The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
INCREASED TRADE
During tho Past Eleven Months
Duo to tho Mckinley Bill.
GOOD EFFECT OF RECIPROCITY
Made Manilcst-.A Hundred Million
Dollars Worth More Of Goods I'm.
ported FREQ OF Duty-.in Effective
Object Lesson on tho Tariff.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 1.-the Bu.
reau OF Statistics OF the Treasury Depart.
mcnt has made public u report OF great
value upon the foreign commerce OF tho
United States for comparative periods
under the old and new tariffs.
During the eleven months from Oct.
ober |, 1890, to August 81, 1891, under
tho new tariff, tho total value OF our
foreign commerce, imports and exports
combined, wasSl ,CO3, 7S2, 2sGG, IN increase
OF $74,7CS, $50 " tho value OF foreign
commerce during tho prior correspond.
ing periods. The average annual in.
crease OF foreign commerce from 1871
to 1891, was $33,Sl4,352. 1t will be Oh.
served the increase during the fist
eleven months under tho now tariff,
was nearly double this average annual
increase.
In the eleven months ending August
81, 1891, the value OF our imports was
S1O3,2lO,0tj an increase Of ST, GSl ,3lG
over tho imports OF the corresponding
months OF the prior periods. The value
OF exports, $SlO,57l,30i, an increase Of
Sl0,OS7, 323 over prior years. The value
OF tho imports, free Of duty, durin.
eleven months ending August 81, 1891,
was ::3Ol,GGl $50, an increase ISLE, O13,-
0Sl during the first eleven months
under the new tariff.
INCREASE IN FREE IMPORTS.
During these eleven months, 47.5S
per cent OF tho total imports were free
OF duty, for the corresponding months
OF the prior year, 1927 per cent were
free, an increase OF 1871 in the percent
age OF free goods imported under the
new tariff. The value OF imports free
OF duty during the fiscal year 1890 was
500, GGS, 500, tho largest in any year in
the history OF our commerce. The
value OF free imports for the first
eleven months under the new tariff
was S9S,092,1 0I greater than for the
year 1850, and Sl0S, l74.25S greater than
for 1889.
1t should also be considered that
sugar, 4 principal article OF import,
both in quantities and value, was not
admitted free Until April l, 1891, and
from that date the value, as we'll as the
percentage OF merchandise admitted
Tree OF duty, has been greatly increased.
Ot the value OF all imports for the five
months IRON April l to August 81, 1891,
5o.75 per cent was free OF duty. This is
much the largest per cent OF the i'm
ports OF merchandise FREQ OF duty in
the entire history OF the government.
During the corresponding five months
OF 1850 the value OF the imports was
S3355,993 ,SG6. Of which only 1927 per
cent was free. This shows an increase
III the value OF free merchandise OF $S2,-
Ol2,053 or OF 22.iS per cent during the
five months endin: August 81, 1891,
over the corresponding period OF 1890.
QUITE A NOTABLE YEAu.
It may be noted that the total value
OF the imports for the eleven months,
S763,22l0 ,9G5, exceeded in value the i'm
ports OF any year in the history OF our
government, except the fiscal zeal OF
1890, when their value was $3.50, $40, 400.
II, however, the imports OF September,
1891, to equal those OF August, the tolal
imports will largely exceed those OF
1870.
The total receipts from customs dur
ing the lost quarter of 1889 and the
three-quartcrs OF 1890, ending Scptem-
Der 50, were S237, G9S, 432 10. The Gus
toms receipts during the same quarters
OF 1890 and 1891 were Sly6, so, OGG 9G.
This shows during the year 4 reduction
in the customs revenue OF Sal, $780,
+i25 40, Notwithstanding the large in
crcasc OF imports. The principal arti-
Gle OF our imports from which the duty
was removed was sugar, and by the
provisions OF the new tariff law the re-
moval oil this duty did not take effect
until April l, 1891.
During the two quarters since that
date the reduction in customs revenue
as compared with the same period OF
the prior year amounted to $ll,7S0,-
2294 II.
EXPORTS LARGELY INCREASED.