El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-12
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But there are other facts about the
operations of the new law and it's et
feet upon wOrAingmen and -won-n,
which will be even more interest
ing.
Workingmen will BE- interested to
know that the importation of pottery
under the new law in its first six
months was reduced % per cent as
com pared with the corresponding six
months of the prec ding year under
the Wilson law, that the imporiations
of tin plate were cut down % per cent,
that the impOrta.iOns of manufactures
of fiber were reduced so per cent, tt at
q reduction of more than 40 ger cent
YVES made in the Importation of man
ufactured tobacco and hat the amount
of manufactured cotton clothing was
cut down 90 per cent as compared with
the corresponding six months of the
preceding year under the Wi son law.
All this means more work for those
employed in the manufacturing in
dustries of this country.
Working men and women also will
be Interested 10 know that the dcleful
ore dictions made by the democrats
and pOpuliSts when the Dingley
bill was under con-idera that its
addition to the tariff would reduce our
SAILS of manufactured goods abroad
buu UuuS uepToSS OuT
ind ustries, were entirely uni justified,
the expectation of manufactures in the
first six months of the new law being
actually more than in the corr espOnd
ing six months of the proceed ne year
under the low tariff Wilson law, while
II January there was an increase of
10 per cent over January of the proceed
ing year, amounting in rouad numbers
to 1923, 900, 600 against 800 600, 900 in the
preceding January.
Farmers will be interested to know
that there has been marked reduc-
ton in importation of articles of farm
production while The increased activi
uy of the factories uader the imulus
given by the new law has advance d
prices of farm production by reason of
the Increased demand. The importa-
ton of wool in the last six months was
only 81, IS6, OOO pounds against ~ 1875,
200 In the corresponding six months of
the preceding year, while in the six
months just prior to the enactment of
the new law The total importations of
wool were five times as great as those
Of the past Elk months, being 2S0, 0U0.-
700 pound in round hunters. There
Was also a large reduction in the i'm
portatiOn of sugar, in the manufacture
Of which farmers are now so much in
ter sted. amounting tt only l20, OCO, 600
pounds In the first SIX smonths of The
D.ngley law against 1903, 900, 900
pounds in the corresponding six
months of the preceding year under
tue Wilson law, while in fruits, vege-
cables, hay, chicory, and other articles
Of farm production there was also a
great eduction in the importat on.
Railroad men Will be interested to
know that the vo,e which they cast in
favor of sound mt ney and republican
doctrines IN 1896, has borne fruit in
improved conditions among railroads
and in better earnings, more employ
ment for employees and better pros
poets for their future earnings. Duns'
Review of last we e6 says IT, at railroad
earnings for the first quarter Of 1898
have bsen larger than for any like
period since reports have been ia oulat-
ed for that paper.
includes pretty much all of mankind,
will be Interested to know that the
predictions that the price of shoes
would be advanced by the duties plac-
ed upon leather ard hides by the pew
law, have not been sustained by the
fac's. The latest rel Ort on sales of
shoes in the market of the great man
ufacturing cent rs as given by the
Shoe and L ather Repor .er, show that
- mug Ih' SelV o VI VIC - tiiI =
months are the largest ever known, the
prices are in neatly every case lower
thin those of last year. Mems grain
-hoes, which sold at wholesale, at
ST Oh on January 1st of last year, un-
der the Wilson law, are reported at 81,
March % 1898, under the Dinghy
law; cree dmore splits have allen from
ST Ga January l, 1897, to 95 cents on
March %, 1898: mems buff from $l.l7t
on January |, 1897. 20 Sl.15 on March
%, 1898; wax brogans from 974 Ger is
to 92t cents: mems kip shoes from
81 10 to Sl.O74: mems split boots
from 81 30 to Sl.25; me7's kip boots
from ST .35 to $1.30: wOmen's grain shc es
huff shoes from 80 cents to 10 cents.
The report adds that such quantities
have been sold that the fl ctories are
busy for q LON time ahead. :,