The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-12-19
4 NOTABLE YEAR.
RESULT OF THE FIRST YEAR OF
M'kINLEY TARIFF.
Eli Perkins Little Stor,-Obiect Lesson
on the IariH--Sens be Remarks on Sec
retary Tracy-American Wases-Sutes.
Year of the Mckinley Law


The New York Independent, one of
The most widely circulated religious
newspapers in America, and which OPP
posed the Republican party in 1854,
prints the following excellent editorial
on the Mckinley tariff law:
The results of the first year of the Nc
kInley tariff are now II hand The tariff
went into effect October +. 1890. so that the
reports to October |. 1891. cover the tariff
year excepting five days. and it is now pos
Slble to ascertain whether the facts thus far
Justify tae predictions Of Its friends or those
of Its enemies.
The tariff was revised with two leading
principles IN view: First, to reduce the
annual income, which was larger than was
needed tor the economical administration
ut the federal government: second, to re-
wise the sche dulles SO that while the income
was diminished, rates OF duIy should be
increased. diminished. or removed. as the
interests of eur labor ana our various IN
duStrieS and productions required. Ac
cordIH@iy raw sugars below a certain
grade We're made free, with the object,
first, OF reducing the customs receipts, see
Ond, OF Dlnentlng the masses with cheap
sugar, and. third. of raising the duties on
wool and WoolenS ard other articles which
we ought to produce in larger quantities
! 10 recognize the principle of protection
In dealing with sugars 1t was decided
TO glye bountleS TO our own sugar
producers.
In considering the results of a years OPP
! Grafton of the new tariff the first question
! that presents itself Is. Has there been q re-
| ductIon iii the receipts? II SO, has II been
as large as was expected? Senator
| Aldrich. before the bill 1Ccamc a law. stat
! cd that 1t would result III 4 reduction of
| about StG,n)h.g0G year. The govern
| ments reports show that the amount OF
| customs collected for the year ending Sep
| tcmbtr 80 1871. WAS Sl9S.5!3,S-3. Tn" Gus
toms receipts Tor the prcvlonS year were
N23!. .p..Ai According to these figures
! the tctual decrease under the Mckininy
1 taiItI is So So. ,120-indicatIn an almost
! literal tulilImcnt OF senator AldrIch'S
| prophecy.
The Mckinley tariff has, therefore. real
| IZeu the expectations 0f its trainers and
| trIenus III c1fecting reduction OF S39.3l2-
! 90 IN The customs receipts, This includes
| only SIX months OF free sugar.
| How has the tariff affected our COM
! mercc? Under 1t there has been an in
| crease of imports OF Sll.25D0u0. There
! was decrease IL dutlable imports of near
! ly Sln,.UDh00: but the heavy Increase III
! free lmnor;s more than oVercame this de-
| crease, So as to give the handsome net in
| crease above mentioned. The falling off
! in imports was. next to sugar, chiefly in
WOolcn goods and tobacco, on which
! heavier duties We're levied for the better
/ y
! he same result followed the increase Of
| untieS ON manufactures of silk. flax. hemp.
| iute and cotton goods. he net result IS
! that we have had more goods from abroad
| by Sli. $50. 900, under the Mckinley act, and
! have paid for them $50 a350.0 .00D less i'll du-
| ti,S. AS Il business TRANSACTION this seems
pretty advantageous to us and 1t Will b.
| made TO appear more SO when 1t is remem-
| bered that our own manufactured goods
! have. III part. at least, taken the place IN
! our markets of the woolcnS and other
| products which We imported III less quan
! tity than before the Mckinley tariff was
! enacted.
How has the tariff affected our exports
| " e nave oeon told AGAIN and AGAIN that
| the natural result OF the Mckinley tariff
! would be to narrow our own market to
| foreign producers and inevitably narrow
| the foreign market To our producers. The
| official reports do net bear out this predIc-
/ ti0n. our exports under the Mckinley
! tariff We're larger by S.5,l5.O00 than Iney
| were in the previous year. This Is an in
! crease OF over II per cent. Ii would Ec al
| together wrong to claim this increase as
1 The natural effect OF the new tariff. II was
not. 1t was chiefly due to the tact that
/ there was q scarcity OF brcad>tutis IN Euro
pean markets, which We were abundantly
| able, by reason of large crops. to supply.
! But the balance OF trade in our favor of
nearly so, G0a03o certainly proves that
| decrease in our exports IS not an inevitable
| result OF tie new tariff.
! On the whole the new tariff is working
| well. We have had Il prosperous year UNI
| der Ii and we have lOppcd OFF over $50 600,
| Coo from our excess of annual receipts In
| other words. ii has done about what it was
| designed to do, and it has failed of those
! results which its enemies confidently
| looked for as Il Justification of their Vene-
! mcnt condemnation Of IT.
! Sensible Remarks Secretary Tracy.
! The movement on foot in Brooklyn,
! by which a number of Republicans have
! been induced TO sign a petition asking
/ President Harrison TO remove Secretary
/ Tracy, assurcdly grows out of disappolnt-
ment in not securing navy yard 'spolls"
! III the way Of work for Republicans. 1t
will undoubtedly meet with scant atten
J ton IN Washington. Secretary Tracy
! is national and no longer local char
acter, and his activity in creating the
new navy has won for him the heartiest
: cncomIums from the entire press OF the
/ country of both parties. If the Brook
! lvn Republicans VINO want him deCap-
itated would devote themselves as as
siduousiy to creating harmony and a
united front in the party as they have to
getting UP this petition te remove an Of
! fetal whose prime fault IN their eyes Is
that he enforces the laws, they would
have no time III which to formulate com
plants to the President.
The Press has already pointed out the
TACT that the reform that Secretary
Tracy has inaugurated in the navy yard
hes peen indicated by the superior
dispatch and efficiency with which
/ | nlted States WarshIps ordered to
South American waters We're recently
prepared for sea. The emergency was
urgent. The necessity FOR rapid equip
ment of the squadron was imperative.
| nder the new business system the
employees of the yard did their work So
We'll and quickly that they called forth
words OF high praise from Admiral
tiherardi and the captains Of the vari-
ous cruisers. II Is useless for disCon-
tented politicians to fight against a re-
form that has 80 thoroughly commended
itself 10 the business common sense OF
the American people.-Ne1c York Press.
Hi Perkins Tells s. Little story.
EDITOR ECo:oMI~T: | want 10 tell
4 our little children story about chicorv.
| suppose YOU don't know what chicory
Is. We'll, It is a vegetable like parsnip
which the French and Germans have
been raising. drying, browning, grind
ing and using instead of coffee. We
have been sending out about Ss,u00,gO
10 Germany every year for this little
article 1t tastes like coffee, Is good
wholesome food, but it has no nerve
stimuant ike coffee. Children can
drink Chicery as lhev can milk.
To get to the story; When they were
putting the tariff on different things
last year and got down 10 "C' they came
right on 10 chIcory.
What's chicorv asked Ma. Mckin-
ley.
No one was able TO tell anything about
it except that We paid Europe SS.Ouu,tG
/ eyerv wear to get what was used.
Well. what shall We do with il -
asked several congressman.
Why, il We can't raise il. said Nc
kinley. and The people want II, We will