New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-07
FOREIGN TRADE WON BACK
REMOVAL OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON AMERI'
CAN PRODUCTS.
THE TRUE VALUE OF THE REPUBLICAN fAKrf'S
GREAT WORK FOR THE FARMER~ExPoKr
TRADE WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES RE-
STORED WORTH MANY MILLION
DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
No ruv rnIBUNR1
my TELEGRAPH 70 THE TRIBuHE1

A., ,h efforts NJ President HarrisOns Adhihisua''
aided by the wise and benefcent ieglsi"uoh y. -,
List Congress, to extent and widen tne e.. ,,,,s
for our surplus agricultural products nave ueA ="
| ra that the results obtained are Oh hthe VI II.
| roctco, inheritance Reciprocity Ia sun oenoun.N
| as a shsmr despite overwhelming anu oo"' ass
| accommodating evidence that IL mas "' A.. ,oc
millions OF dollars to our export raoe an" go
| isation and diplomatic efforts wnich nav 49,,
in the readmission Of American pork into Inc ''i' w
| y, Franco Germany and other European countries
,o which IL had been excluded for years are ~eluo4
| In regard to the pork question: ssp'en' N''
editor recently wrote . .. .hout
.Thc truth Is that the chief ana, IN i~o'' Dou'
the only profitable foreign market the N",e. =,
GARNER has ever had for his surplus pork IS 'ha' "
England from which American pork mas occi' a. Nv
Elmo excluded either By a high tarin or prohio'o''
| DEGREES The markets Of the other European 'o1
tries as well as OF the West lndles anu "u'' o.
Central America, have never been OF much 'l"' "ne
and never will be. The American peopie AFRO w
Intelligent 10 be deceived by the cneap tain
of Republicsn and Administration newspaper
organs about the immense BENEFITS 10 ac'."o 49,,
tho removal OF the restrictions against American
pork" ,a..n.oson
That is a fair average sample OF the misrep''ao
| tat,ons with which the Democrats nope W on'a'
American voters to whose Intelligence theS "pp1a'
even while they thus insult 1t. They care ho' s'0
the facts" -, -
The 6rst country to prohibit American pork was
Italv on February 20, 1879. The importation Oh
American pork and lard into Austria Hungary was pro
hibited March TO- 1881, and In 1894 the imporauo"
Of all American canned meats into Hungary was pro
hibted France excluded American pork February To-
1881 and In 1880 American lard was declared subIecs
| N official inspection on June 25, 1880, Germany
nrobbited the Importation Of American pork except III
| the form OF bacon and hams, and on FEBRUARY |o'
1883 the prohibition was extended so as 70 ihciuus
American hog meat OF every descnpuoh' "ei'i'
olso prohibited tnnsshpment through that country
IN other markets OF American pork, bacon. ham''
sausages etc. Denmark followed the example OF Ter
many and excluded American pork as also dld Ofeece
and Turkey IN 1894 Greece removed the prompiuoi'
!, will bo observed that the DEGREES prohibiting I'M
portations OF American pork became iuhy operative,
except as IN Germany, during the nscai year ehueu
June 80 1882 and to that country IN the ioow'nS
vear Now mark the effect OF this poncy upon our
export trade In 1880 the exports OF bacon Mans
o, and lard from the United States TO all countries
amounted 10 Ss4 1913 242 in 1881 the total iose u
s1o4 $50 oG5, increase Of nearly s-ooo"'ooo' "
1872 II fell to 92,r529i6. a decnhe vi no"i'
400 600 600 and in 1898 II fell TO S1osoo'Zoo ae
creose IN two years of nearly S34,ooo'ooo rfo' 'A'
ume down TO the year ended June 80 io'o 'he ei'
norris for no one year reached fo'ooo'ooo anu u.
,sss m. total was only S57, 126.3Os or 4''o"4'o'
less than the total for 1881. Again the a'erase ''
venrly exports OF pork, bacon hams anu ia'u uu'.s
the first three years OF President CleVeahu ~"
ministrntion-lo $50 to 165S-amoun'ed 10 Only @'''
aso Tha, was a period during which the dplomauc
efforts to reopen European markets were OF 'ie
- ,r.u ne the most polite description. and when Dem
-,,c noiorities I'm the House OF Representatives were
too busv with attempts 10 help foreigners 10 cap'uo
the American market, TO do, or Try 10 ao a.S 40
,ouars opening or rcopcnng foreign markets ior uo
beneot of American farmers and other prouu'o'9'
euch was the state Of affairs when Pres'oen' mar
,sop WAS inauglrated and Congress, Republican III
r,ments which for years had enforced poncy "ih0"
was hostile to American producers ana cApo'.eo'
specrily began to realize that IL mus, DE- "'uN
oh,ndoned Congress promptly clothea 'he rAoN.
with authority which justified more vigorous anu u
cldcd tone In diplomatic coiIo'P'
soon began to appear 49,,
rho avcroce total yearly export OF bacon Mans
ror, and lard during the three years endeo June O
so, amounted 10 Ss5,10o.l45, as compareo WIZ" .N'
yo,rv average OF $50 $685. 62 during the corle'poe
yaars q, President Cleveland's Administrator oeiaS
a. ,rcre,se OF nearly s26.Oooooo. Moreover tne
~. ,n. las, three ycars-so55 zoe. 435-e1ceehed
10 s,o 515 go the total for the four years VI freSi
dent Clcveland's Administration.
r, injury done TO American producers ana eN-
no-tcrs by the hostile policy OF France, "eri."'
and certain other countries was threeio"' f"'"
g ,osoa these markets TO direct trade second IL re-
ducod e,potts TO countries which hau poush' H'eo
49,, - ,nor.,sng quantities OF American pork ana
ro.h,pned Il 10 Germany and other countres' tn'u'
Il reduced the consumption OF American p"A u
countries from which II was not ome'ahy eA'iuu'~'
nv producing false impression as TO its "ho'eAo"0
ness - ,o,o A.. s,r.ot |
The direct injury was great. In io'o '"o W.
,,or,s -, bacon hams pork and lard TO Germany
mt, % a. oA5752: In 1881 the total had risen
~ al, ago 657 IN 1850 Il fell 10 %1oso'.o3' ana III
1884, tho year after the prohibition mao oe"
tended TO all hog products except iara the 'o'i'
,.u tn ap54 t44. The yearly average roi inc ms
,brce wears OF President Cleveands AoHinsu"uo" |
,as on,v Al 1874 39s and In the last year OF his Al
mini ,trrtIon Il fell to s3,95A4so The yearly aver
age for the three years ended June 10 ioV-' Ano"
to ~, 3ot.36l.
T., ,se, IN. exports Of bacon hams, pork ana lard
r., France amounted to slo5547o3; In 1882 the iotai
fell 10 81 76s. 55l in 1888 20 S376oo2o' III ieof "
p. DOS. G55 and In 1888 1t amounted !" T-'-''0
Tho vcarly average during the first three years vi
PRESIDENT clcveland's Administration WINS only S-4si-
ooa and the YEARLY average during the three years
ended lime 30 1902 was 8347s.o43. The exports
n, port hams and bacon 10 France In the one so"i
ended June 10 1892. were more than -FOUR ,m,s 40
great Ms during the four years OF President 'e'o-
lands Administration.
Now let MS examine the effect OF the prohioi'orS
accrees upon the exports OF American pork 10 'ouh'
fries where the policy of exclusion was not III iof'c'
The exports OF bacon. hams. pork ana hd rom '"e
United states to the United Kingdom during the year
ora,d Inn. no 1880 amounted to Sis636.Ol9; III
1881 the total had risen TO S5s972loo; In loe2 IL
fell TO 500, GA 1886 and In 1883 to Saoooi'sl2' az
crease OF about Sls.0oO0o In two years MS u'
crease was coincident with the enforcement Of the
prohibitlon policy by several other European couh-
fries In 1856 there slight rally, the totai
for that year being $40 7Oo.7 IT. but It was followed
by a decline to 1897 .o2l .a.2 In 1887, and to S34'-
D49 0a0 In 1888. making the yearly average Tor the
first three years OF President Cleveands Admihist'
ton S3s 1857 070 The yearly average for the three
years ended June 90 Is02-the first three years OF
President Harr1son's Administrations $4Soo''-
400 being an increase OF nearly $l0.0ooOoo rs com
pared with the corresponding period OF President
Clevelands Administrations but still decrease OF
p2o AO1 M cOmparcd with the yearly average or