Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-01
Tariff Pictures.

New York Press.
Reciprocity is increasing our cotton
goods exports TO Brazil During the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1892, we ex-
ported to Brazil S6S9,465 of manufac-
tured cotton, as against S538, ,238 during
the fiscal year 1S90-91. And the latest
growth is the best. Our exports of cot
ton cloths to Brazil for June, 1892, was
S95,690, as against S25,S90 in June,
1891.
The late Mr. Grierson of the great
Western Railway of England collected
statistics of the wages of railway labor
in the principal countries in Europe.
The range of wages in England was
from thirty shillings, or $3.50 down to
eighteen shil l.ings, or $3.50 a week If
the Buffalo switchmen, who get % cents
an hour, were to get their desired work
ing day of ten hours, even without any
advance in wages, they would make
1880 in every week of six days.
"Reciprocity is sham; our reciproci-
ty treaties are mostly with agricultural
countries" yawps the free trader, for
getting the fact that manufacturing
countries are more likely to keep their
markets for manufactured goods for
themselves. But what are the facts?
Well, one fact is that we exported $780,
941 bushels of corn to Cuba during the
past fiscal year, as against only 4,2o2
bushels in the fiscal year before.
"If you do not buy we cannot sell; if
you raise the tariff you destroy the far
mer's foreign market" yawped the free
traders two years ago. Well, we raised
the tariff, but that did not prevent the
foreign markets from taking S84, 729, ,598
of our breadstuffs in the first seven
months of 1891 and S147 ,203,207 during
the first seven months of 1892. Foreign
nations buy what they want, not what
sentimental considerations and capriceS
dictate.
"The Mckinley bill will kill our for
eign trade" shouted the free traders.
This is the way it is killing our foreign
trade: A year ago we imported $685.
$50 at the port of New York during the
first week of August. During the first
week of this August the imports were
the largest ever known, aggregating
SIC, ,704, $40.
Our free list imports during the fiscal
year 1889-90, the last preceding the Nc
Kinley law, we're less than 35 per cent.
of the total, which was S773,674,542.
During the past fiscal year the free i'm
ports were over Sc per cent. of the total
imports, which were 1921, ,401, 1,573.
Pearl Button company states that the
Mckinley increase in the duty on pearl
buttons has increased the number of
factories from 20 to 200, and the num-
ber of employees from 1000 to 5000.
Since our reciprocity treaty with Puer-
to Rico went into effect (ten months be-
fore June 80, 1892 we have exported
to that island $2,329,O ,O75 worth of goods
as against 81, ,73S,116 for the correspond
ing ten months of 1S90-91. That is the
practical working of what the Demo
cratic platform denounces as sham.
The country knows reciprocity by its
fruits.
One reason why great Britain hates
the Mckinley law so is that it is beard
ing the British lion in its West Indian
den. Our exports of salted or picked
beef to the British West Indies during
the five months of reciprocity with them
were 2,165, 1926 pounds, as against 1916
655 pounds in the corresponding five
months of 1891.