John A. Logan to Adolpo Ibanez, February 27, 1875

No. 120. Mr. Logan to Mr. Fish.

Sir: Under cover of this dispatch, I have the honor to inclose a printed copy in Spanish of the postal treaty recently celebrated between Chili and Germany, and also a translated copy of the same.

In former dispatches I have had the honor to call the attention of the Department to the propriety of concluding a postal treaty between the United States and Chili, stating at some length the evils of the Chili postal system, of which the American residents of the country so constantly complain. A full description of the postal arrangements of Chili, with their extortions and double charges, is to be found in my dispatch No. 50, under date of March 15, 1874.

In my dispatch No. 70, I stated that Chili had subsidized a national line of steamers between Panama and Valparaiso, and suggested the convenience which a Chilian line of steamers would render in the consummation of a direct postal treaty.

The postal evils and complaints referred to in the above-named dispatches still continue; and I am constantly beset with inquiries as to why some effort is not made to correct them.

Hence, if it be deemed inexpedient, for reasons not known to the American residents of Chili, to enter into a postal convention between the two countries, I should be glad to be so informed by the Department, that I may communicate the fact to them.

I have, &c.,