Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21

The Tsrifl and the Farmer
There was nothing that furnished the
Democrats quite SO much satisfaction
| during the first part of the Cleveland
administration as the abrogation of the
reciprocity treaties that had been ne
Gratis seemed TO have IA particular spite
against Mr.. Blaine and were i'm 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
go 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 30, 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
ested 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 Observation-Disclosures. g7I612
~ s0ni3
,sat'' 3O3326l
lS9o'.'., I563,Ijl
The imports of barley showed a drift
in the opposite direction. For num-
Der of years they were over 10000, 900
and II, 1000 bushels respectively, but
under the Mckinley tariff they were
brought down as follows:
ls93. ........................31H 9ls
In 1895, under the Wilson norman
tariff. they rose again to 2,1l6,Sl6
bushels. In other words the Mckinley
tariff and reciprocity treaties caused
an increase of exports from 973, COZ
bushels to 5,2l9, 405 bushels, and de-
,rease of imports from II, 1927 1852 in
1890 to 79l, O61 in 1894. This was GER
tainly very satisfactory condition of
the foreign trade to the American bar
ley grower, a condition which the Will
son tariff has exactly reversed.
OF beans and peas under the McKin- |
ey act in 1892 the exports were 637.972 |
bushels, and the imports were s74 $50 |
bushels In 1895, under the Wilson
ariff. the exports had dropped to 242, 6s2
'ushels and the imports had increased
o .535. 913 bushels.
OF bacon and hams the exports in
s92 were 5s4, no, $50 pounds, in 1895
hey were 55S, O44. O99.
OF cattle we imported in 1892 only
los, valued at Si7 400, and in 1894
'nly l,592. In the calendar year 1895,
lnder the Wilson tariff, the imports
lad risen to $50 SIS. With this in
rcase of imports of cattle, there came
decrease of exports from 394 cor,
alued at S35, O90. O95 in 1892, to 2S0. $50
With value of S2G, 907, 7O1 in the cal
nder year 1895.
In corn the exports in value fell off
rom Sil go, 400 in the fiscal year 1892,
o 1860, 767 in the calendar year 1895.
The butter exports were 15.0i7.246
ounds in 1892, and II .s22 .O92 in 1894,
'hile in 1895. under the Wilson tariff.
hey fell off to 5.59s,sl2 The cheese
Xports were s9,1OO. 22l pounds in 1892,
nd 3.s52, 1874 in 1894, and only 40, $780,
81 in 1905
Under free trade in eggs in 1883,
$50 and 1890. we imported over -. OOO,-
Do dozen each year. With "a duty of
We cents a dozen levied the imports
I'll off to l.7Q1 400 dozen in 1894. and
ndcr the Wilson tariff they rose again
} 2,7O0. All dozen in 1895.
In 1894. with total potato crop of Z
10,7S7,33S bushels, we exported sO3.-
II bushels. while in 1895 with pro- 4
uct Of 297. 237 $40 bushels, we exported
My 572 s57 bushels
In 1892 we exported to the coun tries
n the American continent with which
e had reciprocity treaties, s,s43, 6Ss
arrels of flour In 1895, with the re- :
procity treaties abrogated, we ex- I
orted only 4,563, 9O5 barrels to the I
lme countries. I
And so it runs through long list of =
lports of which the following are
lditional samples: !
1902. 1895. 2
gc bushels. ............ l2.0il ,316 g.43i q
ITS ........... 9.l25,01S 570,257 C
eds value ...........s 6.25,.2s2 ; 2,sl9l45 t
HOW pounds .......... sg,iS0,010 25.S64 300 "A
heat value INN. s16i,399 1872 s4J,sD5 66}
But without continuing the details t
tedious length it may be stated that
Ic aggregate exports of agricul tural
'oductS in 1892, under the Mckinley
riff and Ilainn raait,rn.itxy t,.aa