New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-08
TRADE WITH SOUTH AnH"1"
SOME TARIFF CHANGES NEChSo"
BRING ABOUT RECIPROCITY WI"
THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICS


w + Curtis in The Chicago Record
There has been an important change 10 ,m ar
mercal situation in Brazil since tne nssted in 1894
which mus, be taken no consideration n IN bn ire.
plating new treaty Wheat " NJ" Soreirn and local
Capital have invested in the erection rect The OF wheat
class modem ana nSut the Argentine The Inv
ports OF nour into Brazil are now srn pnormous
sma ten barrels then where send one batre
now and prices very mucn Io"sn, , 90 That,
srsr IA h. 2ade that they lucky Il they msKe
10 or IL cents profit on barre oecr ssd in the
tinted SAss !: 'ssa'si ni s5sas: ,Ss
labor permits the RTaTia Ran Il can in
this country Freights from the Arseh handliny has
hs he on reSneed to minimum although nobody ought
to Complain OF the cost Of T is so
c can ibat the tramp steamers will carry barrel
from baltimore BIO de JansrO for Eor afank
c 51 or The rates 1.s OIS 1ta thu n
UnItd states You can have bag Of coffee snDpea
from i" F0 , Ss sy Of e
distance 81 1000 miles. for the same price ,ion TO
grocery or private residence in this city ,or the
Brazil still imposes heavy duty on nod' INV at
t oerT' to remove or reduce i in reciprocity s ar
rangement with the United States Woula % On the
other hand. the United States Is the prnch,Paf
Brazilian COFFEE and COFFEE bd Is s the or
stap s . 0 Rrazan coTee or impose heavy
duty. II would ruin the planters ss o.. or con-
cesson 20 preserve the present SITUATION pthn
is also the chief source OF the wora nrod,,ct
We also take the largest part OF her noes: lied
what little sugar she ships comes ske profitable
treaty with Brazil It would be necessary 70 res'o'e
duties upon all h0fs ra1 holds good
ing Colombia and ysnszusa sSssp Yea,
MAJ, S a vnrv Wbetal treaty with the United states
under the authority Of the act on lob .nood his
mind and refused TO ratify It. so that IT was never
carried into effect There are some ~, noI,cv
s,o''ss masons have never appeared on the ON
c,al records Colombia became hufy at the star. r.
She SETON he and dared the United states
to impose higher duty upon pnnnn ne taking the
Sround that the treaty Of sis by wnirh ci' Pn
this country were perm nsnSc al prveges and
| the same rights in commerce that w11s si corre
to any other country Ihere "d reformation by
| President Harrison placing an embargo upo nnrt
onba coffee hides and o;her art h 5esotiaton OF
treaties with Ecuador Peru Bo rr a, oil The only
6s W WIZ lake nof rom Chill in quantity Is nitrate
Of soda: our Imports from Ecuador are mos.s , onv
AZ. am md few drugs and chemicals There Is. now
ever a steady flow OF exports 10 an OF .Tne ,ba,
enters into the wants Of The trade IL calflsd
on by two three large mercantle sreoas and
YORK VINO o I9au ,Sromgb their own weestab lished
agencies II We b mpS %oad make max On any Effort to
+ removed and the English influence y 30 grsf tikn
tina. that ne IN Of goods:
There might possibly be ar exchange @ hocoiate
Ecuad1r 10, in exchange for the free admission
OF our breadstuffs and provisions mo ;bousanS
trade amounts 10 on:y ie" "'"'isN
Difficulty IN II II. ses 3hs an T hn
treaties with foreign Powers contain what IS kn3mn
as the CLAUSE umaep that were
m moSa to re the United states would thus deprive
tne oHyantaee 10 our merchants There are few
articles in list OF our exports 70 'ns ,sb we do
rot meet competition from other countries Canaaa
and ship Lumber there as ws sale aI Of gem
era movement has recently Sesn the he
IN ali! ali exsns rea
tate new which shall not be uniform nn,vna 70
each aodns to the sas ALREADY saa See
tons Of III sra aeon the executive department Of
The FOR repor, Upon this , suSIrs. ane
is received il Is prssent a to give the for
ma, notlce OF a desire TO withdraw from exstihs
treaty r-tons This viii make ha eepo, p9s0 between
that oIovernment and the United States al,hou1 r
the Who are strongly ntrenched Buenos Ayres
win offer vigorous resistance to any p.op9 sis,e
win oTd their c9 ,s rk IN the United States
The only Of reciprocity on our side Is wool ana
gentine Republic It will be absolutely necessary 70 re-
store the duties upon those articles When me Ds IN
ocras in 1894 commenced their revision or the taIH
and proclaimed intention to remove ne duty o., On
wool Mr. Zeballos. the Argentine Minister ,unde.,
instructions from his Government notinen the Oniteu
States that II this done the Argentine Repuonc
would make liberal concessions In favor OF our prod
ucts The Committee on Ways and Means OF me
House and the Finance Committee OK tne sena!e
ridely ignored him. and did not even take the troupe
10 inquire what his Government was wiling TO DO:
Therefore when Mr.. Buchanan. our Minister went
to the authorities down there and said. See: our
Congress has put your wool on the free list; wnat
are vou going 10 do In return for our products?'
Nothing replied the Argentine Minister OF Foreign
Relations Your Congress took the duty on wool
for political reasons. and not from any friendship to
us"
Nevertheless when the Argentine Republic revised
its tariff for following as II does annually.
Mr. buchanan through his personal influence. sue
ceeded In securing several important concessions.
For example. the duty on wagons was reduced from
60 n 10 per cent: the duty yellow pine from $l 81
10 "a is per thousand and other importan, items.
The sItua ton in Uruguay Is similar 10 that In the
Argentine Republic. The conditions involved are the
same and In order 10 make treaty with that coun-
try II would he necessary for us TO trade upon duty
on wool and hides.