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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 8, 18918 de agosto de 1891 · Macon, Miss. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

Macon beacon

SourceFuente: Macon beacon · Macon, Miss. · August 8, 18918 de agosto de 1891
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016943/1891-08-08/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 *Macon Beacon* reported the conclusion of a commercial reciprocity treaty between the United States and the Dominican Republic endorsed by President Ulises Heureaux. The treaty granted free entry into Dominican ports for American agricultural and railway equipment and reduced duties by 25 percent on meats, textiles, and iron products. In return, Dominican staples including sugar, molasses, and coffee entered the United States duty-free under the McKinley Tariff Act.

El *Macon Beacon* informó sobre la conclusión de un tratado de reciprocidad comercial entre Estados Unidos y la República Dominicana respaldado por el presidente Ulises Heureaux. El tratado otorgaba libre entrada a los puertos dominicanos al equipo agrícola y ferroviario estadounidense y reducía los aranceles en un 25 por ciento para carnes, textiles y productos de hierro. A cambio, los productos básicos dominicanos, incluidos el azúcar, la melaza y el café, entraban a Estados Unidos libres de impuestos al amparo de la Ley Arancelaria McKinley.

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The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

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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.

legation, has just returned to this city.

Irom a Hying trip to San Domingo,

where he laid the text of tho conven

tion before President Heureaux and re

ceived his indorsement on July

The treaty follows closely the

lines laid down in the convention with

Jirazil. In the opening sections

the authority of the McKinley act for

the free entry of sugar, molasses, cof

fee, cocoa and hides is referred to and

In reciprocity for these concessions

the admission into Dominican ports

is authorized of goods enumer

ated in two schedules which

aro appended, the one schedule

without any duty and the other with

a reduction of 25 per cent, upon the

duty now levied. In the free schedule

are enumerated various bread-stuffs,

potatoes, hay and oats, pork and fish,

cotton-seed oil, agricultural imple

ments mining and mechanical tools

and material for the construction and

equipment of railways.

The admission into Dominican ports

of a large number of articles with

reduction of 3.1 per cent, on the pre

ent duty is authorized by a clause in

the treaty and a schedule uppended in-

eluding cured and canned meats and

vegetables, manufactures of cotton

iron and steel not included in the free

schedule, unmanufactured leather, lum

bcr, and manufactures of wood, etc.

In exchange for Sl.711.0li0 worth of

sugar the I'nited States last year sent

to San Domingo a trille over !iM.0,t.l

worth of goods which included wheat,

flour, lard, cottons, iron and steel man

ufacture and wood inunufa. -lures. A

giiod deal of New England capital is in

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Macon beacon. (1891). Macon, Miss., 1891-08-08. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016943/1891-08-08/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Macon beacon, 1891-08-08.

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