The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-07-18
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
cndsr . Revenue Tariff and Under , Pro
tective Tariff.

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the largest portion of which we were
under low tariff, our exports Of gold
and silver amounted to 81, 24s, ;s24, 800.
Our imports of gold and silver during
that period amounted to SOL, les, lat, an
excess of exports Of our gold and silver
over our imports during that period
amounting to 81, ISL. 159, 21a
From the year 1879 to the year 1889,
inclusive, our exports Of gold and silver
amounted to STAG, 232. s0I. Our imports
amounted to SOS, 16I,74S This shows
that during the last ten years our i'm
ports of gold and silver have exceeded
our exports by SIS, 1874, $50.
Now, 1t will be observed that during
the largest portion of the period when
our excess of exports of gold and silver
amounted to 81, 1877, 15e, 213. which en-
braced the war and paper currency pc
riod, We were under low tariff; while
from 1879 to 1889. when our imports of
gold and silver exceeded our exports by
SIS, 934, 1856, was a period of high tariff
after the war and when our currency
was on coin basis
Now we ask the business men of this
country to carefully consider these facts
and their bearing upon the currency
and upon the business prosperity of the
country. During twenty-seven years of
the time from 1s4S to 1875, the excess of
our imports of merchandise over our ex-
ports amounted to 81, 500, 304, SIS. Dur
ing five years Of this period, the excess
of our exports of merchandise over our
imports amounted to s106, I13, $40. The
excess of our imports over our exports
for the entire period was 81, 4s9, $50, T43.
A large part of this period was when we
were under low tariff. On the other
hand, from 1876 to 1887, the excess of
our exports over our imports was 81, 612,-
$50, 755, while during the last two years
of Cleyeland's administration the excess
Of our imports over our exports was $780,
732, ss4, showing that during the thir-
teen years of high tariff, the excess of
our exports over our imports was 81, $751;
926,S71.
During the last fiscal year of Repub-
lican administration, ending June 80,
1885, the excess of our exports over our
imports was s164, 662, 426. During the
first year of Cleyeland's administration
the excess Of our exports was reduced to
s44, OsS, 694. During the second year it
was reduced to S23, s63, 443 During the
third year of his administration the bal
ance was changed to the other side of
the ledger, and was s2S 002, 601 against
Us. In 1889, the last year of his admin
istration, it was So, $50, 81 against US.
When Cleveland came into Office in
1885 our total exports were s142, 1S9, 755.
The last year of his administration our
exports were only $685., s54, 5O7. In the
year 1885 Cleveland began his admins
tration with our imports s5I1, 52I, 329,
and closed his administration with
our imports ST23,957, ia. In other
words, Grover Cleveland's tariff re-
reform administration has reduced the
sale of our products to foreign countries
$40, 235, 24S in four years, whereas the
sale of our products should have in
creased more than that amount. Dur
ing the four years of Cleveland's admin
istration the sale Of foreign products in
this country increased s146, 429. Is5, thus
substituting that amount of foreign
manufactured products for home manu-
featured products.
During the four years of Republican
administration. just previous to Cleve-
lands, we sold to foreign countries
$685., 03g, Alb more than we bought of
them. while during the four years of
Cleveland's administration we only sold
them s37, s1e, 253 more than we bought
of them.
These figures show that the protective
system in four years time has made
difference in the amount we sold foreign
ers more than we bought of them amount
ing to $500, $50. 100 more than it was dur
ing the four years of Cleveland's admin
is tration.
Now, what makes this difference? 1t
is simply that the protective system
home production, so that we
produce more than We consume, and
sell to foreigners, while under the low
tariff system our manufacturing indus
tries are depressed, our people are idle
and foreigners are making our prod
ucts and selling them to US, so that we
buy from them more than we sell to
them.
Another point: During the eighteen
years of low tariff, from 1s43 to 1850.
inclusive. our imports of merchandise
amounted to Sc, SOC, 664. 535, an average
Of S211, $50, 252. During the same period
our exports of merchandise amounted to
s., Az, 654, 202, an average Of $780,, 925,-
23s. The total excess of our imports
over our exports during that period was
1884, 010, 243, an average of SIS, 555, Ola
per year. During the Twenty-Five years
Of high tariff, from 1861 to 1889, in
elusive, our total imports amounted to
s14. SOB, 446, 212. an average of s510, 49,
j62 per year. During the same period
1ur exports of merchandise amounted
10 SIS, 229, 794, 5S4, an average of $685.
I5s, 43i. The total excess of exports
over imports during that period was
s426, 34S, 372, an average excess Of ex-
ports over imports amounting to S14.-
,94, T7a year.
Another important item: During the
;en years of high tariff just previous to
administration, our total |
imports of merchandise amounted to
5, s3s, SIS, 507, and our total exports to |
y, As, 266, 125, an excess of exports over |
imports of s1,6O4. 7O7, 61s, the average |
excess of exports over imports during |
his time being $3.50, 40, 761.
During the four years of Cleveland's !
our total imports |
to 81, 796, s44, $40. Our total |
,xports arnoun tod RI 60 S2l nag Q12 Tho I
excess Of exports over imports during
hese four years was s37,219 25S, an av-
rage excess of exports over imports
II only So, se4, s13. And during the last |
wo years of his administration the i'm
,orts exceeded the exports By more
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