The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-15
TARIFF REFORM AS 1T IS.
Free List Cnt Down ON Necessities
and Extended ON Luxuries.

Free List Cut Down Necessities
and Extended ON Luxuries.
Washington Letter in New York Tribune
An analysis of the first half years oper-
ations of the new tariff law shows that
of @ res Of I'd duy while t
six months Of the. preceding year they
got 567 per cent Of their imported goods
free n ay soOds hs hs raw : 81
500. 600 a year In excess of the old law,
it is actually bringing nearly 10 per cent
as.4ss in value, Of which Nn,sls. sos came
Sept! IRE l. 1885, TO March 1891. being the corr
we're 500, ssssai. of which siss,ssi,sis came
Let Us look little more in detail into
the operation of the law and see how the
se of free goods ss %ash na az
goods imported free Of ,sS duty under n. sc the
classified as articles of food and live
animals An examination Of the. list OF
mails formed rns proporion Of these
not more than or 3 per cent?, so, that
practically all Of this great importation
articles comprised sugar, tea and coffee,
breadstuffs, fruits rice. fish. vegetables,
Boa er M Of anS
They are not articles which one may use
or omit as he chooses; he must have them:
down nearly one-half the articles of food
brought in under the free list. and has
quantities as to double the importations
of dutiable articles of food.
The official statements covering the first
shows t a he articles of
food and live animals imported free of
1856, Al during tie corresponding six months
OF the preceding year under the old law:
Taxing up the dutiabie articles Ut, l. is found
year Of the Wilson law was sse,555. sol,
six months Of the old law So people may
as well understand that they are now
eom nI,nt O. to pay t tariff on double the
must have for their daily food supply.
No less than $44OOO,6OO worth of articles
list in the six months under the new s tariff
law, showing that the people will have
es fooa Which theS Would have
been permitted to bring in free under the.
But this IS not ALL The very next item
in the list of articles brought in, free
of duty shows an equally important change
and one which will be equally unsatisfac-
While there has been an ,epormous falling
off in the articles of food brought in free
in the so-calied sraw materials OF man
ufacture, which how, come in under the
frss s The free 20 q
law to $50, 25s,77g against $5o.9so,6es in the
corresponding half year under the old law.
OF this nobody would complain were 1t not
for the fact that the articles so brought
country. OF this enormous addition to the
free list very large proportion tmore than
slooooooO was raw wool. In, :, 80,
ly interesting Is that entitled ARTICLES e
voluntary use, Injuries, etc. This shows
goods during the first six months Of the
new law were more than 300 per cent. IN
monsS. Of tsoss II & nw six
The following table shows in detail the
operations Of the Law n the first ia 81; six
six months of last year under the Mckinley
law:
Free Importation Mch /, 1894 Mch. 1, 1895.
Articles of food and
live animals. sos, 3S6,414 49,, $50 9l7
in manufacturing. 5o,sso.ss7 ss,25s7s
Manufactured articles
for use in manufac-
Manuf i articles $3.50 '-e
for consumption. 5.S12,154 7.743,73
Articles of voluntary
use, luxuries, etc.. 1.l15,391 4.53s6l3
Totals free. ......... sl72, s5i, s7s 7i,sisbss
Dutiable irnportations-
Articles of food and
live anima1s........... $751; Ill $36,555, COL
Raw materials for use
in manufacturing. 12,67,13 11,361,1N
Manufactured articles
for use in manufac-
turing ..s....s...r..... zZ,o5fi5o 70, 455,o ch
Manufactu\e ed articles
for consdmption...... 43,750,9N 81, 4SS2z
Articles of voluntary
use, luxuries, etc. 34,314.l99 1878, $40
Totals dutiable. .si31. ss7. o4s SIS. 2ss s27
Total imports. so4sSs. o24 s56. si2 4es
Perc sntage free of duty 56.7 4l.9
Total exports ,AS5, 991 s3s, Sy9 $50
Importations increased under Wilson law,
ys5l 453 439; 1863 per cent. Expectations de-
creased under Wilson law, H7,z7705S; 81 per
cent.