New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-07
FACTS HIT THEORIES HARD.
HOW THE FREE TRADERS JUGGLE WITH
TREASURY FIGURES.
THE INCREASE IN EXPLORATIONS NOT 80 Sat
IsrY1No WHEN VIEWED IN CoNNEc'
TON WITH ALL THAT THE OF.
r1c1AL STATISTICS SHOW.
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TON WITH ALL THAT THE OF
FIc1AL STATISTICS SHOW.
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Washington, June 6.-The Free Traders on inc
remocratic side Of the Senate continue TO WORK
~. treasury figures which show increase IN
exnortations making this now their chiet areu-
ment against the protective theory as eNe"p.''e"
IN the pending Tariff BILL Senators Canery' gray
ZONES and Vest have during the last week e"pa
tiated at length on the remarkable grown - ,ho
exportation Of American manufactures "iiuei -,
Wilson law and they assume that TINS ihcIea'e "
due IN some mysterious way. 10 the reuuoeu 80,
on importations While II is lac' ''"' w
value of expectations Of domestic ,,,rH
has Increased since the enactment oi ''o 49,,
law the statesmen who paraoe hsu,.S' 80, ar.
oorrec, sometimes incorrect. upon this su''e.' a.
.o,,u % on,, details as TO the causes OF inc III
crease An ANALYSIS Of the foreign commerce Vi '"o
Tinted States in manufactured arucies '".eo
enactment of the Wilson law furnishes an array y.
facts which not only fail to sustain 'heir .neo'' ~
prove that the increase is not que u '"e 'r a,,o
~ new markets abroad by reason OF our 'eu"
- 4, ,or,1 rates There are three distinct causes
Gov the increase OF the expectation OF domesuc man
ufactures of the United States during the last '"' -
three years: -, ..,,or,,.,on
.as,,,rad GOODS from abroad. thus compeil-
a.. American manufacturers either TO seek d '"a'
Ls, outside OF their own country or else 10 suSpe"u
operations. ,, e.. ,or,oir
second-The increased prices received ior oe' can
articles which have been for years exported III
large quantities this advance In price makiie "
much larger increase In the receip'S IMAM " ~
actual quantities exported ..,
Th,rd-The special demand abroad ior af"o,es
more readily supplied by the uniteo o'"'eS ""' -
any other country of the world
IMPORTS UNDER THE WILSON LAW.
That the increase in importation of manufactures
goods under the reduced rates OF the WILSON, Id"
should have had the effect OF FORCING amer 'o''
manufacturers to seek market aoio"u 10 "i
narent from an examination Of the stausucs Vi
,r,nor,s since the Wilson law went into erect,
The ,mportations classified by 1.-The Statsucal
Abstract" as articles manufactured reau' 'o
consumption' and articles OF voluntary use
Injuries etc." increased in the fiscal year 1870 over
$50 900 OO as compared with the last hsc"' !e"
under the Mckinley law-ls4 The impor'auohs
90 or,,c,es manufactured ready for consumption IN
$50. amounted to 500 800 49, and In 1886 10 siVo'1'i'
while in articles of voluntary use, iuXuries' W,
the increase was from S69o9lN9 in 1894 70 so',-'--
IN 1904 This enormous increase or sSlVV"o III 'ie
tmportations of manufactured arhcies Is VI 10,
suf3cent TO crowd out Of the country mahulac'uieu
rooas N tho amount OF the increase thus boasteo
=, The exportation Of domestic manufactures III
the fiscal year 1894. under the Mckinney law was
Nss12s sos and in 1896. s22S5n,l7S showing an III
creasa Of exportation of manufactured articles
enual only about One-nall inc iiiNie'''0 40 $50
variations of manufactured articles
To mn, {, In n single sentence there was an IN
crease of over sSDCOOOU in mportations OF manu-
featured goods and an increase OF Ao"UVN III ca
portations of manufactured goods Ever! uo''"i
worth Of increase in expectation or oofnes'ic man"
features was preceded by two dollars worth VI
increased importation Of foreign manufactures
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS GO HAND IN HAND
During the enormous importations Of last March
Cd
months in the history of the country the exporta-
zion of manufactured articles was also greater
than in any other months In the history OF t'ie
country This fact is recognized IN an ar'ioie
from The New,i9rk Journal m b e' Congressional
Record" in the debate of last week. Inc ar'ic'e
SThe total for the month has been surpaassssd SEQ
only once in the recent commercial history OF the
United States; this during the month OF MatcH
precedine when the great amount Of imports Imports nat
uraly invited counter-movement OF snuoi Gros
This fact is further shown by the oHlcial nsuIes
NJ me bureau of Statistics. which indicate that
IN The very articles in which occurred the large
p W6 @sers Of the Wilson law the in i'm
por,atons much greater In mn3er o. cop p
FAX hemp. glass, iron, steel leather. paper woo r,
rubber. tobacco wool agrcuItupaa npbn increase
OF importations in 1896 over lSi was more 'na.i
aonSS ine Hears and this Is true with large
proportion OF the manufactured articles WHO" "'o
shown increase in expor'atoh
Another cause OF the apparent Increase in ex-
nortations is the fact that the prices ootalhea
hroad for certain lines OF manufactures have very
largely increased in the last two years, thus making
a phenomenal increase in the receipts WINE Ill
noint OF fact there has not been great increase
in the expectations OF the arucies 'heins I,'e-
while nobody objects TO the fact that American
manufacturers are getting better prices abroad Tor
their goods the theory Of the Free IIad ei as
sumes that low tariff Will open new markets. anu
III.
II is a remarkable fact, however that me arucies
~n,cn M as measured by collars. show an actual
FALLING off in expectation as measured D! qul
s,pec show an increase OF $so0o in the receipts
for Illuminating oil exported IN 1870 oa az ndp The
Mckinley law; yet the quantity exported 6 1ae S Of
aStqay oil less expo 59eh in \" s was sS and
in 6eng t an nG Snneti IL. oil per by the
Of gallons exported in 1891 $50 $685. while in
A' The same is true OF naphtha. which Increased
materially in the number OF dollars receMeo. out
ported The total expectations OF mineral OILS man
fractured actually decreased m S as bnm n
creased aG d % per being s2$ai s sos in
articles for instance sole Leather the exports 0 o.
which were ,s De1 1875 S s over p '@ While the
OF pounds decreased full million beng aSS. sw
Variation prices OF Illuminating oil we're 90 per cent
higher in 1896 than in 1894, and those OF hapnr. III,
~ ~ cnnt cher while those of many other art-
Giles were also materially increased
THE WHOLE STORY TOLD.
Tho Senators who Insisting that the low tar"i
has caused an Increase IN explorations OF manu-
fac,ured articles do 10 have looked further
than the last TWO years 10 see whether there mas
been a corresponding Increase in expectation OF
roanufac,ures under protection Had they done 50
they would have found some figures which would
have spoiled their theories. Fer instance Senator
Vest who recently called special attention TO the
increase In expectation Of manufactures OF IRON ana
steel would perhaps be astonished 10 find that the
.xnor,a,ion OF bar iron increased from 1892 10 1894
under Inc Mckinley aw ia pc, cent while IRON rom
IS per cent The expectation OF iron plates and
Sheets increased from 1892 TO 1884 s2 PEI cent ana
,ion of steel plates and sheets increased from ISs
70 1sS, 40 per and from 1884 10 1896 ony o.
- .inr, Of fne