The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1898-04-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence.

! ing the past month, it may be inter-
cstins to turn aside for moment 10
consider that subject which, at this
time last year, was engro. .sing pub
lie attention, the new tariff.
1t is a subject which will especially
interest the farmers just new, for the
new Jaw, having teen in operation
for more than a half-year, i: is
practicable to begin to measure its
effect upon all classes and especially
] upon the great industries Of agricult-
ure manufacturing,
The Treasury-Department has just
issued statement covering in detail
the operations of work, also showing
the importations and expectations
for January of the present year. 1t
is especially interesting to tho farmer
! because it gives him an insight into
the work of the new tariff law COM
pared with that which proceeded it
and particularly rs to its effect upon
his own industry.
Some facts relative to tho first six
months work Of the law have been
already alluded 70, but it is well
enough in this connection to point
out tho fact that the total importa-
tions of articles of food and live
animals in the first half-year Of the
new law fell nearly $2O.OOO,O0O as
compared with the corresponding
six months Of the preceding year
under the Wilson law.
Is is proper to assume that the now
law had come into fair working
order by tho tim. 1t reached it's six
month, AID as the Treasury report
Just iseued covers the sixth month OF
it's operation in detail, we will con-
sided that alone, comparing it with
the corresponding montl, of the pre-
c-eding year hnucr the Wilson law (.
The sixth month un,ler the new tariff
law is January, 1898.
The articles of food and live
animals imported in January, 1898.
under til. Dingley law amounted to
to $l2, 2,l93.i4S in value against SIS,
4O8, 2Sc in value in the january of
the proceeding year under tie Will
son law.
Now for details: The importutions
of horses in January, 1898. under the
Dinglcy law amounted to only $lO,-
97S, in the value against $21,364 in
January Of the preceding year an-
der the wilson law. Meantime the
exports of horses iu January, 1898,
amonted to $562, ,14O as against $685.
295 in the proceeding Jaunary, thus
showing n reduction of 81 per cent
in the importation of horses nndor
the new law and an increase of 50
per cent in the expectation of horses.
The importatiOns of sheep in January
of the present year were $l9,265
against $31,3l9 in tho corresponding
months Of last year. OF Barley the
importations in January were only
5000 bushels against 16l,625 BUSH
els in the preceding Jauary under
the Wilson law. OF oatmeal tue JAM
uary, 1899, ,impOrtatiOns impOrtations
were only $40 lbs. against 1892 lbs.
in the correspondent month Of the
preceding year, while the exportat-
ions OF oatmeal increased from 3,777
7S8 lbs. in January, 1887, to 7,l49,-
| 3O2 lbs. in 1898. OF chicory, the Jan
uary, 1898, Imports were only 3,055 lbs
against 844,O35 in January Of the
preceding year. There was slight
falling off in the importation ofcGgs'
| the number being, in January last,
2O.267 dozen against 2l,O72 dozen III
the preceding January, while the ex-
ports in January, 1898, were 163,O68
dozen against 69,s75 dozen in the
preceding January. OF flax, the
January, 1898, importations were 2s8
tons against 410 tons In January,
in 1897. OF hay, the importations
last January were Sc tons against
1884, tons in the preceding January
while the expectations of hay in
creased from S74,922 in January, in
1897. 10 1874, 21O in the value in JAM
uary, 1898. The inportations of dairy
products last January were $l27,754
in value against $lss. .923 in the preced
ing January; those of wool II 1,07o,l26
lbs. against 20 ,s74, 1929 in January ofthe
preceding year, AMI sugar l51 ,40S,-
623 lbs. in January, 1898, against 21e,
4SO,75 lbs. in January,1S97. The
importations Of fruits in January
1898 amounted to $65!,292 against
1922, 524 in tho preceding January,
while the exports of fruits amounted
in January, 1898 to 1886, 7s0 against
1925 23o in the preceding January
showing a gain in exports and re-
duction in imports.