The Globe-republican., 1897-12-09
RErusL,cAN op,sslo,s.

The new tariff iaw is beginnins 10 -
felt in the increase in wages q ven
as an increase in employees, whicl Nh
mediately followed its enactment. Nat
urally the first noticeable effect Of the
adoption Of q protective tariff would
be In the resumption Of work by the
manufacturers and in the increased
number of employees, and this became
apparent before the new law had been
In operation q month. Now follows the
next step. the increase in wages. A 10
per cent increase In the wages Of about
1000 furnace operatives in the Mahon-
Ing and Shenango valleys il announced
to take place on December I, and sim
liar advances are reported in the iron
sections of other parts of the country.
The Dinslsy tariff grows more and
more unpopular with the foreign manu-
facturers. September imports Of linen
goods from England were only 2,204.-
600 yards for 1897. against 6,O87, 900
yards In September, 1896; the importa-
tion OF jute piece goods in September,
1897. was 6,2S2. .160. against 9.166. 400 in
September, 1896: that of silk broad
stuffs. 1902 yards. against 1888 in SEN
tember of last year; that of woolen tis-
sues. q, 800 yards. against 60. 900; that
of worsted tissues, 224,800. against l.
451, 900. and that Of wooden carpets. g.
500 yards, against Al. 400 in the corre-
ovOuN4~~ vnnnkh <>P To- vnaR
That large increase in the exporta-
ton Of manufactures which had been
attributed to the low tariff by the free
traders goes right on under the Ding
ley law. The value of manufactured
exports during the month Of SeptemS
ber. 1897, under the Dingley law was
$22, 1854, ,6S4, against $21 ,699 .345 under.
the Wilson law in September. 1896,
while the expectation of manufactures.
for the calendar year were, up to Oc-
tober 1, $2S. 1000. 900 in excess Of those OF
the corresponding months Of the pre-
ceding year, all of which was under
the Democratic tariff.
That deadly competition" which the
silver-using countries were supposed to
Se making against the United States
in international commerce will now
disappear in the case of Russia, Japan
and several of the South and Central
American states which have all gone
from the silver to the gold standard
since Mr.. Teller started that argument
into the field. Word now comes that
China is about to follow in the same
wake. thus leaving Mexico and few
South American countries our only
deadly competitors" and reducing
still further the ammunition of the sill
yer mine owners.
Democratic members of congress
who voted for the new tarin law Will
find no reason to regret 'their action
when they reach Washington In De-
cember. The treasury receipts under
the new law have now reached sucn
figure that it is perfectly apparent the
measure is going to be success as
revenue producer. The earnings OF the
present month are running at the aver-r
age rate of a million dollars for each
business day and will be ample for all
government expenditures when the in
crease which must come after the
stocks of foreign wool. sugar and nan
ufactures now in the country have been
is realized.
Ex-Governor Boies protests that ne
had nothing to do with the framing OF
the Chicago platform. There are others,
Uncle Hod!
The promised increase in prices un-
der the protective tariff is not being
realized. The advance in the price of
articles imported, basing the estimate
IN the net change in some thousands
If articles. is found to be less than l
,er cent, while there is a marked in
.rease in the prices Of farm products
When the increase in earn
ngs of those employed in the manu-
acturing lines and the increased prof
Is which those engaged in agriculture
make are considered, it is easy to see
hat the slight increase in prices of the
lass of goods affected by the tari6
s far more than balanced by the gain