The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21

There was nothing that furnished the
Democrats quite so much satisfaction
during the first part of the Cleveland
administration as the ahrogation of the
reciprocity treaties that had been ne
gotiated by Mr.. Blaine. The Demo-
Gratis seemed to have particular spite
against Mr. Blaine and were in great
glee whenever one of his carefully pre-
pared treaties was wiped out. 1t is
true those treaties were making such
markets as we never had before for our
farm products and manufactures, but
that made no difference; they were
Blaines work and they must go, and
60 they did, with sorry results as re-
CARDS trade.
The American Protective Tariff
league recently compiled from official
figures statement of the exports and
imports of various classes of articles
for series of years, and selections
from these figures make very interest
ing reading just now The fiscal year
ending June 80, 1892, was the first full
year of the Mckinley tariff That end
ing June 80, 1894, was the last full
year under some parts of that tariff,
and the year ending June 30, 1895, was
the first full year of the Wilson-Gor-
man tariff.
We take first barley, in which
Michigan farmers are especially inter-
csted on account of their close proxim-
ity to the Canadian border The ex-
ports of barley from this country for
series of years were as follows:
Year ending
June 30, Bushels.
1891. 973,602
iSSS' ............- 28O0,075
iSy5'. 3035,26l
lo95.... 1854
The imports of barley showed a drift
in the opposite direction. For a num-
Der of years they were over 10000, 900
and II, 100000 bushels respectively, but
under the Mckinley tariff they were
brought down as follows:
1892. 4,918
1893. Observation-Disclosures. 1863, 761
1871 ...................... 79l,0bl
In 1895, under the Wilson German
tariff, they rose again TO 2,116,s16
bushels. In other words the Mckinley
tariff and reciprocity treaties caused
an increase of exports from 973,602
bushels to 5,219, 405 bushels, and de-
crease of imports from 1897, 052 in
1890 to 791, 061 in 1894. This was GER
tainly very satisfactory condition of
the foreign trade to the American bar
ley grower, condition which the Will
son tariff has exactly reversed.
OF beans and peas under the McKin-
ley act in 1892 the exports were 637,97
bushels, and the imports were s74, $50
bushels. In 1895, under the Wilson
tariff, the exports had dropped to 242, $50
bushels, and the imports had increased
to ,535, 913 bushels.
OF bacon and hams the exports in
1892 were 5s4 ,776, $50 pounds, in 1895
they were 55S, ,099.
OF cattle we imported in 1892 only
2,16S, valued at SAT AGO, and in 1894
only 1892. In the calendar year 1895,
under the Wilson tariff, the imports
had risen to 236,SSS. With this in
crease of imports of cattle, there came
decrease of exports from 394,6o7,
valued at $35, O99, 095 in 1892, to 2s9, $50
with value of $50, 997, 7O1 in the cal
ender year 1895.
In corn the exports in value fell off
from Sal, 500, AGO in the fiscal year 1899,
to SD, $50, 767 in the calendar year 1895.
The butter exports were 15,047,24
pounds in 1892, and IL, s22, O92 in 1894,
while in 1895, under the Wilson tariff,
they fell off to 5,59s,s12. The cheese
exports were SO, 1OO,221 pounds in 1899,
and 70, $50, 134 in 1894, and only 40,s00,-
934 in 1895.
Under free trade in eggs in 1888,
1889 and 1890, we imported over 5,000,-
900 dozen each year. With duty of
five cents dozen levied the imports
fell off to 1,791, 430 dozen in 1894, and
under the Wilson tariff they rose again
to 2,709, All dozen in 1895.
In 1894, with a total potato crop of
ITO, 7s7, 1898 bushels, we exported $685.
III bushels, while in 1895 with pro-
duct of 297, 237, $40 bushels, we exported
only $40, 1857 bushels.
In 1892 we exported to the countries
on the American continent with which
we had reciprocity treaties, s,s43,6ss
barrels of -four. In 1895, with the re-
ciprocity treaties abrogated, we ex.
ported only 1868, 9O5 barrels to the
same countries.
And so it runs through long list OF
exports of which the following are
additional samples:
1892 1895.
Rye bushels. ...."...... 1solI,a1s S,4sl
Oato 0,fSO,Uto DtO,<Ol
Seeds-value ...........S 8,25.,282 8 2,849,14
Tallow-pounds. ....... 80, 10000 25,864,3M
Wheat-value. $751;, 1898, 132 s43,SO5 ,60
But without continuing the details