The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-02
TESTS OF REcIpRoc,T,s

Washington. September 3o-sr..;.,
experiences of the United States with The WI
some figures and statements just conn;,Is az NJ
bureau Of statistics. ny tie 49,
There have been three distinct tes,.
trade relations Of the United States - ecproct
1, hereciprocity treaty with Canad, Ell.
to 1866 sasting itas !.
2. The reciprocity treaty with the Hal.
existing from 1876 to the date of annev..1 ses
3. The series Of treaties framed unde, ~ iS0s
act OF 1890, beginning with the treaty ,.,l cAns
1901 Dominican Republic, August So lDralil MT
and Porto Rico September l. 1901 Co... 9paln hi
1902 United Kingdom for the British w.. ,sasq
British Guiana February l. 1902 Nicaragua l'ae
and Guatemala May go 1Soa nay Is Z
These continued in existence until .,
Wilson tariff act, August ~, 1904. ' passage M
The detailed provisions Of these v,r;o..
ties may be briefly described in general 49, sCpoet 4
The Canadian reciprocity treaty pro,;s. = l'Asn
admission into the United States from Gu i0f Il !
admission into Canada from the United 81. ana u !.
stuifs, provisions live animals fruits 6sb .s,' q ID
skins furs, stone and metals t;mbs. psu',S hia
manufactured cotton, flax and hemn ,,.. 'unor &
baccothe list of articles being identica, g.
q The Hawaiian reciprocity treaty proy;d.S S'Ht
admission into the United States of suo,s 'o IL q
other OF the principal tropical production. e 'oa'S
for the free admission into the islands 81 h..s,
visions manufactures and general merchants. y
United States, iI'a \
3. In the group of treaties made in the 49,.
1892, under the act of 1890, the provision. 'S
follows HH 4
Brazil-The free admission into the rr,..,s
Brazil of sugar, molasses coffee and hides "a
mission into Brazil from the United Stat. :, @ Hs
pork fish, cotton seed OIL coal agriculture,
chnery for mining and manufacturing 4's
terial for railway construction and numerous 49,
the product of the United States also for ~ ga
ducton in the of duty on certain other ... ea
ing provisions, manufactures of iron and s,l ..
Der, furniture, wagons and carriages and mannt.
rubber r''1a
Cuba and Porto Rico--The free adm;s,;o. !.
United States from Cuba and Porto Rico Of suc,, =.
coffee and hides and the admission to the islands ~
United States, free of duty, of sailed meats fish M Il
for cooperage and manufactured into doors t,.'
wagons and carts, cars for railways sewing m.cbr.
features of iron and steel, oats and forage snd ~
other articles, the product of the United States, n
and meal at rs cents per hundred Kilograms vt.,, &
cents per hundred Kilograms, -four at 81 per bubd, n
grams, also reduction of so per cent of the du-y
merous other articles, especially manufactures
With British West Indies the treaty provided isr 40
admission into the United States of sugar mola,o, NJ
and hides from the islands, and the free admission a
Islands from the United States of live animals cl,
dried beef FISH eggs, machinery for agriculture rr,
and mining, carts and wagons wire, railway narl N
locomotives, fertilizers, fruits, sewing machines and MI
number of manufactures, also reduction Of 4, Der III
the rates of duty beef and pork sailed and pfoyen
OF so per cent on bacon and hams lard bread and h
boots and shoes shocks and slaves and other articles
With the Dominican Republic and British Guiana NJ
ragua, Honduras and Guatemala the provisions were 81
to those with the West Indies
With Germany the treaty provided for the free III
sion into the United States of sugar molases coffee n
hides from Germany and the free admission into Cam
from the United States of bran, flax, feathers hia u
skins, tan bark also large list pf articles at ts
Of duty, hut in all cases below the regular tariff nis
list including breadstuffs lumber provisions live uni
fruits and certain manufactures.
The treaty with Austria Hungary was similar In red
characteristics with that of Germany,
The tables which follow show the commerce beWr
United States and the countries in question during lie
istence Of the reciprocity treaties and the two yaH 81
and subsequent to the existence of those treaties;
CANADA o.
(Ireaty existed from September H. 1884 to March u
with commerce of two years preceding and following
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