The Jasper weekly courier., 1891-10-23


the operation OF the Mckinley tariff.
The points covered arc the effects upon
imports and exports, the production Of
The revenue, and the changes In prices
OF various articles The beginning Of
reciprocity Is also shown. This state.
ment Is very important and very inter.
esting. II covers eleven months, end
ing September l. II was prepared by
3 q. Brock. the chief OF the bureau OF
statistics. and Is as follows.
During che eleven months from October 1.
Ax>o. - August 81. 1891, under the operation
O the new tarin law. the total value of our
foreign commerce. Imports and exports OF
merchhn disc combinsd. vas 81 .e03. .7s1 26s. or
an increass OF Ss.76s 50 over the value OF
our foreign commerce during tho corre.
eponding period or prior year. when IL was
sl.s<.vis.sE. The average annual Increase
OF our foreign commerce imports aud ex.
ports OF tnerchandise) during the twenty
years from 1871 to 1871 was SIS ,3is So IL will
oe observed that the increase during the
nrss eleven months under tho operation Of
the new tnrin Was nearly double this aver
age snnaui increase. OF the total comm cree
OF the eleven months ending August 81. 1891
ehe value OF our imports OF mere hanise was
Ses.1io.sss. an increase of s2s. .esl .sI6 over the
vsiuc Of the imports Of the corresponding
t@tHs " tHt prior years. Aut the value OF
the exports was .s4157i .s0i. an increase OF
S1s.es7. .Ss over the prior period.
IMPORTS FREE or DUTY.
Tire value Of merchandise imported free
OF duty during the eleven months ending
August ~. 1881. was 1874 .sfl .zsS. as comp ared
with shl.6fs.z .z55 imported free Of duty dur
Ing the corresponding eleven months or shc
prior years. an Increase OF ;ll2. 2.ols. .0sl during
che nrst eleven months after rhe enactnasvf
OF the new tariff During these clever
moaths the proportion of merchandise nd
mitted free Of duty vas s7.B per cent of the
total imports. while for she corresponding
months OF the prior years the proportion OF
merchandise admitted free OF duty was 81 n
per cent. and increase of 1881 in the per.
centnge OF free goods imported under the
new tariff This - the greatest in amount
and percentage Of merchandise admitted
free Of duty in the history OF our foreign
commence during any similar period. The
value Of imports Of merchandise free Of duty
during the nscal year lNs1 was 25s .sfs.62y. the
largest In any year In the history Of our
commerce In 1859 the value OF imports OF
free goods was Sx56.ts7.0Ts In comparison
With these years il win be observed that the
value Of imports OF free merchandise for the
nrst eleven months. under the new tariff. ~ as
s.y1.sT greater than for the year 1880 aed
SO. .f7s.rs greater than for the year issy
it should also be considered that sugar.
one Of the principal articles OF imports.
both in quantity and In value. was NOT ad-
mitted free OF duty until April 1. 1891. and
from that date the value as well 40 the per
centagc OF merchandise admitted free OF
duty has been greatly increased. This Will
be seen u comparison be made Of the I'm
ports OF merchants se for the nve months
since April !. 1881. with the corresponding
period Of ls00 Tho value OF the Imports OF
merchandise for the i've months from April
70 August 81. 1891. vas xs5g. .72s.2 .. of which
Il q -
much the largest per cent In the imports OF
merchandise free cf duty In the entire his |
tory Of the government In the correspond.
tng ave months Of 1851 the value of the i'm
ports Of merchandise was 50 '.23ss6. OF |
which sis 81. .st. or only -. y per cent was |
free. This shows nn incrcass In gne valu |
Of free merchandise OF Ssi.0i2.o5s. and OF |
- - IN the percentage thereof. during the |
Mye months ending August 81. 1871. over the
period OF 800 The articles |
OF free merchandise upon which there was
such an Increase are largely those not pro
duced IN this country. necessities which /
daily enter into the consumption of the peo-
pie. such sugar. coffee. crude india rub.
Der. chemicals. drugs, hides. skins. fruits.
nuts. etc.
DIIT.BIE rMfoETs UNDER THE NEW rARrFF /
Daring the eleven months from October l.
lss. TO August 81. 1871. under the operation
OF the new tarin. the value Of Imports or du-
s-s -.o 49, "s - -. s's,s'.'.,. "u'.e
',.. ~. ~. ,,''a - .,,.,,.. ps. u w
80. 49, -, ~. "e''n@n
80. =. s"o- .s ~
-. 80. - =" '.". "'e. 49, 49, 80 N y s7''-
1870 - ~ s..e ~ a pay'nk
ou.y- 10y s'so - noeeu 'nat tne tosai
-. ..'u. =, ~ 80 ''npo.'s III ~ -i7sen montns.
..cN1v.w'. '1eo1 !. ue 'no imports
= ."y ye.I ~ 'ns n,ssoLy ~ our govern
u.e"e' rN.ePe'ns - 80 ~. ye.a - "nen
s.e'. .a'.1 80 s7,1v -. no"sver'
sne imports y 5ep.smDrr. ~, e1uai those
- n"sas.s .ss .o'.' '-Po1ss ~ sArsey 81
cecu shcse ct ~
REDUCTION or THE CUSTOMS REVENUE.
since the enactment OF the new tariff law /
ehere mas been large reduction IN the revc-
nuc from customs This was contemplated
In the bill stseif. which recsfed at IT, head
IAN act 20 reduce the revenne" etc. II viii
Be observed there was during the year re-
duction IN tiee customs revenue OF sN.396.-
= 80. notw outstanding there was a large
increase In thc imports OF merchandise. This
large reduction In the revenue occurred dur
ing thc last three quarters OF the year IN
ciudcd In the state rnent The increase that |
appears in thc nrss quarter occurred In DC.
eobcr. 1897. the month I'm which the new
tarln went into effect The new Law cd not
70 into effect until the oth. and the Imports
OF merchandise and the withdraw nj
OF merchandise from warehouses fmuesfI.
.s.fv sr.or ~ that "A ~ = I. v.rv f~rv. r..