The age-herald., 1899-12-29
THE WOOL TREATY
 WITH ARGENTINE High Tariff Prevented lmporta- ton to This Country. THE CONCESSION Is MADE Report Says it Was Not Done on Ac- count of the Effect it Would
 Have Upon Our Amount
 of Importations
THE CONCESSION IS MADE

Washington, December 2s.-An official statements respecting the Argentine reclp- rocity treaty was given out today for pup lie information and to correct misappre- henssons in respect to the effect of the treaty on the wool interests
 1t says as the importations of wool from Argentine are only about one-tenth of our total importations of wool and as there is no proposal of a reduction of wool duties from any other foreign country, the pro posed reduction for Argentine wools can have no effect on our market prices. The majority of the wool is of the coarsest class (for carpets, etc.), which IS, If at all, put little supplied in this country.
 If other countries imposed the high du- ties with ourselves upon raw wools import ed for manufacture this reduction of duty would turn the tide of wool supply to the United States. But other nations nave adopted the policy of free admission or wool. Consequently the Argentine wool seeks the European free market-France, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, etc.-and will continue to do so.
 The statement concludes: "This conces- sion on Argentine wool was made not be- cause of its effect.upon our amount of in- portation, for that will be nothing against the free markets of Europe, but because it is one of the only three articles of Argen- tine export in which reciprocal relations could be made and one without which that republic would not consent to the conven- tion.
 The secretary of the treasury today des- ignated several additional national banks as government Repositories to receive in- ternal revenue receipts, and, 1t is said, will continue to do so until the total sum so deposited amounts to $30,000000 or $4O,- 100000.
 Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn Of the war department has written to Represent ative Bong of Kansas in response to a complaint about the restriction of hemp shipments from the Philippines, a letter in which he says that General Otis has al- ready been instructed to open the hemp ports as soon as he had proper garrisons, which Should be early in January. and the war department is doing everything com patiblet with the requirements of the miI- tary situation to develop the trade of the Philippine islands.
 Tn tlie presence of Russian and United States naval officers a successful test was made at Indian Head today of a lot of ariflor intended for the Russian battleship Retpisan, now building at the Cramp ship yards, Philadelphia.
 The transport Fitzpatrick which is now discharging her cargo at Cienfuegos, will proceed in a day two to ManZanillo and Gibara for the purpose of taking a squad ron of the Tenth cavalry from those places to Galveston, Tex The transport Sedg- wick is now on her way to Cienfuegos to take q squadron of the Fifteenth infantry to New York city.
 Senator Chanler left here today for Con- cord, N. H., in response to a summons to appear before the United States grand jury in the proceedings against his col league, Senator Gallinger, on the charge of violating the civil service law.
 In answer to its appeal for contributions of books and papers for the garrison at Guam, the navy department has received BPS books, 3217 magazines, 2,14S illustra- ted weekly papers, 72 sets of dominoes, 72 sets of checkers and 72 sets of alphabet blocks, the last to be usf- to teach the native children.