Prelimnary reports Weights and measures. Inter-continental railway. Reciprocity treaties. Communications on the Atlantic, the Pacific, the gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea. Customs regulations. Port dues. Sanitary regulationsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... cent . of our pur- chases from Europe . The relation of these figures to the trade of the United States reveal the poverty of the ex- changes with greater clearness . Out of their total export trade , amounting to $ 740,000,000 , Latin ...
... cent . of our pur- chases from Europe . The relation of these figures to the trade of the United States reveal the poverty of the ex- changes with greater clearness . Out of their total export trade , amounting to $ 740,000,000 , Latin ...
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... cent . Advantages for one state are not secured under the " Zollverein " except at the expense of the revenue of the other states , and this result can not be acceptable to a Con- ference which at the present time is discussing economic ...
... cent . Advantages for one state are not secured under the " Zollverein " except at the expense of the revenue of the other states , and this result can not be acceptable to a Con- ference which at the present time is discussing economic ...
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... My distinguished friend , General Henderson , reminded us in one of his animated speeches that the United States manufactured two rails for every one manufactured by 1 England ; that their railways represent 50 per cent . 117.
... My distinguished friend , General Henderson , reminded us in one of his animated speeches that the United States manufactured two rails for every one manufactured by 1 England ; that their railways represent 50 per cent . 117.
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England ; that their railways represent 50 per cent . of those of the world ; that their telegraph wire encir- cles the earth thirty times ; and with all the triumphs achieved in every field of human progress , he presented to us the ...
England ; that their railways represent 50 per cent . of those of the world ; that their telegraph wire encir- cles the earth thirty times ; and with all the triumphs achieved in every field of human progress , he presented to us the ...
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... cent . of the former . Very well , agricultural products will never go in the direction of South America , because our coun- tries raise and export them in their turn . The manufactur- ing industries are those that involve the future of ...
... cent . of the former . Very well , agricultural products will never go in the direction of South America , because our coun- tries raise and export them in their turn . The manufactur- ing industries are those that involve the future of ...
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accept adopted amendment American nations amount Argentine delegation Argentine Republic bill of health Bolivia Caribbean Sea cent Chair charges commerce Committee on Customs communication Congress of Lima consider consular Convention of Rio Costa Rica countries custom-house Customs Union delegate from Chili delegate from Colombia desire discussion Ecuador establish ESTEE exports favor ference foreign freight fuerza mayor Government Guatemala Henderson Honduras honorable delegate HURTADO idea import duties International American Conference invitation invoice laws Lima lines majority manufactured markets matter measures MENDONÇA ment merchandise minority report motion Nicaragua objection opinion Pacific Paraguay Peru port dues present President proposed provisions quarantine question QUINTANA reason reciprocity treaties recommend regulations represented resolution respective revenue Rio de Janeiro ROMERO SAENZ PEÑA Salvador Sanitary Convention Secretary session ship South America statistics steam-ship steamers submitted tariff tion tonnage United Uruguay VARAS Venezuela vessels VICE-PRESIDENT vote words ZEGARRA Zollverein
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Página 30 - States, at such time as he may deem proper in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, for the purpose of discussing and recommending for adoption to their respective Governments some plan of arbitration for the settlement of disagreements and disputes that may hereafter arise between them, and for considering questions relating to the improvement of business intercourse and means of direct communication between said countries, and to encourage such reciprocal commercial relations as will be beneficial...
Página 41 - We believe that friendship, avowed with candor and maintained with good faith, will remove from American States the necessity of guarding boundary lines between themselves with fortifications and military force. We believe...
Página 39 - I bid vou welcome to every section and to every State of the Union. You come in response to an invitation extended by the President on the special authorization of Congress. Your presence here is no ordinary event. It signifies much to the people of all America to-day. It may signify far more in the days to come.
Página 404 - ... and as to the customs laws, and regulations of their respective countries ; such Bureau to be maintained in one of the countries for the common benefit and at the common expense, and to furnish to all the other countries such commercial statistics and other useful information as may be contributed to it by any of the American republics. That the Committee on Customs Regulations be authorized and instructed to furnish to the Conference a plan of organization and a scheme for the practical work...
Página 404 - That the Governments here represented shall unite for the establishment of an American International Bureau for the collection, tabulation, and publication in the English, Spanish, and Portuguese languages of information as to the productions and commerce, and as to the customs, laws, and regulations of their respective countries; such Bureau to be maintained in one of the countries for the common benefit and at the common expense, and to furnish to all the other countries such commercial statistics...
Página 42 - We believe that a spirit of justice, of common and equal interest between the American States will leave no room for an artificial balance of power like unto that which has led to wars abroad and drenched Europe in blood.
Página 93 - ... to estimate the cost of each, and to compare their respective advantages. Third. That the said commission should consist of a body of engineers, of whom each nation should appoint three, and which should have authority to divide into subcommissions, and appoint as many other engineers and employes as may be considered necessary for the more rapid execution of the work. Fourth. That each of the Governments accepting may appoint, at its own expense, commissioners or engineers to serve as auxiliaries...
Página 94 - ... practicable and compatible with the route and conditions of the continental railroad. Eighth. That in case the results of the survey demonstrate the practicability and advisability of the railroad, proposals for the construction either of the whole line or of sections thereof should be solicited. Ninth. That the construction, management, and operation of the line should be at the expense of the concessionaires, or of the persons to whom they sublet the work, or transfer their rights with all...
Página 405 - All official regulations which affect the entrance and clearance of vessels and the importation and exportation of merchandise in the ports of the represented countries; also all circulars of instruction to customs officials which relate to customs procedure or to the classification of merchandise for duty. (c) Ample quotations from commercial and parcel-post treaties between any of the American Republics.
Página 102 - Fifteenth. That the approval of the surveys, the terms of the proposals, the protection of the concessionaires, the inspection of the work, the legislation affecting it, the neutrality of the road, and the free passage of merchandise in transit, should be (in the event contemplated by article eighth) the subject of special agreement between all the nations interested. Sixteenth. That as soon as the government of the United States shall receive notice of the acceptance of these recommendations by...