Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-08-29
OUR TRADE ABROAD.
Returns shou the wisdom Of Tariff h

Returns Show the Wisdom Of Tariff Ro-
ducfIon.
The total value of imports during the
last fiscal year was $73I ,957, S7a. against
$654, 994. 623 the previous year, an in-
crease of SIG, 963, 253. In view of tho
great Industrial and commercial de-
preston which prevailed last year the
value of imports was large. it having
been exceeded only Eve times in the
history of the country.
On the other hard. the value of do
mestic exports was s7g3, 397, $50, against
ss69, 2c4. 937 the year before. a decrease
of 975, SU7, o47 Notwithstanding the
large increase in imports and decrease
in exports, the latter exceeded the for.
mer by sS1, 44O,0 The exports of last
year have been exceeded eight times
in our history, and once-in 1692-by
over se42, 000. 600
In view of the fact that for ten
months of the last fiscal year the inn
ports came in under the new tariff law
q comparison of some of the principal
items with the same for the year be-
fore will be of interest
OF art works, which were put on the
to the value of s., s43, O97 last year,
against 81. 7a4. 394 the year before. OF
chemicals. drugs and dyes, the duties
on which were materially reduced, we
imported s43, So. 500 worth, against
S37, $50. ITO the year before. OF cotton
goods we imported $50, 1y5, 33S, against
S22. 346. SAT the year before; of earthen,
stone and chinaware, S., $50, O34, against
Sc, $40. 437; of iron and steel, S23, o37, 327,
against SCI. 314 ,4S9; of leather and man.
ufactures thereof, S13, .OI9, against
50, 416,145 On all these goods the
duties were considerably reduced.
But while there was a decided in
crease in the Importation of all these
articles, the duties on which were
moderately reduced, there was also an
increase in imports of goods which
were free under the old law and still
remain free. Thus there was an in
crease from 800, 314, 676 to S96, 1a9, 800 in
coffee, from SIG, 1856, 152 to $50, 122, 954 in
hides and skins others than furs, and
from SIS, 162, 1913 to SIS, AT. OCT in un-
manufactured rubber and gutta
percha. And, again. there was a de-
crease in the Importation of some ar
ticles the duties on which were re-
duced. For example, from SIS, 954, I'll
to SIT, 239, 905 in fruits, including nuts;
from Sc, COG. s65 to s., 4sS, 5s4 in lead and
manufactures thereof, and from $751;
154. O73 to ST., s13, 1854 in wool and manu-
features thereof
The imports of sugar and molasses
fell from S126. Ola, 104 to SIG. 492, 800.
This decrease of more than $50, OOO, 900
was due in part to the enormous inn
portations in anticipation of the 40 per
cent. duty, and in part, and principal
". to the great fall in the foreign price
of raw sugars
The value of wool. which was put on
the free list, increased from Sc, 1O7, 43S
to S25. $50. 421, and the value of wooden
goods, the duties on which were re.
duced about one-half, increased from
$40, 30, $50 to $50, 542. 391. But the in
crease in these articles. as in the case
of others the duties on which were
considerably reduced. was in no small
measure due to restriction of inn
ports in 1894 in anticipation of lower
duties.
On the whole the returns indicate
that the reduction of the tariff has
stimulated importations, but it is too
early yet to make very confident de-
ductions.-Chicago Chronicle.