The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09
OUR FARM PRODUCTS
NOW FIND AN INCREASED
MARKET ABROAD.
All other Expectations Have Likewise
Increased While Imports Have De-
creased, Despite the Democratic Claim
That Protective Tariff Would Ruin
Our Foreign Market.
washington letter.

ers and also as relates to the revenues
of the government A document just
issued by the treasury department
showing the September importations
points out that there has been a mark
ed falling off in the importations of
numerous articles Of farm produce
compared with September of last year,
whlle the expectation of the products
of agriculture has increased very great
ly, despite the insistence of free trad
ers that an increase in our tariff rates
| would damage our markets abroad The
september expectations Of agricultural
| products amounted to S74,261 ,573,
against $50, 529, SOS in the correspond
| ing month of last year. While the gem
eral expectations of domestic merchan-
disc increased 25 per cent in September
over those of the same month last
year, the increase in farm products was
| even greater, being, as will be seen by
| the above figures, about 40 per cent In
| September of 1897 agricultural prod
| uctS formed Y per cent Of the total ex-
portations, while in September, 1896,
| the total expectations. In Importation
of farm products there has been a
| marked decrease in many articles. The
| September importation of manufact-
ured cotton fell off So per cent, being
| but 5S1 ,903 pounds, against 1889
pounds in September of last year. The
| importation of fax, hemp and other
| -, ,,0I
| amounted to less than oae-th,id CT that
of last year, being $4,000 in value in
| September, 1897 against nearly 2l,000,-
600 in September, 1896. The importa-
| ton of flax, which amounted to $685.
| 729 in September 1896, dropped TO SAL
| $50 in September, 1897. The m22ufact-
ures of flax, hemp, jute, etc, imported
| in September, 1897, were but Cac-half
| in value of those of September, 1896,
being but S1,142,174, against 81 139, $50.
| The importations Of sugar in Saptem-
| Der, 1897, amounted to less than ST.
| 100000, against over $S,000,000 in Sep
| TENDER, 1896, while those Of vegetables
dropped from S14S,345 in September,
1896, to $S9,99i in September of the
present year OF course the most no.
ttceable decrease is in wool, which fell
from 4,795,47G pounds III September OF
last year to 2,505,673 pounds in Sep
| TENDER, 1897, while the manufactures
! of wool fell off in a much larger ratio,
being in value but $536, 1898 Of the pres
ent year, against S2,066,101 in Septem-
| Der, 1896.
In the matter of exports there has
| been a marked increase in almost
every line of farm production. The
! September expectation OF cattle
amounted to $3,272, 1868, against $780,
| 100 in September of last year. The
value of the horses exported was $685.
| 492. against 1924, 315 in the correspond
| ing month OF 1896. The expectation OF
barley amounted to $1,044,S22, against
| $7SS, 431 in September of last year;
| corn, S6,200,723, against $3,962,612 in
| September of last year. The exporta-
| ton of corn meal increased from SAT-
| $50 in value to $119,46l; oats from
| $201 ,677 to S1,641 ,069 in September,
| 1897: oatmeal from 3,012,97S pounds in
| September, 1896, to 5,516,969 pounds in
September. 1897. The expectation OF
rye practically doubled, being in value
S319,322 in September of last year,
against S626,14O in September of the
present year. OF hops the expectation
in September, 1897, was more than four
times in value that of September, 1896.
being S65, 265, against $15,45S. OF ba-
con the expectations were in Septem-
Der, 1897 over 50,000,00O pounds,
against 81 100000 pounds in September
of 1896. OF hams the pounds exported
in September, 1897, was over 17,OOO,-
600, against 100000 in September OF
last year, while the expectation Of but
ter jumped from 3,494,532 pounds in
September. 1896, to 1888, 467 pounds in
September, 1897.
At the treasury department the new
law is proving equally satisfactory. The
receipts are steadily increasing and for
the month of November average fully
a million dollars for each business day,
while there Is every reason To expect
that the increase in the importation OF
manufactured articles and sugar which
will come with the beginning OF the
new year will add from SS,0Oo,Oo0 to
$40 900 900 per month to the receipts,
thus bringing them above the require
ments for the running expenses OF the
government and putting the treasury
again in position TO accumulate SUI
ficient surplus to carry on the business
of the government with safety and re-
duce somewhat at least the indebted
ness incurred under the Wilson law by
liberal contributions to the sinking
fund and the creation of such a surplus
os vii, he needed to meet the outstand-