The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08
OUR EXPORTS increase
Large Gains Made Under the New
Tariff Law.
WHEN THE GAINS ARE GREATEST
Foreign Trade Much Benefited by the
Abrogation of Reciprocity Fea-
lures. Growth OF Business
With Canada, Africa Aus
trala and Other Points.

Every report issued by the bureau of
statistics refutes the statement that the
now tariff law has been detriment to
our foreign trade. Both our imports
and our exports have been increasing
for several months, and some of the lar
gest gains III exports have been to conn
tries with which wo had reciprocity
treaties. Ono of these countries is Bra.
I'll. We sell almost AS much 10 her MS
to all other South American countries
put together. In Fobruary-tho month
covered by the latest government report
our shipments to Brazil amounted TO
S99S, 600, MS compared with $747, 900
in February, 1891. Nor was February
an exceptional month. This same gov
ornment publication shows our exports
for the fiscal year to March TO have
been $40, 500, 900, against SS,l2S, 600
Ill the corresponding period of the year
1924. Ills gain was all mado after
the passage of our new tariff law
Our largest trado in Central America
is with Guatemala and Salvador. 10
each we shipped more in February and
during the eight months covered by the
report than i'll tho corresponding periods
OF last year. There has been practically
no change in our export trade to tho
other Spanish speaking countries of
Central America except Costa Ricn. but
tho loss here in February ia covered by
the gains in other months since tho
Wilson law took effect Our exports TO
British Honduras increased in Fobru-
airy, as also during tho rest Of tho peri
cd covered by tho report. Taking our
Central American export trade MS II
whole, wo gained over 4 per cent in
February and 90 in eight months.
This country's exports to Mexico wero
s1S6, 600 larger III February last than
In that month n year ago, and $9I5, 600
larger IN tho eight months than during
the corresponding period of lS03-4-
gains of over ? and nearly / per cent
respectively. If we 20 north, we find
M increase in our February trade with
Canada amounting in exports alone to
$40, 600. Our exports to Ontario,
Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick.
British Columbia and all other British
provinces III North America, except
Newfoundland and Labrador, increased
THIS government report shows gains
IN our British American. Central Amer.
lean, South American and Mexican OK
ports. Where, then, is tho loss wo have
heard so much about from our high
tariff friends? 1t is not to DO found on
the American continent What there is
in the new world is confined almost en-
tirely to the West Indies principally to
Spain's two islands. Cuba and Porto
Rico.
Nor has our export trade with Europe
Suffered IL consequence of tho repeal of
the Mckinley tariff or tho abrogation of
Blaine's reciprocity treaties. The Feb
Suary report of the bureau of statistics
shows substantial gains i'll our exports
that month to Germany, Belgium, Aus
trla, Italy, Denmark, Sweden and Nor
way. 1t Is true our trade with England
and France fell off, but tho decrease
was III no way connected with the re-
peal OF the Mckinley bill We had no
reciprocity treaties with either of those
countries, nor was it expected that we
ever would have ono of the kind pro-
Sided for under that measure. Our ex-
ports to France and England, and par
slonlarly the latter, consist largely Of
grain. and last spring our corn ship
ments to Europe were unusually heavy.
Gains are also reported in our exports
to Australia, Africa and all the colonies
Gnc countries Of Asia, except China and
Japan. In comparing this springs ex-
ports with last springs we should keep
IN mind the fact that the latter wero
much heavier than our exports in the
early part of 1898. For three months
last year we had what might be called
foreign trade boom. The mining and
railway strikes and Coxey armies put nm
end to it, however, and it was not un.
TIL the Wilson bill became law that
our foreign trade again began to i'm.
prove. st. Louis Republic.