The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-12-17

home market to our own people; and the
price OF nearly every article Of common
consumption has been reduced to the con.
sumner
comparison OF the prices OF goods Inn
ported respectively under the old and new
tariffs where rates have been increased will
demonstrate that the tariff Is a tax upon the
foreign competitor In our markets in the
sale OF such articles as are extensively pro-
duced here, aRd that the duties are I'm fact
thus deducted from the foreign market
value, and are paid by the foreigner as a
tax for the privilege OF selling his goods
here at prices fixed by our own people com
pet ng among themselves In their own mar ..
ket.
Legislation IL recommended as followsi
First, the Increase Of the permanent appro.
priation for the expense of collecting the
revenue from customs second, the compen-
sation of all collectors OF customs by fixed
salaries, all fees, cmOluments, etc, to be
abolished; third, the consoldat on of Gus
toms districts; fourth, the abolishment Of
oaths to monthly accounts fifth, the repeal
Of the laws requiring bonds to be given by
individual importers upon the entry OF mer-
chaudise for warehouse etc. sixth, revision
and codiflcation of the customs laws;
seventh legislation to secure railway stat
tistics of foreign commerce.
The internal revenue receipts during the
year were: Distilled spirits, !53, ,355, $50. 81;
manufactured tobacco :3I,7g6, ,27097; Ier-
nentcd liquor, SIS .565.l 99I; oleomargarine,
81, OF s2II4; miscellaneous, 1850 l27. 80
The value of our foreign commerce-im-
ports and experts of merchandlse-during
the last fiscal year was greater than for any
previous year. 1t amounted to Sl,7I9, ,397, ,OO5,
a. against 81 AL 9,J93 during the fiscal year
1897, an Increase of So, Isl, ,slS The value of
imports of merchandise also during the MS
cal year was the largest in tho history of our
commerce, amounting to :sI4 6.I96 rs
against 1893 o, i09 during the fiscal year 1881,
an increase of SIS, sos, 81. The value of the
exports of me rchandise during the same Pc
riod was :SSi 4S9,Sl0, as against 1877 SIS 6si for
the previous fiscal year, 1890, an increase OF
Sc 652,l26. The exports exceeded the i'm
ports of merchandise 30, ,564, GA
1t will be observed that the value Of our
total trade in merchandise with Great
Britain and Ireland amounted to !6iJ, ID, 1858,
of which the value of exports Was !4i5, 49,
O28 and the value of imports !ls4,723 26!
showing an excess in exports OF $3.50 SO, '6A
Our import and export trade with Great
Britain and Ireland forms IS per cent OF
such trade with all nations and about 50 pei
cent of such trade with Europe Our trade
with North America, including the West In
dies, stand next in value. followed by tha'
with South America, and that with Asia and
Oceanica. Our trade with Germany shows
France of SIS, IS sos.
In our total trade with Europe the exces:
of exports over imports was !24i, 49!,7 rs
Our commerce in merchandise with NORTH
Am. r!ca, including Mexico, Central Americi
and West Indies amounted to Sk59,775, 26S, o.
which the value of the imports was sloJ.2l6,'
| O19, and of the exports Ss6, 40 l19, an excess
| of imports of .65,616, $50. bat If our expor
| trade by lani carriage with Mexico and
| Canada had been correctly ascertained by
means of IN adequate law :or that purpose
| it is estimated that our imports ana export:
with North America would appear upward:
of sZ9)U0O and leave an excess of imports
Of less than SO OJJ instead of 500 000,00J as
now appears.
Our total trade with South America in
merchandise amounted t. slj2, ,449is, oi
which the value of the imports was Sis, 1876,
e6s and of exports ;33, s,299, an excess OF
imports of !e5 O.S,a7s
The total value of exports OF domestic
merchandise was 1872, 270.2S3, an increase ol
: $685. over the exports of the preceding
fiscal year. 1872, and was greFter than thai
of any year except 1851
During the last fiscal year the value OF i'm
ports of merchandise was Ss44 9l5. 1856. an in
crease OF ,5 50 ,7S7 over the imports OF the
fiscal year, 1870
The value of free merchandise imported
was s366, 24l, 50, and OF dutiaU,e was 47s,674,-
s44, an increase in the value of free mer-
chandise of .lO0, ,572, ,723, and decrease In the
value of dutable goods of S44, 80 1886, caus ed
III llnly by the transfer OF sugar and certain
textiles from the dutiaDle to the free list by
the new tariff.
With reference to the reciprocity clause OF
the tariff the report says: During the year
ending June So r90, our exports of domestic
products to BraZ amounted to Sll, 9O! 496
and in 1891 to IA o. ',2,3, an increase of ~,
l46.777. The treaty with Brazil went into
effect April last, and it is not to be expect
ed that the results will be very marked as
yet. During the SIX months ending June 80
1880 our domestic exports of merchandise
to Brazil amounted to Si,21s.84 and during
the same period of 1891. under the operation
OF the reciprocity treaty, to S,5I6,s5s, an in
crease OF Sl,s0I054 This increase
in exports to Braz since the reciprocity
treaty went into effect has been mainly in
locomotives, steam engines, machinery and
cars of tramways and railways, wheat, flour,
bacon, boards, de us, planks, etc. There has
been a decrease in the exports of wheat,
lard and cotton manufactures. The recipro-
city treaties with Slnto Domingo and with
the Spain concerning trade relations with
Cuba and Puerto Rico d not go into effect
until September /, and as yet there are no
available statistics to show the effects of the
treaties upon our commerce Furthermore,
the reduction of duties on wheat and wheat
flour imported into these islands from the
United States will not take effect until Janu.
ary, !, le9!.
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