The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-12-05
Reciprocal Trade with Other Nations.

Reciprocal Trade With Other Nations
The deliberations Of the national
reciprocity convention In Washington
and the prospective congressional &C.
ton on the subject Of reciprocal trade
awaken special interest in the reci-
'procity history Of the United States.
The reciprocity treaties and agree
ments which this country has entered
into or projected since 1850, when the
idea Of reciprocal trade was first en-
tertained, are:
F1rst.-An agreement made with Canada which
operated from 1855 to 1865, under which the Unit
ed States admitted free OF duty from Canaan
hreadstufs, provisions live animals. fruits. poul-
try hides skins and furs, and metals. timber
and lumber cotton, fax and hemp and unmanu-
featured tobacco, Canada also admitting the same
articles from the United States free Of duty.
Second.-An agreement with the Hawaiian Is
lands existed from 1876 to 1900 by which the Unit
ed States admitted free OF duty sugar and moasses
and other tropical products of those Islands, and
they admitted free Of duty breadstuffs. provisions
and general merchandise from the United States.
Fhird.-The treaties made IN 1891-92 under the
act OF 1890 with Brazil-Spain for Cuba and Porto
Rico United Kingdom for the British Wese IN
dies and British Guiana; Dominican Republic,
Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala In Central
America Under these the United States agreed
to admit tree OF duty sugar, molasses. coffee and
hides from the countries mentioned. and IN ex-
change for that privilege those countries agreed
to certain concessions goods from the United
States admitting free OF duty considerable
number Of articles and reducing the duty on
larger number, these articles being mainly manu-
| featured goods-machineTy, farm implements,
ovoI flxray pTllta Ins
stances cereals and provisions. Under the same
act reciprocal trade relations were entered into
with Germany, France and Ausero-Hungary, Whlc0
| covered the free admission OF limited number
of articles and the reduction OF the tariff on
considerable number Of others.
Fourth.-Agreement made in 1898 under the act
of 1897 with France by which the United States
reduces the rata OF duty tartar, bTandieas still
wines and paintings and France extends It's mini
| mum tariff rates to canned and prepared meats;
also fruits hops, timber and lumber In the Ohited
| States Similar agreements were also made In
| 1900 with Germany, Portugal and Italy. All Oh
the recent agreements with France, Germany
| Portugal and Italy are in existence
Fifth-There are pending and unTat1hed treaties
which provide for ID the reduction OF 1S1s per
| cent duty on sugar, molasses fruits and asphalt
| from the British West Indies and Guiana and the
| removal or reduction Of the duty on a large list
| of agricultural products and manufactures enter
ino- those colonies from the United States; ca
| reduction Of 20 per cent in the duty sugar,
| hides and certain grades of wool from Argentina
| entering the United States and reduction In the
| Argentina duty on large list Of toodstuffs and
| manufactures from the United States; 90 re-
duction of from to 20 per cent on certain manu-
| features entering the United States from France
| and the application OF the minimum taFfH OF
France to most Of the articles entering that coun
try from the United States. In addition to these
there are pending treaties with Nicaragua Ecua-
| dor, the Danish West Indies and the Dominican
| Republic from which the injunction OF secrecy
| has not as yet been removed
The reciprocity convention embodied
| it's views in a resolution recommend
ing to congress 'the maintenance or
the principle of protection for the home
market and to open up by reciprocity
opportunities for increased foreign
trade by special modification Of the
tariff in special cases." It also recon-
mended the creation of new depart
| ment to be called 1.-The department on.
commerce and industries" the head OF
which shall be a member Of the pcesi-
dents cabinet and one Of it's divisions
or bureaus a permanent reciprocity
commission charged with the duty OF
Investigating the conditions Of any
industry and reporting the same to the
president and congre IS for guidance In
negotiating reciprocal trade agree
ments."