New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-05
THAT WKINLEY BILL!

Really 1t is melancholy that we peOple VI Uno
United States should be quite unable to know
what is good for us while the British know 1t
all. They were kind enough to warn us that
the new tariff would only destroy our foreign
trade but would not hurt Great Britain. VI
course, the official report of British commerce
for July just received must confirm both state
ments For instance, it shows that this country
took less than half as much beer and ale from
Great Britain in July as in the same month OF
the previous year, and hardly half as much
wool, $50, 200 pounds, against 1,636,6OO
pounds We bought less cotton goods OF almost
every description, in all about 100000 yards
or IL per cent less, which is obviously disas-
trous to our interests. We bought OF jute yarn
hardly one-sevenSh as much, and of jute goods
about an eighth less. OF linen yarn and goods
our purchases decreased as follows:
July, 1891. July. 1890 100
Linen Linen y goods wards 7s168OO 1o22,2Oo
The purchases of thrown silk and yarns in
creased, but of silk goods decreased the mis-
cellaneous products about % per cent, and the
mixed goods from S6OS,3S5 to only S1O5,llO
in value, which must be positively distressing
to American labor. Again, of woollen yarn and
goods the imports were:
July, 1891 July, 1900.
Wool and worsted yarn. pounds. O0O i 99S'SS0o
Wooen tissues yards o2339'11OO00 St1 100
Worsted tissues yards --.....; 343l'4oo o'o'i
1t is painful to reflect that American labor
will be obliged to make S750,OOO worth OF
worsteds for single month that might nave
been bought from Bradford. There was
slight increase in exports of carpets to this
country for the month, but for the seven months
ending with July a heavy decrease. Ut all
woollcn goods the value was but $500, 41O
against S15, 1915, SAB last year. 1t does seem
too bad that British workers are no longer en-
poyed instead of about J32, 500 Americans IN
making S6,50O,000 worth of these goods How
much better it would have been to let that
number of Americans remain idle seven months
supported by the rest of u.s.
1t is also sad to reflect that in the iron man
ufacture we are using the labor of many thou
sand Americans who ought to be idle in order
that more British goods might be imported
The decrease in American purchases OF British
hardware in July is about one-half, OF plg-lron
about three-q quarters, of hoop and sheet iron
about nine-tenths in quantity and four-ffths in
value. The total value of all iron and manu-
features thereof exported to this country was
ess,455 for the month, against a19O,934 for
the same month last year. or less than half, and
for the seven months the aggregate value was
hardly one-haIf or S26s1,500 less.
The decrease in American imports of lead
manufacture is more than quarter, in clothing
more than a third in millinery more than a
sixth, in packing bags more than third, In
cement more than quarter, and in earthenware
nearly a third. When it is remembered that
wicked Mckinley bill has obliged the Ameri-
cans to manufacture such quantities of so many
things, instead of standing idle, its dreadful
influence upon American industry will be in
part appreciated