The record-union., 1899-10-29

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2S.-The IN
ternational Commercial Congress to-
day continued the discussion of sub
Jects resulting in trade intercourse be-
tween the United States and South
American countries.
Salvador Echegaray, delegate from
Mexico, read a paper detailing the
growth of that country from a CONNER
cial standpoint. The imports, he said,
during the last fiscal year amounted
to $1O1O00,000, and the exports $139.-
100000. In a quarter of a century of
peace, the speaker said Mexico has
constructed 10000 miles of railway,
has improved all her ports and built
new ones, and has added largely to
the wealth of the country.
NJ. Romero, delegate from Venezuela,
read an interesting paper on intellec-
tual intercourse as the basis for the
progress and union of the American
hemisphere.
Senor Romero recommended the or
ganization of an educational associa-
tion composed of active permanent
members from all the countries: men
possessed with the idea of intellectual
advancement, the material progress
and the union of the American con-
tinent, an organization which would de-
vote its energies to the founding of
schools, museums, libraries, newspa-
pers, ETC., purely American. He also
advocated the teaching of the Spanish
language in American public schools
DIR. Abraham Diaz, Mexican Consul
at Pensacola, Fla. read a paper on
''The Trade Conditions Existing Be
tween the United States and Mata-
moras." He said that a difference in the
commercial systems, notably in the use
of long credits, had hitherto acted as a
bar against American trade. The
American system, he said, is being
slowly adopted with mutual advantage.
Consul General Ulloa of Costa Rica
delivered an address describing the po-
sition of his country, the manners and
customs, their homes and their amuse-
ments.
Benjamin E. Pisa, also from Costa
Rica, delivered an address giving an
elaborate description of the Govern
ment industries and economic condi-
tions of Costa Rica. He asserted that
the indisposition of merchants of this
country to extend reasonable credit to
the merchants of Spanish-American
countries prevented an increase Of
trade
B. D. Calvo, Minister of Costa Rica,
to the United States, spoke of the
heavy investments of capital in Costa
Rica in recent years, and said that the
future will see a great extension of
commerce in Costa Rica, and Of the
commercial relations between that
country and this.
CONSULS DO NOT EXACT ILLE-
GALLY HIGH FEES.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 2S.-The ca
blegram from Berlin stating that Off
cial advices to Germany regarding the
international Commercial Congress in
Philadelphia report that the sessions
of the Managing Committee have
shown that the United States Consuls
exact illegally high fees is pronounced
incorrect by w. S. Tingle Assistant
Director of the Philadelphia CONNER
cial Museum.
Mr.. Tingle, who was Chairman of the
German-American Committee, which
body discussed the question referred to,
said to the Associated Press to-day:
1T is shown in committee that every
consulate is required to have publicly
posted schedule of the exact fees. and
that cases of complaints from some
few consular districts are based on con-
sular agents misunderstanding the
proper application of their schedule to
certain kinds of notarial work"
Mr.. Tingle further said that several
delegates from various German Cham
bers of Commerce had stated during
the sessions of the committee that they
We're sometimes compelled to pay a
higher fee than the tariff required. In
order that in the future no overcharge
should be made, the committee as
whole suggested that each Consul be
furnished with a schedule to which the
public shall have access.