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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
August 3, 18913 de agosto de 1891 · Augusta, Me. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

Daily Kennebec journal

SourceFuente: Daily Kennebec journal · Augusta, Me. · August 3, 18913 de agosto de 1891
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014248/1891-08-03/ed-1/?sp=1

In contextEn contexto

Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas · 1865–1905

President Ulysses S. Grant championed a treaty to annex Santo Domingo (1869–1870), sparking a historic Senate battle led by Charles Sumner. Later coverage tracked President Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) and crushing European bond debt.El presidente Ulysses S. Grant promovió un tratado para anexar Santo Domingo (1869–1870), provocando una histórica batalla en el Senado con Charles Sumner. Informes posteriores siguieron al presidente Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) y la deuda externa.

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SummaryResumen

The *Daily Kennebec Journal* published President Benjamin Harrison's proclamation making public the reciprocity agreement concluded with the Dominican Republic. The pact reduced Dominican import duties by 25 percent on numerous American goods, such as provisions, cotton textiles, shoes, and paper. President Harrison declared these concessions sufficient reciprocity under Section 3 of the tariff act to grant reciprocal privileges to Dominican commodities.

El *Daily Kennebec Journal* publicó la proclama del presidente Benjamin Harrison mediante la cual hacía público el acuerdo de reciprocidad concluido con la República Dominicana. El pacto reducía los aranceles de importación dominicanos en un 25 por ciento sobre numerosos productos estadounidenses, tales como provisiones, textiles de algodón, calzado y papel. El presidente Harrison declaró estas concesiones como reciprocidad suficiente bajo la Sección 3 de la ley de aranceles para conceder privilegios recíprocos a los productos básicos dominicanos.

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The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

The following articles are to be admitted

into the Dominican 1Upublic at a redaction

of daty of 25 per centum: Butter, cheese

and condensed milk;; fish of all kinds,

fraits and vegetables of all kinds, cotton,

mannfsctnred. spun or twisted, and in

fabrics of all kinds, wooven or knit, and

the same fabrics mixed with other vege

table or animal fibres, in which cotton is

tbe equal or greater component parts; boots

and shoes; writing paper, blank books,

wall paper, paper for wrapping and back

ing, for cigatettes, in cardboard, boxes and

bags, sandpaper and pasteboard; tinplate

and tinware for arts, icdustries and domes

tic uses; cordage, rope and twine of all

kinds; wooden ware, implements for house

hold uses.

The proclamation closes with the follow

ing language

And, whereaa, tbe special plenipotentiary

of the United States, has, by my direction,

given assurance to the envoy extraordinary

and minister plenipotentisry of the Domini

can republic at Washington, that tb saction

of Ihe government of the Dominican re

public in granting exemption of duties to

the products and manufactures of the

United States of America on their importa

tion into the Dominican republic, is ac

cepted ae a due reciprocity for the action

of Congress as set forth in section three of

said act: Now, therefore, be it known that

I. Benjamin Harrison, President of iW

United States of America, have caused

tbe above stated modifications of tbe tariff

laws of tbe Dominican republic to be m«de

public for the information of the citizens of

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Daily Kennebec journal. (1891). Augusta, Me., 1891-08-03. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014248/1891-08-03/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Daily Kennebec journal, 1891-08-03.

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