The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-02-23
INCREASED REVENUE.
RESULTS OF THE DINGLeY BILL EN-
TlRElY SATISFACTORY.


pies Begin to Assume Their Normal Pro-
portions.
What an answer the government re.
,eipts for January offer to the calamity
croakers and deriders of the Dingley
tariff bill
The receipts from customs duties for
the month were approximately sl5.-
900, 900. That is only about 81, 900, 900
short of the receipts from customs du.
ties under the German Wilson tariff in
January, 1896. 1t should be borne in
mind in this connection that the re-
ceipts from customs under the Dingley
law have not yet reached the normal
stage. The stocks of goods imported
during the last few months of the life
of the Democratic tariff act and in an
ticipa.ion of the increased rates to come
under the present tariff have not been
exhausted. Only small importations of
sugar have been made during any month
stree the Dingley law went upon the
statute books
Then look at the total receipts of rev.
anues under the new conditions made
\by'iscNublican legislation
The Tatel receipts for January are
approx SNly s87. 900, 600 During
January of 696. under free trade con-
ditions, the Total receipts were approx
mately 500, 200, 900.
Assistant Secretary Howell of the
treasury de J3hrtment, who is in charge
of the Gust ans branch of the govern
ment, is hig lily elated over the excel
lent results For the greater part OF
January the daily receipts from customs
averaged abos,t 5000, 900, and this fact
gave Mr.. Hwell much satisfaction.
"These figures are gratifying to all
friends of the Dingley tariff, I" said Mr.
Howell, land they will improve when
wool begins to cpme in after the present
stock in the country has been exhausted.
The expectation that the expenditures
of the government During January would
cause deficit on a lcount of the pension
payments aggregating more than $12,-
600, 900 and the il serest payments of
more than So, 900, O0A have not been re-
allied. The outlook for the remaining
months of the current fiscal year is very
promising.
The members of the Democratic mi
nority in the house of representatives
cannot resist the temptation to indulge
in comment about the strikes in the cot
ton mills of New England. They de-
cline TO consider the fact that the de-
preston in the eastern cotton mills is
caused by the development of the cot
ton milling industry with lower wages
and longer hours, in the south They
attribute it wholly to what they term
the ruin and waste which follows
protective tariff legislation. -
Representative Simpkins Of Massa-
chusetts made a remark in the course of
discussion of this question the other
day which caused great hilarity in the
Democratic camp. Mr.. Simpkins had
said that according TO his belief strikes
were more certain TO follow under pro-
lection than under free trade. The
Democrats imagined for a moment that
a great point had been made for their
favorite doctrine, and they gleefully
shouted that he should repeat the state
ment.
Mr. Simpkins promptly said that he
would repeat it, and he did so with en-
phasis. 1t was received with howls of
free trade JOY. Then the Massachusetts,
member proceeded to say that under
free trade the wage earners knew it was
useless for them TO strike for increased
wages. Under Democratic tariffs the
workingmen were glad to get a little
employment at such wages as the mill
owners could afford to pay, but under
protection industrial conditions improv
ed, the mills were operated on full time,
and the workingmen promptly took the
opportunity for insisting upon increases
in wages And what is also true and
TO the point, increases in wages take
place only under protection.
So far as has been learned no Demo
cratic statesman has been wholly pleased
with that statement of facts.
General Grosvenor of Ohio, member
of the committee on ways and means.
had considerable enjoyment telling the
Democratic members of the house and
the country some facts about the inn
provement in business conditions since
the Dingley tariff became law. Incl
dentally he gave the Populists from the
west some valuable facts about the rise
in the price of live stock since times i'm.
proved under the beneficent influences
of Republican legislation. The free
trade shouters were not pleased with
Mr.. Grosvenors presentation of the
facts.
= timony is pouring in showing bet
- l'-oaditions among workingmen
:s%sroushout the country Senator Gull
IN ma(ze q speech in the senate on Fri
ssv, -. 90, in which he quoted from
che Ifket reports to show increased
prioes for nearly all the staple products
OF the farm in January, 1898, over the
prices for like articles in July of 1896.
The senator also printed two pages of
The Congressional Record with closely
itemized statements showing increased
wages in the mills and factories of the
country and improved conditions in
manufacturing activities during each
month since the Dingley law was passed.