New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-09
Az IMPRESSIVE COSIRtST


Af,cr tbo last Ilcpubcnn InrlG went into n
feet. IN islU, Tho greatest ear" VIA SHOWN ny
thc l,unl,cnn Administration ~ plncr before
the people NJ promptly ma fully ~ possible ~"
official returns showing exactly III" rWcc' ~ INC
now duties upon Imports, nn1 IN slch form ~
10 save every reader tho dilcnlly OF searching
ont the results from mass Of Official reports
SuccInl documents were compiled ana publlSh"'
showing precisely the changes In Imports anh
du,Ics on different articles. aud these were vol.
uutnrlly circulated ~ widely M possible I'iii
since thc Democratic tariff ~ 1884 went into
.ncc, uotling Of the sort has been done: OH the
contrary. no statement has ever been coinpn'"
from official records showing what changes n''c
occurred I'm consequence Of new duties. ana. more
over. as II It were feared that The people hlgh,
with great labor get ut the facts from the "i'ih'
l. record. after the new duties on woollcns went
into effect January 1. the regular monthly state
mcnt of imports and exports. which stands Oh
file showing the foreign trade In each item every
month for more than thirty years. was suddenly
stopped Inquiry by leading newspapers was III
vain A few items were by favor given to Dem
ocratic Journals but the results of the new tariff
were In fact SO far as possible concealed. as 10
the different classes Of imports. until the depart
ment finally resumed this week the publication
Of the regular official statement, but without CIV
ing as vet the data for January and February.
The contrast must strike every advocate or the
Democratic policy "a humiliatlng and painfu. III
forces men to infer that official representatives
Of the Democratic policy are SO profoundly
ashamed or afraid Of the results Of their change
of duties that they gladly seize any pretext for
w.
suredly no fair-minded supporter OF Demo-
cratic tariff can consider this startling contrast
without feeling that the supporters Of the Nc
Kinley tariff were at least infinitely better salts
fed and more Justly proud, in view OF the results
Of their work. than the official representatives. Oh
those who passed the tariff Of 1891.
Even now the fun data for comparison are not
given. nor is there any indication that they ever
will be. But enough has been gathered. with
great labor. 10 show with substantial accuracy the
changes IN imports which have resulted during
scvcn months under the new duties and the
data are given IN "A most important ''ipic Oh
mage H. The singular labor required 10 get NJ
the facts from the broken Official records YET
n,In,ed enough 10 shut out nearly all the people
from any personal examination or the records
is described In connection Herewith; for instance
in order TO find the imports OF WOODEN Hoous io'
the first three months under new duties IL i
necessary 10 go through four subiracuons 'h'h
four more subtractiOns. then two more ruDTac-
lions and finally two more subtracnons, al 10
get the fact that in three months OF ls'o The I'M
ports Of woollen goods were slG.2jl,3i; IN vauc'
against SI16G.13s IN III. same months or ls'f.
But 10 this must be added two more subirac'ions
10 get the decrease In value Of woollcn goods ID
warehouse. s31saocs this year. against Ss23,27i
Inst year. 80 that The value II such goods thrown
an ,he market in two month. under new duties
yvos sio45Oi1f. against S559OOl2 last year
Similar computations result In showing that no
,mnorts ~ woollcns cotlons. silks. linens AMI
other FAX ana hemp goods for the seven months
~ 1894 % under new duties compare WIN NE
,unorts for the same months IN lsJ; - under old
duties ~ follows. warehouse change, being her"
NEGLECTED..