Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-12-10
THE TIRE NSJEY.

Operations 81 tho Dcpgr. nicrt = Tscts OF
the Cari.i-The liver Question E-tc.
Ih z neral interest IN operation of
til urea .ury d partnr4t has been mach
augmented during tu= las. year By reason OF
the conflicting pre.ic iUl-, which accom-
pa led an followed the tariff and ether leg
islation If last congress aft e ing tha
revenues. as to the results of tn leeis at on
upon the tru 'asury and upon the country
On on hand it W cOntenl, that in
ports would so fall of a to le " the
treasury bankrupt and that TIL prices Of
articles entering into tn living of the peo-
Pile wou d be so nhancrd as 10 disa-trousIy
affect their comfort an happiness while
on the other It was argued tin t tn loss OF
The revenue lar .ely, he suit placing
sugar on the free list, would b a direct gain
TO the peOp.e th4t tn prices of the
nece -sari-s Of lif-, including those most
hgh y protu ted. would not b enhanced;
tnat la or would have a larger market and
the products # the farm advanced prices:
while the treasury surplus and receipts
wOu o e adequate to m ct the approprIa-
tions, inclu i..g the large exceptional ex-
penditur for the reiundin t, the ates of
the direc tax md the redemption of the AZ
per mt DO DIS
1t is not nv purpo e to enter at length
into dis us sion of the Effects of the legis-
lation to which 1 have referred but brief
and n general glance at the tie OF business
throughout the country will, I III nix satisfy
any Impartial inQu Ter that lis results have
disappointed the evil p oph-cies of its op-
pOnen md in large measure realized the
hopeful predict Ons of its frien Is. Rare Y
if Yer before in the hi nv of The country
has there been time when the pro eeds of
one days labor or the product o, one farlued
acre would purchase so large an amount of
those thin - that enter into the living of the
masses of the people. l believe tn t , fu l
test W Il deve op the fac that the tariff act
of the Fifty first con ress is very favorable
in lis average effect upon the prices of
articles entering intO common use.
EFF CT. OF THE IA IFF
During the twelve months from October l,
1850. to Sc TENDER 30, 1891 the tOtIl value of
our foreign commerce Imports and exports
combined) was l77. sos 4O6 which was the
Target of any year / the history of the
United states The largest in any previous
year was in 1897 when our commerce
amounted to 647 IS9 O93, and the. I st year
exceeds this enOrm US aggregate by over
one hundred millions 1t is interesting and
to some will be uprising. to know that
dur lng the year ended September -. ls9
our imports of merchandise amounted to
S "a .1s,Z71 which was an Increase Of more
than 1, 0O,OJO over tn: value of the i'm
ports of the CORE poniing months of the
chan Use were unusually large in anticipa-
tiOn of the tariff legi -lation then p-ndfng
The average annual value of the imDo + of
m rchandi-e r ISL to I-9, was 6gsIs6.532
and during the ye r ended September 90
1891 This annual average was exceeded by
SIS2 STA
The value of free imports during the
twelve m nths, ended sep ember 30, Isl.
was IIs,u92,S57 more Than the lu- of free
imports during the corresponding twelve
months OF the prec ding year. an there
was during the same period a dec ease Of
81 6,S46.5OS in the value of imports OF dutiable
merchandise. The percentag of merchan-
disc admitted free of duty during the year
TO which / have reference, the first under
the new ia If, was IS i, while during the
preceding twelve months, under the old
tariff. the percentage was 81. Ian in -rease
OF 1881 per cent II we take the six months
ending September 30 last which covers the
time during which sugars have been admit
ted free OF duty, the percentag of value Of
merchandise imported free of duty Is found
10 be So. z, VIII Oh is a. larger percent tge of
free imports than during any prior hscal
y, ar in the history OF the vernm mt
II we turn to exports OF merchandise the
statistics are full of qualification. Toe
whole OF such exports OF merchandise for
the twA'T@ months ended september 90 1851.
WIS 923y 09l ,l58 wall for the corresponding
previous twelve m nths il was s5lI7TIIB
al Increase Of .52,sl4Sals Hhieh ls nearly