New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-13
TARIFF REFORM AS IT Is
ut,Cu food FOR THOUGHT ~ AN AN
ABYSS OF IMPORT FIGURES

THE FREE LIST CIT DOWN By THE NEW IA"
OK ARTICLES or NECESSITY AND EX
TENDED Ok ARTICLES OF LUXURY
EXPORTS STILL FALLING OFF
fuy TELEGRAPH TO THE TREBuNEl
Warrington. Aprn i2-An analysis OF the first half
wears operations ~ the new Tarin "a" SHOWS ,ha'
m, people are getting only 49, per cent OF 'h'n
i,,n,r,.d goods free OF duty. while under the Old
law in the corresponding six months OF IN" pre-
oi,,, ,-,- they got 81 per cent OF their importer
goods free Of duty. Will the new la" Is bringing
IN foreign goods at the rate OF over s"""'"
wear I'm exc-s. Of the old law. Il j. actlay pflhss
nearly 10 per cent less free Of duty the lmpor'a'
lions from September /. 1885, 10 March ]. 1879 were
,,s; az ia2 in ae Of which 81 SO came IN free
,, duty The lrnportations from September J. lss"'
d, March T. 1885, being the corresponding period OF
the preceding year were kOisSso2i Of which W.
s,i as came In free of duty.
Let us look little more In detail Into the opera
ton II the law and se. how the promise OF free
goods for the people has been kept Of the *'@s9i-
~ worth ~ goods imported free OF duty under the
OBJ law from September T. 1893 10 March !, 1894 no
.s than SOS 50 ~ officially classified a. aru-
Giles og food AMI I've animals IN examination OF
the list ~ articles imported shows that the i've am
mails formed ritiing proportion OF these mot more
than > or per cent? 80 that practically al Oh inns
great importation free OF duty was articles OF 1000
Th.s. art clos comprised sugar. tea ana cou-e'
brrid-tua- fruits. rice. FISH vegetables, provisions
spices etc al 81 which every body requires FOR daiy
Use and susieulrce They are not articles "h'h one
ma, use or omit A. he chooses. h. must have them.
", thi. Democratic Tariff law has eat down nearly
on,-half the articles OF food brought in under the
free lis, and has transferred To thu dGtia bic list such
quantities a. to double the mpo,a,ions OF duiiAbe
articles 81 food.
The official statements covering the first SIX
months Of the new Tarn law when summarized
10. ffss. Ftis,,D1s TN
ported free OF duty we're only ST.. 6is9l7. against
SI0s 3pi "a during the corresponding SIX months OF
the preceding year under the old law Taking up
the dutilble articles IL ~ found that the articles OF
food and live animals the dutable list FOR the
first half year OF the Wilson law was S6' sol.
against $lSj9llll under the corresponding six
months OF the OIL law SO people may well un-
icrstand that they now compelled to pay tariff on
doubr the amount Of such articles "a they absolutely
must have Tor their daily food supply NJ less than
$H.caOo worth ~ articles OF food have disappeared
from the list In the SIX months under the new
Tlriu law showing that the people VII have To pay
duty yss.cOVr worth year of necessary food
which they would have been permitted TO bring in
but thi- * not all. The very next item IN the
list OF articles brought IN free Of duty SHOWS an
equally important change and one which Will be
equally unsatisfactory 10 "A very latg" number or
people While there has been an enormous falling
on in the articles of food brought In free OF duty,
there has been an equal Increase In the so-cailed
raw materials ~ manufacture. which now come
In under the free list. The free mportations Of raw
materials Tor use IN manufacturing amounted In the
first haf-vcar ~ the law to Ss3 25s 49, against
So $50 500 IN the corresponding hafyear under the
oii law. of this nobody would complain were II not
for the fact that the articles 50 brought IN are
mostly such a produced in this country. or this
enormous addition To the free list. very large
PROPORTION tmure than SO.NOOD0) wool
Another class OF Items that will be equally inter
os.!ng is that entitled articles OF voluntary use.
luxurrs etc" This shows that the free mporta-
tons ~ this class Of goods during the first ak
months OF the new law were more than 800 per cent
in excess of those Ia the corresponding six months
under the Mckinley law.
IN. following table shows In detail the operations
Of the law In the nrst six months compared with
tho r,rrpspon ling six months OF last year under the
Mckinley law:
Sept l. 1923 sept. I, 1924.
Fro. iup,rtnton Nch l. 1894 Mch. |. 1895
food aud live animals SlOS 5sbA& SoZ oiovli
E,v materials flr "a manu-
featuring Observation-Disclosures. J0pso 691 ~ 25o TID
Manufactured articles for use In
mannfnc,nrng ................ 7i3i 3D. 10 42i 525
Mnnuficiur" articles for con
sumption .-s......t. h5l- i'f iit TO-
Articles u voluntary use, mN
urirs. etc ...................-.. llo.3W f9'Sol3
Totals free Observation-Disclosures. SiI2 g5i. 97s SILL Gi3
puimhl~ mpottatuns
food live animals SlS59l,lll
Raw Materials