The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-10
iMpnRrs And ExPoaIs



state hErrzu ~ statistics afsor..s an
opportunity ~ making tvvo Or rhree
highly interesting ccnparl>o1s of the
import and exDOrt trade % the com
try. Taking together exports and i'm
ports New Nork does at-1ur half and
Bo>fon .bDE. > tenth Following New
lork- Eoston has about a. iarre for
eign fsaLe - any two other American
cities combined. for. while = numtxr
Of shese places do considerable ex-
port trade. they do not. - n rule >eem
TO have a grasp upon the import busi-
re>> Galveston. for example. has
rather more than ere per cent Of
the export trade 81 the country but
the import trade a. that port auoCnts
20 only one-5f-h 81 one per cent q
the imports Of the United States
About - per cent Of the cOun-
try'~ exports pass through the port d.
New Orleans. hut les than ,~O per
cent Of is imports come In through
tina. channel To B0st0n lN5g Ter
cent Of the exports OF the country are
credited. ard II per cent Of the i'm
ports making altogether n ne have
said an average ~ about ten yer cent
Of the entire tr1n.- New Yorx = IN
like Boston in respect 10 the division
OF it> trade. its imports anoEntin- 70
g = Der cent OF al the imports Of
the country. while is exports tco- up
TO ONLY "a = pc- cent Of our rational
out-o- In other words. BOSTON exports
about : quarter - much a. New YORK
does but imports only about : seventh
- much - New Work showing clearly
the neei-aparf from possible eva~5ons
IN the New Yc-ix custom hO1~e-0< en-
-oura -in- the import branch Of trade
by the active exer-ions u orr nler-
chants
/; j. also interesting TO notice that
in spite OF the ALLEGED changes in the
tariff which hare thrown !. j Saii
our business into the hands Of the
English. compelling rs 70 purchase the
products Of British labor instead o.
using our own the British working
people. whom we are taught we should
hold in contempt purchased frO1- u
las. year nearly half OF al Of the
products Of American labor THAI we
send abroad. or. 10 pu. il exactly Of
all the exports from the United States.
g. 81 per cent found snesr consumption
bv the capitalists and wage earners o.
the United Kingdom while we on our
side cid not take from England in
value half OF wha; sne purchased from
Is. FOR our imPo-ratio1> from The
United Kingdom He-e o1ly eL-s per
cent Of orr imports and il mar be
much less than our gross exports
II Is si-nifcan. tact that we sold
last rear in the United Kingdom more
than ten times Is many Of ou- exports
Is found market in The entire CONT
nenr Of South America IL anvthf-v
we're needed 10 make il clear how ma
tsrizlly our industrial welfare dep-n1s
upon maintaining. - we easily can.
our good relations with England- and
bow little our welfare depends upon
conditions Of trade II South America.
surely the figures We have given abore
should afford all Of the evide 1ce-neexset
Another interesting exhibit a. indi-
eating the bearings of our tariff LAWS.
Is found in the classification Of imports
which the chief Of the bureau Of s-a-
;istics has prepared running through
= period o. 10 years. that IL from I--1
The per cent Of the whole aTerz-e OF
tie exhibit Is - follows
Evez-x rssk
A-rlrle. O. food .-1 A-s-n.x u. ~
Articles c-11e cc-eltt0z
shlrn cate i--0 tze T1-zyzs
processes o. dcz-<-sr ir1-s--v - A1
Articles wholly o. partially z1--
r,2cr--et so- - rl4-e-.l-s
il rhe -a--s.<-1-ts All ze-
ch2zsr arts ----.-.-.------.-- llA ua
Articles manufactured -e1cy s1-
cC-l~r4rx1r I-s1- .-.-.- LIS Is
.rrics=s oc voluntary -. ~
s-ses- etc ---- .-------.--- re To-
i. will he seen from the ADORE show
iny that when the articles Of in2o-ra-
tion are classified. il j. found that dur
inv the last year the only material
change in condition made has teen ana,
we have imported relatively . smaller
value in articles os food and animals.
and = larger amount IN ralue than
usual of articles in q crude condition
which enter into the various processes
Of domestic manufacture in o-her
words the exhibit printed above - a
complete RECITATION Of the assertions
that hare been put forth bF those - DO
are lat-crin- 10 hare q radical revision
Of the tariff made in Tire direction Of
high protection We have been told
that during the rear last rzst- or
country has teen practically inundated
with manufactured gods os foreign
projection N this E2- taking work
away from American sage ezrners.
when. IS a matter Of fact while there
has been on tire arerz-e a notable in
crease IN the i-nrs7r-ati0n of Grade com
rnodicies that have % te fashioned by
the labor IF America wage earrers
into forms III for use. TIE inPorta-5on
Of articles manufactured and ready fo-
use in the rear 80 was below the av-
erz-e Of the previous u yezrs~ and
these Is previous years 70ver period
during whicn. a; al me- With the
exception of the Last fe- months Of
l-si. nigh protective .a-if was II.
force
The percentage a mznusact1-ei
rools imported srto this cOantrr Ia
l-.s Is-s and l-Ss va o-er . Ter
cent % TIE entire i-aportat5on Of tho-e X
-ez-s- and yet that time eo-erea 4
period drrin- =hi.h The -arSr= prepared +
under the direction a .Ae rrr0sec-foz-
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