The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-10
TREATIES In THE SENATE.
Those Providing For Reciprocity
With England and France.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Ihe reciprocity
treaties negotiated between the United
States and France and between the
United States and Great Britain during
the past summer, the terms of which,
have been carefully guarded, have at
last been printed. They were trans
Initted TO the senate on Tuesday.
The treaty With Great Britain covers
the dependencies of Jamaica, Bermuda,
Barbados, British Guiana and TURKS
and Caiccs islands. All the agreements
include lists of articles on which con-
ceEeions are made BY the respective
parties.
The French convention is made ap-
plicable TO Algeria and its products, as
it is TO France and its products The
general terms of all the treaties are
practically the same. the stipulation
being in most cases that in case either
of the contracting parties shall, during
the continuance of this convention, in
crease the duties upon the importation
of merchandise, the increase shall De
without discrimination or prejudice
against the products Of the other
All the treaties are to continue In
force for five years, and from year TO
year thereafter. at the pleasure or the
contracting parties
The terms of the French treaty, as
applicable to specific articles. have al
ready been given in the Associated
Press dispatches. Following are the
principal reductions provided for in the
British treaties:
Jamaica-The following articles are
to be admitted from Jamaica into the
United States at a reduction of 20 per
cent: Citrus fruits. pineapples, fresh
vegetables, including potatoes and
onions, and rum. Cane sugar and mo-
lasses are to be admitted at reduction
of 12& per cent The following are 10
be admitted free. or at greatly reduced
rates: Bananas, ccc- anuts, coffee, crude
cocoa, unground ginger root, kolanuts,
pimcnto and annato. beeswax, crude
sarsaparilla, tortoiseshell, logwood and
fustic and mahogany. Jamaica agrees
to admit free the prouIcts of the Unit
ed States a long list of articles, inelud-
ing agricultural implements and tools
of all kinds, cured meats, wheat Hour,
oats, petroleum. pine lumber, ma
chinery and long list Of manufactured
articles
Bermuda-From Bermuda among the
articles which are to be admitted into
the United States at a reduction OF 20
per cent from the present rates OF duty
are potatoes, onions, bulbs and natural
flowers tomatoes and other fresh veS-
cables. Reciprocally there shall be
admitted into Bermuda q list of arti-
CiGS IuGCH Tie ScifiC - flOFA0SI LII ia
the Jamaica schedules.
Barbados and Guiana-The United
States agrees to a reduction of 121s
per cent on the duties on cane sugar
and moiasses, fresh fruit. fresh veget-
ables and asphaltum imported from
Barbados and to the same reduction
on cane sugars. fresh vegetables and
kaolin brought from British Guiana.
Both countries agree to admit free
from the United States corn, horses,
mules, machinery and many manufac-
tured articles. Reduced rates are con-
coded On other products of the United
States.
Turks and Caicos Island-The agree
ment covering these islands provides
for a reduction of 1919 per cent on the
duty imposed upon manufactured
sDonges and undressed sisal grass i'm
ported from the islands into the United
States The list of articles of the
United States origin which are to be
admitted free and at reduced rates into
the islands is, very similar to that of
the same list for Barbados and Gui-