The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-04-19
"HAMPERING" TARIFF
THE COMMERCIAL RESULTS OF
THE DINGLEV LAW
While Restricting Imports of CompetI-
tive COMMODITIES 1t Has Swollen Our
Foreign Trade the Largest DInaen-
sfOns Ever Known.

The manner IN which our foreign
commerce is -.hampered'' by the opera
lions of the Dir gley tariff is strikingly
illustrated in the statistical reports for
the month of February, 1899 Not only
does the record of exports for the
month surpass that OF any previous
February, but the imports show a sub
stantial increase of the average of Feb
ruary imports for the past eight years
1t should be noted, however, that the
increase in imports is for the most
part of the healthiest type-namely, of
EOn-cOmpetitive articles to be used in
our domestic manufacturers industries
The Dingley tariff has taken good care
of the competitive class of imports,
with the result that the proportion of
American-made commodities used by
Americans is now much larger than at
any previous period of our history,
and the proportion of foreign-made
commodities of a competitive charac-
ter used by Americans is much smaller
than at any previous period of our
history. The effect of this changed
condition of things is seen in the I'M
precedented activity in all lines of do
nestle production; in the employment
of the largest amount of labor at the
highest rate of wages ever known; in
the increase of the aggregate of do
nestle manufactures from something
over SO OOc 900 900 in 1890 to a total for
1899 estimated at not less than $12,-
coo, 900, 900. Such is the domestic in
dustriaI record of the Ding1ey tariff.
Now as to the foreign trade record.
Bear in mind that the free-traders
with one voice warned the country
that the restoration of the American
policy of protection to American labor
and industry was certain tc ruin our
he 1fSid 10 ri Lot
see The exports during the month of
February, 1900, have averaged So,
900, 900 for every business day in the
month, and the total exports were
S119, 765, 1852, or more than 25 per cent
greater than that of any preceding
larger than those of any preceding
February, but the excess of exports
over imports is also much larger than
in any preceding February, surprising
those of 1898 by nearly % per cent, and
being more than SO per cent in excess
of that of any earlier year. February
is a month Of heavy importarions, and
il frequently happens that the imports
exceed the exports, so that an excess
of $50, 991 ,612 of exports over imports
in February makes the record of the
month a remarkable one, despite the
fact that the importations, which
amounted to sos, 774,15O, We're Slightly
larger imam those OIL any preceding
year except 1898.
The relative importance of the Feb
ruary $4,000 record will be more clear
fy seen when it is stated that the aver
age February exports during the last
ten years were $4,000, 900 per month
while the total exports of February,
1900, as already stated, were Sis, 1885,
1872. On the other hand, the average
February imports of the preceding dec
ade were SCI 200, 900, making the aver
age February excess of exports over
imports during that time ST., 900, 900,
while that of February, 1900 is $780,
991 ,612. This makes the total exporta-
ton for the eight months ending with
February about SIS, 600, 900 greater than
that of the corresponding months of
the fiscal year 1899, and makes it ap-
parent that our total exports in the
fiscal year ending June 80 will exceed
those of any preceding year by proba-
bly, 800, 900, COO ana carry the total
commerce of the year considerably be-
yond the two billion dollar line.
The following ta bic shows the inn
ports and exports during the month OF
February during a term of years, thus
giving opportunity to trace their reIa-
tive growth: