The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-11
MARTINsBuRG WEST va. FRIDAY, DECEMBER II. 1891

\ serious concern because Of the harsh measures
now being enforced against the Hebrews in
Russia BY the revival of antisemitie laws
long in aboyance. great numbers of those un
fortunate people have been constrained Il
! abandon their homes and leave the empire b,
| reason of the impossbility Of finding sul1sisi-
euce within the pale TO which it is sought Is
4 confine them. The Immigration OF these peo
1 pie to the United States-many other countries
being closed TO then-is largely increasing aud
is likely 10 assume proportions which may
| make 1t difficult TO ind homes and emplovmen;
for them here and to seriously affect the labor
market. sl go 1.s-..
forced from Russia within few years. The
/ Hebrew Is never beggar; he has always kept
the law-life by toil-often under severe and
i oppressive civil restrictions. Il is also true
that no race, sect or class has more fully cared
for its own than the Hebrew race, But the
sudden transfer of such a multitude under
conditions that tend TO strip them of their
small Accommodations and TO depress their ener-
gies and courage is neither good for them nor
! forus. Nes 8t--
The Nicaragua Canal
[Congress,i is asked TO carefully consider the
Nicaragua canal and assist toward its carly
completion.l s .sss s,s.44ssssA
International copyright has been scared, in
accordance with the conditions Of the act If
March 8, 1891, with Belgium France, Great
Britain and the British possessions and Switz-'
erland, the laws of thoseeountries permitting
to our citizens the benefit of copyright ON sub
stantially the same basis as TO their own citi-
zens or subjects. With Germany a special CON
| vention has been negotiated upon this subject,
which will bring thst country within the re-
ciprocal benefits of cur legislation.
IlcH4fW lasi y tltfil 1888 t-z'iS' f,s' 'f.f'sA
afssa sstiraaa4f5 gsdE 3eaigqfs
treas..o .nehys9 Hez ss3 irasnel
ed 'duieee 3poas sos sA 1eW ssa4
fiict.aA t,ss
folowsaek D. .Is-s .t,ssagF - lasssss !.
last coDr'.3-. li-s t;,4 rerca sua,:ode
results OF tiss flcsls lssi,,.s upon gfe@aa.
and upon. the ce4nt.S. Uu the ~. ,..s,il az
contendcd that iinports would SO fail of .as
90 leave the treasury bankrupt and that Tie
prices of articles entering into the living Of the
people would be SO enhanced as to disastrousiy
affect their comfort and happiness, while on
the other it. was argued that the loss to the
revenue, largely the result of placing sugar on
the free list, would be q direct gain TO the peo-
pie; that the prices of the necessaries of lifes
including those most highly protected, would
not be enhanced that labor would have a
larger market and the products of the farm
advanced prices, while the treasury surplus
and receipts would be adequate to meet the
appropriations, including the large exceptional
expenditures for the refrmding to the states
of the direct tax and the redemption of the AZ
per cent. bonds. sss saf
1t is not my purpose TO enter at any length
into discussion of the effects of the legislation
to which have referred, but a brief examna-
tion OF the STATISTICS OF the treasury ana y gem
eral glance at the state OF business throughout
the country Will \ think. satisfy any impartial
inquirer tnat us results nave disappointed tne
evil prophecies of its opponents and in a large
measure realized the hopeful predictions Of its
iriehds. rarely II ever before, IN the history
Oh the country mas there been time when the
proceeds OF one days labor, or the product OF
one iarinea acre, would purchase 50 large an
amount of those that n "a
liis 81 the masses OF the people peilsVe that
auit .s s MI ueNeiop tne iace mat me lsiIl
acc u one = iity-irSt congress ls very favorable
III i.s average erect upon the prices OF articics
catering nep!s ni'o common use,
Duflng Inc twelve months from Oct !, lsoO,
70 oepl. %, ioYi, the total value OF our foreign
Solnilinerce import ana exports complned was
?l''S' ,oVo'aHo' Wnich was the largest OF yyear
ln the history OF the United states, The larg-
est III any previous year was IN loy0 when our
commerce amounted to $l,6i7, 1893. and the
last year exceeds this enormous aggregate by
over one hundred millions. IL is interesting,
ana TO some wllis be surprising, to know that
during the year ending Sept. 80, 1884, our i'm
ports OF merchandise amounted to 1874, 5,27O,
which was an increase of more than eleven
million dollars over the value of the imports Of
the corresponding months Of the preceding
year, when the imports of merchandise we're
unusually large in anticipation Of the tariff
legislation then pending The average annual
ten years from 1881 TO 1880 S69, ,52,, and
during the year ending Sept 30, 1891, this ain
nual average was exceeded by $l32 KS, 4Gs.
The value Of free imports during the twelve
months ending Sept. 30. 1891. was Sis, OBJ 3S7
more than the N3tiHe 81 free imports during the
corresponding twelve months of the preceding
year. and there was during the same period II
decrease of $iv6,s+d,50S In the value of imports
of dutiable merchandise The percentage Of
merchandise admitted freeo of duty during the
year to which / have referred, the first under
the new tariff, was ~. lS, while during the pre-
eeding twelve months, under the clH rarfil, the
J percentage was 3i.2., an increase Of 1891 per
cent Ii we take the SIX nonthe ending Sept
80 last. which covers the tine during Which
sugars have been admitted free ofyduty the
per cent. OF value o1 merchandise import ed
free of duty is found 10 be 55;5i, (which is
larger percentage of free imports than during
any prior fiscal year i'll the history of the gov-
eminent.
Ii we turn to exports of merchandise the