New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-26
ARGUMENTS IN PLENTY.
CHAIRMAN DINGLEY AND HIS COL
LEAGUES WELL FORTIFIED
WITH FACTS.
~ ADVOCATING THEIR NEW TARIFF BILL THEY
CAN POINT TO THE DISAPPOINTING orr'''
r1oNs OF THE WILSON LAW AND rfE'
SENT MANY HARD NUTS FOR
.,r,-r, I'D ADERS TO CRACK.
~, rcpApI TO THE TRiBuNE.1 :,

FREE-TRADERS TO CRACK.
Inv TIE, ropApI TO THE TRfBuNEl , h,s
w,shneton Dec 25.-Chairman Dihgiey anu ~
colleagues OF the Ways and Means Vim" . 49,. rew
not lack for arguments when they piese"' - ,,o
,,,, hul N the House tomorrow, In ia'or Vi Wv
material Increase proposed In the ra.es W Ia a.
70 uphold the return toward the me- IN 49, ,hoso
go ,hougb tho bill s not expected TO reach ','o'e
ro,es IN many cases. Indeed there Is an III n,
rassment of riches in solid facts anu SINE
egnres from official statements OF 'he ~.
Department why higher rates IL ho' '''''''
Mckinley rates should be restored ,,.,,u
The first thing OF course. Is the uep'e'eu y. 80.
., ,,o treasury which, but for the TACT tha' IL mas
heen supp,emented with N62oU"o OF poI'
money would be over NOo.VcoOW woIs" y"
nothing Looking for the cause OF ths' e '
hers Of Congress will naturally examine ."e '.e
~ tho now revenue law. which was passed just SIN
,ean months ago and whose record ior nitee" lu.
,or,bs they will have before them mat reooru
.ou,s that in the fifteen months OF the operation
of the Wilson law 1t has produced sa'o''o'V1' ~
that the expenditures during that 'ihe a'e
amounted to s44i2 692. the deficiency lot .ne
months of it's operation thus being sVf'''V''. ms
r,akes an average monthly deficiency since the Id"
went into operation of A.6996o3. IL VIII DE natu al
70 comnare the operations OF the law with Inc cor
resnonding history OF the Mckinley law. mat Id"
acted normally until the election OF 1857 winch go"
notice 10 the importers and bearers 'ha' II wa" "
he DESTROYED 1t will be, therefore, proper " I'm
mare the operations of the wilson Id" VIII" ',o U.s.
of the Mckinney law prior to the eiec"o' Vi -
r.,s oomnarison will show that the receipts under
tho law in the twenty-five months OF It's work prior
10 November /. 1892 produced a surplus apose a"
expenses of the Treasury amounting 10 |-o'-'',o''
an average monthly surplus or N'i|So|i. "o vi.
record of the two laws while working uhuer ho'''"
oo,,,,iors NAV be sun married. in two lines as
follows ooeo,
la
Wilson law monthly deficiency .'.''.'''''''' '''''
chou,d ANYBODY on the Democratic side have the
temerity to make objection TO the advance III asi
cultural schedules it will be easy Tor the supp''
ters of the new law to call attention TO the e"oi
nous increase of agricultural imports mostly from
canada and the simultaneous falling Off OF agrl-
cultural exports The imports in competition" Win
farmers of the United States since the ne" Id"
went into effect have more than oouoIeu as I'm
pared with the last year or the Mch.n.S ,
while the exports OF agricultural products nave
fallen off over s7OoOo0oo. In the matter OF WOOL
tho lamentations have jumped from so-sss34 10
$40 $50 791 and with enormous loss OIL ie'eiuo
from wool and woollens at the same tme'
The friends of the Wilson tariff law VIII ma
some strange things IN regard to its workings II
thew ATTEMPT to analyze it. They will hnd' Tor IN
stance that it has reduced by one-half the articles
NJ food which were permitted TO come In Tree OF
duty under the Mckinley law. and trepied the I'M
nortat,on Of articles Of food under the dutaoie '
Tine articles so classified include provisiohs' rye
sugar fruits spices and many other articles which
evervbody poor as well rich. must nave yet
the free importation this class has been cut DOWN
one.half and the dutiabe importation Thereon
doubled The importation OF luxuries, IL VIII De
found has also enormously increased In spite Oh the
hard times the free imports OF luxurles ha'A"e
more than trebled under the new law
Another remarkable fact which the free Uaueis
wu have a hard time explaining in regard to their
law IL that the percentage Of free imports has faeh
off greatly as compared with the Mckinley law.
Strange as II may appear the free importailohns
during the first year OF the wilson law oI.iy
amo,,nted 10 484 per of the tota imports,
while under the Mckinley law in It's last hscaI year
,hev Amounted TO 1915 per cent of the total Another
strange thing is that the average al Vaoreni uut
mad on all importatons under TIE new iaW IS
tIgher in It's first year than in the last year OF the
Mckinley law the duty paid during It's nrst year
amounting to 22 per cent of the vai9e OF an M ne
norts while in the last year OF the Mckinney Ian
Tho total duty paid amounted to only w per cen!
| of the value OF all imports. 49,, ~, ..
still another remarkable fact which VIII confront
me anologists for the Wilson law Is that the peo-
ME Of the United States paid more money per cap
tSev did in the last year of the Mckinley law. the
per capita OF duties being 81 % under thai law anu
but 81 80 per capita in the last year OF the Ola la
TIE Following table compiled from official puDlca-
| tions Of the Treasury Department VIII snow nor
| only ali these facts but a good many otheTs 81
! inheritance to those who want 10 analyZe the WORK
of the Wilson tariff law in Its hrst year as com
pared with the last fiscal year OF the Mchhiey ia"
| Last fiscal