The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-08
Will MEET IN MEXICO City
Plans for the Pan-American Com
greSS in October.
The Delegates From the United
States to BE Instructed on seven
PoInts-UniForm system of Gus
toms. Coins, and weights Urged.

Since the recent appointment by the
President of the delegates 30 represent
this country in the forthcoming Pan
American Congress, interest in that sub
ject has been notably stimulated in Off
ciaI circles. The delegates appointed
were selected with great care for their
special fitness fer the important work
in hand All Of them speak Spanish, and
they are well acCRIa iHted with the vari-
Gus Latin-American countries that Will
be represented III the congress.
The congress viii assemble in the City
of Mexico on October y, by special invi-
tation of President piaz. following sug
gestion contained ia President McKin-
leys annual message of 1899, that the
work begun by the first Pan-American
Congress, held in Washington in 1889
on the initiative iof the late James c.
Blaine. be, continued along the same
lines. ny calling another congress, to
meet this time in the capital of some
other country than TIE II I'd States
The far-siGhted President of Mexico is
sued invitations more than d year ago To
the proper authorities Of al the Gov
ernments in Central and South America
along with this nation, and has received
favorable responses from all of them.
It is thought that the congress will be
in session four or five months. and that
late in the summer President Mckinley
Will call to Washington the FIVE delegates
he has named and instruct them in de-
tail as to the results he hopes to see
achieved by the congress. and suggest
to them the proper methods to pursue
While in a general way it is known that
the principal object TO be sUbserved by
the congress is the solidarity of the in
. ant
atires of the United SAFES viii be spe-
officially instructed on the following
points:
First-8Ieasures that shall tend to pre-
serve and promote the prosperity Of the
several American States.
Sec0nd-Afea sures toward the formation
of an American Customs Union. under
which the trade of the American nations
with one another shall 50 far as is pos
sible and profitable. be promoted
Third-The establishment OF regular
and frequent communication between the
ports Of the several American States and
the ports Of one another
Fourth-The establishment of a uniform
| system Of customs regulations in each o.
the Independent American States to gov
/ ern the mode OF Importation and expOrta-
ton of merchandise and port duties and
| ing the classification and valuation Of
such merchandise in the ports Of each
| country, and a uniform system of in
| voices. and the subject of the sanitation
| of ships and quarantine
/ Fifth-The adoption of uniform system
! of weights and measures and laws TO pro-
/ tect the patent rights, copyrights. and
! trademarks OF citizens of either country
/ in the other, and for the extradition OF
criminals.
| Sixth-The adoption Of a common coin,
/ to be issued by each Government, the
! same TO be legal tender in all commercial
/ transactions between the citizens Of all
/ the American States
/ SeveGth-An agreement upon and rec
| ommeudatiOn for adoption 20 their respec-
| tive Governments 81 a definite plan of ar
! bitration OF all questions. disputes, and
/ differences that may now or hereafter
! exist between them 20 the end that all
/ difficulties and disputes between such ma
I lions may be peacefully settled and wars
| prevented.
All OF the foregoing subjects We're con-
SideFed 10 some extent at the congress
| held in Washington eleven years ago, hut
only a few of them we're acted upon
| definitely It is confidently believed that
| the conditions now ara more propitiOus