Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-07

uent by the thlrd section or the tarih
duced tariff rates provided for In that
section to champagne, and all other
sparkling wines, and pursuant to. which
tariff rates We're extended to aho"t seii
per cent of all The exports from the
United States to Germany. This agree.
Soth day of June, 1905 and until six
months after notice by either party to
terminate 1t.
commission on which it is based will
be laid before the congress for its In
formation.
This careful examination INFO the tariff
relations between the United States and !.
Germany involved an inauirJ INTO GER
tain of our methods Of administration
which had been the cause Of n.a,h com
| tiers. In this inquiry ] became salts
fled that certain vicious and unjustihable
practices had grown up In, our CUSTOMS
determining values of imports upon ae-
tective reports never disclosed to the
persons. whose interests were affected.
The use of detectives. though often, nee,
essary, tends towards abuse, and :hould
be carefully guarded. Under our prac-
tice as | found II to exist in this. case
information as to the market value OF
merchandise from the. well-known and
respected members of the. commercial
4 community In the country of it's produc.-
ton, secret statements were obtained
from lnformers ana discharged employees
of secret evidence. the values Of imrc:t,
ed goods were frequently ratre' ard
heavy penalties were frequently il.'.rsed
mitted to know what the evidence was
and who never had an opportunity to
meet it: II is quite probable that this
the duties collected upon imported goods:
but | conceive it to be violation OF
law TO exact more duties than the law
provides, Just as i is viola t ds ,a to
than the legal rate of duty; This prac--
tice was rrepusnant TO the spirit OF
american law and to amerca% m ns
partment and the department of com:
: MERGE and labor 1t was wholly unneces-
/ sary for the due collection Of the GUS
toms revenues. and the attempt TO de-
fend it merely illustrates the denioraliza :
J ton which naturally follows from long
. continued course Of reliance upon such
l methods. ] accordingly caused the reg
r ulhtions governing this branch of the
customs service to be modified so that
values are determined upon hearing
r in which all the parties interested have
: an opportunity to be heard and to know
4 the evidence against them. Moreover. our
. treasury agents are accredited to the
s government of the country In which
!, they seek information, and in Germany
: receive the assistance of the ,duasi.of-
& mining the actual market. value OF
: goods, in accordance with what am
n advised to be the true construction oil
IS These changes Of regulations wer,:
= adopted to the removal of such mani
y fest abuses that l have not felt tina
o With e. be Sn and to Snve re es
70 tended their operation to all other coun
d tries which have expressed desire tt
d enter into similar administrative reia
2. tions. f
,e CONDITIONS IN CHINA
=. I ask for authority to reform tn
70 agreement with China under which tn
= and canoeing the, obligation of Chin;
j. j. for the payment Of all that part Of tn tn
IN stipulated indemnity ssi ii , In n eYce ices
dred and ninety-two dollars and sixty
nine cents t and Interest e. at tn foqp
~ =, legations in Pelsin during the Boxe
e es troubles in 1900 the powers, required fror
81 China the payment OF equitable intemn
=, protocol under which. the troops wer
se WITHDRAWN. signed at Pekin; Sept. I, 1870
xed the amp4nt Of ths nraE sGh
=, ~ 1000, and China paid. up to and III
Ja Guiding the LIST day of June, last, !.
ne little Over s6,oOO.ooO. II. was the first II
" tention OF this government at the prop.
,, d. time, when all claims had been presehte
IS. and ali expenses ascertained as fully q
ID ID possible to revise the stimates aud az
S s,a ship for China voluntarily to releas
pc that country from its legal liability e
es all payments In excess OF, the sum whc
= should prove to be necessary for actu'
ne Indemnity to the United States and i
20 citizens. 81, =
We This nation should help in every pra
nese people, so that the vast and POI
=; ulous empire of China may gradual
,ls adapt Itself to modern. conditions oi
q q a0 gt tss Il By pf 70 hs so
nd try and making 1t attractive 70 them
Nc take courses at, our universities ar
TT. higher educational snstitutions a,, Hnr e go,
nd S3RssFts9 a HNp e tHs1 AMERIc
la on the courteons in UT lenref q
ali state visited that country IN ssptemp
IL and October and was received ever
he where with the greatest kindness al
al He carried from the government.
tes the United States 10 our southern neiE
, ms Dor a message Of respect and good "
~ and of desire for better acquaintan
,en and increasing friendship. The respon
hin from the government and the people
EN- Mexico was hearty and sincere. NO PAL
81 e, n were spared to manifest the most frieI,
m "i ~ attitude and feeling toward the VI
NO ted States. -. -.
nd- In view of the close neighborhood
~ .
o., oa exist between Mexico and the Unit
nat States are just cause for ,gratificatit
ia We have a common boundary. OF on
a. 300 miles from the Gulf Of Mexico
the the Pacific. Much Of 1t Is marked 81
nv, Ia bv the shifting waters Of the /
on Grande. Many thousands OF Mexicn
are are residing upon our side OF the al II
as- ard it Is estamated that over 40,
rbe Americans are resident in Mexican t
nf ritory and that American investments
ne Mexico amount to over seven. hundl
Re- million dollars. The extraordinary
Do dustrial and commercial prosperity
hat Mexico has been g-cotiX promoted
, ,nS American enterprise, and Americans
ex- sharing largely in its. reesEi.:.. The
the eign trade OF the republic already I
me III ceeds $40 GoO,6oO per annum, and of t
two-thrds both q exports. and impo
[ are exchanged with the United Stat
Ter Under these circumstances numer'
for questions necessarily arise between
cen two countries. These questions are
her ways approached and disposed. of in
the spirit of mutual courtesy and falr &c
tice ING. Americans carrying on business
zeal Mexico testify uniformly, to the kt
un- ness and consideration with Which u
ttce 80 trootaa and their SenSe of the