The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
IhE COMING ISSUE.
Republicans WIN IN, Forward ehs TAri7
Question.

W 1vt FOIW8fO Nno ATlU
Question.
Tho republican party will make tho
tariff 4 campaign issue next year. That
Is shown by the attacks now being
made on the present tariff. In print
ing the reports OF our exports last
month, republican papers invariably
point TO h decrease a compared with
u exports in March. 1904. And not
only do they try 10 brighten the timid
In this way but they endeavor 20 show
that there will be no restoration OF
business until n new tariff Law is en-
acted. They attribute the decrease in
March and every monthly decrease
since August 10 the Wilson bill. Even
Bradstreet's has assisted in circulating
this o Its issue of last week CON
tafns an article on the country's for
eign trade in March. taken from the
Philadelphia Press The statement is
here made that the report for the fiscal
year 10 April | is very Favorable
and that the nine months cover only a
little more than the period OF the new
tariff"
Every person as we'll informed on
these matters as the managers of Brad.
streets knows that its reported de-
crease in exports after the new tariff
law took effect was no more caused by
that tariff than the previous decrease
during the summer a Every such
person knowsthat the monthly decrease
since September-some OF the provi-
sions Of the new tariff law did not take
effectuntil the beginning o the present
ycar-has been much smaller than
that OF the summer months, when the
Mckinley bill was in force. Our cx-
ports were s. $1,000. 900 lighter between
May ! and October | last year than dur
ing the corresponding period of 1893.
From October | TO March l the loss was
only $50, 900, 900.
We find therefore, from the govern
ment reports that while the monthly
decrease averaged Sll. 10000 for the
five months ending with September,
the average for the next FIVE was only
Su,Oo0.Oo0- This is certainly n favora-
BILE showing. IL indicates a notable
improvement in our foreign trade since
the new tariff went into effect. As
I&A Gu 7AIltA. CDLut OA lut DIONlslOl1
Of the Mckinley bill were still in force
in December. Now, il we begin our
comparisons with the opening Of tn.
calendar year, the result will be still
mor favorable. Our exports Of do
mestic merchandise-coin md foreign
merchandise alone excluded-amount-
ed in the first quarter to 9.Os6, 0s9. az
compared with S21l,990. ia in the first
three months of 1894. The loss waA
less than $4,000. 900 under the new
tariff, while in three months under the
Mckinley law last summer it was
SO. 10000
Another fact should be remembered.
Exports were heavier in the early part
Of last year than in the corresponding
period Of any preceding year. with but
a single exception. While our exports
this year have not quite come up to last
years figures, they are $ 100000 ahead
of the record we made in the first quar-
ter Of is93-preceding the panic and
under the Mckinley law
There is nothing to be ashamed Of in
the government report on our foreign
trade since the Wilson law took effect.
Instead OF being unfavorable. it is q
very favorable report. The new tariff
law Is working all right II is increas-
ing the revenue and giving US a market
every month for more of our surplus
products han we sold abroad, on an
average, during the life of the McKin
ley law.-St Louis Republic.