The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-10


now being enforced against the Hebrews 10
Russia. BY the revival Of ansisemitic laws
long In abeyance. great numbers OF those uil
fortunate people have been constrained Il
abandon their homes and leave the empire b
reason 81 the impossibility Of inding snhsisf.
encc within the pale to which II is sought Il
eonfine them. Tho Immigration Of these PEG
Pile 70 the United States-rdany other counfries
being closed 10 thcm-is largely increasing and
Is likely 10 assume proportions which may
make Il difficult 70 find homes and employment
for them here aud 70 seriously affect the labor
market.
Il Is estimated that over 1,0O0.Uo WIN be
forced from Russia within few years. The
Hebrew Is never 4 beggar; he has always kept
the law--lifo by toll-oftsn under severe and
oppressive civil restrictions. Il l. also true
that no race, sect Or class has more fully cared
for its own than the Hebrew race. But the
sudden transfer of such multitude under
conditions that tend 70 strip them 81 their
small Accommodations and TO depress their ener-
giles and courage i neither good for them nor
for us.
The Nicaragua Canal.
congress is asked to carefully consider the
Nicaragua canal and assist toward It's early
completioD.1
international copyright has been secured, Ia
accordance with the conditions Of the act II
March s. 1881, with Belgium France Great
Britain and the British possessions and Swifz-
erland, the laws Of those countries permitting
TO our citizens the benefit Of copyright on sub
stantially the same basis as to their own citi-
zena or subjects. With Germany special con-
vention has been negotiated upon this subject,
which viii bring thst country within the re-
ciprocal benefits Of our legislation.
tre@s
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results u l.s. staiisa uxA .fsslSsss
and ul~,l tsr esHhtis Oh tAsoas 8nd it.AsVs
contcidyd thAt Imports would " fill 0K
10 leave the treasury bankrupt and that thy
prices q articles entering into the living Of fle
people would be 30 enhAhced is 10 disaet rdtislS
Affect their comfort and happiness, while on
the other il WAS argued that the loss 10 the
revenue. largely the result OF placing sugar on
! .he free list. would be direct gain to the peo-
pie; that the prices Of the necessaries 81 life,
| including those most highly protectA. would
not be enhanced; that labor would have q
larger market aud the products of the farm
\ advanced prices. while the treasury surplus
and receipts would be adequate 10 meet the
| appropriations, including the large exceptional
expenditures for the rcfunding to the states
OF the direct tax and the redemption Of the IA
/ per cent. bonds.
Il
4 into dixcussonof tho effects ef the legislation
to which have referred. but d brief examine
ton of the statistics Of thetreasury aud a gem
eral glance at the state 0f business throughout
the country viii. think. satisfy any impartial
inquirer that its results have disappointed the
evil prophecies Of its opponents nnd IN y large
measure realized the hopeful predictions Of its
friends. Rarely, Il ever before, III the history
Of the country has there been time when the
4 proceeds Of one days labor, Of the product of
Lone farmed aacre. would purchase 80 Largo m
amount Of those things that enter into the hv-
4 ing Of the masses of The people. believe that
a full test will develop the fact that the tariff
act Of the Fifty-lrst congress Il very favorable
/ In its average effect upon the prices OF articles
entering into common use.
/ During the twelve months from Oct. /. 1890,
to Sept. 30, 1881, the total value OF our foreign
commerce imports and exports combined WAS
81, IN tB.tOd, which was the largest Of any year
| in the history OF the United States. The larg-
est inany previous year was IN 1890, when our
commerce. amounted to S1.6t7. 49, a3, and the
/ last year exceeds this enormous aggregate by
over one hundred millions. II Is interesting,
and to some will De surprising. to know that
| during the year ending Sept. 80, 1891, our ifn-
ports Of merchandise amounted to SKI. ia 270,
which was an increase Of more than eleven
million dollars over the value of the imports of
/ the corresponding months of the preceding
/ year, when the imports of merchandise were
/ unusually large IN anticipation of the tariff
| legislation then pending. The average annual
value Of the imports of merchandise for the
ten years from 1881 to 1890 was $G92 1S6, and
during the year ending Sept. 80. 1891, this an
nual average WIS exceeded by Sl3s 52s. i6s.
The yalueof free imports during the twelve
l months ending Sept. 80. 1891 was S1l8. D9a2, 1857
more than The value of free imports during the
corresponding twelve months Of the preceding
year, and there was during the same period Il
decrease Of Si06Si sos in the Ttlne of imports
4 Of dutiHblc merchandise The percentage OF
merchandise admitted free Of duty during the
year to which have referred, the first under
the new tariff, was 1918, while during the pre-
ceding twelve months. under the old tariff. the
percentage WAS 3t.27. an increascof 1891 per
cent. II we take the six months ending Sept.
30 last. which covers the time during which
sugars have been admitted free OF duty. the
per cent. 81 value Of merchandise imported
free of duty Is found to be 5J.37, which il 4
larger percentage of free imports than during
any prior fiscal year III the history OF the gov
eminent.
If we turn to exports of merchandise the
statistics are full OF qualification. The value
of such exports Of merchandise for the twelve
months ending Sept. 90 1921. was S923, t9I. las,
while for the corresponding previous twelve
months 1t WAS SsdO, III 1l5. an increase Of SG2.
1 9l4usl, which is nearly three times the average
annual increase Of exports OF merchandise for
the preceding twenty years; this exceeds in
Il amount ana value the exports OF merchandise
during any year In the history Of the govern
ment. The increase in the value Of exports OF
agricultural products during the year referred
to over the corresponding twelve months of
the prior year was $45.s46,l97, while the in
crease in the value Of exports of manufactured
products was Sl6,S3S,2 $40.
II There Is certainly nothing in the condition
Of trade, foreign domestic, there Is certainly
nothing in the condition of our people OF any
i clssss to suggest that the existing tariff and
/ revenue legislhtion bears oppressively upon The
people or retards the commercial development
of the nation. Ii may be argued that our con-
dition would be better If our tariff legislation
were upon a free trade basis: but it eannotI be
denied that all the conditions OF prosperity
4 and Of general contentment are present iii q
larger degree than ever before in our history,
and that, too. just when it was prophesied they
would be in the worst state. Agitation for
radical changes in tariff and financial legisla-
ton cannot help, but may seriously impede,
business. To tho prosperity OF which some de-
gree OF stability in legislation Is essential.
l think there are conclusive evidences that
the new tariff has created several great indus