The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

tyllNNN nN% products and the
amount Of such com.
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The March importations of wool in 1897
were 6S,OS5,839 pounds. against 17,7S1.-
54I pounds in March, 1890, and against
only Sass, AIS pounds in the last March
Of the Mckinley law. The importations
OF rags, no!ls, etc, in March, 1897, was
8. .466, ,481 pounds. against 1.6O4 pounds In
the last March Of the Mckinley law.
These quantities Of free wool and shoddy
now in stock here are not particularly
cheering to the growers of good American
wool. for II will be some months before
they can be absorbed by the country and
place made for the home product. The
number Of cattle imported in March, 1897.
under the Wilson law was $780, while
in March, 1904, under the Mckinley law
the number imported was 81. The num-
Der Of pounds of hides imported in March,
1897, In view Of the prospective duty on
u
ms In March Of the last year of the Nc
kinley law. amounting to nearly three
million dollars in value The hay import.
ed In March. 1895. 1896 and 1897, under
the Wilson law was over 10000 tons.
averaging about three times as much 40
was imported In the last March of the
Mckinley law. The world, according to
ibis official report, is being raked over to
ind wool to be brought to this country
before the new tariff law goes into effect
he, imp0rtations Of wool during March,
1897, came from Austria Hungary, Bel.
GUM. Denmark, France, Germany. Italy,
Portugal, Roumania, Baltic Russia.
Spgin. England, Scotland, Ireland, Nova
Scotia, tho = A-s-ss s:;era ports. Dutch West
Indies, Argentine, Brazil, Chill, Peru.
Uruguay. Venezuela, China, British East
Indies, Asiatic Russia, Turkey In Asia,
British Australia, British Africa, Egypt.
This is pretty fair showing.
Among other things this summary pre-.
s1nts table Of especial interest to agri.
culturists. 1t shows the monthly average
prices Of the principal articles Of merchan-
disc imported and exported during the
past year. Extracts from the table are
given below, tho exports representing
their market value at the date Of expor.
tation, while the imported articles repre-
sent their values In foreign markets. This
latter fact should be born in mind con-
stantly in examining the comparative fs.
ures as the prices Of imported articles ap-
pear low, until 1t Is remembered that the
values given relate to the prices In foreign
,,lnt lN -, lad D..
added, for freight, tariff, handling and
dealers profits, before they reach the
consumer in this country.
Com parative Tables.
Table showing average values Of COM
moditcs Of farm export in April, 1896.
and IN March, 1897:
, April: 1896. April, 1897.
wheat WReat -four. per Dbl. :.ssy:so s4ii2
HHop; :...;:..II.ss cents 1913 cents
cheese per peril 'F' ~ cent: lSs cent: cent?
Leaf tobacco. ........7.4 cents 10 cents
Table showing average prices in for
cign markets of commodities which farm.
ers consume, in April, 1896. and March.
1897:
ctH,, AD,''' 1896. 4Ps,,; d.1,,. 1897.
Coffee .;.,;....:.:.;,'ld.S li2
Picked herrings. lb..3.0 rs
Mackere per b.....1.2 D..
Dress goods, per yd .sO.I 7.o
1t will be seen from the above that the
selling price of practically everything
which the farmer has had to put upon the
market has increased during the year and
that the buying price of things which he
consumes has decreased.
The State Department is in receipt Of q
communication from the United States
consul at Odessa, Russia, to the effect
that large quantities Of Russian wool Of
inferior quality are being shipped to this
country and the manufacturers Of the
country are cautioned accordingly.
The proposed duty on the quantity Of
rawhide which would be used in the man
ufacture of n pair Of shoes is estimated at
about 8 cents. Only about one-ffth, how
ever. of the hides used in this country are
imported, so that the increased cost Of .
pair of shoes by reason of the duty would
probably not be more than one or two
cents. The average man probably uses
about three pairs Of shoes per year Does
anybody particularly object to paying
from three to six cents toward the sup.
port of the Government In its present
extremity, especially in view Of the great
advantage accruing to the farmer2
One Reason Gold IL Exported.
II is but reasonable, with the importa.
tiop, of foreign goods increasing SO enor-
mously in anticipation Of the repeal Of
the Wilson low tariff rates and the en-
actment Of a protective tariff. that gold
exports have increased. The foreign
goods brought into the country must BE-
paid for in gold. and If such importations
increase from ten to twenty millions a
month. 1t goes without saying that gold
exports must increase somewhat. Sew
eral other reasons, notably the desire for
accumulations of gold In Europe by rea.
son of war possibilities, show that there
is nothing alarming In the exports Of that
metal, and no cause for the note Of alarm
being sounded by the silver advocates..
The quantity Of gold money In 1873 was
81, ,2O9, 800, 900. while in 1896 It was 3d.
60S. zoe, 900, being in 1895 80 per cent
greater than the gold and silver money.
combined In 1873.
Secretary Wilson's latest move 10 In
making practical investigation to deter
mine sections Of the country most adapt.
ed to the production Of the best quality