Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

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The advance statement of our
statistics of imports and exports for
the twelve months ending June 80.
1894 and 1895, affords opportunity
for some very interesting study. TAX
ing first of all our exports Of Ameri.
can products we find that they com.
pare as follows:
EXPORTS OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
Year ending
June 80. Value.
1894. Observation-Disclosures. 1863, Sc, ,158
1895. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3.553,018
During ten months of the 1895 year
the German tariff has been in opera
tion, the wall of protection has been
broken down and the markets of the
world have been thrown wide open to
us; yet we sold SIS, sos, 140 worth less
of American products and manutac-
lures in that time than we did during
the preceding twelve months.
Turning next to our imports OF
foreign goods, these have been Ssh
185,302 greater during the 1895 year
than in 1894, rs follows:
IMPORTS OF FOREIGN GOODS.
Year ending
June 80. Value.
1880 o........ ......"............ SI3l ,960.3l
1894. ........................ CAT, 775.017
Loss to labor. .... .... SS4, 49,, 1902
In this respect the object of the
German tariff has been partly attained,
although the free traders have not
given away such large slice of our
markets as they had hoped to do.
However, they have made begin.
ming, and, if allowed to do SO by the
American people, they will continue
their work of destruction to American
industries and their robbery Of the
many American wage earners for the
benefit of the few fol reign manufac-
turers.
We next compare the imports of
goods admitted free of duty with the
following result
IMPORTS FREE OF DUTY.
Year ending
June 80. Value.
1894 ...................... ..s972, ,575, ,931
Decrease ................sse. $9,345, ,004
This shows that uniler the German
tariff, which was supposed to give our
people an extra abundance of this
worlds share of free goods, we have
actually received 50, 3I5, 900 worth less
of free goods than in 1894. Thus an
other free trade promise is proven a
falsehood.
Now let us take the imports of duti-
able goods. These compare as fol-
lows:
DUTIABLE IMPORTS.
Year ending
June 80. Value.
1895 ....................... .s36S, 1892
1894. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 215, ,199.0o6
Loss tolabor. or........... $93, $50, ,306
The net increase in our imports of
dutiable goods reached $93, $50, ,306.
1t must be remembered that this
amount of gain to foreign producers
and manufacturers occurred practi-
cally during only ten out of the twelve
months that they were enabled to
break into our markets, because our
wall of protection had been torn down.
When we come to figure the increase
in dutiable imports for full year of
the Gormandizins act We shall un-
doubtedly be able to show that the
value of that portion of our market
which the free traders gave away to
foreigners aggregated fully 500, 000,-
900 for the year. However, dealing
with the fiscal year, and showing our
total loss through the decline in our
export trade, together with the larger
amount of foreign goods that have sup
planted American goods, we arrive at
the following aggregate of loss:
TOTAL LOSS, 1895.
Through export trade. ........ SIS, sos, 140
Through dutiable imports. ...... 93, $50. .306
Total years loss .......... $169, ,035, ,446
The American people have paid, in
round numbers. $40, 000, 900, accord
ing to the Treasury department statis-
tics. for experimenting with the rule
and ruin policy of free trade. This is
the result OF the first year and, prac-
tically, of but ten months in the year.
1t was costly 'change" that the peo-
pie voted for.