The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-08
GRESHAM'S FIRM HAND
Strong Only With the Lesser
Nations.
WEAK WITH THE GREATER.
What Was Lost When Reciprocity
Was Abandoned.
LETTERS FROM DIVERS DIPLOMATS
Making Protests against the Discrimin.
ati0HS Set Out in the Tariff
Bill Of Dir. Wilson.

WASHINGTON, FEB. z. - Inc PRESIDENT (
to-day transmitted to the Senate a re-
port from the Secretary OF State in response
to Senator Aldrich's resolution of January
16, giving the correspondence with Ger
many, Austria and other European coun-
tries concerning the effect of the present
tariff law on the commerce of the United
States with those countries with especial
reference to the duty on sugar. The cor
respondence bearing upon the subject was
forwarded with the Secretary's state
ment.
The correspondence between Secretary
Gresham and Sir Julian Pauncefote, Brit
ish ambassador, shows that the first in
quiry was made as to the effect Of the sugar
sections upon the agreements with the
West Indies under the Mckinley act OF
August "a, and that Mr.. Gresham replied
on the 25th that the action would have the
effect of canceling agreements.
The correspondence also contains the
correspondence between the Secretary OF
State and all other countries concerning
the cancellation of the reciprocity agree
ments, including Nicaragua, Guatemala,
Austria-Hungary and the rest.
The full text of the protest of the Aus
tria-Hungary Minister'S protest of January
3 is contained in the list. He calls atten-
ton to the fact that the imposition of the
differential duty of one-tenth of cent on
sugar imported from countries paying a
bounty is entirely at variance with the
treaty concluded in 1892 between his coun-
try and this providing against discrimi-
mating duties, and says the result Of the
continuance of this policy would be that
\, o. ha 01l IN
independently.
In his reply Mr.. Gresham asks post.
ponement of the conference until after the
disposal of the bill in Congress to repeal
the discriminating law. Mr.. Gresham,
under date of January 30, also makes the
suggestion to Count de Reventlow, Danish
Minister, that the controversy between
Denmark and the United States over the
discriminating sugar duty should be post
poned in view of the tendency of the bill
repeating the duty in Congress. This was
in reply to long letter from the Count of
January 10, in which he sought to show
that no direct bounty is paid on sugars ex-
ported from Denmark; that an indirect
bounty is allowed only in the way of re-
! fund on a certain class of refined sugars
when manufactured in Denmark and ex-
| ported abroad, and that no bounty, direct
or indirect, is paid on sugars produced and
exported from the Danish West Indies.
He says the King of Denmark is very anx-
ious that his country should be stricken
from the list of bounty paying countries,
but asks, if this cannot be done, that the
Danish West Indies may be placed outside
the provisions of the additional duty.
The full correspondence with Spain con-
corning the dealings of the United States
with Cuba is given up to the 5th inst,
the date of dispatch from Mr. Taylor,
stating the Queen has approved the, bill
putting into effect the modus vivendi and
that Cuba will be Immediately notified.
Nearly all this correspondence has already
been published.
While acquiescing in behalf of his Govern
ment in the cessation of reciprocal agree
ment between the United States and his
country, Senior Gil, Charge Affaires of the
Dominican Republic, says: "The exist
ence of the treaty has had great influ-
ence in the development of commercial re-
lations between the two countries, so it is
legitimate to hope that the mutual benefit
following from its practical operation will
not be diminished otherwise than by the
natural consequences of its revocation"
There is also complete transcript of the
correspondence between the Secretary of
State and Minister Zeballos of the Argen-
tine Republic, beginning June 80, 1894, in
which the latter expresses the qualification
of his country over the action of the Ways
and Means Committee in recommending
the removal of the American duty on Ar
gentine woods, and states that in apprecia-
ton of this act his Government has in
cluded crude petroleum among the articles
to be admitted free in that country. Re-
plying to this, Assistant Secretary Uhl says
it is expected that the Argentine Congress
will also exempt lumber, lubricating and
fuel oils and refined petroleum from the
United States from the imposition of
dnfies