The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-07
OBJECTION FROM ARGENTINE,
GREAT FAULT FOUND WITH THE
NEW TARIFF LAW.
Heavy Concessions Have Always
Been Made to the United States
Reciprocity or Retaliation -
WhichP

Washington, Sept. 6-Senor NJ. Garcia
Merou, the Argentine minister, has not
yet received official notice of the message
sent to the Argentine congress by PreSi-
dent ,Uruibaya suggesting either recipro-
cal treaties with the United States or re-
taliatory tariff legislation If the United
States declines to make a treaty, but ne
is familiar with its purport, as 1T is in
line with the negotiations ne has con-
duc.ed for some time With. the state de-
pdrtment.
He is expecting information from his
government at an early day. The present
action in Argentina was foreShadoWed by
Senior Merou in an or1tctal note which he
sent to Secretary Sherman some time
ago, In this the minister referred to the
PAINFUL surprise of his government on
nearing of the practically prohlbltory rate
ofduty which threatened Argentine WOOL.
He also presented a statement prom the
trade between the two countries. which
he said showed that tine main articles
sent by the Argentine TO the United
bristles. In 1896 the Jllpments of wool
TO the United States We're q, ,S5l pounds
valued a 81. 6S9, ISL. Argentina also Turn
shed Il 3 per cent of all the hides brought
United Kingdom; - per cent Of all the
goat skins and Is per cent of all bristlfs
The new tariff law, the minister said
fixed practically prohibitive rates on wool
scented to be peculiarly burdensome, as
the Argentine, WOODS have more shrinkage
than Australian woods. thus permitting
the latter TO have an advantage he then
heavy tariff concessions to the United
States specifying as follows:
I'VE have on the free list, besides other
articles, mowers, 5reapers, thfeshers, raw
petroleum. coak coke. locomotives, rails
and stoves; We have reduced the duty on
lumber yellow pine and oak). on canned
goods, on petroleum, on COTTON goods. and
we are leVy1ng a moderate duty on all
Other American products imported there
Is per cent ad yalorem on ploWS, ma
chimes and motors of all kinds for agri-
cultural purposes; sewing machines,
resin, wire forcep5, fences, etc.}
me value OF mowers and reapers
shipped from the United States ito Ar
gentina, he said, was $,S17, 445 for the
year ending July l. 1893, while the. ship,
ments of mineral oil, lumber, tools, all
kinds of instruments, railroad equip
ments, cts. also We're large.
This document he sums up with mora
recent statement, in which he shows. by
official statistics, that for period of ten
years, 1887 TO 1897 inclusive. the trade of
the two countries has almost balanced,
the shipments from Argentina 10 the
from the United States TO Argentina $751;,
1G4 605. President Urubaiya's plan con-
templates that the Argentine tariff rates
SHAH be remodelled SO IS to provide a
maximum tariff and d minimum tariff.
similar to the plan of European countries.
The advantages of the minimum rates
will then be accorded to the United
States If a reciprocal treaty is negotiated
which VIII give concessions TO Argentine
goods Argentina will urge that a treaty
be negotiated by which the president
grants 20 per cent reduction in the duties
on SUCH goods as may be agreed on. The
agreed negotiations will not be open I'M.
iii. however, senior Merou receives ex-
pEcit instructions from his government