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Show CAPITAL NOTES. The Proldent Comment Upon The Letter Iront Illalne On a Custom UdIob. COMMITTER ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION BILL. innnal Meeting of the Mcaragca Construction Coaipany at Denver, Den-ver, Yesterday. STANLEY RECEIVES AN ADDRESS AND TALKS. InipnuVnt ltolihencs By IllrU of roarlrcn. Vmational Unci In South Carolina. Bf Telegraph to the N e wt I vrvMUM.ro MITEX. A Custom Inlon. ronrrrnlnr Wrtlent tanners -The I lerllon mil W'A"JIJ"(.toV, June ID. The President has approved the census deficiency appropriation bill, and the act providing for tlie exportation of fermented liquor in bond without with-out the tojineiit of mi internal re.'enue Ul. TUP IHESIDLS.T leas tr insmltted to Congress a letter from Maine upon the sulject of a customs u nlou.auu the recommendations recommenda-tions in rcsect thereof lij the Pan-American Pan-American Conference. Maine suggested sug-gested an amendment to the tarlrT 1,111 ntitlinrizfti- the President til declare thciiortsof the United States free to the productions of any American Ameri-can nation upon which no ex'-ort dues Rr cl srged, a long as tuth nation shall admit live to its on the manufactures aud products of Uie United -tates The I'p-id' nt iu transmltiini; tlie conimiinlcalionnys "ltlsro often and i-rslstentl statist that our tar-itr tar-itr Laws offer an insurmountable barrier to a large exchange of pro-duet pro-duet with the IatIii-AtuTlean m-tlons, m-tlons, thatl ie--ni It proper to call ;xrcL.l r.;'tntion to the fact that more than o per ct nt. of the prod ucts of those u itlons sent to our ports are now admitted free. If sugar Is placed upon the free li-t, practn-allv cvtri inijoit article extxirtetl from ' ost rtales will lie given uutaxed access to our markets excel t wool. The real difllcullj in the way of negotiating lrotltablo reciruclty treatieu is that we have given frith) so much that would have been of value in the mutual coiicesioi s wlili h trtatits imply I cannot doubt, howevir, tint the prt-eiit ailvautags which the product of these i.mr and friendly state" enjoj Inourmarktt though ilnj arc not bv law exclusive nud.wllliotluri'ou-sfderatiocs, nud.wllliotluri'ou-sfderatiocs, favoribli UIie thim to idoi t !'j'Ii mcafttn-s by treaty orolhciwi-c u- will It til lot-quails or greatly enlarge our mutual ii-changes. ii-changes. It will certnluly be time SusTMwifc'H t5osl'('r7rodurtlori" liy cheapening labor ill order to gain nccess to t-cuth American nnrkeL" when we have fairly tried the ttrect of established and reliable s'eam communication aud convenient con-venient methods of niorey exchanges. exchan-ges. There can be no doubt, I think, that with thece facilities well ts tabllshed, and with n rebate of duties du-ties u,-on Imported rav materials ud In themariifacturecfgoodsfor eviort, our merchants will be able to comjicic In the lolls of th Ijatin American nations witli th'jct; of auy other countrj If, after Congress Con-gress shall liav e acted ujsin the pending pend-ing tariir legislation it shall appear that under tlie government treat v-maklug v-maklug iW( r urunder any s-cial lowers given bj Law, our trade with the states represented in the conference can be enlarged upon a lasts of material advantage, it will be ironi'tly done. SlXTItTVItv. TLAINE. to-day retcived a telegram from the chairman of the National Millers' convention, Mlnucn'iolis. It says the millers are Rrcatly agita'til over the rturt tliat an additional duty of eighty cents jier barrel will be imposed on American Hour lu Cuba, thus prohibiting tliu American Ameri-can flour trade, aid asking information. informa-tion. Secretary Illalne replied tliat no ofllclal advice had been received, receiv-ed, but, If correct, the advance would make the duty $i 31 per barrel, evidently intended b Sjaln as a retaliation. He added that it had been constantly said heietofore during the last six months that the Western farmers demanded an unconditional un-conditional repeal of the sugar duty. It is within the ower of the West ern farmers, by encouraging a system of reciprocit J , to secure In exchange for the rc-ieal of this duty, tlie free admlMon of their bread-stuUsand bread-stuUsand provisions Into the markets mark-ets of fort i millions of "i Ie.includ ingCuba. In hi" opinion, this is tlie most profitable polity for tlie Western farmer stXHETVUV VWMIOM has applied to the attorney -general as to whether he his authority to place n premium on gold liars withdrawn with-drawn front the ew York assay ofllce for eximt. tux-llos 1 IM.. The chairman of the committee on election of Presie'ent, Vice President Presi-dent and Representatives today submitted the n port, of the committee com-mittee on the federal election bill, drafted lu pursuance of Instruction Instruc-tion of the caucus. The report says, In inrt. Your committee believe that frajd, violence and corruj tion exist ex-ist to such a degree, and popular confldence has been so largely shaken In regard to elections lu many congressional districts, that they have as little doubt of tlie expediency of such a measure as this which they prDiwe as they have of tlie free anil absolute power of congress to enact legislation legisla-tion of this kind whenever the circumstances cir-cumstances stent, as thej- uo now, to imperatively demand It." In AiMres to Mauley. Lolio, June 19. Stanley was presented w 1th an address at Berwick Ber-wick today. In reply he spoke In the most enthusiastic terms of the wisdom of Salisbury's settlement with Germany of the African question. ques-tion. By tlie agreement 500 square miles of territory are added to the British possessions in Africa. Instead In-stead of a dolorous tirndeagalnst the prime minister, Stanley said now is the time to singa txean inbls honor. It is now possible to realize the great dream of those concerned In the exploratlen and civilization of Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo. Stanley, In receiving the freedom of Newcastle, repeated his laudations lauda-tions of Salisbury, dwelling with enthusiasm upon trie prospects in Africa. He said he was confident that if he could muster all the chiefs of the regions that England had acquired, ac-quired, they wonld acquiesce In the opinion that the date of agreement would be a red letter day In the Af. rlcan clendnr. |
