The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1897-12-02

something which WAS net done in
anv period Of the Wilson law.
Sunday night. Mr. Massey is one of
, the mos. substantial cit:z-ns of Stone
county. Tie was on his way ~
Douglass Count, tn visit sou who
+; lives in that county. also 10 buy some
cattle.
,, EXPLORATIONS INCREASE UNDER
THE New LAW.
One curious dcvelUpenlent since
the ucw tariff law went iutO effect and
one in IS which the nIci,. hers Of Cong
ress, when they come iCgsthrr
for the regular session, vii. tie iutcr-
es;ed. is the increase in expectations
to those countries which Offrcd pro-
tetts against the Dingley tariff Till
aud which, it was claimed, would ex-
ciude American products unless the
tariff hill should be shape: to suit
their wishes. There were thirteen
nations which offered formal protc.ts
against the tariff bill, probably a larg-
CIR number than ever before. Curious
ly, All examination Of the records of
our commerce since the new law went
into effect shows that ia the face Of
nearly every country thus protesting
our sales have Increased under the
Dingley law instead uf decreasing. rs
was predicted hy the opponents of
that measure AUSTRIA IL hungary,
which was on. OF the first countries
t" Offer protests against the new law
.n> bought from us nearly twice as
much IN the first Two ga nuths Of its
"p rsiiOns M size ia the cOrr"s-
pointing months uI last Year. BEL
gium. which aisn entered protest
against the new Law. bougi, over $ll.
OUO.OOO worth ot our products in
August and September under the
Dinsicv law, while she bought but
little over S5.O0U,O0O worth in \ ux.
and -,ci,, 1896, under tue Wilson law.
F. ne whici, also protested against
...-r,s Eca'ur-s OF :.e bill, bought
.; b. o3l il, vu;ue fro,n Us in Sep
-.sn,'. 1896. under the Wilson law,
,.,i t''ok *l4,25O.Ou0 worth from us
ia tt same months Of 1897 under
the Diug;ey law. Germany, whose
,-ntcst was much talked of when its
s;'nn,ion was ,r,'usf,b To the public.
bought nearly S2U,05I.000 worth OF
our goods in August ani September
Of 1897 under the Ding'ay law, willie
i,er purchases in August aud Sep
tc,nbor. 1896, were only trifc over
$16,O0C,OOO. italy incrc:s Il her pur-
rhases from ms nearly 50 per cent. in
August and September. as c"mpar-
ed with the corresponding manihs Of
1896. Turkey, sliice also protested
followed that action by purchasing
six times as much from IL III the first
two months Oi the new law as she
e:i,t in the corresnon;iiug months of
last year. Even Jspan, which has
made such violent protests against
certsiu features Of the new law, i'll
creased her purchases of American
goods materially III August and Sep
temper under it's operation, "a COM
pared with August and September
OF 1886; white <.roa: Britain, alsO one
Of the protesting countnics. increased
her purchases nearly $6.OO0,OO in
August aud September, 1897, as com-
p red with the corresponding months
of 1896. Tnklng :lIe thirteen coun,its
- '.:' offered PROTESTS against the
II: ::!ey law. and comparing their
a. uses from the United States in
IL .ir>, Two ni.." las al it- operations
,:ta The corresponding months Of
. ,,roc, e,iing " ar, il is found that
tl..- purchases from ITS under The new
la we're nearly s,25.OOO.OUO greater
ti,n,. III the cot:esp"uiiug months of
las, year.
The Democratic statesman who
were laughing in heir sleeves during
the consideration OF the Dinxley law
over the fact that a dozen or more
countries had threatened to rctaiitate
by excluding our products from
their ports in case this country again
adopted y high tariff against their
prodacis laugh no longer. An exam
inetion of the books Of the Treasury
Department shows that our exports
to those countries in the tirst two
months of the Dinglcv law were far
in excess Of our cxp"rtutions to these
same countries in the corresponding
two months of last year under the
Wilson law, thus justif. ing the Re-
publicsns in thcir belief that the
threats of retaliation were ground
less,
The workings OF the new tariff law
are proving extremity satisfactory.
"a &. n. . ~, ~h 0ro be-, y,