New-York tribune., 1896-01-26
CAPTURING THE WORLD.
REMARKABLE METHODS OF BUILDING Up
TRADE FOR TIE UNITED STATES
THE WILSON BILL PLAN RESULTS IN LARGELY
INCREASED EXPORTS AND MUCH SMALLER
EXroRTs-rIGUEEs FOR FIVE
YEARS COMPARED
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE THlnrNr.l

lBY TELEGRAPH To TIE TRIBUNE
Washington. Jan. 2i.-Ohicial facts ana hsur''
are constantly coming 10 light In the report" q" '
Eurcau Of Statistics, presided over by an accom-"
plshrI and earnest Frce-Trader' "hch -''''"'
con tradici some of the main asscr tons ana t' es
- fine trainers Of the Wilson bill. which eyeniialH
becanc-in q G.snrurei form. it - true-'he lar't
act OF 1894. some examples which Ili"siTat" WI,
truth are - be found In the monthly summary
flr November i>sa corrected 10 JanuaF ' lND. u
mus. be remembered that Chairman Nisn ana MS
D.rn6,ratc colleagues - the Ways AMI Means
Coumitte" wcrl "cry earnest vehement In i'ci D."
;1. assert ons that while the radical reductions ln
>rlt,s of duty proposed by them would result IN an
Increase OF imports Of foreign goods. the Increase
In the eNYor;s of domestic goods would br 50 m''N
greater that American mAnufhciu'fS ana producers
OF ,v.ry description would have altogether the best
Of IN, bareun.- Wage-'arners were Informed thAi
the cost Of living would b. less. and that At the
same time they would be- better of. because the
camuaign to capture "the markets u the world
would give them constant employment ana g''I
wagrs The prospect was. Indeed an n!lurnf one
We'll ih- assertions Of Professor wilson upon
which this prospect based. are again iisprovei
by the November report which was published on
SATURDAY This Document contains special tables
winch show the imports ANA exports - tho nlir!
States iu lis trade with Germany ana the nIi'I
kingdom ana ter Dependencies during the years
ending Jun, 80 1919 The-e table important,
.tftii..s u,or. fhnn one-half OF the foreign COM
mcrc- of the r1itcl states. 1t appears thai the
total value OF the Imports 4 merchandise from
c;.r,nany for IN. n.cal year 1896 was isl0lieSi
which was ab1u; S2.pJeD greater than N" total
for rh year enI.l June 49, 1895 The .ncrease would
nm llubtoIlv have been much greater but FOR the
fact ,hn, tho lower duties wooiien goods dil not
become operative until January !. 1879. ana a'ao o
rho other fac, that the I'LL did not x" mo
operaiion until after two months of'the h'ca' y'"'
had passed
II appears however that the total OF 'h' S'".
t,o, was st0oo loss than the average yearly i"i'I
Of the nyc-yclr period The total exports 10 w..
maAy for the fiscal year 1898 amounted TO Seo1 '''
,blch was a decrease OF about s3ocOo from the
rr.c-In.. Yea. and 81 oC0o0D less than the average
yearly total for the hvc-yesr period. The t"t' in
ports from the United Kingdom for the ischl '''
1895 amounted 10 Ni903.2i which WAS about &-'-
100 greater than the total for the preceding year.
and the Increase would undoubtedly have been
twice as great but for the modifying circumstances
already mentioned I'm the case u Germany. Inc
total however was Sl.OOOO0D less tnan the average
yearly total for the hveyoar period The total cN-
ports 10 the United Kingdom for the fiscal year IN"
amounted 10 x,s71 % ~ which Wa.s about Ni.v,Wp
lass than the total for the preceding fiscal year anu
il was also about Sis.0Oo0cO less than the average
y.ary total for the Dve-ycar period
II is evident that ,he Wilson campaign to captur"
"the markets OF the wori' resembles. so fir as
the United Kingdom l. concernrI General Camps :
OF the depcndencies of the United Kingdom with
v,hch the nIted states has Intimate and important
trade relations D. that portion of the Dominion OF
Canada which comprises .hr provinces oi QucD'r,
Ontario. Manitoba. etc Tne total imports from
S2G.9l, i3. which was greater 10y NU0,0D than the
total Of the preceding year. the total exports or
sas amounted 10 $i5.n2oG, which wa. less hy about
SiOOOVO tnan tn" total Tor the preceding nsca year