The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-10-20

ceipts of customs under the Wilson bill
under normal conditions were between
remembered that the receipts for the
last five months of that law were more
than 81, 900, 900 greater than they were for
the corresponding months of 1885, and let
it be further noticed that the revenues
fell off in the month of August, 1897, the
first month under the Dingley law, from
the average during the last five months
of the Wilson law of $40, 100000 a month
to less than 100000. Then let it be fur
Their noticed that the receipts under the
Dingley law constantly and steadily in
creased in each month until in the
months of February and March, 1898, they
amounted to more than $4,000, 900 and for
the first time in months, yes, years, un-
der normal conditions, the receipts of
the government were greater than the
expenditures, on a peace basis. Then no
tice the falling off in April, May and June
1898, when war conditions and the conse-
quent arrangement of our foreign COM
merce by reason of foreign complications
vailed, and how Immediately in July,
1898, when peace was assured, they at
once went back to more than SIS 5000, 900
and in the month of August to more
than $160O0,000.
When we consider all these facts it is
impossible to escape the conclusion that
but for the increased expenditures caused
by the war, the Dingley law would have
ylelQeu, III IdcI has
Yielded, Ample Revenue
to prevent a deficiency in expendi-
lures on a peace footing. And this con-
clusion is further strengthened by con-
sidering the detailed monthly revenues
and expenditures for the first seven and
also the last five months of the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1898. The revenue
Pacific railroad payments, was $1S6, 1000, 600
and the expenditures $240, 0OO, OOO leaving
a deficiency of a little more than $54, OO0,-
OO0 The revenue for the last five
months, exclusive of Pacific railroad pay
ments, from February 1 to July 1, 1885,
was $152,0O0,000 and the peace expendt-
lures for the last five months $14O, 600, OOO
making surplus during the last five
months of about $12, 100000. Now the sta
tistics show that receipts from internal
revenue were $2,00O,OO0 more in June, 1885,
than in May or April. Let us attribute
this increase of $1,000, 900 to the war reve-
nue. bill and 1t would leave us a surplus
on a peace footing from Feb. 1 to July
1, 1898, of, in round figures, 100000 900.
Thus we see that on the basis of peace
expenditures the Dingley bill yielded for
the last five months of the fiscal year
1898 surplus of $4,000 900. I have hereto
fore shown that but for the anticipatory
importations during the last five months
Dingley law would have been at least $780,
100000 more than they were. If this
$50, 900 had been collected the deficiency
for the first seven months Of the fiscal
year would have been only $4,000,0O0, and
there would have been for the entire first
fiscal year of the operation of the Dingley
law a net surplus of 100000.
When the Dingley bill was under con-
sideration those opposed to it insisted,
as they have always done, that it would
tageously and would reduce American
markets abroad. Let us examine this in
the light of the figures shown by the
treasury department. The new law went
into effect near the close of the month
of July, 1897 so we will consider the
entire fiscal year ending June 80, 1898, and
compare it with the preceding fiscal year.
Our total sales to other parts of the
world during the last fiscal year, the first
OF the Ddngley law, were 81 ,210, 200, as
compared with 81, 0S2, 0O0, 900 for the preced-
ing year, an increase Of sits, 900, 600.
OF the exports or sales abroad of man
ufactures, there were $685., 600 for the
last fiscal year, as compared with $277, 0O0,-
600 in the preceding year, an increase of
about $12,OOO,0OO. In spite of the assertion
Of its opponents that the Dingley law
would unfavorably affect our commerce,
we have increased our entire exports to
other parts of the world at the rate Of
nearly SIS, 900, 600, and our export of man
ufactures at the rate Of nearly $1,000, 900,
per month. For the first time in our
tured articles than we are importing, and
our total exports are the greatest in our
history, for the first time being
Double Our Imports.
Not only have our sales to other parts
of the world been greater, as I have
shown before, under the Dingley law
both of agricultural and manufactured
products, but the bill has also demon
strated its ability, under normal condi-
tons, to supply, together with the inter-
nal revenue laws as they were before the
war revenue law was enacted, sufficient
revenue to meet the ordinary expenses Of
the government, and it has at the same
the world which come into competition
with our manufactures. The total i'm
ports for the last fiscal year were $685.
OOO, 900, as against $765, OO0, 900 in the pre-
ceding year, and the imports of manu-
featured ed articles for consumption were
preceding year. Thus, while we have
been increasing our total exports more
than SITS, 900, we have decreased our
total imports by nearly $149, 000, 900 from
from what they were in 1896. While we
have increased our exports of manufac-
lures by nearly $12,OOO,OO0, we have de-
creased our imports of manufactures for
consumption by nearly So, 900, 900.
Thus we see the Dingley bill as condi-
not only provided a sufficient revenue
for the ordinary needs Of the government,
but has also, while not in the least
diminishing our foreign trade, but on the
contrary in the presence of an enormous
increase of that trade in every direction,
furnished to our domestic industries a
full and adequate measure of protection,
giving to our own people to the fullest
extent possible, or even desirable, their
own unriva1led home market.
That Lumber Schedule.
Before leaving this subject I wish to
refer briefly to that part of the bill which
particularly concerned this district. Ev-
cry interest and industry in which we
were especially interested was closely
watched and properly taken care of. On
most of these 1t was not difficult to Sc
cure proper rates, but when 1t came to
the lumber schedule it was not such easy
sailing When this schedule was being
considered in the committee I called to-
gether some Of the leading lumbermen
Of the district and conferred with them
After going over the whole matter and
considering the difference between the
conditions existing in Canada and those
existing here, 1t was found that 81 per l.
900 feet would be about fair rate and
it was determined to ask for 1t. At the
hearing before the committee in the
month of December, before my congress
sional term began, but after my election,
I appeared with a delegation Of lumber
men from all parts of the country, and
we presented our views and made our
requests. We were greatly assisted by
Mr. Tawney from the First district, and