Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-04

creased, and that those OF November
will be. in round numbers. $4,000, :
900. shows that with the return to
normal business conditions. and the
importations which will follow the
absorption OF the immense stock
which was in hand when the new law
went into effect, it is perfectly appar-
ent that it will. within a very short
time, be producing all the revenue
that the Government requires to meet
its current expenditures. and SUR
plus to put into the sinking fund,
something which was not done in any
period Of the Wilson law.
One curious development since the
new tariff law went into effect and
one in which the members OF Con-
gress, when they come together for
the regular session, will be interested.
is the increase in expectations to those
countries which offered protests
against the Dingley tariff bill, and
which. it was claimed, would exclude
American products unless the tariff
bill should be shaped to suit their
wishes. There were thirteen nations
which offered formal protests against
the tariff bill, probably larger num-
Der than ever before. Curiously, an
examination of the records of our
commerce since the new law went into
effect shows that in the face Of nearly
every country thus protesting our
sales have increased under the Dingley
law instead OF decreasing, as was pre-
dicted by the opponents Of that meas
ufe. Austria Hungary, which was
one OF the first countries to offer pro-
tests against the new law; has bought
/ from us nearly twice as much in the
/ first two months OF its operations as
she did in the corresponding months
Of last year. Belgium, which also en-
tered protest against the new law,
| bought over Sill 900. 900 worth Of our
products in August and September I'M
der the Diugley law, while she bought
but little over $4,000, 600 worth in
August and September, 1906, under
the Wilson law. France, which also
protested against certain features Of
the BILL bought $6,o3o,63r in value
from US in September, 1896, under the
Wilson law and took $r4, $50, 600 worth
| from us in the same months of 1897
under the Dingley law. Germany,
whose protest was much talked OF
when its attention was brought to the
public, bought nearly $40, 900, 600
worth of our goods in August and
September of 1897 under the Dingley
law, while her purchases in August
and September, 800, were only trifie
over SIS, 600, 900. Italy increased her
purchases from us nearly 50 per cent
in August and September, as compar-
ed with the corresponding months of
1906 Turkey. which also protested,
followed that action by purchasing
six times as much from us in the FIRST
two months of the new law as she did
in the corresponding months of last
year. Even Japan which has made
such violent protests against certain
features Of the new law, increased her
purchases Of American goods mater
tally in August and September under
its operations, as compared with
August and September OF 1896; while
Great Britain, also one of the protest
ing countries. increased her purchases
nearly SO, 900. 900 in August and Sep
TENDER, 1897, as compared with the
corresponding months Of 1896. TAX
ing the thirteen countries which offer
ed protests against the Dingley law,
and comparing their purchases from
the United States in the first two
months OF its operations with the cor
responding months Of the preceding
year, it IS found that the purchases
from us under the new law were nearly
$25 900, 600 greater than in the cor
responding months Of last year
Free-traders. who predicted horrible
things with reference to the markets
for our own productions abroad under
the Dingley law. have not seen their
promises made good On the con-
trary, August and September expor
tations from this country to the coun-
tries which made protests against our
tariff amount to I.44o, 3o3. while
those of the corresponding months of
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