The Iola register., 1891-07-17
Effect of the New Tariff Law.

| WASHINGTON, July l3.-The bureau
of statistics issued to day its summary
statement by quantities and values o.
the imports and exports for the month
ending May 81, 1891, and for the eleven
preceding months of this fiscal year
compared with the corresponding pc
riod of 1890. The summary is of partic,
ular interest, as showingi the effect oil
the new tariff law upon our imports and
exports. The total value of our imports
during the past eleven months were
S7Il, 455, ,202, as compared with S7l3.-
| Sl5, 46I for the corresponding eleven
months OF last year, an increase of S57,
519, 135, The merchandise admitted free
OF duty during the past eleven months
amounted to 1927, ,342, 749. as compared
with s243, 977, 1SI for the correspond
ing period OF last year. This is an in
crease of free merchandise imported
over last year of $50, 3e5, 468, while there
was an increase of dutiable merchandise
during this period of the value of S25,-
IS4. 933. This change is due to the
Mckinley bill, which placed large
number of articles on the free list. The
principal articles placed upon the free
list were chemicals, drugs and dyes,
and the importation of these commodi-
ties shows an increase of 81, 556, $40 DUR
ing the month of May. An increase in
the imports OF fruit is shown amount
ing to $3, 184,I7 in value; imports of
India rubber and gutta percha also
show marked increase. Since April
s2T, ,9S7, 81 worth Of sugar has come in
free of duty. Textile grasses and fibers
haze been imported in large guam
titles: the increase il shown to
have reached value of nearly S13,000.-
900. The imports of raw silk have de-
creased, the decrease amounting to S.
653, All during the past eleven months.
The greatest increase Of dutiable mer-
chandise was in manufactures OF iron
and steel, amounting during the past
eleven months to 1851, ,696. A de-
crease in imports of fax. hemp and
jute, now on the dutiable list, is noted,
and the falling off amounted to a little
over l2,000,0 ,000 This is due to the
fact that since October last these are
largely imported free. There was also
a decrease in the imports of wool. hair. |
ETC., amounting TO S11, 150, 900. During |
the month of May it is shown that |
there was an increase in the imports of |
over the corresponding |
month of last year of 81, ,S54, 900.
Our exports of merchandise during
the clever months pf this fiscal year
were of the value of SS16, PIT, ,297 as COM
pared with S713, 221, ,564 worth exported
during the corresponding period of last
year, showing an increase in our total
exports of S22, 995, 1873. This increase is
made up principally of raw cotton. The
increase in raw cotton amounted to S34,-
200, 900 for the eleven months, and an
increase of So, 400, 900 is shown in cot
.on manufactures. Exports of manu-
'actures of iron and steel also show an
increase of about So. 0O0 900; exports OF
mineral oils increased during that peri
ID to the amount ofSI 10000
Increased Importation, amounting to
about S6,000,00 is shown in provisions,
neat and dairy products. The increase
n the export of refined sugar is quite
amounting to 4.500,000. This
Increase is due to the admission of raw
free.
The exports of breadstuffs during the
,ast eleven months have fallen off con-
iderably. 1t Is expected, however, that
he exports of breadstuffs will shortly
Increase, because of short crops through
ut EurOpe. ;