Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-07-18
INTERESTING FIGURES
Showing the Effect Of the New Tariff
Law.

Showing the Effect Of the New Tariff
WASHINGTON. D. c., July 1.-THE bureau
OF statistics has issued it's summary state.
mont by quantities and values of the importa
and exports for the month ending May 81
1881, and for the eleven preceding months Of
this fiscal year, compared with the CORES
pondlng period of 1880. The summary is OF
particular interest, az showing the effect OF
the new tariff law upon our imports and ex-
ports. The total value of our imports dur
ing the past eleven months were ST., ass, 2O2,
as compared with $713, 1875, 467 for the CORES
ponoin9 eleven months of last year, an in
crease of $57, 579, 735. The merchandise adj
United free of duty during the past eleven
months amounted to $s27, 342. 749, as COM
pared with $243,977, 281 for the correspond
ing period last year. This is an increase of
free merchandise imported over last year of
$83, 365, 1853, while there was an increase of
dutiable merchandise during this period Of
the value of $25, 785, 1893. This change is due
to the Mckinley bill, which placed large
number of articles on the free list. The
principal articles placed upon the free list
were chemicals, drugs and dyes, and the i'm
portation of these commodities shows an in.
crease OF "a, $50, 80 during the month of
May. An increase in the imports of fruit is
shown amounting to s., 184, III in value; i'm
ports of India rubber and gutta percha also
hoy marked increase, Since Abrll ST.
gS7 81 worth of sugar has come in free Of
duty. Textile grasses and fbers have been
imported in large quantities; the increase is
shown to have reached value of nearly 3d.
10000. The imports of raw silk have de-
creased. the decrease amounting to $685.
Ill during the past eleven months. The
oraatast increaaA of tiah1e mercha ndloa
was In manufactures of iron and steel,
amounting during the past eleven months to
$7,657. 696. A decrease in imports of fax,
hemp and jute. now on the. dutiable list, is
noted, and the falling off amounted to little
over 81, 0O0, 900. This is due to the fact that
since October last these are largely i'm ported
free. There was also decrease in the inn
ports of wool, hair, etc, amounting to ST.
zoe, 900. During the month of May 1t is
shown that there was an increase in the i'm
month of last year Of 81, s54, $685.
Our exports of merchandise during the
eleven months of the fiscal year were of the
value of 1916, III ,297, as compared with
$793, 221 ,564 worth exported during the Cor
increase in our total exports of $22, 995, 733.
This increase is made up principally of raw
cotton. The increase in raw cotton amounted
to $34, O0O, 600 for the eleven months, and an
increase of s., 40O, 900 is shown in cotton
manufactures. Exports of manufactures of
iron and steel also show an increase of about
$4,000. 600; exports of mineral oils increased
during that period to the amount of ST.
100000.
Increased importation, amounting to &c.
100000. is shown in provisions, meat and
dairy products. The increase in the export
OF refined sugar is quite marked, amounting
to "a, 5OO,OO. This increase is due to the adj
mission of the raw material free. The OK
ports of breadstuffs during the past eleven
months have fallen off considerably. It is
expected, however, that the exports of bread
stuffs will shortly increase, because of short
crops throughout Europe.