The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-12-08

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 Inn
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-
ton, also for our manufactured produe-
tions, which will, if this. policy is lain.
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 arr
rangements can be continued in force
and aided by the establishment of Ameri-
can steamship lines, do not doubt that
we shall, within a short period, secure
fully one third Of the total trade of the
countries of Central and South America,
which now amounts to $3J0,OOO,OO0 an
nually In 1885 we had only per cent o.
this trade. The alarmed attention of ouI
European Compel iors 'or the South
American market has been attracted t.
the new American policy and to orr
acquisition and their loss of South Amer
lean trade.
The Behring Sea Matter.
The president next reviews the Behring
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 conference between the
Dominion OF Canada and the United
States regarding closer made relations
the president says, after reciting the pre-
liminary arrangements for the confer
ence: The conference developed the fact
that the Canadian government was only
prepared to offer to the United States, in
exchange for the concessions asked, the
admission of natural products. The
statement was frankly made that fav-
ored rates could not be given to the
United States as against the mother
country. This admission, which was
foreseen, necessarily terminated the con-
ference upon this question. The benefits
of an exchange of natural products would
be almost wholly with the people of Can
ada.
Trade Relations with Canada.
Speaking Of trade relations with Can
ada, the president says that somewhat
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matter of canal tolls our treaty rights
have been f1agrantly disregarded. Cana
dian railroads compete for traffic without
the restraints of the interstate commerce
law, and their cars pass through our 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 a 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 our 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 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 giyen to
them.
Gillian and italian Incidents.
The settlement of the Gillian and
Italian incidents is touched upon and
their satisfactory settlement noted by the
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 and
the need of cable communication with
that country is reiterated
The Nicaragua Canal.
I repeat with great earnestress the
recommendation which l have made in
several previous messages that prompt
anu euuuudbo suppOfp w StECh W NnS
American company engaged in the con con.
struc5ion OIL the nicaragua ship canal. 1t
is impossible to overstate the value from
every stand point of this great enterprise
and hope that there may be time, e'en
in this congress, to give to it an impetus
that will insure the early completion of
the canal and secure to the United States
it's proper relation to it when completed.
The Monetary Conference.
The con gress has been already advised
that the invitations of this government
for the assembling of an international
monetary conference to consider the
question of an enlarged issue of silver
was accepted by the nations to which
they were issued The conference assem-
bled at Brussels on the 22nd of November
and has entered upon the consideration of
this great question. have not doubted,
and have taken occasion to express that
belief, as we'll in ths int iiations issued
for this conference as in my public mes
sRges, that the free coinage of silver upon
an agreed international ratio would
greatly promote the interests of our peo-
pie and equally those of other nations. II
is too early to predict what results may
be accomplished by the conference. If
any temporary check or delay intervenes,
believe that very soon commercial con-
ditions will compel the now reluctant
governments to unite With rs i'll this
movement to secure the enlargement of
the volume of money needed for the tran
saction of the business of he world.