The Indianapolis journal., 1895-12-31
AN ARGENTINE PLEA.
SenOr DOminguex Wants South Amer
lean Wool Exempt from Duty.

senior DOm1ngueE wants South Amer
lean Wool Exempt from Duty.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30- Senator Voor-
hees presented in the Senate to-day COM
munication from Senior v. ]. Dominguez.
charge d'affaires of the Argentine legation
in this city, bearing upoI the relations be-
tween Argentine and the United States as
affected by the duty which it is proposed to
levy on wool under the House revenue tar
iff bill. Senior Dominguez says: 'If, as
apparent, the United States wishes to cul-
tivate closer relations with the South Amer
lean republics it would be greatly desired
that this market should not be shut up to
one of the chief products of the Argentine
Republic. In order that there should not
be any interruption In the good feeling, now
happily existing, and to avoid disturbing the
commercial relations between the two coun-
tries, the undersigned ventures to ask
whether 1t could not be suggested that in
considering the bill the proposed duty should
be made to apply only to countries other
importations from South America are COM
paratively small. He instances the state
ment of the National Wool Growers Asso-
citation that the sheep raiserS' chief COM
plaint is against Australian woods. and sug-
gests that all desired ends could be
complished by exempting the South Amer
lean countries from the operations Of the
bin. He then adds: "In this way the rela-
tionS with sister republic would not be
affected and the Argentine Republic would
supply, in a moderate degree, the wants of
this market, while the United States while
taking advantage of the field opened to
American manufacturers in that country,
could continue to expand her exports" Mr..
Domnguez calls attention to the facts that
the principal European nations admit South
American wool free and asks how, If Con-
gress desires friendly and closer relations
between this country and the other Amer
lean states, 1T can pass a measure which
will exclude from this market the chief
product of one of the South American
countries. After some debate. the COM
munication was referred to the committee
on finance
Americans to Work Peruvian Mines.
WASHINGTON, Dec. So.-United States
Consul Jastromski, at Callao, Peru, has re-
ported to the State Department on an ex-
tremely liberal concession made by the Pc
ruvian government to an American citizen.
Cuthbert b. Jones, and associates, for the
construction of a railway from the coast to
the district of Hualgayoc. where coal mines
of great value are reported to exist, about
forty OF which are already owned by the
American company. The company is given
exclusive privileges for twenty years, ex-
cept as against the Intercontinental rail-
road and a grant of one kilometer of public
land for every kilometer of track. The
mines are said to yield bituminous and an
thracite Goals equal to the coal of Pennsyl-
vania, and as United States war ship
the Alert-recently paid $3.50 per ton for
pates great benefits to navigation to follow
the exploitation of these native mines.
which are said to be inexhaustible and easy
to work
A Jones Financial Measure.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Jones.
of Arkansas. to-day presented an amend
ment which he proposes to offer to the
House bond bill. 1t provides that any
holder of silver bullion who is a resident of
the United States may tender the same 10
the Secretary of the Treasury and have it
coined into silver dollars. the seigniorage to
be the difference between the coinage value
and the market price of the bullion in New
York: for the cancellation OF all bank notes
of less than SO: directing the Secretary of
the Treasury to coin the silver bullion in
the treasury into silver dollars to be used
in redeeming the treasury notes issued for
the purpose of purchasing silver bullion
under the Sherman act. and for the redemp-
ton OF the greenbacks in either gold or
silver and for their reissue according to the
provisions of the act OF 1878.
The President Replies to the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30-The President
has replied TO the Senate resolution inquir-
ing why exequaturs refused by Tur-
key TO our vice consuls at Erzerum and
Kharput while they were granted to con-
suls OF other nations by transmitting a note
on the subject by Secretary Olney. The Sc =
retary says the first report, made on the
18th instant, gave to Congress all o. the
facts but that ii contained an error in
already established consulates at KhaTpat,
and that from later advices il Is known no
that place. At ErzeruIn consulates are
maintained by Persia ard Russia and vice
consulates by France and Italy.
To Enlarge the Commission.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.--A bill introduced
In the Senate to-day by Senator Chandler