The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-17

ceiye Mr.. Blair as the minister OF the United
States on the ground that ~ q participant
while u senator. in the enactment OF the exist.
ing legislation against the introduction Of Chi
nese laborers. he has become unfriendly and
to point out 10 the Chinese government the
tenableness Of this position. which seems to
rest as much on the nacceptability OF our leg.
isation on that Of the person chosen, and
which. II admitted would practically debar q
selection OF any representative SO long the
existing laws rem ain In force.
Kalakaua's Heath.
The death OF King kalakaua In the United
States afforded occasion to testify our friend
ship for Hawaii by conveying the kings body
TO his own land In o naval vessel with Nil due
Queen Liliuokalani. is seeking to promote
closer commercial relations with the United
States.
The Arbitration Treaty.
The arbitration treaty formulated By the in
ternational American conference lapsed by
reason OF the failure To exchange ratifications
fully within the limit OF time provided: but
several Of the governments concerned have ex
pressed q desire to save this important result
OF the conference by an extension OF the period.
II Is, in my judgment. incumbent upon the
United States to conserve the influential init
alive il has taken in this measure by satisfy
ing the instrument and by advocating the pro-
posed extension OF due time for exchange.
These views have been made known to the
other signatorics.
Russia's Treatment OF tho Jews.
This government has found occasion to ex.
press in friendly spirit but with much earn
estness, TO the government OF the car its
serious concern because OF the harsh measures
now being enforced against the Hebrews i'm
Russia. By the revival Of the antisemetic
laws. long in allegiance great numbers OF those
unfortunate persons have been constrained to
abandon their homes and leave the empire by
reason OF the impossibility OF finding subsist
ence within the pale to which it Is sought to
confine them. The immigration OF these peo
pie to the United States-many other countries
being closed to them-is largely increasing and
is Likely TO assume proportions which NAV
make il difficult to find hoincs and employment
for them here and to seriously affect the labor
market. 1t Is estimated that over l.UO0U
will be forced from Russia within a few years.
ways kept the law-life by toil-often
under severe and oppressive civil
restrictions l, is also true that no race. sec,
or class has more fully cared its own than
the Hebrew race. But the sudden transfer OF
such a multitu lie under conditions that ter d TO
strip them OF their small Accommodations and to
dapre>s their energies and courage Is
neither good for them nor for US.
The Nicaraguan Canal
The annual report OF the Maritime Canal
Company Of Nicaragua shows that much
costly and necessary preparatory work has
| been done during the year in the construction
| of shops. railroad tracks and harbor piers and
| breakwaters, and that the work OF canal con-
| struction has made some progress. ] deem II
| to be "a matter of the highest concern to
| the United States that this canal. connecting
the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
and giving to o short water communi
| cation between our ports upon those two great
| seas should be speedily constructed and at the
smallest practicable limit Of cost. The gain
| in freights to the people and the direct saving
| to the government OF the United States in the
use of its naval vessels would pay the entire
cost OF this work within q short series OF years.
/ mDst sine rely hope that neither party
nor sectional lines will be drawn upon this
great American project, SO full Of interest to
the people OF all our states and so influential in
| its effects upon the prestige and prosperity OF
4 our common country.
International Copyright.
International copyright has been secured in
accordance with the conditions OF the act OF
! Britain and the British possessions, and
/ Switzerland the laws OF those countries per.
| hitting to our citizens the benefit OF copyright
on substantially the same basis as to their own
4 citizens and subjects. With Germany q spe-
| cial convention has been negotiated upon this
subject which will bring that country within
1 the reciprocal benefits OF our legislation.
| Effect Of Tariff Legislation.
! The general interest in the operations OF the
treasury department has been much augment
ed during the last year by reason OF the con.
| ficting predit tons which accompanied and
| followed the tariff and other legislation OF the
/ last congress affecting the revenues as to the
| results Of this legislaii N upon the treasury
aud upon the country. On the one hand it was
| commended that imports would SO fall OF Is to
| leave the treasury bankrupt. and that prices
| OF articles entering into the living OF the
people would be SO enhanced as TO dis.
| astrously affect their comfort and happiness,
| while on the other IL was argued that the loss
| to the revenue, largely the result Of placing
sugar on the free list would be direct gain TO
the people; that the prices OF the necessarics
Of life. including those most highly protected,
| would not be enhanced; that labor would have
larger market and the products OF the farm
| and receipts would be adequate to meet the
| appropriations, including the large exceptional
| expenditures for the refunding to the states Of
the direct tax and the redemption OF the Al
per cent. bonds.
It is not my purpose to enter at any length
| into discussion of the effects Of the. ,egsa q.
tion to which have REFEREED but q brief ex.
animation OF the statistics OF the treasury and
| a general glance At the state OF business
any impartial inquirer that its results have dis
appointed the evil prophecies OF its opponents
| and in q large measure realized the hopeful
predictions Of its friends Rarely, II ever be
fore. in the history Of the country has there
been time when the proceeds OF one days
labor or the product Of one farmed acre would
that enter into the living OF the masses OF The
people. believe that full test will develop
the fact that the tariff act OF the Fifty -firs
congress Is very favorable in its average enec
upon the prices Of articles entering into com
mon use.
Exports and Imports.
During the twelve months from October |
| 1880, to September o. 1891. the total value o
our foreign commerce imports and exports
, combined, was &l.7fs.SU6 40. which was tn,
largest Of any year in the history Of the Unite,
, | States. The largest in any previous year wa
. | in 1880. when cur commerce amounted I,
! Il .6i7. 1908. and the last year exceeds thi
enormous aggregate BY over $1,000 ,,ool u =
know that during the year ending Septem
. Der 30. 1891. our imports OF merchandise
!. | Of more than ll,U0o.OU0 over the value Of tn,
imports Of the corresponding months of tn,
preceding year. when the imports OF merchaa
the tariff LEGISLATION them pending The az
erage annual value OF the imports Of merchan
disc for the ten years from 1881 TO 1880 wa
ssss LEG So - and and during the year ending SEP
J ceeded by sl3s, 5ss 400. The value Of free i'm
. ports during the twelve months end
s mo sp'e than the value o, ~i free meorI
! during the corresponding twelve months OF tn,
! preceding year. and there vas during the same
! value of imports Of dutiable merchandise Sc
: The percentage OF merchandise admitted fret
= Of duty during the year to which ! have re
: ferred the first under the new tariff. As Is
! while during the preceding twelve months. un
!, der the oid tariff the percentage was "a q, al
increase OF 1891 per cent II we take the 81,
months ending September 30 last which cover
the time during which sugars have been ad
: : yaus Of nerehanaiss imported free 9
: a larger percentage Of free imports thai
: during any other fiscal year in the history o
, the government. II We turn to exports of mer
chandise the statistics are full OF qualification
The value OF such exports OF merchandise -
the twelve months ending September 30 1891
was &9s3.Osl 1876, while for the corresponding
previous twelve months il was $3.50, I'll o.
, increase OF s6s, GA 2i, which is nearly thre
times the average annual increase OF export
OF merchandise during any year in the histor
Of the government. The increase in the yalu
OF exports OF agricultural products during tn
, year referred to over the corresponding twely
! months OF the prior year was S45. si6 l97. Will
the increase in the value OF exports OF mani
+ featured products was SIG S3a,sil
prssuerity Under the New Law.
2 There Is certainly nothing in the condition Q
rade. foreign or domestic, there Is certainl
: nothing in the condition OF our people OF an
class to suggest that existing tariff and re,