New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-24

GREAT-A DECREASE IN
DUTIES COLLECTED
PER CAPITA.
mr. TELEGRAPH ThBUSA
Washington Aug. 23.-Secretary Foster has ~
turned from his vacation and taken up bis WORK u
the Treasury Department with renewed energy ana
vigor He finds the affairs OF the Department In eu
exc client condition and he is haunted by no fears os
National bankruptcy Treasury deficit q tnc emo
Of the year. The receipts from customs duties ana
internal taxes are steadily Increasing and promise
considerably exceed the estimated revenues TOR ehe
current fiscal year. Secretary Foster is exceedingly
graied on account Of the favorable results Of COM
parson which he has caused to be made by tho CMet
of the Bureau Of Statistics OF the foreign trade Of
the United States under the old and new tariffs, 10
speotively.
THE TARIFF REVISION WAS WE'LL DONE
In conversation with a Tribune correspondent
today he 1.-The official statement which MAJOR
Brock has prepared. is extremely Interesting ane
vauabe II is worth more than volumes Of assertions
based on theories 1t that the last Congress-
when 1t revised the tariff, did its work ntensenu
and well, and did not, many people deciareo, SA
still continue to assert, build a Chinese wall to cnecs
Imports and prevent exports. The su~meht as"
shows that many other assertions made BY the s1os
Traders are not only incorrect, but groundiesS'
"whas years taken for purposes OF comparisont'
asked the correspondent
THE fiscal years ended June 30, 1soo, ana juno
30 1892. The tariff OF 1890 was In force ounnS
three months and six days Of 1891, ard the new law
did not become wholly operative until July i, 1891 50
that year June 80. 1892 could not be USED
During the entire year ended June 30, $780, the urln
NJ 1893 was I'm operation and during the entire year
ended June 3O 1892, the tariff Of 1890 was opera"
tive
"Can you give me a summary Of the results OF ths
comparison!'
horo fs. a
RESULTS OF AN INTERESTING COMPARISON.
F1rst-The revenue has increased 81 1857 $50.
"Second-There has been an increase In the total
value OF foreign commerce OF S2lo,o4o,olo' -
compared with 1890. and increase OF o3o7'os4
over the annual average OF the ten years PROV
to 1891.
"Thrd-In 1892 the exports. for the first time n
our history exceeded a billion OF dollars, being
81, ,O3O 278, ,O3O which was $l12, ,449340 more than
I'm 1900 and S2G5, ,J33 In excess OF the average
annual value OF exports for ten years prior 10 1874
.FourthJThe increase I'm exports OF cotton over
1890 vas 81, 449 and S36,29l2 over the ahhuAA
average for ten years.
"Fifth-The exports Of breadstufs OF 1892 ex@
ceeded the value OF the exports in 1890 by the
sum OF 190 and exceeded the average annual
value for the years prior to 1891 by the sum OF
s13l 2O6,224.
siyth-The value OF the exports OF provisions IN
1902 exceeded the value OF like exports in loSV
~ O97 e53 and the average annual value for the ten
wears pror TO 1891 by the sum OF S2','o3,i3..
"Ssyenth-The exports OF cattle, sheep and nogs IN
1902 exceeded the value OF like imports during loSo oy
the sum OF 1921 O31 and exceeded the average an
nual value Of the exports for the Ten years p"s
TO 1891 by the sum OF $a0,2e3,071
aEsphth-The combined value of exports OF cotton,
breadstuffs provisions cattle sheep and hogs, AZ
cassed as agricultural products OF 159. exceeded ness
exports OF 1900 by the sum Of $l59,23s323, ana
exceeded the average annual value OF the ten years
mentioned by the sum OF S2lo,96o,o3o
"Ninth-The exports Of all other products In IoSI
exceeded those Of by the OF Sl1 l09oto ana
exceeded the average annual value OF such exports
for the ten years prior to 1891 by the sum o.
$40, O63.
"Tenth-The exports OF manufactures in 1902 were
In excess Of light exports In 1880 and SaVs'
9O6a94 in Of the annual average value OF tne
ten years prior 10 1901.
THE BALANCE OF TRADE FAVORABLE
"Eleventh-The value OF imports in leo: ex.
cecded the value of the in 1880 by the sum Of
s3- 00l 1914 and the average annual value OF the ten
years pror TO 1901 by the sum OF Sl3o2lo,oo2.
"Twefth-The value OF free imports in 1e92 exceedee
the value OF Like imports in 1880 by the sum OF @ioS''
332 143 and there decrease OF dutlabie Imports
amounting to 1854 24O.019.
"Thirteenth-Thc value Of the free imports and also
the percentage OF the In 1o02 were the largest Id
the history Of our commerce, that trade Is frees
than even before and largely Of such articles as ars
not produced In this country and which enter INTO tns
daily consumption Of the people.
Fourteenth-The duty collected per capita OF the
population in 1892 was 81 81, which less than
for any year since 1865 and 95 IL cents less than
the annual average for the ten years mentioned.
Fifteenth-There was Il decrease in the imports
Of the manufactures OF wool OF S2lolOoo3, OF 0ios'
2j563 In imports OF manufactures Of iron and steei
manufactures OF silk OF S7.313,43o; In manufactures
OF fax and hemp etc. ~, 136,0C2; In manufactures oi
n lsQl nbapco Ia "a.
crease Of 1861, ,45i, thus giving Increased employ,
mcnt 10 persons engaged In these manufactures In
this country, and retaining many millions Of dollars
at home
THE FARMERS INCREASED HOME MARKETS.
-sixtecnth-Dy virtue OF the new tariff the impdS
taons Of horses, sheep cattle barley, oats, oatmeal
rye eggs vegetables, hops, axseed and tobacco, during
tho year 1892 were s20,oil 40 less than in 1890.
and that much more home market was given to our
farmers.
"sevontcenth-The value Of our exports Of domestic
and foreign merchandise exceeded the value Of the
imports In ls02 by the large sum OF S202,s76457.
"Hghtecnth-The reciprocity Of the new Tariff act
has opened new foreign markets, and our exports to
the countries with which reciprocity relations have
been established have increased by the cum OF So.
286Se1.
lished Industries lave been stimu>
lated and new industries started, which giving en-
ployment I'd hundreds of thousands OF men, SO thaS
great prosperity exists in all lines OF trade whe
in nearly every other country there s moro OF Less
depression.
.Twcntieti-There has been n steady decline In
prices OF the necessarics OF life as compared with
price, prior TO the adoption Of tho tariff act o1
1890.
Twenty -frst-There has been an advance In waSes<
Twenty. second-1he prices OF farm products have
increased since passage of the Tariff act Of 1880 By
1857 per cent
You say the net reduction OF revenue from customs
has exceeded 95I 100000. can you tell me what
n, duties at the old would have amounted to
the amount OF sugar imported since April l. 1884,
when the duty rcmo' ed 7"
HOW TAXES WERE REDUCED.
dyes Major Brock found that the average rate on