Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-11-07

the different lines run south ~ here will
u view ~ adopting the most fcGslbc one
IN" entire survey ing pAtty viii hfrlyr Ia
morrow ur next day when tho line he
cOd-d upon 10y the preliminary sutvr,
will be run and the grades fully esiah
hshed
T.. ID. Gibbs, one oi the Iowa base bal
players who came 10 this territory will
Jack King, murdered, ia at Hannibal
Mo, night eek IN charge ~ the Ch,ca
eo, Burlington a Quincy freight office
Gibb- ~ aoll.known IN this city, and I,
ANXIOUS tn learn foil particulars of IN,
murder ~ his old companion
The Srctlon foreman ut Wallace saw
I~e White and h,s fellow escaped con
wet Tuesday ulght They had occurred
CIVILIAN clothing and weapons and burn
al their s'rip'd clothes uenr the railroad
White ehut at the section foreman and
then pulled out fur the hrush
John \. llill. formerly ~ Pueblo. hat
purchAsei the lsucumstiyc Engineer
III" has taken as u partner u well known
| newspaper man ~ New Work clty, aud
GA the Is, II January the journal will be
ISSUED under the new management, 20 an
enlarged form, and with the addition ~
many new features.
Mrs Thos 4. llcaly, wife ~ the !ulrt
agent Tor the Santa Fc aud Atlantic 4
Pacific roads here. IA expected ,o arrive
from Topeka Sunday morning. ~ aud
Mrs, Icnly will then go to hou-ekr,,ln
on the Highlands,
nt:~ILT~ AtFIRn ITS WISDOM
The manner ia which the VI rkinl-,
bill IL ,indlcatiug i,s frien Is md dun.
founding IT'S enemies exceeds the hupcs
of the former aud Tho fears - the latter.
The superintendent ~ thr bureau oi
stat'stca ~ Washington has lust pub
hshed q statement % our foreign com.
m"rce for the year ending September ~,
1881, which cGunot inll To- bc graft, ing
To any American who has ~ spark ~ nat
rlo.sm IN his = al, whatever his opinion
OF the present tRrIh measure may hr. AZ
the period mentioned covers the iits' full
Year since the Mckinney bil went INTO
effect, II Hivva an opportunity to make u
number - interesting cumpnrieuns,
which, however, can only bc mad. salts.
factory and complete FOR the slx mouths
from April Ia September ~. the former
being the date ON which sugar was al
mi,ted duty free; aud It III during this
period that tho vlndica,ion ~ the wisdom
of Mckinley and his co workers has been
most pronounced.
For the entire year 'Lc total commerce
shows the respectable footing ~ sl,7i7,
nm, ,iH, shIch IL gain ~ siOO,CG7 .il7
over the tiscal Year lsg,, and of taUD,.
IN, go over 1851, which we're the best
previous years Our exports show u gam
Of sG2,9li,u1l over the previous year, and
the Importa "a gaia Gf ell ,24j.S79, the bal.
ance Of trade being ss,s,37j. .s,G IN our "a.
vor. These figures give rather n rdicu.
lona aspect 10 the Chinese wall" theory.
When the Mckinley bill was under lie
bale IN conereas the republicans esti
mated that after the sugar duties were
taken on the free imports would equal |
O per cent ~ the whole aud that the !
rate of duty un the dutiabls list would
no, be materially Increased. on tho other
hand the democrats scofYcd at the ld.a
that the percentage ot free imports
would be greatly increased, while they
that tho duties w the dutlabl. |
list would run anywhere from ~ To 80
per cent. Senator Carlisle IL quoted on
having as having put his estimate ut 81 |
per cont.
The truth shove the absurt,ty Of the
various predictions. They show that
our entire imports Tor the period men
toned Sers si3a, a,l7i,GOS against siai,.
229,l75 the year previous. Amount on
tered free OF duty. s2}l. .s3I ,lG2, against
slih,WI go last year, an increase II f9l,.
TT, ,lgl, the percentage free OF imports
being 65,1j against 1927 in 1890. This
percentage is the largest 10 the history
of our country, and has not been ap
preached except IN 1870 and iSil, when
Il vas about 40, Thus the mos, sanguine
81 pectations OF the friends Of the bill
have been exceeded.
The dut ~ collected Tor the corres.
pouding period oi tix months amount to
ss3, l0l ,l32 and are therefore but laj
per cent On the total amount u mp0rls,
against - ~ per cen,, TOR the year end
ny Jun" 81, is9l. Thus psr cent. Ia low.
" than in sixty siH cut Of thu sixty eight
years s,nce 1892, III" lowest being 1894
in lSi7, the year ot tho great panic, aud
.he highest being iGi9 IN lsGS, and
t53l in 1879
Op the du'isble list alone the duties
amount to H5s per cent, instead ~ the
y per cent. as predicted by Senator CIR
isle For the year 1890 tha rate WAS
Hii, aud inr the precedirg fye years
RON i5. l3 10 t7lO, Therefore this ter.
'ible Mckinley bill which was 90 ruin
ihe poor consumer who tankers after
'oreign made eonds. after adding TO the
rec Iist siG0,G0,Ouo per annun, hss IN
,r-ased the duty on the balance obly
,na.siNth ~ nna lar rant Altar all IN,