The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-27
Import and Export Statistics.

for the ten months ending October 81, il
just out, and is as full of interesting and
significant figures, as has been character
istic of similar statements fer the past
year. Nothing published in the course
Of the year throws more light on the
tariff question than this summary of sta
tistics. It is O. striking and startling
commentary on the results Of our pro-
tective system. Take for example our
cotton manufactures. According to this
summary, We imported during the ten
months as follows:
Quantities. Values.
Blsasasa yssas la and anssasAsa square 4as,5
Printed, painted or oolored.....-. 2lo,O2o 9A651
During the same period, ne exported
as follows:
Quantities Values
Gos4ea aeGtSIsS Sdssons sss4s ss s :4s
Apparently this is o good showing, but
the fact is, that in this very article of
cottons, in which we ought to lead the
world, we import more than ne export,
and during the ten months in question
our imports Of the two manufactures
mentioned above, of which alone we
supply more than We receive, grew while
our exports of prints diminished. The
following com mparative table of values
will show the precise figures:
I77%p05ts@ 1s7ss 5sso. M;51p0r1s;| is;g' 1850
7ss5Ss ssSi ssS s:ias
Altogether, there is falling of in the
aggregate of the exports, and material
increase in the aggregate of imports.
The duty on uncolored cottons ranges
from IS to 4S.S9 per cent. all valoren,.
The duty on prints is from 35 to $500
per cent. The duties probably make the
home market very profitable one for
the manufacturer. The duty on other
manufactured cottons runs from 20 per
per cent. ad valorem for waste or focks to
1896, 59.36 and 62.S8 for threads, yarns,
etc. !; 1884 to 76.0S for thread on spools,
and 35 to 63.17 for jeans, denims, etc.
And yet We exported Of all these for the
ten months as follows:
Exports Of ,214 sl,3s4,o2s
And on imported........ ..1s, ,o15eSs 26,4lo,l 100
Here is balance against us, and one
growing enormously, in cottons, of S19,-
3S4,219. There is no duty on raw cotton,
and We imported only S555, ,942 worth in
the ten months covered By the summary.
Even this was an increase of our imports
over the corresponding ten months Of the
previous year. Our exports of cotton,
however, greatly increased, and, as usual,
as will be shown further on, that increase
was absolutely necessary for the preserra-
ton of the balance of trade in our favor.
The exports of cotton for the ten months
of tho two years were as follows:
Sea Island ....""........... s65s,674 s945,Os7
,672 166,S5S,777
We send our unprotected cotton abroad
to be made up into manufactured articles,
which are brought back and sold to our
people in competition with our protected
manufactures.
Iron Is protected from 20 to los per
cent, and what has that protection done
for us? We have, in the ten months of
1880, imported iron and manufactures of
iron and steel to the value of S5S, ,483, 1920,
as against $12, ,485594 for the correspond
ing ten months of 1879. During these
two periods our exports have been, re-
spectiyely, as follows: 1879, SIC, ,535, ,S0l F.;
1880, S10, ,4l5.07S.
A comparison of some Of the items
which 60 to make up these totals will be
interesting. During the ten months of
1879, our exports Of firearms amounted
to Sl,957 ,022; in 1880 they fell off tu
$1,010,S7l. Yet, our firearms are noted
the world over. In the same periods our
imports of fire. arms increased from S54l,.
829 to $903, ,686. Our imports also great
ly increased in respect to other articles Of
iron and steal, as will be seen from the
rol1on,snor IN h1a.