The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-08
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There have been negotiated and con-
ciuded under section of the tariff
law, commercial agreements relating
to reciprocal trade with the following
countries: Brazil, Dominican Repub-
llc, spain for Cuba and Puerto Rico,
Guatemala. Salvador, the German
Empire, Great Britain for certain
West Indian colonies and British
Guiana, Nicaragua, Honduras and
Austria Hungary. OF these, those
with Guatamala, Salvador, the Ger
man Empire, Great Britain, Nicara-
qua, Honduras and Austria. Hungary
have been concluded since my last
annual message. Under these trade
arrangements, q free favored admis-
sion has been secured in every case
Tor an important lss of American
products
In the case of food products, and
especially ith Cuba, the trade did
not need to wait and the immediate
results have been most gratifying. If
the policy and the trade arrange
ments can be continued In force, and
aided by the establishment of Ameri-
can steamship lines, 1 do not dou bt
that we shall within short period
SOOuhV vi tno lOl8l
trade of the countries OF Central and
South America, which now amounts
to about 5000, ,000,000 In 1865 we had !
only s per cent OF this trade. The total
increase in the value Of exports to all
countries with which we have reci-
procity agreements has been $20;772,-
62l. This increase,is chiefly in wheat,
flour, meat and dairy products and
M a m IN fo nj tur Of
ber. There has been large increase
In the value of imports from all those
countries since the commercial agree.
ment went into effect, amounting to
$74, 294 ,525, but 1t 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-
tion and their loss of South American,
trade.
AssT3' CANADA.
The Canadian Pacific railroad
brought into the United States from
China and Japan via British Column
bia during the year ending June 80,
1892, %, ,239 ,8S9 pounds of freight, and
Ii carried from the United States to be.
shipped to China and Japan via Brit
ish Columbia 24,068,348 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
during the same year 1891 ,018,
pounds of freight, and there were re.
ceived over this road at the United
States Eastern ports from ports on
the Pacific coast 3,293, ,81SE pounds of
freight. Mr.. Joseph Nimmo, jr
former chiet Of the bureau of statis.
tics, when before the senateselect COM.
mittee on relations with Canada,
April 20, 1890, said that the "value OF
goods thus transported between diff
ferent points in the United
States across Canadadian territory
probably amounts to 100000 900
u year" There IL no, disposition on
the part of the people, or government
of the United States to interfere in the
smallest degree with the political re-
lations of Canada. That question Is
wholly with her own people. 1t is
time for us however, to consider
whether, If the present state and
trend of things Is to continue, our in
terchanges upon lines of land trans-
portation should not be. put upon q
different basis and our entire inde-
pendenee of Canadian canals and of
the st. Lawrence, as an outlet to the
sea secured by the construction of an
American causl around the falls of
Niagara and the opening of ship COM
munication between the great lakes
and one of our own sea ports. We
should not hesitate to avail ourselves
Of our great national trade advant-
ages. We should, Withdraw the sup.
port which is given 10 the railroads
and steamship lines OF Canada by O
traffic that properly belongs to US and
no longer furnish the earnings which
tighten the otherwise crushing weight
of the enormous public subsidies that
have been given to them.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
/ repeat with great earnestness the
recommendation which / have made
in several previous messages, that
prompt and adequate support he given
to the American company ero .oed In
the construction of the Ni~rAguan
ship canal. 1t Is Impossible 10 over
obdOO UnO N6iuo lEOIn oN6ry bldDupOtut
of the great enterprise, and / hope
that there may be lime even In this
congress to give 1t an impetus that
will insure the early completion of the
canal andseeure TO the United Statos-
its proper relation to it when com
pleted.
MONETARY CONFERENCE.
The congress has been already adj
vised that the invitations OF this gov
ernment for the assembling of an in
ternational monetary conference to
consider the question of an en-
larged issue of silver were ac-
cepted by the nations to which
they were issued. The conference as
sembled at Brussels on the 22d of No
vember, and has entered upon the
of this great question.
/ have not doubted, and have taken
to express that belief, as we'll
in the invitations issued for this con-
ference as In my public message, that
the free coinage of silver upon an
agreed International ratio would
greatly Dromote the intaraata of our