New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-05
FACTS VERSUS CLEVELAND.
HIS REMARKABLE MEASUREMENT ABOUT
THE M'KINLEY LAW.
TREASURY FIGURES SHOW THAT 1T NEITHER WAS
INEFFICIENT FOR PURPOSES OF REVENUE
NOR .IMPEDED OUR ENTRANCE TO THE
MARKETS OF THE WORLD"
MARKETS OF THE WORLD"
f,y t-f,t,.pIy tn THE TPIEl NE.

MARKETS OF THE WORLD
IpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRiBtNEl
Washington Dec 4-One Of the most remarkabr
features OF the Presidents message Is that In when
he d.sposes in a single sentence, OF the tarH pues
TON bv speaking Of the Mckinley tariff law as one
(which while inefficient for the purposes OF rev
cnue cur,aled our trade relations and impeded our
Entrance into the markets of the world" The most
charitable construction that can be paced on tns
statement s that Mr. Cleveland has acceptea 'ne
statements OF careless subordlnates OF designing p''
tcians: for certainly is absolutely The reverse oi
the facts as shown by the Official record prepared
by the statlstl Of his own treasury bep"lt-
n,ent His statement in the message is that By
command Of the people customs revenue system.
which. while inefficient for the purpose o!
revenue curta.ed our trade relations ana ih'.eneo
our entrance TO the markets OF tne WIN" La
been superseded, etc
rbis command of the people," to which he re-
rers Of course means the election of 1892, when
elected Mr.. Cleveland and the Lllid congress. l.
# IS 70 be assumed that this command was given
for the purpose Of having the tariff law reV''eu' II
rnst also be assumed that the condition TO when
he refers as proving the law lneiiiceht 10. "'
purpose of revenue" and "curtalling our """e re-
Iat,ons and impeding our entrance to the maTH'ts
Of the world had developed at that 'the' !. may
be interesting to those who suppose thd' iies'
dent ought to be reasonably accurate IL Inc S'a'c
ments of an official document such as message 10
|,,nase 10 sea ius, what the facts whcn tn's
so-ca,led command OF the people was lssu1u.
II was on November 6. 1892 that the e.ec"oh VI
Mr. Cleveland and the Lilo Congress o'cu'IE''
and that this command was Issued Inc Nj
kinney law had been In operation then Jus' '"ei'!
five months II the "comand was is'uec because
tho tariff law then existing inefficient Tor pur-
poses of revenue and "curtaied our trade reI"-
lions and impeded our entrance TO 'he Hd'he'S .,
the world" these conditions must nave ueNeopo'
during the twenty-five months in when II han peeh
,he time command
given. .,
Mr. Cleveland says, first that The law in question
was inefficient Cor purposes OF revenue All exam
nation OF the official records o. the treasury De-
partment issued under Democratic sccFetar!
| shows that in the twenty-five months between 'le
| enactment OF the Mckinley Law ana the da'e al
which the yOmmand was given civ a refep's s ne ex
1 nnnd,reT we're M 2 22. ieavns tn handsome
surplus Of sl75io for he .wenyy;ee m Of ihc
created deficiency OF So 1904 in the frs: fifteen
oR o, 10 s %Rstser # really curtaed our trade
re Hs aqd our the S
which the law had been IN opeIsnon N wen ' re
or Ts an annua The
largest years explorations in the entire a a SO 81
and the exports under the new .arif Law In It's n
teen months have averaged at tne rate OF sno:2lo
Q52 a year So Il will be seen that. 50 far as our
entrance TO the markets OF the world" is concerned
the most successful PERIOD IN tne eh s S yeTv
two years IN which the Mckinley law had been in
operation when the command 50 called, WAS
In the matter OF imports the same conditions APP
ply 10 the same period. The imports during inc
81 7ss ss7 IN an average of sSS23iss4 year. while
but ana the rs sv o % rS Hnsfr w III
be seen that in the matter OF both exports ana I'M
ports the period covered by the Mckinley law, prior
p TO ihs qa'f the o. entire hstor the Country down to
the present time not emitting me period covered
by the Wilson law. Uniting the imports ana eX,
norris the entire annual commerce Of the United
States during the twenty-five months Of the Mckin-
ley law was 81 1906 s5i S6i per year, while the highest
average per YEAR under the Wilson Law s5s677l $50
/ The following tables show the work OF he Nc
Kiniey law in the tweniy-lye months o. rs exist as
nared with preceding and succeeding years. 1t Will
be seen that not only did the law produce sufii-
Gent revenue for all needs and handsome sur
nlus but that under It American commerce with
he world was the largest both as to exports and
imports, in the history of the country:
Receipts first twenty-five months McKiey .-.a.. 49,.
hh hln1oi 1s hfs' '.'"... 721 22o 2o2
Surplus. sas.l5S.!4o
Receipts irst if,een months Wilson law $i73 40 G4s
Expenditures first fifteen months wilson law 4-''-
Doac,enc,. Observation-Disclosures. SIC. 1904
,i"rr@e S;;,rua evnorts Mckinney law Chrst
,r.ntv-nye months ................. 500 5si $40
gnes, years exports before Mckinley law S3dS2seN
Average annual exports Wilson law......... Slol95oos
A.s,ags ,oon:hsp -............... ~.
J1teest veors imports before Mckinley law. 7s93o49
Average annual imports under Wilson law. 77o5sG52
Average YEARS commerce Mckinley law ,hrsr
twe,,vaye months, ................. 1876 1884
ii isn year 1871 Iaa
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RRIEF SESSION OF THE SENATE.