New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-20
Colgate's
Holiday
Perfumes.
HARD BLOW FOR THEORIES
40 COMFORT FOR FREE-TRADEhS -
STUDYING THE IMPORTS
AND EXPORTS.


woprn"-THE TARIFF AS TAN
INV rr,rcRApu TO THE TRiBUNEI
r-.sbtrcton Dec 19-An analysis Va
.,atenent OF imports and exports puoiis"e0
Tho Bureau OF Statistics Of the IreasuI'
nartment for the three months enueu -,
Of 1896 and for the correspondents -, ora
1907 furnishes some comparisons W. -
ho,b instructive and interesting Gov
per,od covered months when the a.
man tariff was IN full ana uho's' 49,
Grafton with no prospect Oh an 49, .ho
90 sar,v modification Of its proVlsioi's' or" 49,.
,o,tar covered the first three fuii i..o"' t.a-
81. enactment OF the Dngley 'friii an ,hs
Tho country had been subjected lo' NV .,
% such a food Of antic!patory iihpoi a. no
ho,h free and dutiable goods as haN nv
fore been seen. The advantages - ,,.or 90
con therefore. are. or should pe' an ,ra.;c
49, y,usor.C;orman tariff and OF Demo az
contentious in support OF i'ee .heories
49,. !. M, en- much the worse for the 49,,
=. go ,,nnorts Of articles Of FOOD anu NV
,...,s dur,ne the three months endeo o''0D
o. ,eo6 amounted to S2S4OS29'. anu loi "
,rasnonding period Of 1897 TO S26'io4l-o w
orsass OF S2254,112; the dutaoie mp -.
o,,,o,ss ~ food and live animals III 'ie
nsriod amounted to S2GO46.664. ana Il. ~" 900 o.
ner,od 10 s13. Co. IA. decrease OF =.
pei 1890 time the exports of products Oh
-,o',,,,,-e Increased from S117,3S3'2oo IN 'he
,orr,ar neriod to $206,2Il.o S9, net nv
=, SOS s7S,224. The farmers OF the On'''u
60. will not be likely TO find any 'i'"s
d,scouraging in these figures.
FREE RAW MATERIALS
A favorte doctrine of the Democra,lc pa
for many years has been that OF so-o"'ie
rav materials" in ordei 10 encourage anu p''
mote American Industries. DURING inc ga
Months ended October 81. ls9o' the Hee ''i'
-. =, articles IN a crude condition for use IN
donestic Industries amounted 10 S-"''''' 49,
.rd the free imports Of like articles durihs VIC
correspondng period of 1897 amounted 10 so
100 O37. an increase Of SI434S'4; the uu'id''0
imports Of like articles during tne !P
.orrod amounted 10 81 90 .5G6, and in the la'-
Tor ner,od TO SS915,56i, an increase OF Ff''-
09S. or considerably more than ~" per en-
WILLING TO PAY THE TAN
M, .oto, increase OF imports Of raw ma
.r,als" both free and dutlabe. therefore,
e.,nYntsa 70 s12.137.S52 in a period OF three
,ths under the Dingley law. as compared
,r,,h q like and corresponding period under the
vruson German tariff despite the enormous an
,,.,ratorv irnportations in the five months just
nrecedinp the former period. Verify such ofhclal
egures complied by an ardent Free Trade chiet
Of the Bureau Of Statistics. strike nara Do"
against one OF the most cherished theories Oh
latter day Democrats and their mug"uinp aiiIes'
Tho free imports Of manufactured articles for
use IN the mechanic arts during the three
months ended october 81 1896 amounted to
1853, and during the corresponding period
OF 1897 to S36l3.4S7. a decrease of S2'9S2666;
and the dutiable imports OF like articles for use
IN the mechanic arts in the former period
amounted TO s12 760075. and in the latter period
10 S1O74S911. iocrease Of S2,Oll.lO4
The free impor OF manufactured articles for
CONSUMPTION during the three months ended Oc-
{ober 81. 1896. amounted to S4.G0O.527 and dur
ing the corresponding period Of 1897 to 81, So.
$50. decrease Of S1.142,591 and the dutiable
imports Of similar articles during the former
neriod amounted to SO. $40. and during the
latter period to Sl4 63O. 100. decrease OF So
1661S9 That this decrease mainly, II not
wholly due to the heavy anticipatory importa-
tions is strongly indicated by the fact that
whereas the du,iable imports Of manufactured
goods for consumption amounted to S4.SI2245
less in August. 1897 than in August 1896 like
imports for October, 1897. amounted to only ST.
1879 less than in October 1896
Another Democratic doctrine has been. and Is
that the luxures of the rich should be taxed
higher than the necessaries OF the poor and an
other doctrine is that "the tariff is a tax" Dur
ing the three months ended October 81. 1896.
the free imports Of articles OF voluntary USE
Injuries ETC." amounted to S2105 203. and dur
ing the corresponding period Of 1897 to 81. go,
1911, a decrease Of S1.415,042; and the dutiabe
imports Of like articles during the former period
amounted to St5361 49,. and during the latter
period to S16712593. an increase OF 1881 III.
These figures indicate that people who can az
ford TO indulge in Injuries also willing to
nav the tax" whatever II may be.
Another favorite doctrine Of the Free Traders
IS that in order to gain possession OF "the mar
kets of the world" for--heir manufactured goods
American manufacturers must submit to low
tariff on imported manufactures: that. 'if the
foreigner cannot sell to you he will not buy from
YOU" This doctrine was proclaimed with great
vchemence as we'll soemnlty both before
and after the Dngley bill became a law and
many persons impressed by II. The in
crease Of exports Of products Of agriculture has
hereinbefore been shown. Now. to manufact
ured articles The exports of such articles dur.
inc the three months ended October 81, 1896
amounted to S6G3O2 703 and during the cor
responding period OF 1897 they amounted tc
S6SO1 $50 an Increase Of S1,710G3G. American
nrogress in 1.-The markets OF the world" does moi
appear to have been stayed by the enactment
of the Dinglcy law.
The exports Of products of the mines. which
according to the Free Traders are raw ma
terials" decreased from Sc 1434J5 during tn,
three months ended October 81. 1896 tc
S554S256 in the corresponding period Of 1897
and exports OF forest products. which are aIsC
raw materials" according to the same au
thority, increased from $9.127.51S to $95159S
The exports Of fishery products during tn,
three months ended October 81. 1891 amounted
to $66i COZ less than in the corresponding peroc
Of 1885, but as S42 100 worth more foreign
nsh came into the United States over the "Chi
nese wall" Of the Dingley tariff in the forme
period than during the latter period. the figures
would seem chiefly to indicate that American
are now able to buy and consume more fsh