Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

gardcd the best federal pO-itlOn IN
New York, it is needless to say thsr
he was warmly congratulated by his
colleagues in the COMMITTEES.
There Is not man who reads a
democratic or mug wump new spaper
that has not seen the statement
reiterated dozens Of times that the
Mckinley bill would entirely de-
stroy our foreign trade because
foreign countries would not buy
from Us unless they could sell to Us
Now for a few facts, things that
democrats have never had much use
or liking for. Last week the bureau
of statistics issued a review of our
foreign commerce for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1891, which shows
1T to have been greater than that of
any year in our history, its total
value reaching theenormous amount
of 81, 729, 330,sy6. So much for
the whole, now for our imports Of
foreign merchandise during the
first nine months under the McKin-
ley tariff law. Was these a falling
off? Not a bit of it. Our imports
from October 8, 1890 to June 30,
1891, under the Mckinley law,
reached a value of $500, 200, COS,
against $598, 789, 9o5 for the cores
bonding period in the previous
fiscal year, which is an increase Of
s3l ,436,l00. This isn't political
buncombe, but is from official ig.
ures. Republicans would do well
to paste these figures in their hats
and spring them upon every demo
Graf who attempts TO misrepresent
the effect which the Mckinley bill
has had upon our foreign commerce.
Now a word about what we sold to
foreign countries. Our exports for
the year ending June 80, 1891
reached &844, 425, 4O5, which was
S26,9I,737 more than we exported
the year before That looks like
foreigners refusing to buy from US,
doesn't it?
Senator Sherman's friends do not
appear to be worried over the fight
the Alliance is making upon him in
Ohio. Mr. IL. G. Hedges, his former
law partner, who is now here, says:
"Senator Sherman has the fight of
his life before him, but | am salts.
fed he will win, notwithstanding
the efforts of the Alliance to make
a combine with the democrats 10
defeat him. As to Mckinley aud
Cat pbcll, Campbell isn't in the race
AT all | feel certain that Mckinney
will get q majority Of from 10000
to 10000, We can win on the tar.
iii issue alone, not To speak of the
dissenlions in the democratic ranks.
San Domingo has got safely
anchored in the harbOr of reciproc
ity, = treaty having been negotiated
between that country and the United
States, under the terms prescribed
by the reciprocity clause of the Nc.
Kinley tariff law. The treaty was
negotiated by Hon, John w. Foster,
on the part of the United States,
aud Manuel de }. Galvan, Minister
Pienpoten tiary and Envoy Extra
ordinary on the part of San Domin.
90. The treaty has been approved
by President Heureaux of San
Domingo, and also by the President
and Secretary Blaine and only needs
the official proclamation of the
President 10 90 into effect Septem
Der /.
Secretary Foster has written a
letter to the proprietor of a tin-plate
factory, declining to pass upon the
hypothetical question of whether
Welch tin-plate workers can be
brought to this country under con.
tract without violating the alien
contract law. As the result of
several conferences between the
Commissioners Of immigration and
Secretary Foster series of regu
lations are 20 be issued by the
Treasury department, intended to
cover this and all similar questions.
Secretaries Tracy and Proctor are
both at their desks, engaged in
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