southern ports.
\ look AZ the exports to Central America for the
week ending June II viii show what good effect
reciprocity has had on exports. The exports
for the seven days ending June - amounted Ia sd'
O0O and $50 900 worth Of the shipments we're manu-
featured gods Of varou, kinds. The exports To
Cuba for the same week 49, 900. and Of tins
NOT more than $4,000 products Of the soil
such As nour or corn ana other cereals Before the
reciprocity treaty went into effect the figures we're
not anything like those have mentioned.
1--WE do not look for much trade with Mexico In
the line Of corn. nails manufactured materials, rs
The duty imposed on such articles Is very high. The
Mexican duty on nails Is 1. ; aud 10 cents pound
and such n duty means that American made nails
must keep Of the country. They do this In order
10 build up the industry IN Mexico. 50 In the iron
and steel line do not expect much Of trade with
lirNco7
j. T. Mason. tho NewYorh manager OF the Potts
town Iron Company, Of Pottstown, Penn, also says
the reciprocity treaties have been the Of d0ub
ling the cOmpany's trade with the South American
counties. we are shipping 10 cuba and to
south America from mills alone from GOO to
1000 kegs Of nails month. while Int year the
exports were only 5000 kegs And nfcr July |.
when the duty /, taken or. Sh pmcnts 10 Cuba
viii Increase. We holding about 1000 kegs OF
nails b. be shipped July TO cuba Since the
reciprocity treaties into effect have also
been shipping boiler plates TO south America. BE
fore the treaties wcrV made We had no shipments OF
TIL, kind. This speaks well for rccipro,ity.'