The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-17
TARIFF M LABOR
What the Mckinley Law Has Done for the
Latter in Nine Months.

what the mckinney Law Has Done for the
Latter in Nine Months.
New York Tribune.
In nine months under the new tariff the
value of dutiable and of free imports COM
pares as follows with the returns for the
same months of the previous fiscal year un-
der former duties:
Total value dutiable. 1894. 244. 76s 1888. 7s6.O32
Total value Free. 295, 1862. 1868 2OS,983,s73
Now that the detailed reports for nine
months have been published. it is possible
to determine much more closely than be-
fore the character of the decrease in duti.
BILE imports. and of the increase in free i'm
ports, and the results place in strong light
the usefulness of the new tariff. There must
first be deducted from free imports the last
May and June, which was formerly duti-
able, and then there remains S253, 457, ESQ of
free goods. against S2OS, 9S3, S73 for the same
months of the previous year, an increase of
S44, Az, Sl6. or about % per cent, in imports
of all other free goods. On the other hand,
in comparing imports of dutiable goods,
there must be deducted from the statement
for last year SOS. SS6, 762, the value of sugar
imported in April. May and June. then
dutiable but now tree, and there remains
$3.50. 949. go as the value of all other dutl-
BILE goods. against 1884. pa. 76S for the nine
months under the new tariff, showing q de-
crease of about z per cent.
A large part of the decrease in dutiablo
goods appears in the manufactures of wool.
which were smaller in value by Sl4, GIL, 95l,
or SO per cent. than in the same months of
the previous year, Notwithstanding an in
crease In carpets and in wool ready-made
clothing. In cloths the decrease was from
11,679.273 yards to lila, 761; in d~ress-goods
from SO. 514 ,S21 to 81. 724. O57; in rags. sboddy
and waste, from 1854, 6O3 pounds to 572. ne:
in yarns from 2,60l ,l12 pounds to 7g7. $50.
and IN knit fabrics from 81, 06e, $50 to S344,-
4O2. In miscellaneous woolens not speci-
lied the decrease is from 81, 697. $50 to 81, A.
214. These changes mean simply an addi-
ton of about S15, 900. 600 to the demand for
American labor In one branch OF manu-
facture for nine months or at the rate Of
twenty millions a year.
In the iron and steel manufacture i'm
portant gains for American industry are
seen. There must first be deducted the i'm
ports of tin-plates, which have increased
from 500. 000. 900 to 80. 00O.O 600 pounds, as the
new duty went into effect at the end of the
nine months, and the remaining decrease in
value of iron and steel PRODUCTS imported
is S3,SS3.51 OF more than 25 per cent. In
cutlery alone the decrease u 81, 266. 325. or
more than two-thirds; IN hoop and Dand
iron. including cotton Ties, the decrease
is $50, co.. or nearly 30 per cent. and in
wire rods about . per cent. The changes
in this branch ave added nearly s., OO0. 600
TO the demand for American labor In nine
months. The imports of manufactures of
fax, hemp and their substitutes also de-
creased IN value S3.Tyo.6l5 or about ~ per
cent.
! Among the agricultural products the
most conspicuous changes are in barley.
imports of which decreased from II, Ol3. 4O2
bushels TO 3.3U2,S5S. or nearly 20 per cent;
in eggs. of which the imports decreased
dozen since Oct. 5, or more thar seven
eighths; IN fiaxseed. of which the imports
dropped from 1.SS7.037 bushels to 59l, 73G, or
! more than two-thirds, and in tobacco for