Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-04-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, April 4, 1898.

WASHINGTON, Aprli 4, 1870.
The Dingley law in its first half
year makes n good record as to its
effect upon importations, as well
as its earnings in the matter of
revenue. The official figures of
the Treasury Department covering
the first six months of the Dingley
law and comparing its operations
with the corresponding six months
of the preceding year under the
Wilson law are now for the first
time accessible. They show, to
begin with, a falling off in the i'm
portation of articles produced by
the farmer. In the classification
of "articles of food and live ami
mails" " the importations during the
first six months of the new law
amounted in value to SS1, 1O6, 723,
while in the corresponding six
months of the preceding year under
the Wilson law the importations Of
that class of articles amounted to
Sl04 ,623, 800, thus showing a re-
duction of more than S23, 600, 600
in this class of articles, most if not
not all of which are produced by
the farmers.
Another class OF citizens who
have been equally benefited by the
operations Of the new law are those
employed in manufacturing indus
tries dependent upon manufactures.
One evidence Of this is found in
the fact that the importation of
manufactured articles fell from
$50, ,45O, 800 under the Wilson law
to 500, $40, ,S64 under the Dingley
law. These figures relate, as do
those quoted above, to the first
half years operations of the
Dingley law compared with the
corresponding six months of the
preceding year under the Wilson
law.
Thus it will be seen that while
the importation of articles of farm
production fell off $23, 600, 600, the
importation of manufactured
articles fell off over $40, 100000,
the percentage of reduction being
in each case about the same and
the two classes of citizens, the
farmers and those dependent upon
manufactures being thus benefited
in like proportion.
Another evidence of the increas-
ed activity which the new law has
brought to our own manufacturers
and their employees is evident in
the increase in importation Of raw
material under the Dinglcy act.
In it's first six months the importa-
tions of raw materials for use in
manufacturing amounted to 500
1913, ,62j, while under the Wanted
Wilson law, whose author and sup
porters were especial advocates of
the ''free raw MATERIAL idea, the
importatiOns of raw material
amounted to only $40, ,5S3,617 in
the corresponding months of the
preceding year.
That the new law is operating
especially in the interests of the
farmers and those dependent upon
the manufacturing industries for
their employment is thus clearly
shown; first, in the reduction in
importation of articles of food and
live animals, which fell off 20 per
cent second, in the reduction in
the importation of manufactured
articles which compete with home
industries, the reduction in this
case being about the same; third,
in the evident increase in home in
dustries by reason of the increased
demand for raw material for their
use in manufacturing; fourth, in
the greater prosperity among the
producers resulting from the in
creased activity among manufac-
turers, and increased earnings
among their employees, as is shown
by the general advance in prices
received by farmers for their pro-
ducts.
An Enterprising Druggist.
There are few men more wide-awake