The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-12-21
SATURDAY, : DECEMBER 2l, lsi
HISTORY. OF FAMOUS TREATY.

brates the first centennial of the first
great occurrence in its history. One
hundred years ago the successful result
of John jays mission to England, with
the full text of the treaty he had nego-
tIated, had just been made known. This
treaty marks the line in American COM
merce between constructive success and
doubtful uncertainty, says the New
York Tribune.
jays treaty secured in the first place
a promise of peace at a time when such
a promise was urgently necessary to In
sure that tranquility indispensable to
nations or individuals who desire to put
their houses in order. The treaty gave
the United States business in place of
war, at time when it was languishing
for want of profitable employment and
was in no condition whatever to invite a
new conflict. It secured peace with
honor, the exalted craftsmanship of it's
author perceiving that it was necessary
to grow in strength rather in aggressive
ness. By allowing no coercion of the
subjects of Great Britain or OF the citi-
zens of the United States, it established
principle of individual liberty that WIS
most salutary in its effects. 1t opened
to trade the door that had seemed 10 be
hopelessly closed. Not the least of the
good effects of this treaty was the re-
moval of all British troops and garri-
sons within the United States, where
they were still held in violation of the
treaty of 1888.
The freedom of commerce and naviga-
ton, then so vital to the prosperity of
the nation; the absence of discriminate
ing duties on account of nationality; the
appointment of commissioners to decide
on disputed questions of geographical
boundaries; the introduction of the ad-
mirable principle of arbitration to adjust
the claim of subjects of the one against
the citizens of the other country-these
are but a moiety of the national benefits
conferred by the treaty negotiated by
Mr.. Jay. The treaty was based on the
assumption that it was an instrument
affecting nations possessing the highest
civilization. The provision that private
debts and moneys were not to be inter-
fered with between the people of the
two countries was a proof of this. Mr..
Jay, as well as Lord Grenville, recog-
nized the truth of the principle that war
does not wipe out an obligation made in
dependent of war. The regulation of
the East Indian trade; the equalization
of tonnage duties; the protection of Off
GERS, passengers and crews on neutral
vessels, and especially the clause rela-
tive to the treatment of the subjects and
citizens of one nation In the dominions
of the other in time of war-these pro-
visions signalize the wisdom, the fore
thought and the unimpassioned commc n
sense which was the underlying princi-
pie of the treaty which has conferred
lasting benefits upon our country.
IT'S EFFECT IMMEDIATE.
History tells the story of the success
which followed the treaty. The mer-
chants of the country felt the stimulus
of the new life at once. Foreign trade
jumped from $67 .643, 725 in 1894 to $117,-
TAG, lao in 1895, and in 1896 it reached
$l40,010,7 ,789 in amount. Shipbuilding
in America saw it's first great boom.
Though foreign trade more than doubled
from 1874 to 1896, the proportion of
trade in America built ships was only
Sc per cent of the whole in 1894, while
IN 1876 it was 90 per cent of the more
than doubly increased whole.