The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-02-01
The increase in importations in 1899


The increase in importations in 1899
as compared with 1898 or 1896, is chief
ly in manufacturers materials. Hides
and skins, for instance, increased from
$40, 1883 in 1896, and $50, COZ, 397 in
1898, to $5l, 127, $50 in 1899; raw silk
for use in manufacturing, from 49,
O96, 6S1 in 1896, and 1927, 173, TIA in 1898
to $43. ,67s in 1899; India rubber fol-
use in manufacturing, from $l5, $40, liz
in 1896, and $26, OO9, 544 in 1898, to $34,
397. 800 in 1899; fibers for use in manu-.
featuring, from $l2, 1886, 655 in 1896, and
Sl7,029, O79 in 1883, to $22, 30s, 904, 1899;
tin in blocks, bars and pigs, for use
in manufacturing, from SIS, 84S, 933 in
1896, and So, ITO, 221 in 1898, to $40, TAG,
III in 1899. In manufactures the in
crease was much less than in raw ma
terials, being in cotton goods, from
$50, S37, 1866 in 1896, and $29, 800, 22S in
1898, to $50, 93s in 1899; in silk
manufactures, from S2l, 6S6, $40 in 1896,
and 1926, 2S4, GAL in 1898, to 1927, $50. 6S3
in 1899; manufactures of fiber, from
$25, 522, liz in 1896, and $24, $780, 77 In
1898, to 1927, 312, 624 in 1899; while iron
and steel, glass and chinaware and
wooden manufactures show marked
reduction, iron and steel falling from
S19, sos, 5S7 in 1896 to $14, 1888, 4O6 in
1899, and glass and chinaware, from
S15, $40, 500 in 1896 to $12, 5S5, 1872 in
1899, and wooden manufactures, from
S37, 100, 1863 in 1906 to $l4, 500, S47 in
1899. In foodstuffs the principal in
crease is in sugar, the importations OF
that article increasing fl rom 800, 219,-
9OS in 1896 to sos, 124, S77 in 1899.
Taking the entire list of. classes of
articles composing our imports and
exports, those relating to manufac-
lures show the largest g'ins both as
to imports and exports. In imports,
articles in a crude condition for uses
in domestic industries increased from
S199, 255, 6S7 to 1857, 493, $50 an increase
of S6S, 236, 322: articles of food aud live
animals, from S1S7, 1929, S02 to s229,971,-
3S5, an increase of $42, al, 5S3; manu-
featured articles ready for consump-
ton, from $104, S04. 800 to $11S, 339, S56,
an increase of S13, 535, O47; articles
for use in the mechanic |
arts, from $50, 127, 6S6 to So, 377, OO5,
an increase of S., 24S, 319, and articles
of voluntary use, luxuries, ETC., from
1888, 946, 514 to $107, 664, 366, an increase
of 1913, III, 1852, the comparis ons in each !
case being between 1898 and 1899. In
domestic exports, man ufactures in
creased from S3O7. 924, 9S4 to $3.50, 49,
S91, an increase of $72, 1852, S9l; pro-
ducts Of the mine, from $25, Sol, 092 to
1873, 279 1877, an increase of ST, 42S, O95,
products of the forest, from $50, 030, 313
to S47 .552, III, an increase of $685.
SOS, and miscellaneous, from So, O16,77 !
to So, 532, 1858, an increase of $515, 1872,
while products of agriculture de-
creased from 1851, 915, 1852 in 1898 to
1882, 1O5, O4S in 1899, a reduction of $685.
$40, ia, and products of the fisheries,
from S., S19, POS to S., ,O77, reduc-
of 1882, l31.
The above figures indicate in a
very substan :ial way, the .bene-
ficence of the Republican policy of
protection. What and all, that was
claimed by the party for its pro-
tective policy is now an accom-
plished fact. Manufacturing has
been so stimulated that the manu-
facturer is forced to largely in
crease his imports of raw material,
and corresponding increase of
manufactured products, while man.
ufactured goods show a marked de-
crease. In other words, American
labor has been paid for doing that
work for which the foreign work
man is paid under free trade.