New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-08

o-.o -,s,o,d,v and / at once set about inf0rnlhb
myself by the Official records which came into my o
a. "a whether the new tariff law 81 far as II a"e.u
a. A,lcs ON ln,poriaiions from France was really
adverse legislation a. the Democrats were OF th~ 'o
co vigorously asserting At the erd Of four months
had collected all the data possible from the original IN
,es in nv district including all the invoices OF the
consular agencies at HOnfenr. Rennes, a. MAO auu
orhourc There could be no question about the trust
worhiness OF these figures, for took the original IN
voce, which contained the sworn statements Of shppea
ne IN quantity quality and price Of merchandise OF
every description shipped from my CONSULAR us"i'' "
Inc United states ports.
at divided this merchandise into four classes first.
dutiable goods on which the duty was unchanged
second merchandise which duty had been ncrea ed
third merchandise which duties had been redueed'
and fourth. merchandise admitted free OF duty. COM
parng the figures thus obtained with the duties col
Iected before the Mckinley law went into effect was
convinced 20 my entire satisfaction that the law was
working ureclsely as its friends had predicted 1t would
The class on which the duties were unchanged was
exceedingly small showing the thorough revision OF the
bin found that the free Hst large, showing the
desire OF the United states to make free all articles
that this country does not produce or articles which
could be admitted free with safety 10 our own pro-
ductons of tho dutable class found that more than
half Of the merchandise shipped from my districs
went out with the duty reduced upon 1t by the NC
Kinley law and of that reduction almost 80 per cent
came from articles that cannot be produced In the
United States. That you see, is inst what we have
always argued in supporting the bill Then found
that while the net Of duty equaed only about
l per cent Of the value of all exports from my
district to the United States than 81 per cent OF
that increase came from duties on farm products,
liquors and ornaments.
AT the end of eight MONTHS continued Mr.. VIII
iams j repeated this analysis Of my shipments with
results quite favorable to the Mckinley law as In
the statement for four months. l made some IN
terestlng discoveries, too by making two Hypothetical
comparisons at the end Of eight months. First sup
posing that this merchandise had been shipped to
France instead of from France and had been mado
dutlable under the laws OF France, the duty would
have been greater than under the Mckinley Dill;
second supposing these goods had been shipped at
any place on earth for entry at British ports, the
customs duties collectable in Great Britain on this
identical merchandise would have been greater than
was collected at United States ports under the Ne
KlnIey bill" Mr. Williams said he had reported these
figures to the Government at the end Of each four
months For his own convenience he had, Just be-
fore his departure from Havre, summarized the hgucS
for the ten months operation OF the Mckinley bill
and they varied little from the reports for the first
four months.
81 do not see how any American. no matter what
his politics may be, who will study closely the con-
diuons as they exist in Europe today can antagonze
our protective tariff system" said Mr.. Williams.
Look at France with her system of protection, now
the most prosperous OF the European nations, with
S25 100000 more money than all other European
nations combined 1t Is grand country, pushing TO
the front with a rapldity unequaled by any other
country on the eastern hemisphere. The shipping
interests alone show to the world what protection will
do in the United States, 1t is the only industry that
is langushing and the only unprotected In Great
Britain 1t is the most prosperous industry ana tho
only one that is protected
MFR. Williams started last evening for his home at
Rochester lie will take part in the campaign in this
state and will probably 60 TO Ohio TO make number
Of speeches for Mr.. Mckinley. lie will return to
HavFe on November z.