New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-29
NO TARIFF RETALIATION.
FOREIGN COUNTRIES INCREASING THEN
PURCHASES.
MOST OF THE NATIONS WHICH PRoTESihD
AGAINST THE DINGI-EY LAW NO"
ING MORE AMERICAN GOODS THAN
THEY BOUGHT UNDER THE
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11-ash,no.on March 2S-The foreign protest.
apoinst the protective features OF the D"s'e' 80
and implied threats OF retaliation aoou. 49,
Democratic statesmen were so eloquent uu.' w.
closing weeks or the consideration OF that meas
ure evidently meant nothing.
The details OF the first six months OF l"'e'e"
commerce under that law show that the 'hrea.'
OF foreign countries to exclude American proo', y,
I'm case OF IT'S enactment were only piui '
tho countries which made these protestS WIN
or .ro ,rienr executions increased their purchases
from the United States In the first SIX ino''"' VI
the protective Dingley law as comparch Win ."o
corresponding months OF the preceding year uhue'
the lcw-tnrin Wilson law, despite the ract 'na'
their sales to this country fell OF materially uh"e
the high-tariT rates OF the Dingley law. IN SUI
cases, where the protests were most 'lgoIo"'' Wv
countries making them have purchaser iro" u"
United States within the last six months as nut"
as they were accustomed to purchase IN an eh'"o
year prior to tho enactment Of the Ding'ey law.
Austria Hungary. for instance. which up TO lSs'
never purchased in a single year more thah s-'"''
900 Of American productions. took s2eso5I IN the
first six months following the enactment OF the
Dingley law
Switzerland. which had never taken more thah
$4,000 and seldom half that much. purchased slZ''
4S6 in tho first half-year under the operations OF
the D.ngley Law.
Japan which prior to 1897 never took as much
six months OF the Dngley law s9.on.4SS for Ameri-
can products
Belgium which also protested, has taken more
in the half-year under the operations OF the
Dinghy law than her average annual purchases
from 1892 to 1897.
Denmark whose purchases averaged about 5000
900 a year between 1s9? and 1897. has taken over
s6OoO.O 900 in the six months OF the new law covered
by the figures OF the Treasury Department
Germany. whose protests were especially v'gor-
GUS and looked upon highly important. averaged
about s9o.coo,c0 year in purchases between 1892
and 1897. but has In the first half-year under the
Dngley law taken over ss3oo0G1O worth OF Ameri-
products despite the fact that her sales TO the
United States under the tariff decreased about
% per cent in those first six months. AS compared
with the corresponding months OF the preceding
year under the Wilson law.
France. which has averaged about $50 1000
year IN purchases since 1892. took in the first six
months under the Dngley law 53.7s7.433 OF Ameri-
products.
The Netherlands. which took $50 10000 Of Ameri-
exports IN 1895 and s3s 100000 in 1896. has taken
100000 in the first half-year under the Dngley
law.
Italy. whose purchases have averaged about el5.-
10000 annually during the last decade. took over
sl2 900 in the first haf-year under the Dngley
law.
Turkey. which. Ike all OF the other countries
named above. protested against certain features OF
the Dngley bill during its consld eration. has taken
moro OF American exports In the frs; six months
OF the operations OF the law than she has taken in
any single year since l&s.
Only two Of the countries protesting. China and
Argentina have taken less in the first six months
Of the operation of the new law than they took
in the corresponding six months Of last year;
while reviewing the entire list OF protesting coun-
tries II is found that their total purchases In that
time have increased SIS 10000 compared with
the corresponding SIX months OF the last year Of
the lOw-ariff Wilson law.
The following table shows the value OF American
exports In the first six months OF the Dingley law
the fourteen countries which offered formal pro-
tests against IT, and compares the amount OF those
exports with those OF the corresponding six months
OF the preceding year under the Wilson law.