The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-04
ten months d tho prior year, or re-

July 81, when the Mckinley tariff JAY,
has been in operation, lieFa!aesofy our
! combined imports and exports wAs
81 ,4G5, 05S,905, but during the cores
ponding ten months OF the prior year
| the total value of our foreign commerce
was s., ,Gg3,S42, an increase in the
value Of Our foreign commerce IN the
ten months since the Mckinley bill has
been in operation OF S53,435, 123. OF
this increase S20D22,l8l represent the
increase in imports and sS2,bi2 ,0g the
increase OF exports Of merchandise. The
average annual increase of our foreign
commerce Tor the past ten years has
been 1928, S02. 1t will be observedthat
the increase in our foreign commerce
during the ten months since the enact
ment OF the new tariff has been nearly
three times as great as the annual aver
age increase, or, in exact figures, as
S5S, 435, 1913 is to SlS,49S,S92.
II the exports be considered by them
selves it will be observed that the in
crease is quite marked WHEN ii is con.
sidered that during the time mentioned
there has been no unusual demand. Tor
our products. At the same time these
statistics OF our exports completely. re-
iute the statement that foreign markets
would be closed to our products and
that foreign governments would retail
ate because Of our tariff 1t is we'll
known fact that England has discrimi-
mated severely against our cattle:
France has restricted the imports OF
our grain, cattle and pork, and Ger
many with respect to our pork and
canned goods. Furthermore, these
countries have purchased of US only
what they must have. The English
Government has encouraged the pro-
duction Of cotton in Egypt, and OF wheat.
and cotton in India, for the avowed
purpose OF drawing her supplies from
these sources, and decreasing her de-
mand for our products, but with little
success.
The foreign countries cannot do with
out our agricultural products and need
them more to-day than ever before.
As stated above, the increase in value
OF our exports for the ten months under
the new tariff over the corresponding
ten months of the prior year was S32,-
$4,000, and this is much larger than
the average annual increase Of exports
for twenty years from 1891 to 1880 in
elusive, which has been $50, $50, 425. at
this time the detailed statements OF
principal articles and values for the ten
months are not available, but such
statement is available for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1891, and it shows that
the increase in our exports OF merchan-
disc is confined TO two classes, viz, the
products of agriculture and mannfac-
lures. The exports OF agricultural
products during 1891 were OF the value
OF SG42, s00,703, against 1928, Sl5,930 for
the fiscal year 1890. The exports OF
manufactures in 1891, Sl6S, 7Sl, 255,
against Si5i ,10G,45j for the fiscal year
1880.
The reciprocity clause OF the new
tariff is opening new markets and in
creasing the demand for our products.
The treaty with Brazil went into effect
April /, nnd it is not to be expected
that the results will be apparent to any
great extent as yet. A comparison'ot
our exports Of merchandise to Brazil for
the four months ending July 81, 1891,
with the corresponding four months OF
1890 shows that the value OF our eX-
ports for four months since the treaty
took effect was $l,710,7G0, as compared
with S409l, l27, tho value Of the exports
OF the four months OF the prior year,
showing an increase OF SGlD,642.
This tradewiIl doubtless continue to
increase. he.treaty with. Spain goes
into, effect September j, when our eX-
ports to Cuba and Porto Rico arc certain
to increase.
Neither have the predictions OF agen-
eral increase Of prices on account Of the
now tariff been sustained. 1t will be
from the quotations of wholesale prices
Tor the months of July, 1890 and 1891,
that prices have decreased rather than
increased. Tho following are the quo
tations OF few prominent articles that
are daily used. The list could be ex-
tended indefinitely with largely the
same results, increases in prices being
rare:
Cotton cloth