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No.  58.

I  FOREIGN  CUSTOMS  DUTIES.
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MESSAGE
FHOM  TIIK

:

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,

TRANSMITTING

Letter  from  the  Secretary  of  State,  inclosing  statements  of  the  customs  dul^:$SJ£i^J)iLforej^n
  nations  upon  ike  pruúa^ce  and  manufactures  of  the
United  States.  ~  ~~  —

JANUARY  5,  1Õ87.—Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means  and  ordered  to  be
printed.

To  the  House  of  Representatives  :
I  transmit  herewith  a  letter  from  the  Secretary  of  State,  inclosing
atements  of  the  customs  duties  levied  by  foreign  nations  upon  the
produce  and  manufactures  of  the  United  States.

Executive  Mansion,
January  5,  1887.

GROVER  CLEVELAND.

Depa^ment  op  State,
TothePrement:  December  22,  im.
„f®  of  tables,  prepared  by  the  consular  officers
Çnitÿ  States  in  reply  to  an  inquiry  made  by  the  Department
concerning  the  customs  duties  levied  in  foreign  countries  upon  the  iiroduce
  and  manufactures  of  the  United  States.  In  framing  this  inquiry
only  such  articles  were  included  as  are  exported  from  this  countrvto  foreign
  markets,  the  design  being  to  show  what  burdens  are  imposed  upon
existing  commerce,  and  to  leave  for  a  future  inquiry  what  hindrances
or  prohibitions  are  entirely  preventing  the  sale  of  American  products
in  competition  with  the  products  of  other  nations.  In  a  future  report
mese  tariffs  will  be  considered  in  detail,  and  their  restriction  and  retaliatory ­
  features  pointed  out.
importance  of  this  subject  at  the  present  time  I  need
uaraiy  dwell.  The  demand  for  new  markets  for  American  products  has