Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-06
IMPORTS ARE LESS.
They Have Dropped Back to Nor.
NAL Protection Figures
Raw Material Rushed I'm Under the
Low Rates at the Wilson
Law During It's
Last Days.

The last report OF the bureau OF sta
tistics Of the treasury department
shows that the importers neglected no
opportunity in that closing month To
either put money in their own pockets
or take away from the Diugley law its
earning capacity during its first few
months. The Importation into the
United States in the month of July,
1877, amounted 10 S53.spO.407. of " hich
very large proportion Was made up OF
articles which come in at lower rates
under the Wilson law than under the
Dingley law. which they knew would
go into operation by the close of that
month.
One special feature of the Wilson law
was its effort to bring in free of duty
what is usually termed raw MATERIAL
that is, materials in crude condition
for use in manufacturing. The July.
1897. Importation of this particular class
of articles was double that of July. 1896.
while in the seven months ending with
July, 1897, the increase of free raw ma
terial amounted TO SIS 900 .0O0 or an i'm
crease of over so per cent. for the entire
seven months of the calendar year. 1897.
Ii will be interesting to see in what
particular articles the people who were
trying TO avoid paying the new duties
under the Dingley law, especially dealt.
Take the matter of live animals, for i'm
stance. The value of the live animal
imported in the month of July, 1897
amounted 10 1854 ,OOO, 900. while in July,
! 1896, they amounted TO only S73 900 600
The cattle imported in July, 1897. mum
bered 27Tl0. while in July. 1896. they
numbered only 3,O7l. This was the last
chance of the importers TO gauge the
| farmers by rushing i'm Mexican cattle
at the low rates of the Wilson law and
| by undertaking them, bringing them
in almost free of duty. The number OF
sheep imported in July, 1897. was 39.os4.
! against 4,05S in July of the preceding
| year. The importations OF raw cotton
| during July, 1897, amounted to G.5O5,-
90S pounds, against / ,764, 100 i'm July of
the preceding year, this being due,
| doubtless, 10 the expectation that the
duty on cotton which was placed in
| the bill by the senate would be retained
! by the conference committee. The in
/ crease in cotton cloths was also strongly
marked, though not as great rs i'm raw
cotton, the qualities imported i'm July,
1897, being 2.2sl,0oo yards. against
! 1,s44,S]O yards in July, 1896. The in
crease i'm the duty on vegetable fbres,
such as flax, hemp, etc, stimulated the
dealers in that class of goods TO unusual
activity, the July imports of this class
amounting TO 81 100000 against 5000, 900
of the corresponding month of last year.
The duty placed upon hides of course
I stimulated the importation Of this ar
ticle during the closing days Of July,
before the new law went into effect.
The total imports of hides, other than
! fur skins during the month of July
amounted TO II ,43I,162 pounds against
/ 9.2O0,0G1 in the corresponding month OF
: 1896. The imports of hides during the
entire seven months of the calendar
| 1892 All pounds in the CORES ponding
months Of the preceding year.
The last shot that the wool importers
and wool producers Of foreign countries
could get at the American farmer under
the free wool clause Of the Wilson law,
was shown in the imports Of wool dur.
ing July. 1897. being over 10000 .OOC
pounds, rs against BASS. 900 pounds in
the corresponding month of last year
For the seven months of 1897. ending
with July, the imports of wool amount
ed to 316,OOO,OOO pounds, as against
100000, 900 pounds i'm the CORES pondinl
1onths Of the perceding years.
The above statement showing the i'm
portation of a few of the thousands oil
articles brought in during the closing
/ days and hours OF the operation OF the
| Wilson law are given for the purpose of
indicating the large quantity Of for
! eign goods which the Dingley law found
! in the country and which. of themselves.
must reduce the prices received by pro-
! ducers, and also by way Of explanation.
| If any explanations necessary, of the
! fact that the customs earnings of the
| Dinglcy law are, and naturally must be.
| light during the first few months of its
| operation. Indeed the wonder is that
| they have been as great as they are dur
| ing the two months IN which this law
has now been upon the statute books.
Charles -. King
IMr. Bryan seems TO be about the