The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-27
i BOYCOTT ON SPAIN.
Discriminating Flag Duties
Soon 10 Be Declared.
cueAa SUGAR TO Be EXCLUDED
Mers Tssubas Caused by the Hsvsneyer
xnw-Grsshan Deet4ss % Mind His
or Basiness About Armenia.

washington City, Dec. 2ss-Cniess the
SPANISH government within q short tins
Indicates Hs pcrpeS> 10 remove TIE re-
xsrscsIorss now placed oss .ssssssrscan COM
n7erce With the 6parizfs West indies by
TIE imposition Of the maximum tariff on
Amerscan commodities. II Is probable the
president will Issue proclamation I'm
rossng discriminating Tag duties upon
Spanish Cuban and Porto Rican imports
into the United States. The intiHsafaoa
ef this purpose on the part Of tins presi-
dent In distinetiyesy conveyed IN a re-
Guest recently rsceyea BY the treasury
department from the department OF state
70 furnish IL With detailed Information
~ 70 the amount OF such impurts and
list OF the vessels carrying the Spanish
nag which trade with our ports. II was
tse original intention of the state de-
parsnaent TO hay@ recourse 10 the power
OF prohibition OF Ssanssf trade conveyed
by the act OF is31. Dat as this power has
never been exercised. AID as IL has been
dseaned best 10 follow 1hs line OF the pre-
eesiEnig. IL Is quite clear thai the Depart
ment has fallen back upon section i.z-s
u the ressse<s statutes
a paragraph Of the Ola Morrill, tariff
oct, which sill stands ON the statute
books. imposes duty Of 10 per cent. ia
assiiiioa 20 all other duties upon goods
brought into the United States In ships
Of foreign countries, unless they are ex-
pressiy relieved from the additional duty
By treaty. These are known as .'dsscrim-
mating dag duties.t' section 49, above
referred to. authorizing the president 10
suspend the bcEefts conferred By the dis
eliminating flag statute on being salts
fed that any country Is discriminating
against the Eiisted States IL the matter
81 trade X is a singular fact that the
sniy country which has 80 fac felt the
force OF This rcvixion OF tho Ian Is the
very one against whom II Is ~ be again
used. In 1896 our rriafsana with Sgaia
Hers 30 strained tia, President ctcpe-
Land issued proclamation reciting that
spain had failed 10 carry out the first ar
ilcle OF the commercial agreement signed
~ Madrid. February u. issi which stlpu-
aated that the diserentlal nag duties
should be relieved at onse from the Unit
ed States products entering Cuba ami
Porto Rseo. BciEg satisfied that higher
and discriminating duties had been impos-
ed. he therefore revoked the suspension
81 the discriminating customs duties i'm
posed In the ports Of the United States
upon Cuban and Porto Riean products
coming under the Spanish flag. The eff
feet OF this action by the president was
ainsost instantaneous. for in fourteen
days thereafter he issued proclamation
stating that by an agreement entered into
that day October q. 1856 Spain had re-
moved the source OF cur complaint ana
he consequently restored her to treat
ment under the favored nation clause Of
our treaty
The treasury officials. az The request OF
the state department.. are engaged ia coll
lscsing statistics showing the volume Of
tho trade that would be- affected by q
repetition OF his action in 1856 by the
president. II appears that the Spanish
colonies would get mach the worst OF IL.
The tables show that during the fiscal
year ended June 30 last. Cuba alone ex-
ported 10 the United States goods to the
aggregate value or sss.s.s..s and took
from US goods TO the amount OF only si9.-
Sn.sz7. Porto Rico sent us in the same
time goods valued at safas,6 and re.
caived Ia return goods 10 the amount of
s. sos,6is With the direct trade with spain
the Gaze was reversed. for exports to that
country were sis 1Os. 0ss. as against imports
amounting 70 si...ss1s.
The tariff differences between Spain and
the United States are heinz -saichea with
Keen interest b. other sugar producing
countries. particularly Hawaii and Brazil.
as the execution of Secretary Gresham's
threat TO discriminate against Cuban
products will create heavy demand for
raw sugar now brought almost exclusively
from Cuba
Mr. Hastings. the charge d'affaires OF
the Hawaiian legation. IS an Interested
observer Of the Spanish negotiations. The
Hawaiian sugar planters have been giving
close attention to Cuba OF late. many Of
them visiting the island and studying the
Cuban processes % making sugar. one Of
thesn wrete Mir. Hastings recently of the
antiaaetei methods prevailing. ana other
Hawaiian planters pointed ont 10 him that
the Cahans got but twenty-five tons Of
cane and two tons OF actual sugar 20 the
acre. The Hawaiian thought tina; double
this Yield could be obtained. and that the
Cuban Plantations could not exist IL Gu,
Of from the United States markets. Ha-
"@H WoAta sAl@fNt 70 Ne ncisuteu IL Cuba
was shut ous.
The Hawaslans expect soon 70 conclude
European treaties. Minister Thurston has
written TO Mr.. Hastings briefly from Lis
bon to the effect that his trip to Saai.s IS
proving entirely satisfactory The minis
ter has visited many European countries
fer the purpose az Inducing them 10 renew
their treaties Of commerce and an.ty With
tho new republic % the Pacific. lie has
also sought 10 make arrangements for i'm
migration 10 Hawaii ef tse better clss
OF isoorers. While he gives no exact de-
tails. the tenor OF his letter indicated S,,..-
cess, lie VIII retarn to Washington CITY
shout January Is.
Los5fos. Dec Ss--The D&siy News cor
respondent in Odessa says that nnYaeraa.
ArsiSenAsn refugees fretn Mesvsh and tsu.
'anSk are arriving at SartssianaSSh They
are en their way 30 EtchalaAxin. All ara
sn wresohed condition. TIE eorrSaxyson-
dent says that several couSpactaous Ar
naentans IN Neosa have been forced 10
embrace fsissnisus 80 save taeir lives anl
property and the honor OF their wives
and daughters.