Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-26

IN the coming November 1t would be
unanimous
Il told you here in 1896 and 1901
that Mr. Bryan was the luckiest man
in America for if he won he would be
president of the United States at $780,
900 a year, and if he lost he would
share republican prosperity with all
the balance of us. The prophecy has
been fulfilled and happy and content
ed people now pay so cents per capita
for the privilege of occupying stand
ing room at the rear of the big tent
and just looking at him. He is pleas
ant to hear and pleasant to look upon,
but the people do not feel like taking
any chances in following him in his
pyrotechnic course
With fatal sweetness elocution
doWs,' but the people have become
eminently practical when it comes to
law making. Only those who do not
know the past will turn away from the
present with scorh or despair.
ut will we instructive at this time
to open the books and take some Gyc-
count of the results of the policy
which has placed the Dingley law on
our statute books.
ministration our imports and exports
were as follows:
Free imports 1919, 795, 536E
Dutlable imports ........ 275,199,0S6l
total -. -. 1854, 1894, 1927
In the year ending June 80, 1905,
they were as follows:
Free imports ............ $517, 463, 1852
Dutiable imports ........ 600,O76,277I
Total. -. ......... 81 ILL, 512, 629
Under the Dingley Chinese WALL
that our anti-protection friends de-
claim so much against, our imports
have been the greatest in our history
and are $462, 51S,007 more now than in
1894 Evidently the much abused Ding
ley schedules are not destroying the
imports of this country You will also
observe that nearly one-half of all the
imports are admitted free of all duty.
More than $517,00O000 came in free
and about s600,OOG,0OO paid tariff du-
ties.
But it is said that the. Dingley law
is sitting exports. That the balance
of the world is closing it's doors upon
our commerce. The fact that last
year we imported over $1,ll7,OOO, 900
worth of foreign goods shows that we
have been pretty good purchasers
from foreign lands.
Let us now turn to the other side
of the ledger:
In 1892 the country called a halt in
production till the tariff could be re-
vised along lines which would in
crease imports Iowa Joined in the
cry against protection in 1890 and
that year, one of them from the sixth
district
Mckinley was defeated for con-
gress and the outcry against the Nc
klnley bill was fierce and general. I
have given you the figures of our i'm
ports in the middle of Mr.. Cleveland's
term, and for the last year. Let us
now see how it stands as to exports
We are much concerned about our ex-
ports. Our balance of trade is vi
tai point.
In 1894 we exported SS92,14O,572.
For the last fiscal year our exports
were the largest in our history, ST.
SIS, 561,720.
They increased s626,421,14s over
the year 1894. So our imports are
greater than in any year in our ex-
lstence and so also our exports exceed
any ever known in our history.
THE balance of trade in our favor
last year was the inconceivable sum
of s401 049 ,091.
The country listened to and follow
ed the resolutions of the importers in
1892. and in 1894 passed the Wilson
law. 1t listened to the cry @ of dis
tress in 1897 and repeating the Will
son Act enacted the Dingley law I'M
der which the results 1 have just Civ
en- have been attained. But the fig
ures | have given are only the dry
mathematical statement of the results
Look around you in every part of the
country and you will witness the sub
stantial evidences of prosperity. You
can see it on the farms of Iowa. All
similar prosperity, though in a less de-
gree, prevailed in 1892 under the Nc.
klnley law, when the voters univer-
sally decreed change. The farmers
know what conditions followed and
they are not inclined to fall into the
same trap that they did in 1892.
dual Tariff"-VocaI Protectionists. |
There are some people classed as
protect1onlstS who are ready to sound
the praises of protection but are never
satisfied with any of the schedules of
protective tariff. Some good but
mistaken men would have cast the
country into the throes of a general
tariff conflict before the last presiden-
tial election. if they had had their
way. To satisfy some of these people
1t is proposed to do away with our
present tariff law and enact two full
sets of schedules. fear this simple
device will not give them satisfaction.
How can gentlemen be expected to
sleep OF nights with two complete
or dual tariff schedules on the stat
ute books when they suffer so much
insomnia with only one set of sched-
ules now? l fear that their trouble
will simply be multiplied by two.
"The Chicago reciprocity convention
has selected new adviser for the re-
publican party.