Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-12
o.oe+ Industrial Sevolution Due
N the Operation of the So
called "McKipleyism."
,r,;,tv-Seven Million Dollars Add
al in Nine Months to the De-
mand for American Labor.
na+aiIed Statement OF the Inn
ports During that
Period.

In nine months, under the new tariff
t5a value of duties and OF free imports
w as follows With the returns for
tbs same months of the previous It's
vaar under former duties:
lsg19l 1880
Total yalne dutiabe 1884 pa, COS $3.50, 7S6, 03s
T0tai value free .,.... &95 962, s6s 2OS, $685. ST.
Now that the detailed reports for nine
r,optbs have been published it is possible
n determine much more closely than be-
hrs the character of the decrease in dutia.
he IMPORTS and of the increase in free i'm
norris. and the result place in strong light
he usefulness of the new tariff There
must first be deducted from free imports
The last year S45, 507, 724 for sugar in
Anr,l NAV, and June which was formerly
j1tiable. and there then remains 1888,
All. 7S9 Cf free goods, against SOS, So, 1913
for the same months of the previous year,
an increase of S44 473 ,8l7, or about % per
cent. in imports of other free goods. On
tbe other hand, in comparing imports of
dujtabe goods, there must be deducted
from the statement for last year 1913, 1856,
1852 the value of sugar imported in April,
Nav. and June, then duitable but now
tree. and there remains $500, 949, go as
tbe value of all other dutiable goods,
against 1894 244, 768 for the nine months
under the new tariff, showing a decrease
Of about per cent.
A large part of the decrease in dutiable
goods appears in the manufacturers of
wool. which were smaller in value by Sl4,
9ll95l, or IS per cent, than in the same
months Of the previous year, notwithstand-
ing an increase in carpets and
IN WOOL READY.MADE CLOTHING,
In cloths the decrease was from II ,679, 275
wards to 7 ,1l4,76l; in dress goods from
82,5l4 82l to 81 ,724.057; in rags, shoddy
and waste from 3,554, SOB pounds to 572,-
7l2. in yarns from 2,60l, liz pounds to
ISL 800. and in knit fabrics from 81, 069,-
1853 to S344 402. In miscellaneous wooiens
not specified the decrease is from 1867, :
$40 to S2,144,27. These changes mean
simply an addition of about SIS 100000 to
the demand for American labor in one
branch of manufacture for nine months, or
at the rate of 100000 600 year.
In the iron and steel manufacture in
p0rtant gains for American industry are
cen There must first be deducted the
imports of tin plates, which have increased
from 500 900, 600 to 1000, 900 pounds, a.
the new duty went into effect at the end of
the nine months, and the remaining de-
crease in value of iron and steel products
imported is 1855, 5l8, or more than %
psr cent. In cutlery alone the decrease
is 81, 266 ,325. or more than ttwo-thirds; in
hoop and band IRON, including cotton ties,
the decrease is 1854, $50, or nearly 80 per
cent, and in wine rods about Is per cent.
The changes in this branch have added
nearly $4,000, 600 to the demand for Amer
lean labor in nine months. The imports
Of manufactures Of flax, hemp, and their
substitutes also decreased in value 50, 795,
Gl5, or about 10 per cent
Among the agricultural products the
most conspicuous changes are in barley,
imports Of which decreased from hob
402 bushels to 1902, S5S, or nearly 20 per
cent IN eggs of which
THE IMPORTS DECREASED
from about l0,404 ,2l9 dozen to l.225, 900
dozen since October 5, or more than seven
eghths; in Aaxseed, of which the imports
dropped from 1897 ,037 bushels to 59l, 736,
ormore than two-thirds and in tobacco
for wrappers, in which the decrease had
been over 100000 pounds, and in value
s 25S. ITO. In these four items alone the
decrease in value Of imports is about Sl4,
$4,000.
When these few classes are deducted,
with their aggregate decrease of over
s37 100000 in imports, it appears that in
the remaining imports there has been an
increase Of over $40, 100000. 1t is the fact
that most of the other dutiable imports
We're either reduced or not changed in
duty, or not so changed that any Important
decrease has resulted The great indus
trial revolution which is in progress IS
mainly due to the provisions above men
toned, and these have plainly added at
least S37 600, 900 in nine months, or at the
rate Of more than S50000,000 a year, to
the demand for American labor. And
there is yet to come the great change re-
suting from duty on tin plates, which may
ly itself prove to affect the demand for
labor TO the extent of many millions
New York Tribune.