The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-19
ANGLO-AMERlCAN COMMISSION
Is DevOtinG Present Att entiou TO tho
Matter of Reciprocity.

Washing. on. Nov. B-Members Of tho
Anglo-American commission. Canadians
and Americans expressed the nope today
that ule commission would complete Is
labors before the Christmas holidays but
they are not Yet willing 70 state that
treaty will be framed covering the many
subjects OF difference between ERE United
States and Canada Greater progress has
been made than is generally understood
and the rough draft az some OF thu art
cles OF the proposed treaty have been sub
mitted by sub-oousmittees and tentatively
approved. These. however, cover the
minor questions. While rhs Important sub
jects OF the north Atlantic fisheries. reel
procity and Boring sea remain open.
While the commission treats al state
meut sregarding its work as unauthorized
yet Il is understood by those acquainted
with is work that the questions Of Dor
der immigration. mining rights. lake hsa-
cries and the Alaskan -CanaAian boundary
nave been found less d.ficul, OF solu-
,ion than was expected and that a basis
OF agreement on these subjects is in sigh
II not actually determined upon Teen
nlcaliy. aOwcver. nothing IL done until the
last act OF the comm ssion II perfected
6 othat these and al other subjects re-
main open until the end. As 20 BeTinx
Sc athe view prevails on both side- that
settlement VIII be reached and the pre-
ence OF two ofiiciais-0ne Canadian and
the other an AmeTican-at Victoria. where
an inventory Is making OF the Canadian
sealing fleet. leads TO the belief that set
Element may be or the basis or wtplEg
out the industry by giving the Canadians
some equivalent for tne capital invested.
a recent oficial document places the Ber-
ing sea feet at 30 but these are small
schOoners. mono OF them above 100 tons.
Reciprocity and ne Atlantic fisheries
continue 20 be tho most stubborn quss-
tons before the commission. ON rec
proclty the commissioners DO not express
themselves IN sanguins terms. The sub
ect IS stiu before a subcommittee Wiz.
however. reports when an agreciusnt .
reached. and the fun comm ssion approves
what has been done. There are - many
articles on tariff schedule that TIE dis
cussl0us have not yet been productive o..
many agreements on spsciac artiei>~ or
groups OF articles. Thus Tar the discus
on mas been rather free and open. srsi-
cles. being considered as thsy we're causf
up by the lniivldual member. While ,hs
abr0gauon % the British prefsrsnfls! tar
~ X considered by some % the American
comm ssio1ers "a slus qua ron % any
reciprocity axrsN1t. o. - ssd uhis view
has not been submitted "a tHs form -
an uitlrnatgrn and rat ths fsaus- ca that
point are YET 20 come
A. Indicating ffe Iioersl view prevailing
among the ATns O ~ comm Lsrioaers orc
% them said todss be wished American
merchants could be brought % realize ~
futILty of shutting Canadian goods from
Our markets. zbsu 't. main result Ess
70 force these Koods into British market
where Trey competed with our goods At
a ruuca greater sCvaurags than they
could ger iu New YORK and other Amer
iran markets. ia tis ufEnsrL ~ va %
our ndvantaEe % oounpe's With Csna1isa
goods oa our o~u grounds T4rher han -
80 across ire ocean ard NEE; ssein "a
c9rrpeiit or.
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rioa ber,nnlnE a: = o'clocx totay. I1s
session wss - an rns o1n.n1iss,sc a.
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afes ned separate A1.ssons during -.
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meeting
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re- iuro~tT. p - u-sdsr~ed fhAt -.
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