New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-16
BEAUTIES OF THE TARIFF.
PIT NOT FROM THE WORKING PEOPLES
POINT OF VIEW
NAxI.rAcTr.PEs ALSO HARD HIT BY THE NEW
Lana SUMMING Up OF ITS RE
SUITS Up TO DATE.

MANUFACTURES ALSO HARD HIT BY THE NtN
LAVA SUMMING Up OF ITS RE-
SUITS Up TO DATE
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE rHIBUNE.I
WASHINGTON March 15-Friends OF the
Tariff law are deriving great satisfaction from
the fact that one Of their pledges In regard 10 the
opera lions OF the law has been redeemed II mas IN
creased the mportations During the six months in
which 1t has been in operation there has been
brought into this country S,0.WCND worth OF goods
in round numbers against $293. $4,000 worth brought
in during the corresponding period Of last year un-
der the Mckinley law. 81 they have the proud sat
isfaction of knowing that their new law has added
% per 10 the quantity OF goods brought in from
abroad ana made It tina. much harder for the work
ing people the factory operatives. the farmers the
men and women who work in manufactures and the
manufacturers mems 10 make living Ii must
be pleasant. for instance. for the farmers Of the
country to know that the importation of products OF
agriculture have nearly doubled under the new law,
amounting TO over $4,000 in the haf-year, against
about one-haf that sum in the corresponding months
under the Mckinley law.
The importation Of woo'n goods. too. nave more
than doubled which Will be cheerful news to the
1850 men and women OF the country VINO are em-
poyed in woollen goods manufactures as well as to
the owners OF these factories who nave SbVVV" IN
vested in their establishments. Tn" importation 90
cotton goods Of the various grades increased Large"
IT, nearly doubled I'm fact, being ABOUT >'""'""
during the first SIX months % the ne" law ~
against 5000 0J0 in the corresponding months OF the
Mckinney law one year earlier. The number Oh men
and women cmp'oyel in the manufactures OF cotton
goods in this country prior TO the dlS'urpdn'e "i
business by the tar!n was round quarter OF i
million and the capital invested IN the H''ol'9 Nv
cDWD Yet these quarter OF million eihPoS'S anu
owners OF S7ONoOOO worth Of property ma that me
new tariff law while making some articles f'"
,bo orf * a r.
ouautity Of goods OF the line they make which are
now brought in from the other side OF the Atlantic
thus reducing employment and BUSINESS anu wages
There are 2'S 0O) employed In the IRON industry
I'm this country. were before the Dcmocfa"' VIC
tory Of 1892 promised "A change in the tariii ana inc
name. invested in the works was $l15e",@o The
latest figures show that the importations Of manu-
features Of iron and steel have Increased hedry -
per cent Of course reducing business ana employ
ment and wages The l25Co0 employees o. me SIX
factories Will be interested TO know that the I'M
poriations Of manufactured silk have Increased
about 100 per cent since the new law went into
effect comparing the importations with the same
months OF last year under the Mckinney law 'uri-
ousiy too. while the new law has increased the
amount OF importatons and slightly reduced tho rate
OF duty on the dutiab!e goods imported the average
rate OF duty collected the entire mass Of mpo-ta-
lions +: higher than under the Mckinley law. ~
accurate calculations az can he now inade on the
first half-years business under the new law indicate
that while the rate Of duty collected on duuabe
goods alone averaged about - per cent. against -
per cent under the Mckinley law IN the correspond
ing months Of last year thu total collections Of luty
under the now law are larger percentage ~ IN"
value Of all the goods brought In than under the Oh
law The duty collected during tho first six months
Of the now law amounted - nearly = per cent o.
the total value Of the goods imported while the
duties collected under The Mckinley law IL the cor
responding months Of last year amounted 20 about
22ig per cent - the total value of goods imported
The total mportat.3rs - goods free u duty nave
not increased under the nov law IN any amount
worth ncniioninr. The total free imVor.ations FOR
the first half-ycar OF the now Law were only about
s3Oo0o IN excess q those 81 the corresponding
months under the Mckinley Jaw lost year. in
duiable goods however. thrf" WAS au lrcr't+" " 4"
per cent in impprtauous the total impoftaiDnS ~
dutiahle goods FOR the ha.f-year hong moro tnat
&goooco greater IN value than IN ID" corresponding
months 90 last year. A examination - the details
Of the imports shows that there increas" IN
free importatons. mostly in articles for uFe m
MANUFACTURING For instance. the articles for use n
the mechanic arts or IA" mteriai. as II IL
termed by the arireformers. nearly doubled In the
frs: half-ycar Of the tarl~ "a compared with
the same months OF last year under the old tarT
The came may be- said ~ manufactured articles In
tended for In the mechanic arts. while 'heTn
was an enormous falling on in free inspirations OF
articles o. food and live animals tho amount being
Only about ono-haf much IN the last s.N months
a
other hand there was marked increas" IN this
class OF articles under the dutaN." list.
one other point which may be mentioned as
70 the movement % foreign trade under tho new
law relates 10 exports. The cry OF the tam 70
formers was that, with reduced tar.n. our rcls
tons with other parts OF the world would so much
improve greatly to increase our exports. Rut
certainly the first half year does not make haste
to fulnl that assurance not only are tho great
countries OF Europe closing their ports against our
most important exports. such as meats % all
kinds by reason OF this law itself but tho reports
of our explorations since the new law went into !
effect show an enormous failing of as compared !
with the corresponding months 81 last year under
ports during the last six months was less than !
hal! as much as during he corresponding months
of the new law. In rs first half year may be
l. IL has produced a constant, deficiency in rev
enue while the Mckinley law produced a constant !
settled the business Of the country.
? II has reduced by on.e-half me amount OF
ferred them TO the list OF articles paying tax.
B. 1t has increased from ~ TO 100, per cent the !
importation OF articles of the class manufactured
! 1t has Increased the percentage OF duty paid
While it has Increased the total imporlatons.
OF the new law during its first six months. In
the corrsspondlng months Of last year, also. the
detailed operations by classes OF articles FOR the
first five months Of the new law. compared with /
the corresponding period OF last year:
Mckinley law. Wilson law !
sept. 10 sept. 80
Mch !, M'h. l. /
q
Imports Dutiahie .sl2j3O3lG Sl11 NS al
If.e observation-disclosures. lGN21tiol Ia 31G -
Total ............... SCR j77.OIT S3i9 .r;n aaG
cCiie'ts NS~,NtS SN2Nlt2i
lions ............... 32OG a. or
total import - 10
Exports sos ~ 50 Sii 052
Excess Of exports over imports w 100 NJ "a i@lSlt /
Sept. 10 Sept / 10
Imp0rtaiions classified Feb J. Feb /.
Free Articles u food and Nv" -. ..-.o
animals .................... $9i.Ai7.f6a s3 300
Tac,,,ring ................. Al 1880 72S5I 2n5 .
Manufactured articles for us" IN