The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-06

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of advance has been maintained, the
total domestic exports having vaiu-
| alton approximately of $4,000, 000, 00C,
as compared with q fraction over
| $4,000, 100000 the previous year. 1t
| Is also significant that manufactured
and partly manufactured articles con-
tinue to be the chief commodities form
ports. the demands of our own people
for consumption requiring that an In
| creasing proportion of our abundant
agricultural products be kept at home.
In the fiscal year 1911 the exports of
| articles in the various stages of man
| ufacture, not including foodstuffs part
| ly or wholly manufactured, amounted
approximately to 9O7,500,000. In the
fiscal year 1912 the total was nearly
| $1,022 100000, a gain of $114,000,000.
Advantage of Maximum and Minimum
Tariff Provision.
The importance which our manufac-
lures have assumed in the commerce
| of the world in competition with the
| manufactures of other countries again
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government to use its utmost endeav-
ors to secure impartial treatment for
| American products in all markets.
| Healthy commercial rivalry in inter
| national intercourse is best assured
| by the possession of proper means
for protecting and promoting our
| foreign trade 1t is natural that
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with some concern this steady
expansion of our commerce. If In
| some instances the measure taken by
them to meet it are not entirely equi-
| table, a remedy should be found. In
| former messages l have described the
| negotiations of the department of
state with foreign governments for the
| adjustment of the maximum and min
| imum tariff as provided in section
| of the tariff law of 1909. The advan-
tages secured by the adjustment of
our trade relations under this law
| have continued during the last year,
| and some additional cases of discrim-
inatory treatment of which we had
| reason to complain have been re-
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| for the first time in the history of
this country obtained substantial
| INSTRUMENTATION treatment from
| all the countries of the world. There
| are, however, other instances which,
while apparently not constituting UNI
| due discrimination in the sense of
section g.. are nevertheless exceptions
to the complete equity of tariff treat
| ment for American products that the
| department of state consistently has
sought to obtain for American COM
| merce abroad.
Necessity for Supplementary LeIgsIa-
| Iation..
| These developments confirm the
opinion conveyed to you In my annual
message of 1911, that while the max
imum and minimum provision of the
tariff law of 1909 has been fully JUS
titled by the success achieved in re-
moving previously existing undue dis
ordinations against American prod
ucts, yet experience has shown that
this feature of the law should be
amended in such way as to prevent
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the varying degrees of discriminatory
| treatment of American commerce in
foreign countries still encountered, as
| well as to protect against injurious
treatment on the part of foreign gov
| ernments, through either legislative
| of administrative measures, the finan-
| cial interests abroad of American cit
liens whose enterprises enlarge the
4 market for American commodities.
| can not too strongly recommend
to congress the passage of some such
enabling measure as the bill which
was recommended by the secretary
of state in his letter of December 13,
1911. The object of the proposed leg
islation is, in brief, to en-
able the executive to apply,
| as the case may require, to any
or all commodities, whether or not on
the free list from a country which
discriminates against the United
States, graduated scale of duties
up to the maximum of 25 per cent. ad
valorem provided in the present law.
| Flat tariffs are out of date NJ
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Britain.
! The special agreement entered into
between the United States and Great
Britain on August IS, 1910, for the ar
bitration of outstanding pecuniary.
claims, schedule of claims and the
terms Of submission have been agreed
upon by the two governments, and to-
gether with the special agreement
were approved by the senate on July
10, 1911, but in accordance with the
terms of the agreement they did not
| go into effect until confirmed by the
| two governments by an exchange of
notes, which was done on April 26
last. Negotiations are still in prog
| ress for a supplemental schedule of
claims to be submitted to arbitration
under this agreement, and meanwhile
the necessary preparations for the ar
bitration of the claims included in the
first schedule have been undertaken
and are being carried on under the
authority of an appropriation made for
that purpose at the last session of
| congress. 1t is anticipated that the
two governments will be prepared to
call upon the arbitration tribunal, es-
tablished under this agreement, to
meet at Washington early next year
to proceed with this arbitration.
Fur Seal Treaty and Need for Amend
ment of Our Statute.
The act adopted at the last session
| Of Congress to give effect to the fur
| seal convention of July 1 1911 be-
| tween Great Britain, Japan, Russia
and the United States, provided for
the suspension of all land killing of