The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07

manufacturers In other lines Is found
In . statement made by DR.. Wilson,
the head Of the Philadelphia CONNER
cial museums, and also the director Of
the export exposition: Our chief diff
ficulty in the preliminary work Of the
exposition" said he, was in the fact
that the manufacturers of the coun-
try were so busy that many Of them
could not find time and the necessary
force Of employees with which to pre-
pare exhibits satisfactory to them
selves, while in many other cases our
requests for exhibits were met with
the statement that, since they are now
months behind with their orders, the
display of their products would merely
add to their temporary embarrassment
by bringing them still greater ex-
cess Of orders over their capacity for
production. In the great iron and steel
manufacturing industries we found
that many Of the establishments had
from six to eighteen months orders
ahead, and that they were working to
their fullest capacity and unable to
increase their product without an in
crease in machinery, which, Of course.
cannot be made in a moment"
In the iron and steel industry the
figures Of our exports show that the
extreme activity Of manufacturers ex-
tends not alone to the home market.
but to that supplied by other parts Of
the world. The expectation of manu-
features Of iron and steel in the eight
months ending with August, 1899.
amount to $66S, 008.971, against $751;
925,082 in the corresponding months
Of 1898, $40,757, 800 in the correspond
ing months Of 1897, and $29, 957, 900 in
the corresponding months Of 1896.
A still further evidence which our
foreign commerce figures show Of the
activity of our manufacturers is found
In the rapid increase in the importa-
ton Of materials used by manufacture
ers. The importations of fbers for use
in the manufacturing industries in the
eight months ending with August, 1899,
amounted to $14,377,75S, against $11.-
9S9,146 in the corresponding months of
1898 and 1851, SIG in the correspond
ing months of 1897; hides and skins.
$32.6o6.S2O. against $27,747.0S4 in the
corresponding months of 1898 and $22,-
637 ,286 in the corresponding months
Of 1897; india rubber, $22,S60,318
against 7,418,404 in the eight months
Of 1898 and $13.1O0,645 in the CORE
spending months Of 1897. and raw silk
for use in manufacturing, $23. ASP 1903.
against 16,639.211 in the correspond
ing months Of 1898 and $13.416,156 in
the corresponding months of 1897.
Does this look as though our man
ufacturers were engaged in supplying
foreign consumers at cut rates? They
are, Of course, doing nothing of the
sort. There was time-the free-trade
tariff time Of 1S93-97-when American
exporters were sending abroad consid-
cradle quantities of domestic manufac-
lures at very small profit, sometimes
at loss, for they needed the money
with which to pay wages and keep
their mills and factories in operation.
Many Of them, however, were unable
to continue producing and were forced
to shut down altogether. But We are
no longer doing business under free
trade tariff conditions, no longer look
ing for foreign outlet for surplus pro-
duction without profit or at a loss.
Foreigners continue to buy our goods
in constantly increasing quantities,
but they are paying current market
prices for them. These are not the
times of Cleveland
and tariff reform" They are the flush
times of Mckinley, protection and
prosperity.