The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-19
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.
The New Tariff Law Producing Cos.a
lssguifa


Results.
The new tariff was expected ~ In
crease our foreign trade and il il doinl
! So. IL has added large sum 10 IN,
revenue already ana the gain vii
probably be sufficient by the last o.
June - prevent the expected deficit
The new tariff has thus been, and will
continue 70 he. benefit 70 the govern.
mtnt as well rs % consumers the
public.
ne eject on oar exports has not
bcen 80 marked, but decided improve.
mcnt As reported also here. Last wear
our exports Of domestic merchandise
ieil OF over Si-.00O00o as co,nparcd
with the previous years. There will
pe no such decrease this year Ncmay
not reach the figures OF 1893. but the
probabilities now are that we Shall.
One thing is certain-wc Shall beat last
years record. 0ur exports from New
York were larger during the week end
ing March l9-thc one covered low The.
latest weekly reports-than in the cor.
responding week OF last wear. the wear
before or any previous year. Mcrchan-
disc shipments from that port amounted
70 -, 100000 more in the first eleven
weeks Of this year than in the CORE
spending period OF lsa3.
The Globe-Democrat SAYS the coun-
try exports fell off So, 900. 900 in the
last quarter of 1894 as compared with
our record for the last three months ~
1928. That i true. but the paper should
nave added that the loss was really an
evidence OF improvement over the pre-
ceulng quarters business. the decrease
that quarter having been nearly $40.
"o'VJo The decline Of our export trade
last year began with the strikes of the
coal miners and coke workers in the
spring and the trade made little head
way from that time until fall. On Nav
our exports for the year were $50. Ooo,.
600 heavier than they were in the first
four months OF 1893. Then long period
OF labor troubles set in and our foreign
trade suffered in consequence along
with almost every other kind of bust
ness BY the lst Of October the gain
~ $50 100000 had been changed to
decrease for the nine months to loss
u s3i,oo0,0oo. The average monthly
decrease in these five months from our
Export trade in 1898 was more than
$1,000, OO0 For the last quarter it was
'nly about s7,o0o.o o0 This period
hould therefore be credited with .
'aia over the preceding one.
As already stated. our foreign ex. ,
'orts are now very large The arrre- /
ate for the first quarter will be little /
any behind the record made last
prlng. The government export bulle- s
"a Tor February shows 4 gain Of over I
100000 in cotton and one of s3.5, 900 I
provisions, including cattle. hogs and n
airy products In mineral oils, includ-
- petroleum. an increase of $4,000 i
reported. The gain that month in I.
iese three classes of exports was ST. b
5000 The only other class bulle- :,
nea consists of brcadstuffs wheat. r,
'rn ana other cereals and their prod. =,
rs. he loss here was s.. COS. 900. a,
aving net gain of Of So. a5O. 900. The
GREASE in cereals was confined 20 ~
'rn and barley and the only other Il
$ IN breacstuffs was in flour In II
neat, rye oats and oatmeal together q,
ere was an increase, as also in corn. ID
cal. ~
ne idtest report given out of our cx- ~
rts 81 cotton manufactures may he =,
und IN the Financial Chronicle. 1T
for the month of January and for
iirst seven months OF the present -,
cal year. According to this report III
exported as much in this line dur ~
the seven months as in the corrc- IL,
onding period OF the last fiscal wear. ~;
e report for January shows a big re- WI
elton. but there was good cause
1.-THE Chinese war. In January. 81.
=, we sent China 9.3e5OoO wards Of i
ton cloth-nearly as much as TO all H.;
Ter countries put together. Last c,,l
luary our sales of cotton cloth to ~
ina amounted to only .. 100. 900 Yards. Th'
trade in this line with Mexico. Cen
| America. South America and most 1t 4
er parts Of the world except China !,
reascd. and now that the war in the
mt Is about over, we shall soon re- ,'u
er our lost trade with the Chinese. ,io
ur prospects for heavy export trade -
c never better than they are right ~
"
ur republican friends will have a ~
d time in making political capital ne
OF tho new tariff law.-St. Louis
,ublic