The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-23
IT'S "A COSTLY EXPERIMENT.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
A reduction in exports, a reduction In
free Importanons, and an enormous In
crease dn the importations of goods on
which the people must pay duty are
lJhe net results of the operations Of the
new tariff law up to date. These are
shown by the statement Of exports and
IMPORTS issued by the bureau of sta
uJstics today. Although the new law wns
announced as one which would stimulate
trade abroad the exports IN the first nine
months Of its operation fell $50, 048 be-
low Those of the corresponding months
Of last year under the Mckinley law
The importation of goods free OF duty
under the new law have amounted to
only $26S, ,OS8, against $3.50. .09S, ,9A in the
corresponding months Of last year under
the Mckinley law. On the other hand,
The Wilson law has greatly increased The
4mporbatlons of goods on which purchhs-
eris must pay duty, the dutiable imports
IN the nine months under the new law
being 1884 5S3,244, while IN the correspond
ing months Of THE preceding year under
the Mckinley law they were only $191,-
574,913 This is an increase Of $93, ,0O8, ,331,
or over $10,OOO,OOO a month.
AIT lthiS rate THE new law will add $685.
100000 year to the class Of goods on
which the people must pay duty, and
actually decrease by many millions the
articles (which they get free OF duty.
OF the imports under the new law, only
1873 per cent came in free OF duty, while
under the lold law dn the corresponding
months of last year 500 per cent came In
free. MOI only 50, but the average rate
OF duty paid ON the whole mass OF i'm
portatJons is actually higher under the
new law than the old. The duty collected
ON the 1858, ,199, 1892 of goods imported under
the new LAW amounted to $120, ,766, ,230, or
an average of 2l.7 per cent of the value,
while the duty collected on the $474,678, :
s54 of goods lin the corresponding nine
months under the Mckinley law was only
$96.2O6TO, or but 2O.3 per cent OF the
value.
Not only has the new law reduced the
amount OF goods coming IN free Of duty,
but Ut has enormously reduced the ar
ticles which the masses must have. The
imports of articles of food free OF duty
have fallen off more than one-half, while
the Articles of food under the dutiable
list have more than doubled. These ar
tJclss OF food, 1t must be remembered, are
of the class that everybody must have
such as sugar, rice, spices, salt, tea, cof-
fee, etc. Yet those brought in free under
were under the old law, while those on
which the people must pay duty are
doubled. Here are the figures showing
the operations of the new law for the
nine months ending June l, 1895, compared
with those of the Mckinley law in the
nine months ending June 1, 1894:
Total exports, Mckinley law, 1896, ,21,-
AZ; total exports, Wilson law, $500, ,033, 1894
Free imports, Mckinley law, $2S3 098,-
9n; free imports, Wilson law, $26S,556,-
0SS.
Dutjable imports. Mckinley law, $191,-
574,9l3; dudable imports, Wilson law,
1884, ,5S3,2A.
Percentage free of duty, Mckinley law,
500; percentage free of duty, Wilson law,
49,
Per cent OF duty collected, Mckinley
law, 20.3; per cent of duty collected, Will
son ialw, A.7.
Articles of food free of duty, McI<in-
ley law, S.2 per cent; articles of food
free of duty, Wilson law, 81 per cent.