New-York tribune., 1902-05-09
PAN-AMERICAN PLANS.
DATES FOR THREE IMPORTANT con-
GRESSES SET-TwO IN THIS CITY
AND ONE IN WASHINGTON.
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Washington, May S.-Dates have been selected
for the three important congresses TO be held
in the United States in the fall under the plans
proposed at the Pan-American Conference held
in Mexico last winter 10 carry into effect long
needed cooperation between all the governments
in the western hemisphere in sanitary and Gus
toms regulations and 10 consider the coffee
crisis The first OF these the Sanitary Congress.
will meet in Washington on October l. and the
other two in New-York City. the Customs Con-
gress on October II and the Coffee Congress on
November /
The tentative programme for the first con-
gress 10 which all the republics have arranged
10 send technical delegates. is now being pre-
pared by Surgeon General wyman Of the
Marine Hospital Service. II is proposed TO
tablish an international sanitary bureau Of
experts 10 sit permanently in Washington to
protect the public health OF the republics and
thereby facilitate their commercial relations at
all seasons. The bureau is to consider and de-
eide on all measures intended 10 prevent the
spread Of contagious diseases between the re-
publcs or their invasion from outside by the
establishment and maintenance of a uniform
system Of international inspection disinfectiOn
and detention for persons or merchandise com
ing from abroad by land or sea- by means OF
sanitary stations in the ports of each country.
which shall be entirely under the control of the
respective governments Il is proposed that
prOhibitive quarantine shall be discontinued in
regard 10 manufactured articles and all other
merchandise; that merchandise proceeding from
non-infected ports and places but coming
through infected district without stopping
longer than required for the transit itself shall
not be subjected detention. or TO any other
sanitary precautiOn, except the indispensa bic
inspection at the point Of destination and that
and rba GaIa
shall in no ca sc exceed the time absolutely
necessary 70 make it properly These rules
are TO be applicable to merchandise coming by
rail; but they shall not be enforced in regard 10
cattle, raw hides rags. and the effects belong
ing to immigrants which shell be dealt with as
before.
The Customs Congress at New-York will be
composed of delegates appointed by each
government from among its chief customs off,
GERS, consuls. presidents or members OF its
Chamber of Commerce, prominent merchants or
other persons known to possess technical and
special knowledge in customs matters. Secre-
tary Shaw has designated as United States
delegates to this congress o. L. Spaulding AS
ststant Secretary of the Treasury; Israel Fischer
United States General Appraiser at New-York:
George W. Whitehead. Appraiser OF General
Merchandise. Z. T Chamberlain. Commissioner
OF Navigation. and Joseph J. Couch. Special
Deputy Collector OF Customs at New-York. The
appointments are entirely honorary, and the men
chosen to meet the South American dele
gates 10 discuss matters 70 promote the mu-
tuaI relations OF Pa1-American customs affairs
are popularity regarded as we'll qualified 10 rep
resent their country at the congress.
Among the matters the congress is TO con-
slider uniformity Of regulations for the n
try, dispatch and clearance of the vessels en-
gagged in international commerce; uniformity
and simplicity Of customs fOrmalitieS relating
10 the manifests Of vessels wording and form
OF consular invoices and custom house declara-
tiOns and formahties for the clearance OF mer-
chandise and baggage Adequate means are
mon nomenclature Of the products and mer-
ChauCise Of the American republics in English,
Spanish, Portuguese and French. in order that
Il may serve as a basis FOR the statistical data
OF imports and exports in accordance with
uniform system and without interfering with
the regulations which each country may have
adopted for the compilation OF its own statistics
and in order that II may be adopted with greater
detail and specification in the tariff schedules
and in the other customs laws of said countries
and that IL may serve as a basis for the cOlleC
tiOn OF the dues that each republic may have
established. Finally, the organization OF a per
manent customs commission composed or indl-
vidUals possessing technical and expert knowl-
edge. which a branch Of the International
Bureau Of the American Republics. or in any
other form that the congress shall deem proper
shall be charged particularly with the execution
Of the customs and tariff laws OF the nations OF
America. for the purpose OF suggesting the
respective governments the enactment OF laws
and regulations which, in 50 far they relate
70 custom house fOrmalties, shall tend TO facili-
tate mercantile traffic
Little that is definite about the Coffee Con-
gress 10 be held az New-York on November l
has vet been determined. The delegates from
all the coffee producing republics. as we'll as
from Porto Rico and Hawaii are 10 be experts
on the production. distribution and consumption
OF coffee and they will discuss the falling prices
OF the berry and endeavor TO devise some prac-
ticaI means Of increasing the consumption
limiting the production.