Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-03

Other Matters Recefyfug Atteuttou.
Efforts are making to revive the Chilean
claims commission which. under the con-
vention of 1872. had to adjourn without
passing upon all the claims laid before
II. This means a great deal TO many OF
our citizens who hold claims against Chile.
Through the diplomatic efforts of the
nited states the discriminating railroad
rates In Brazil on American -four have
been discontinued.
me degree i'm Italy requiring consular
wise OF certiiicates accompanying shipments
OF meats from the United States has been
revoked through the diplomatic efforts OF
our government. The Importance of this
achievement can be understood only after
stpnisluerihg the Importance of our meat
shipments TO that country.
Inc marriage act permitting the ner-oiia
non OF the marriage OF non-Catholics I'm
feru was brought about largely NV The
exertions Of our diplomatic represen,ati,-es
IN carrying out the policy of the present
administration.
The position taken by the United States
,especting our extradition treaty with
Mexico In refusing 10 surrender mon
charged with political crimes was so
stanch and unyielding as to cause the
mexican government to denounce the
treaty There is nothing dearer to the
American heart than the principle involved
In this contention. The very princ,ples of
fepublcanism are bound up in the promo
sltion that no man should be subjected 10
me Inability Of prosecution and punishment
Tor political opinion. This administration
TOOK high ground with respect to this aues-
uen and evinced fits determination TO MAIN
tam IN the most complete sense the policy
OF TINS country not TO become a party 10
the arrest trial and punishment of men on
account of political offenses
Al recent date Germany threatened alb
soldte prohibition of fruits and plants from
ehe United States: Prompt ana decisive
action Of Ambassador White under direc-
ton OF the administration, brought about
such mitigation OF the measure a. re-
duced It's effects TO a minimum and saved
serious loss TO American exporters
Many other cases might be cited demon
strating the value of the work accom-
plshed and in process of accomplishment
by our diplomatic representatives abroad
during the first year OF the present admin
fstration. but IL is deemed hardly neces-
sary for the purposes of this paper.
Concern Of the Consular Service.
Probably there is no part OF the work re-
lating to our interests abroad fraught with
more interest and greater achievement
than that which is purely consular in its
character. Our people are jealous OF their
personal liberties, and they take no less
interest to their commercial growth. The
consular service of the United States is
organized upon this idea. The machinery
of the consular service is constantly i'm
motion for the purpose of enlarging Amer
lean commerce by the Introduction of new
commodities of the manufactures of our
country and of our soil into places al
| ready occupied. and i'm discovering new
fields for American trade.
The present administration has endea-
vored to quicken the consular service and
make II more efficient on these lines. not
only by careful selection of men for con-
sular places, but by stimulating them to
greater exertion I'm procuring Information
OF value TO our commercial interests and
promptly transmitting it to the Depart
ment of State. This work has been pushed
with such vigor and success that the SUI
periority of our consular service has been
recognized and admitted even by Great
Britain, our most active competitor
Frequency of Consular Reports.
At a meeting of the Bradford chalnbcr OF
commerce the statement was ma.e that
United States oonsuls did a great deal
more for the extension of trade than
British consuls. The Newport chamber de-
ciared that trained business men should be
selected consuls, and that il vas de
sirable that the system OF the United
States government in instructing its con-
suls to report exhaustively upon trade and
commerce, either in their isolated or general
phases of development" should be adopted
Thus ii appears that England regards
consular system as so much superior TO her
own that 1t is suggested by her most in
f1uential trade bodies that IL should be
adopted. While British consuls make their
reports not oftener than once n year. our
consuls are required to report promptly
upon any subject they may think timely
and valuable to commerce and industries
at home, without delay. They are in
structed not to wait for official statistics
hut to report facts, conditions and oppor-
tunities at once.
Information for Producers.
Editorial comment from all the proml-
nent trade journals of Great Britain might
he cited conceding the superiority of our
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of the Mckinley administration to render
this system more perfect and more efficient
Through an army of 1870 well-equpped
rlen the State Department is endeayoring
TO supply our manufacturers and producers
with every kind of information that will be
of value to them in manufacturing process
rs and methods, in the production OF raw
materials, and in finding market for sur
plus commodities. The moment a valuable
fact is secured il is forwarded by mail or
telegraph to the Department of State. which
in turn places it where it will do the most
good Acknowledgements from manufac-
turers and active commercial people
throughout the country have poured into
the department during the last year. testi-
tying to the value of information thus OBJ
tanned. Every eligible commercial point I'm
the civilized and semi-civiized globe is I'M
der the scrutiny of the Yankee eye that
never sleeps so long as a commercial fact
exists that has not been seized upon.
Daily Consular Bulletin.
To utilize this vast volume of information
it became apparent that daily publication
must be issued. Such a publication. in the
fern of daily bulletin, was inaugurated
December z, by an order issued by Secre-
tary Sherman. after full consultation with
President Mckinley, and since that time
daily advance sheets of the consular re-
ports in the form of a bulletin have been
issued and circulated as promptly as posi-
BILE to manufacturers. merchants. importers
and trade bodies. well a large num-
Der of individuals deeply interested in
American trade The administration is SO
well satisfied with the venture that addi-
tional facilities will be provided for meet
ing the public demand for the information
thus afforded, and enlarging and quicken
ing the sources from which the valuable
matter published in the advance sheets is
derived.
1t should be generally known that the
American consul has been the pioneer in
pointing and blazing the way to some of
the most gigantic and popular commercial
undertakings in which American brains
and American capital have found activity.
Not satisfied with what has been accom-
-