The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-29

P.RIs.rov o. Especial Cor. Associated
| Press. Pursuing thr. ughout France the
/ ipqEiry in.o tGe operation of the McKin-
ley t3iie similar to that the results of
which in GRAFT Britain and Gotmany have
ar'%dy been published, the Associated
| Pres sas OBJ aiued varied mass of infor-
nation, which il here reFraduced:
Nr. Wbitelaw Reid, tue United States
minister, on this subject said: wv hen you
come to analyze carefully you will find
that most of tt e outcsy III France against
the Mckinley bill shou ID really be directed
against tle customs administrative bill.
Many OF the most important French indus
tries bave not been affected in the slightest
degree by our new tariff act. The admin
istrative bill, however, has compelled, in
many cases, much higher valuations than
has hitherto prevailed, and this,
for a time, has doubtless de-
ranged the operations of some
exporters, while the new formRliJies
and the more rigid enforcement Of legal
requirements at the consulates have. at
first, provoked great deal of discomfort
and complaint A year ago, in answer to
constant complaints about the Mckinley
bill, Iassured the minister OF foreign af-
fairs that France was really less affeci ed
by it than any of her chief European ri
walls. Judging from the debate in the SEN
ate the other day, the government is now
thoroughly convinced of the fact.
1T Is true that the duties on some of
the more important exports from France
have not been sufficiently advanced to de-
stroy trade although the expectation of
such articles as the United States can
manufacture is certainly somewhat check
ed There is no such advance, however,
In the Mckinley Dill as in the French tar
if voted last summer by the chamber, and
new in process of being increased by the
senate This tariff shows repeatedly, on
articles of prime necessity, an advance of
200 or 300 per cent. over the existing du |
ties"
Francis B. LOOMS, consul at st. Etienne, |
says: The Mckinley bill has not affected |
this part of France, where silk is the chief |
industry, for the reason that the duties on |
the class OF silk goods most largely i'm |
ported were not changed by the new tariff |
law to any appreciable extent. However, |
from this consular district there will not |
be fewer than four manufacturers of GER |
tain articles affected by the tariff to a con-
degree which will establish fac
tories in the United States. If the duties
OF the Mckinley law are maintained at the
present level, France will doubtless lose
number of enterprislng employers of labor
in the industrial line, who will find larger
profits and lighter taxes in the United
Sta -
Edmund B. Fairchild, consul at Lyons,
said: The expectation OF silk and cot
ton dress goods has largely fallen off dur
ing the last year, while that of silk and
wooden goods has largely increased" This
was while the tariff ON the former remains
as before, and while the latter pay a much
higher duty than formerly. These aud
of similar character lead
lim to the conclusion that the problem is
/ very complex one, involving unknown
quantities, the matter of the tariff being
)nly one and often the least significant
w. Z. Atwell. commercial agent at
2ou baix, says that the recent tariff has
stopped the expectation of wool to the
JniIed States almost entirely. 1t is al
most impossible ut present to judge of the
fleet of the tariff on certain dress goods,
Is the American market was Overstocked
With these goods prior to the date when
he act went into effect.
William Specton, consul at Cognay,
avs: THE exports from this district have
allen of good deal in the last year, but
whether from the increase of duties / do
lot know The manufacturers and ex-
orters themselves all agree that the Nc
Iinley tariff has not interfered with the
xportntion of the best class of their man :
fractures, but has decreased the exporta- ,
ion of the cheaper classes OF goods