The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-10-15

| our foreign commerce during the cor
| responding period of prior year. when It was
81 $50. 01a6E. The average annual Increase
| of our foreign com merce imports and ex-
| ports of merchandise) during the twenty
years from 1871 to 1891 was $ss. 3i4 $50 1t will
be observed that the increase during the
eleven months under the operation OF the
new tariff was nearly double this average
annual increase. OF the total commerce OF
the eleven months ended August 81. 1891. the
value Of our imports of merchandise was
SOS 2lO 965, an increase Of rs 6s1 .3l6 over the
value of the imports OF the corresponding
months of the prior years. and the value OF
the exports was $40, s7i 3oI, an increase OF
1923 over the prior periol.
During the eleven months from October !,
$780, to August 81, 1891 under the operation
of the new tariff. the value OF imports OF du-
able merchandise was 1885,, 5I9. 629. while
curing the corresponding peroi of the pre-
ceding year the value of dutiable merchan-
disc was $ls4 ssl 1891, showing q decrease for
the eleven month. under the new tariff OF
$50, ssl ,7S5 in the value of merchandise paying
duty. 1t may also be noted that the total
value Of the imports 70 the eleven months.
: S.63, 30. S., exceeded value the imports of
any year in the history of our government.
excepting the fiscal year 1890, when their
value was $50 3l0.4n II, however, the i'm.
ports of september, 1891, equal those of Au-
gust, the total imports will largely exceed
those of 1880
Since the enactment Of the new tariff law
there has been a large reduction in the reve-
nue. from customs This was contemplated
in the bill itself, which recited at its head ::
AN act to reduce the revenue" etc. 1t will
be observed there was during the year q re-
duction in the customs revenue OF Sal 3ydt
as 49, notwithstanding there was a large in
crease in the imports Of merchandise This
large reduction in the revenue occurred
s,ftI \, in,
cluded in the statement The increase that
appears in the first quarter occurred in Oc-
tOber, 1890, the month in which the new
tariff went into effect. The new law did
not go into effect until the 9Th. and the i'm
ports of merchandise and the withdrawal
of merchandise from warehouses immedi-
ately prior to that date was very large. The
reduction of the revenue from customs dur
ing the three quarters ended September -,
1891 as compared with the same period of
the prior year. was S45. SSH. but in con
siuering the statement of the whole twelve
months. this amount is cut down by the in
creased revenue collected during the first
quarter. which occurred in October, as men,
toned above 1t will be remembered how
ever. that the principal article of our i'm
ports Of merchandise from which the duty
was removed is sugar, and by the provisions
OF the new tariff law the removal of this
duty did not take effect until April l. 1891
During the two quarters since that date It
will be seen that the reduction in customs
revenue, as compared with the same period
of the prior year, amounted to 81, 1s0, 29L T.
From this it will reasonably appear that the
reductions for an entire year viii be fully as
large, il not in excess, of the amount con.
templated in the enactment of the new tariff
law It further appears from the above
table that the total receipts from customs
during the twelve months prior to the pas
sage Of the new tariff were s2s7, 6ss. Al, and
for the first twelve months after the enact
ment Of the new tariff law the receipts were
$l96 302 ,OO6 So The customs revenue col
lected during the first period OF twelve
months per capita OF population was
as0, and during the second period
S.07, or reduction per capita
of &c. The reduction in customs revenue
has been greatly accelerated since April
last, when the duty was removed from sugar.
1t appears from the table that the customs
revenue per capita of population collected
during the six months ending September 30
1891. was only $l3a II the customs revenue
collected during the following six months,
ended March 81, 1884, should be in the same
proportion, the customs revenue per capita
collected during the year ending with the
latter date would be only SEQ. or q reduction
of 81 20 per capita of population in customs
revenues collected for that year. This would
be the lowest revenue per capita collected
lIOm CUStOIuS IOE ~ cHty i've YEARS SiuCc
1864, and 81 % per capita less than the annual
average rate of duty collected during that
period on imported merchandise, which was
81 So per capita.
The value of our exports of domestic and
foreign merchandise during the FIRST eleven
months ended August 81, 1871. after the
new tariff, was S4157l,3n and $49, 0s7 .sl3
larger than the exports OF like merchandise
for the corresponding eleven months of the
prior years while the old tariff was in force.
when they were of the value of S7yl, AS, 9ss
This increase of $59.0ss .323 in our exports
during the eleven months ended August 81,
1891, was nearly two and one half times
exports of merchandise during the twenty
years prior to 1891. which was $40 80. AS
During the same eleven months Of 1sYJ-9l
the value of the exports of merchandise h as
exceeded the value of the imports by the
sum Of STA eo.zS The importance of
this large excess OF exports over i'm
ports will be appreciated when it Is
compared with the excess OF exports OF the
fiscal year 1880. when it was sss,5ls,275. In
ls69 the balance of trade was against Us. and
the imports exceeded the exports S,730,211
In 1855 the balance against Us was still larx-
er, and the imports exceeded the exports
81. o22. 6O7. II will be observed that the in |
crease in the value of our exports Of mer- |
chandise IL large and very gratifying The |
ended August 81. IS I. viz: $SsO, 81. 3ol, ex- |
ceeds the value of the exports for any year |
in the history OF our commerce. except the |
fiscal years 1851 and 1890 The value Of our |
exports for the twelve months ended August |
d, 1891, which includes September, 1890, and ]
the drst eleven months under the new tariff, |
was s9Oa - ,s3s, or in round numbers about |
q. 900 0o0 greater than during any previous |
fiscal year This large volume Of exports Of |
and the excess of the same |
over the value Of imports of merchandise il |
very gratifying.
The large Increase in our exports Il almost |
wholly confined to two classes, viz: The |
products Of agriculture and manufactures
The value OF the exports OF Agricultural |
products during the twelve months eD4ed |
August 81, 1891. was Sos, III 16a, against $50.
a., os6 for the like period Of the prior years.
m increase of -, 78k7Is. The exports Of |
products amounted 70 Sl7Q-
geo 81. against $50, .oll for the prior period,
IN Increase of Slss g ,37o The combined In I
crease In these two classes OF exports
amounted 20 50. During the month
Of August, 1891, there vas IN increase IN the
value Of exports Of the products ol aRrieuls-
nre ~ compared with August, laos. OF Sl5 So
~, and IN increase Of Manufactures Of