Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-12-09
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Reciprocity Treaties.
There has been adjusted under section
3.f the tariff law commercial agreements
relating to reciprocal trade with the fol-
lowing countries: Brazil, Dominican re-
public, Spain for Cuba and Puerto Rico,
Guatamaia, 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-
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
manufacturer must adopt his goods to the
new markets, and facilities for exchange
must be established.
Trade from South America.
lfthe 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 a short period, secure
fully one-third Of the total trade of the
countries of Central and South America,
which now amounts to $3JO.000, 900 an
nually In 1885 we had only per cent of
this trade. The alarmed attention of our
European competitors 'or the South
American msDket has been attracted to
the new American policy and to our
acquisition and their loss of South Amer
lean trade.
The Behring Sea Matter.
The president next reviews the Behrine
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 good case before the arbitration
committee.
IN regard to the conference between the
Dominion of Canada and the United
States regarding closer made relations
CA0 PACoAOOAV o. oAeCI ACCA1AuH VIC pre-
liminary arrangements for the confer
enoe: The conference developed the fact
chat the Canadian government was only
prepared to offer tn the United States, in
exchange for the conc essions 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 holly with the people of Can
ada.
Trade Relations with Canada.
Speaking Of trade relations with Con.
ada the president says that somewhat
radical revision should be made In the
matter of canal tolls our treaty rights
have been hagrantly 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, il 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 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 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 Chilian and
Italian incidents is touched upon snd
their satisfactory settlement noted by the
president. Several other 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. ta
The Nicaragua Canal.
repeat with great earnestress the
recommendation which I have made in
several previous messages that prompt |
and adequate support be given to the
American company engaged in the CON
strucSlon OF the Nicaragua ship canal. It !