No. 335.
Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Baker.
Washington, July 11, 1882.
Sir: Your dispatch No. 494, of the 19th ultimo, has been received. It relates to the exaction by Venezuela of 30 per cent. additional duty on the cargoes of vessels which may have touched at European colonial ports prior to their entrance into ports of Venezuela. It would be much regretted if your remonstrances against this action, and your proposition for a modification of the charge, should prove abortive.
The measure bears with such severity on the trade between the United States and that country that it is expected you will not lose sight of it, but will on every proper occasion endeavor to have a favorable change effected.
I am, &c.,