No. 995.
Mr. Bayard to Mr. de
Muruaga.
Washington , March 17, 1888.
Sir: In your note of January 10 last you informed this Department that it was proposed to submit “for the royal approval the holding of an international congress at Madrid, to consider and propose the most effective means of protecting the authenticity and ownership of marks of wines, and to propose such regulations as may appear most applicable to prevent and counteract the adulteration and falsification of wines, and, on behalf of your Government, you asked whether the United States would be disposed to be represented in the congress aforesaid.
Having referred the subject to the Department of Agriculture, I have now the honor to state that this Government is prepared to send representatives to such a congress, and I shall be glad to be informed whether it will be held and at what date.
Accept, etc.,