The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-09
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CHINA IS SIGNED
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the commercial relations between the
contracting powers by amending our
existing treaty of commerce and navi-
cation with China, and other subjects
concerning central relations, with the
object of facilitating them.
Articles 1, 2 and refer to the rights
and privileges of diplomatic officers,
eonsuls and citizens of the United
States in China and embody a number
OF changes which have been sanction
ed by usage in China since the treaty
OF 1858.
New Plan of Taxation.
Article 4 is the most important of
the treaty. BY it the Chinese govern
ment, recognizing that the present
system of levying dues upon goods in
transit, and especially the system of
taxation known as likin, impost, free
circulation of commodities, general in
jury of treaty, undertakes, after the
ratification of the treaty, at a date to
be mutually agreed upon, to abandon
the levy of likin and other transit du-
ties throughout the empire and to abol-
ish all the barriers and tax stations,
maintained for their collection. The
United States, in consideration of this
change, agrees, if all other powers
having treaties with China do likewise
to pay at the port of entry on all it's
imports into China surtaX of one and
half times the tariff import duty. BY
this payment they shall secure COM
plete immunity from all other taxation
whatsoever within the empire. Ex-
ports from China shall pay 71a per
cent ad Valorem Gas at presently, the
whole amount of the duty being col
lected at the port of expectation. These
are the salient points of this article
which officials believe may bring a
complete and satisfactory reform in the
fiscal administration of the empire and
enable the central government to de-
rive much larger sums from the inter-
nal taxes than it now does when the
cost of collection is perhaps SO per
cent Of the whole.
The remaining provisions of Article
4 relate to the method to be followed
in abolishing the present internal tax
levying system; 1t limits the places
where national custom houses can be
maintained, provides for certificates of
Identification for foreign imports; the
treatment of Chinese machine made
goods, which are to enjoy a rebate on
the import tax and exemption from ex-
port tax.
Finally, it provides the methods Of
fling complaints and declares that i'm
perial edict shall be issued at a date
to be hereafter fixed, setting forth the
abolition of nkin taxation and charg-
ing the various high officials of the
empire with carrying it out.
By another article the Chinese gov
eminent agrees to the establishment
Of bonded warehouses by citizens of
the United States at the open ports of
China.
Revise Mining Regulations.
BY Article 7 the Chinese govern
ment, recognizing that it Is advanta-
geous for the country to develop its
mineral resources, and that it is desir-
able to attract foreign as well as Chi
nese capital to embark in mining en-
terprises," agrees within a year after
the signing of the treaty to conclude
the revision of it's mining regulations SO
that citizens of the United States may
be able to carry on Chinese mining OPP
erations and other necessary business
connected Herewith.
Article 8 provides for the protection
| of trade marks in China.
Article 10 provides for the protec-
| ton of patents, and Article XI. for the
protection Of copyrights.
BY Article 10 the Chinese govern
| ment agrees to take the necessary
steps to provide for a uniform coinage
( which shall be a legal tender through
| out the empire.
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| Christians and to missionaries. 1t in
sures to the former the free exercise
| of their religion, and protects them
against the injustice of the native Off
| Gals, while not, however, removing
| them from their jurisdiction or claim
| ing for American missionaries the right
| to interfere with the exercise of the
native authorities of their jurisdiction
over their nationals. To the missiona-
ries it secures what they have sought
| for years, recognition of their right
! to rent and lease in perpetuity such
property as their societies may need In
all parts of the empire.
! At the request of the Chinese gov
| eminent, an article has been incorpo-
| rated in the treaty by which the United
| States consents to the prohibition OF
| the importation into China of morphia
and of instruments for its injection.
Another article of the treaty pro-
vides for the opening to international
treaty in the same condition and man
ner at places now open to like trade, OF