No. 584.
Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Baker.
Washington , March 10, 1883.
Sir: I have had the pleasure to receive your No. 617, of the 3d ultimo, reporting the action of the Venezuelan Government in relation to the 30 per cent, discriminating duty imposed upon imports from the United States transshipped at the West India Islands.
Upon the receipt of your dispatch I made communication of certain parts of it to Messrs. Boulton, Bliss & Dallet, who were considerably affected by such duty and who had frequently written to the Department upon the subject.
They were told that, so far as the Department was able to perceive, the present measures of the Venezuelan Government met the specific difficulty complained of, and that it was not seen how any more effective remedy could be obtained.
[Page 902]I have now the pleasure to inclose copy of their letter in reply appreciatively acknowledging the efforts of the Department and yourself respecting the matter.
I am, &c.,