The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-12-16
soMRRsET PA WEDNESDAY DECEMBER is. 1891

might tend to reeve this affair Of the
appearance Of an insult to the Govern
ment. The Chiizn Government Was
also advised thst such Qualifying facts
did not exist fls Government would
confdenfiy expec full and prompt repa-
ration Il s to b regretted that the re-
ply OF the SacretaE OF Foreign Affairs Of
the Provisional Gsernmens was couch
ed in sn ofsensiveione- To this no re-
spense has beenmade- This Govern
ment Is now s@aing the results Of an
investigation Whis has been conducted
by the criminal curt al Valparaiso. Il
is reported uncfiiaily that the investi-
CATION Is about oCpleted, and it sex
pecsed that the Ralt viii soon be CON-
nunicated to thsGovernment, together
with some adeque and satisfactory re-
sponse to the nc by which the atien-
ton Of Chill xas Il to this incident If
these Just expecEions should be disap-
pointing or furths needless:delay inter.
vene I viii. By pecial message, bring
this matter sgaini the attention Of Con
gress for such setn as may be necessary.
The President rges Government aid
in the eoEstrueta Of the Niczragusn
canal.
THE TAFT Discussed.
On the tariff lesiion be SAYS: The
general interest the operation Of the
Treasury Department has been much
augmented durir the last year BY rea-
son Of the sonfHng predictions which
accompany and lllowed the tariff and
other legislstonof the last Congress
affecting the reT,nes. IS to the results
OF this legisiAti0upon the treasury and
upon the countr On the one hand il
was conisnded n imports would 50 fall
of as to leave tltreasnry bankrupt and
that the prioesf articles entering into
the living Of thoeople would be so en-
hanced as TO sasfrorsiy affect their
comfort and bpiness, while on the
other il vas sTei that the loss Of the
revenue. large the result Of placing
sugar on the II list, would be direct
gain TO the peOs; that the prices of the
necessaTieS Of ., including those most
highly protecievonld not be enhanced ;
that labor woul ave a larger market,
and the produc If the farm advanced
/ prices, while Il treasury surplus and
receipts would adequate 10 meet the
appropriations. Guiding the large exeep-
tional exp-ndire for the refunding to
the State Of th drect tax and the re-
demption Of thtl lper cent. bonds.
TIE IMPARTIAL TzEx 0UGHT TO BE SAT
EFIED II TIE RESULT.
II is not nv lpose 20 enter at any
length into dii,-ion Of the efF-cts Of
tue legislation which have referred,
bat brief exahatior Of the statistics
Of the treasury ID a glance at the state
Of business thrhoat the country will, l
think. satisfy , impartial inquirer that
iis results ha disappointed the evil
prophecies offs opponents. and in q
large measure re realized the hopeful
predictions Of friends. Rarely, if ever
before, in the hoEy Of onr country, has
there been III uten the proceeds Of
one DAYS lzbolr the product Of one
farmed acre xoJpnrchase 50 large an
amount Of thosainzs that enter into
the living Of theses Of the people.
believe that a test will develop the
fact that the Il act Of the Fifty-frsl
I Congress is veryorable in its average
effect upon the e Of aftice es entering
into common During the twelve
months from Ger /. 1880, 10 Septem-
Der 90, 1901, thai value of our foreign
commerce imp and exports combin-
ed was sI,745 40G, which was the
largest Of any yin the history Of the
United States e largest IN any pre-
vious year va: 1890, when our CON-
merce amounts 81. Ga ,lSg, ,Oss, and the
} last year exeee this enormous aggre-
gate by over hundred millions It
IS interesting. 70 sone viii be sur
, prisiug to knfhat during the year
} ending septen 80, 1881, our exports
: Of northumberland to sss4, 20.
r which was anease Of more than sew
: en- million do over tEe value of the
: exports Of corresponding months Of
, the preceding, when the imports Of
t merchandise unusually large in an
a tieipation Of tariff legislation then
J, pending. Tbersge annual value Of
J. the imports lerchandise for the ten
+ years from IS 1921, was S692. .IS6 90.
= and during tear ending septembsr
: 80, 1891, thisial average was exceed
: ed by si32, -. The value of the free
e imports durthe y months ending
i September sol, was Sis, ,O92, ,3S7
s more than tllne Of the free imports
during the spending u months OF
the prtcedinT, and there was during
= the same pea decrease Of $IO5, ,S45,-
sos IN the vpf the Imports Of cutia-
!. bic merchau The percentage Of
NERcHASDIsNTTTED RREE OF DUTY
during the 70 which have referred,
: the first urhe new tariff, Was As Is.
while durir preceding y months,
under the crif. the percentage was
, 3427, an ise Of 1881 per cent If
: We take thenonths ending Septem-
Der S0th IAsich covers the time dur
:, ing which rs have been admitted
! free Of dute per cent of value Of
merchandssported free Of duty is
found to be, which Is a larger per-
centags Of nports than during any
previous fisar in the history Of the
. government we turn to export OF
merchznGs statistics are full ofgrst-
. ifeation. 'alue Of such exports Of
I, merchandi the twelve months end
: ing Septeu1, 1891, was s923. .O9I, ,l36,
!, while for ,rresponding previous u
of months it sS50.l7z,Il5. an increase
a Of S92 eI4, ,hich is nearly three times
\ the averAiuai increase ofexports of
= merchandr the preceding twenty
: years Tteeds in amount and val
= ue the e; Of merchandise during
h any year history Of the govern
ment- Ttease in the vzlne Of the
= exports ccultural products during
a the year a 10 over the correspond