The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-21
WHAT Protectiou I'D h Enone

Tbs total foreign commerce OF. the
United States during the fiscal year
1890, was s32O,Ooo,OOO greater than that
ofsthe preceding year. which was the
heaviest one on record. And yatiwhen
! the Dinghy bill was being considered
by Congress the Democrats averred
sthatlts provisions would destroy the,
foreign commerce of this country Tito
err Is human the Democracy must be
the .quintessence of error and humanity.
The exact figures OF the total com.
merce of the year given by the treasury
bureau of statistics is s2,224. 1883, OF
which amount $1.39i. 1924 were cS-
ports. or nearly Sl70,OOO. 900 in excess OF
those of 1928, which year had held the
record until the transactions of 1900
were recorded. While the Republicans
are combating the assumption of the
Democrats that imperialism" shall be
the paramount issue In the campaign,
would 1t notb be well to pay some atten-
ton to this unparalleled showing under
4 protective tariG which the Demo-
Gratis propheslcd would bring nothing
but ruin and disaster to the country.
The Democracy is confounded Just as
much In this respect, as is the evan
gel of calamity. who prophesied numer-
Gus Ills from the maintenance Of the
gold standard. The only true prophet
OF 1886 was William Mckinley, who
claimed that 1t was better TO open the
mills than the minis. The opening of
the mills was made possible only under
the encouragement Of the Republican
tariff which succeeded thu oppressive
Wilson schedules. Then with the open
ing of the mills came the opening OF the
minis, the revival of industries, which
has proved to be the strongest arm of
the present prosperity.
The statement of the treasury bureau
OF statistics points out the most rota.
Bile features OF the years commerce as
follows:
First, the Increase in imports OF man
ufacturers' materials not produced Mt
home; second. the increase in exports of
manufactured articles; and third, the
fact that the foreign commerce for the
hrst time In the fiscal year record cross
ed the S2,600.000,000 line.
imports OF manufacturers materials
form in TACT nearly one-half the total
lmportations II we consider as manu-
facturers' materials the class ARTICLES
wholly or partially manufactured for
use as. materials in the manufactures
and mechanical arts They alone
amour: TO about 500, 1000 900, while "artl-
clcS In n crude condition which enter
into the various processes OF domestic
industry amount TO over 100000
Thus the manufacturers materials i'm
ported during the year amount to about
SiGO.OUO.OO0 out Of n total of $S49, 0Q0, 0G0
dollars. In 1890 manufacturers mater
ials, including both clnsses-artlcles In
n crude condition. and articles wholly
or partially manufactured for use In
northumberland SO per cent OF
the imports; In 1895 they formed 81 per
cent; In 1886 81. per cent; In 1898, IL per
cent; in 1899. II per cent and in 1900. 80
per cent. Taking raw materials alone.
the group classified as articles in a
crude condition which enter Into the
various processes of domestic indus
try" the per cent which they formed OF
the total Importation was, in 1896, 20.6i
per cent; In 1890. 23.06 per cent; In 1895,
-.5.6i per cent: In 1896. 24.57 per cent: In
1897, &c per cent: in 1898, 32.16 per cent:
In 1899, 3l.S2 per cent. and in 1900, 1915
per cent. To put 1t In single sentence,
the imports OF the year increased sl5o.-
100000, of which increase two-thlrds
was in manufacturers materials. and
the exports increased s167 100000. OF
which Increase one-hnlf was manufac-
tured articles.