New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-15
Meade himself think that the Brtisners are not
such terrible villains after all
IT'S A COSTLY EXPERIMENT.
nov TIL, WILSON TARIFF Is ADDING TO
THE BURDENS OF THE PEOPLE,

c,.rr,So nowS EXPORTS AND FREE IMPoRIA-
-r,oxs AID ADDING ENORMOUSLY TO THE
QUANTITIES OF GOODS on WHO"
Duty MUST BE rAID
inv TELEGRAPH TO THE rRiBuNEl
Washington. June IA reduction in exports
reduction In free lmportatons ana an eno'"'"
increase n the importations OF Goons OIL WI" no
n.on,e must nay a duty the net results Va ''''
or,,,o,s ~ the new Tariff law up to date iheSe
a~. shown By the statement Of exports anu IN
norris issued by the Bureau OF Statistics 'o-""''
Although tie new law was announcer a. w
which would stimulate trade abroad 'he 'NP
In the first nine months % its operation IL" w.
1so o,s below. those OF tho corresponding months
NJ las, wear under the Mckinley law Inc nm
norta,,ons Of goods free OF duty under the ne"
law have amounted to only S2do'o''oo' ak"'"S'
s2s3 OgS al in the corresponding months o' '"'' '
under the Mckinley law. on the other mann w
Wilson law has greatly Increased the i''po' ''''
~ goods or ,:hlch purchasers must pay duty, the
dutiable imports IN the nine months under the ne"
law being s2s4,6s32H. while In the corresponding
month"; Of the preceding year under the Mckinney
law they were only s9l.5749l3 This Is an increase
of ss3 Oos $751; or over 100000 month.
A. ,hL 1879 the new law Will add N2o,Uow IA
vnar IN the class Of goods which the people
must pay duty. and actually decrease by man!
millions the articles which they get free OF du'y'
~ TIA ,nnorts under the new LAW, only ~" per
conf came in free of duty. while under IN" on
law in the corresponding months OF last year 90
per cent came IN free. Not only so. but the aver
age ra,r Of duty paid on the whole mass OF impor-
tationS is actually higher under the new law IMAM
the old The duty collected on the $5'5. lSsS5S oi
goods imported under the new law amounted 10
1920 766 $50 oil an average OF III per cent oil the
value while the duty collected on the A'+b'5Si
If goods IN the corresponding nine months under
the McKiney law was only s%.2OtUo' or bu' ~"
per cent Of the value 49,, ,,,,,, -,
goods coming In free Of duty. but II has enormously
reduced the articles which the masses must nave.
The imports Of articles Of food free OF duty nav
fallen on more than one-haf. while the aricIts Q!
food under the dutable lis, have more than doloe'
These articles Of food. II must be remembered; are
OF the class that everybody must have. sucf as
sugar rice. spices salt, tea coffee. etc Yet mos,
brought in free under the new law are but onehi!i
what they were under the cd law. while those on
are the figures showing the operations OF me new
Ia " for the nine months ending June 1879, com
nared with those OF the Mckinley law In the nine
months ending June l. 1891: .
Total exports Mckinley law. ss962lo,i42: total eN-
morris Wilson law $3.50. 3si.
Free Imports Mckinley law, s9s3.@Ssil; free I'M
ports Wilson law. S26S. $50 0SS. -
Duiiable imports. Mckinley Jaw >lH''f""' u"'a-
bic Imports Wilson law. 1884. $50 "a
Percentage free OF duty. Mckinney law, as6; per
centage free OF duty, Wilson law, 1873
per cent OF duty collected. Mckinley law. D$: per
cent OF duty collected Wilson law. 21
Articles Of food free OF duty. Mckinley law. sI2
per cent articles food free OF duty. Wilson law
81 per cent