Evening journal., 1902-08-18
INA HAS SIGNED
TARIFF TREATY
'aiIS OF Instrument Not
Made Public
iesuIt Of Peace Agreement Be-
Ween China and Powers at
Close OF InSurrectiOn

NANRN W AARAA NNAAUM
Iashington, Aug. 1S.-The state
lrtment has received a dispatch
"a T. S. Sharretts. the treasury ex-
V who was commissioned by the
IL department to negotiate n tariff
,ty between the United States and
.aa stating that the treaty was
.,ed on the 18th instant. and that
you'd sail for the United States
he first steamer.
'be announcement contained in
( Sharrett's brief~ dispatch to the
iP department brings TO a success
conclusion negotiations which
.f been in progress for many
tbs for a tariff treaty between
and this country. 1t was stip-
ed as one of the features of the
4e agreement between China and
Foreign powers at the close of the
hr outbreak that an entirely new
tic TO trade treaties should be
re. This carried out the purpose
|, letary Hay had maintained
lghout the preceding negotia-
4 for an "open door," the desire
g to open up foreign communica-
with the interior of China and
gain access to the vast markets
e empire.
flowing the conclusion of the
is arrangements, Mr.. Sharrett
selected to carry on the tariff
tiations in behalf of the United
bs. This selection was due to his
! familiarity with tariff affairs, as
ad assisted in the framing Of re-
tariff legislation before congress,
had also served as one of the
raj appraisers of New York. He
to China about a year ago, and
lsince been engaged in working
The details Of a tariff agreement.
4 hs announced about a month ago
the British commissioners had
'uded a tariff treaty with China
3 1t was understood at that time
4 the British treaty would serve
basis for similar treaties with
A United States and other foreign
N .ries. The state department was
4 led at the time that the rates on
a 'rts entering China were 1919 per
81 and the export duties ~ per
e Of the most important provi
of the British-China treaty was
81 abolishing the likin tax. It is
med that similar rates are made
lie American treaty, and that the
tax is abolished as far as it re
to American goods in transit
liking tax has been one of the
burdensoEe exactions of the an
led Chinese system. as it was
by the officials at various points
gh the interior, without uniform
Ind often with less regard for
ercial ends than for the enrich
of the unscrupulous local Off
The abolition of the lilSin tax
20 far toward encouraging for
trade and traffic in the interior
ina.
Sharrett's dispatch is dated at
shai. and does not go into de
regarding the treaty he has
II.
don, Aug. 1S.-A dispatch from
Thai by the correspondent Of the
says the protocol of the tariff
was signed on Saturday by the
h. American, German and Japa.
representatives without reserva-
Ind by the Austrian, Belgian and
representatives ad referendum
action, continues the correspond.
as principally due to the Ameri'
bmmissioner, r. S. Sharretts, de-
to conclude the business before
ling to the United States. The
he commissioners, lacking i'm.
sanction, did not sign the proto'
therefore,. if China modiiies it the
lures affixed thereto will be void
document provides that the new
become operative November 1.