New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-25

mines feI from hs,7 S73o to uS.o6 He. decrease
q to the sagSssi Of an
~ per ,Ss ss SpG 91 & %
Ss S5 e. t sfn from ana ss sxpI
ports Of products Of agsatSrs P IN amounted
70 abou, NJ per cent Of the total and In 1872 20 70
per cent the exports OF manufactures in the former
to about n So per cent Ut. OF . se Of h
total an Increase OF 80 per cent
the free trade chief Of, Of the
newspapers has recently been engaged In exploit
sugar. the rs snd By Sn
increase in the exports OF articles OF dohesc
caedaf Sea 1e with the
period Of last year II is proper here TO in W., at
centage OF exports Of manufactured articles rose
from ZIG OF the total In the year ended august o.
OF 90 per cent; but it Is likewise true that the i'm
ports OF manufactured products, embraced In the
class OF so-caled raw materials. amounted to
a7s per cent OF the total in 1894 and to 23S per r
more than three times as great as the percentage
OF increase OF exports OF manufacture In other
features we're sold in foreign markets In 1888 tnan
IN 1894 and 5s per cent more Of foreign ss tban
in 1894 II anybody has cause 10 complain OF these
gains he is certainly not a. foreign manufacturer
In several OF the free-trade comparisons referred
to stress was laid upon the fact that the peTcen'aSe
fiscal year ended June 90 1872 only 1875 OF the
ment as bass o. comparison viii be more fully
realized and more keeniy appreciated Men AZ
percentage OF exports OF domestic manufactures IN
1882 was lower tnan in any previous year since 49,.
rose to 10 in ls9s-an increase OF "a per cent or
10 per cent greater than the increase fGr tne nSi n
creass OF the fiscal year 1894 over 1898 was per
cent only loo OF per cent eei .eT tnaI p-obaby
even the Chef OF the Bureau OF Statistics would
not contend that the fiscal year 1885 was NOR
nrer whose foreign market is. say. per cent
better than It three years ago. taan was tne
OF domestic manufacture were per cent less
THEY DIDN'T CARE TO MENTION THIS.
There is another matter which deserves consid-
Grafton and which appears 10 have escaped the
observation OF the authors OF the recent compari-
sons to which reference has been made ror the
encouragement OF American manufacturers the'
have pointed out the increase OF exports OF certain
products OF domestic manufacture. This was
humane as well as timely thing to do ior II
there il any body in the United states-except the
farmer the lunberman the miner. the fisherman,
and mechanic the day laborer-who stands IN
The manufacturers OF iron and stee and the peo-
pie in general have been informed ina nd foT
been q great increase in the export deha'ln Iod
manufactures OF steel and iron, ina M g'se
for the year ended AUGUST b. 1870 amoui,yu n
about si5iCV. The sum appears 70 oe ld.se ~
= n biz one-but when the manufacturer lools the
other side Of the account and inds INA, ne ~ abt
o; IMPORTS OF iron and steel aH'ouhleu 70 , iii.
g. 1872 o., and strikes balance he is lrresisupS by
led TO the conclusion that ne has ost neary s4vvW9
in tho foreign market &. .so
same manner finds that he has gained sVeS'yo IN
the foreign market al cost OF S2oC."o in me nome
market The manufacturers Of hemp, flax ana
hte goods discover that exports OF their gools
have Increased by the sum oil syp a.u rl a. 'i
more than one hundred times as much Inc man,
ufacturers Of leather ma that me export @
s. as co.. and that the increase OF foreign competi-
lion in tie home market has amounted to 81 0siC'
shoes and other articles OF leather discover that
while TIE export demand for their products mas IN
crea sed bv tn sum of 100000 foreign competition
in the HON market las Increased by the nluol
larger of s2.s35,sl5 or tweny-six times ,a as
find CLEAN OF announcement in the fact that
the export demand for their products has ncreased
ence OF the Sugar Trust tariff. but ii VIII quickly
vanish when they turn to the otner sue o f [e
cign competition in the home market has increase"
by the enormous sum OF s@no2s"
STILL MORE D1scOURAG1NG.
II the foregoing comparative figures seem to be
discouraging rather than the reverse. what shall be
said to manufacturers engaged in certain other
branches OF domestic manufactured the manu-
facturers OF cotton goods for example? They find
that the decrease in the foreign demand for their
goods has fallen OF nearly $4,000 fsS5.S0 during
the year and that the increase % imports OF cotton
goods has amounted to sl31S,sl5 that their state
is worse by NlO10O0 than It was year ago The
lumber manufacturers discover that the exports OF
their products fell off &1457 and that the foreign
competition in the home market increased by the
spirits wines etc discovered that the export trade
d their products declined 70 the amount OF Biz
ke increased by the sum OF sl3Gs5 II is true that
the foreign saes Of ssssa'aa b %Psmsnt sa n
cars. carriages. ETC.. by the sum OF $500 but 1t
tar md ehaea fCl n
the decrease n Ike sales OF oeomargarne amounted
importatoas Of any OF these articles.
he fQrego.I g comparisons as well as, many ny
osg De tO they
proof that the existing tarifI .aw is hodge podge
pat Rn dlcker which bears uneqnaiiy upon the
several branches Of American industry. but OBJ
American wage-earners and the great mass OF
Now TO consider this Sugar Trust tarir-this OFF
honor"-in still another light According 10 its
revenue fo- the Government and for other pur-
poses" Some Of the other purposes. have , been
laton has not produced sufficient revenue for the
support OF the Government despite the increase Of
Of such taxes on certain other articles In fact
one OF the problems BY which the Adminlstrstion
will soon be required to deal Is . provide more
revenue. II 1t De true as free-traders assert that
Of is9i has done very little toward "a redueon OF
taxation. In fact. II the whole volume or imports
b. taken into account, there has been an actual
increase OF taxation"
AN INCREASED RATE OF DUTY.
The total value Of all imports free and dutiable.
for the year ended August 81. 1854 was olboooS
and for the year ended August g. 1895 1t amounted
20 1888 i215li The total amount received from Gus
toms in the former year sl26222.lss or 1911 per
cen; Of the total value Of all goods imported. and
the total amour; derived from in the latter
year 1852 o32 sS4 2l.37 per cent OF the total
value of all goods imported The increase. there
fore. on the entire volume Of imports 1876 per
The value OF dutable imports for the
ended August 81 1884. amounted TO 5.l3lso3
and the total amount derived from customs was
FH per cent OF that total. The total value OF
dutiabie imports for the year ended August 81, 1879
70 s3l 64 $50 end the amount derived from
customs was ili1 per cent OF that total. showing
decrease Of 59i on the dutiable list alone.
The difference between the percentage OF duties
on the entire volume OF imports and that the