Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-11-16

OF Oar Foreign Trade. whereby Adj
oitionaI Employment Is Assured.
The bureau of statistics records for
January of this year show that manu-
facturers' materials formed one-half of
our total imports during that month
and about 4G per cent of the imports
far the seven months ended January.
That is very gratifying result il
view of our continually increasing i'm
ports, and the necessity of which eX-
lists for the American wage Garner to
be kept busy.
The January proportion of manufac.
turcrs' materials was largely in excess
pf that of January, 1904. The figures
were $49,5O0.000 against $37,000,000,
an increase of $12 100000 in IL single
month, or one-third more. What that
one-third means to the American wage
earners their weekly pay envelopes can
best tell
For the seven months ended January,
1901, manufacturers materials formed
sec, 100000 of our $G26,000.O00 I'M
ports against $254 100000 of $5G5, ,000,-
coo in the same months of 1902, an in
crease of $50, 100000, or more than half
SCI 100000 increase in the total. This
result is in every way comforting, as
the busy American factory means the
busy everything else.
Tariff reviSionists should take note of
the fact that of the $3.50, 100000 manu-
lecturers materials imported III the
seven months of this fiscal year no less
4 proportion than $196,000OO0 worth
entered free of duty.
by manufacturers materials is meant
two classcs-viz, ARTICLES in crude
condition ready for manufacturing
and ARTICLES wholly or partially man
uf2cturcd, for use in manufacturing
The increases referred to are almost
entirely in the first class. That is still
better for the wage earners and all
concerned.
II is interesting to note the stages by
which materials for manufacturing
have increasingly entered into our i'm
ports generally. These stages by fiscal
years are 1890, 1916 per cent; 1850 2S2
per cent; 1880, 81 per cent; 1860, 4J per
cent; 1905 (seven monthsy, 45.S per
cent, and in the single month of Janu-
airy. 1905, 501 per cent.
There is another and equally gratify-
ing side to the story-the increasing en-
trance of exported manufactures into
our general exports. Shipments of
manufactures in January, 1908,
amounted to $i0,5l3,0 or 33.3T per
cent Of uNA total exports for the month.
This eininently desirable proportion has
been reached by the following fiscal
year stages: 1850, Is per cent; 1870.
u per cent; 1890, lis per cent; 1900
3l.6 per cent: 1905 (seven monthsl, 81
per cent.
For the seven months Of this fiscal
year exports of manufactures were
500 100000, against S2J0,000,0O0 for
the preceding similar months, an in
crease of $52,000,000 In January, 1905,
alone the increase was 100000.
These Increases in manufactures ex-
ported prove the assertion that all con-
cerned benefit by the increase in man
,.iacturars' materials imported.
1t is also worth while noting the
lines in which this imported material
increase has chiefly occurred. Raw silk
in January. 1905, was $5,G37.000 an in
crease over January, 1904, of $780,,
600; wool, 25000000 against 100000
pounds; India rubber. $2G,ll7,o00
against $50, $4,000 an increase of So
$1,000; hides. $34 4S0,O 600 against S2I.-
70S.0o0, an increase of $G,T31 900 yet
Massachusetts is sectionally clamoriug
against the tariff on hides and TIM IN
pigs. bars, blocks, etc. mot In tin man
ufactu"cs). 43,G21, 900 against 30.7li,OO0
pounds
These things being so, we need not
worry, but rather rejoice that congress-
adjourned without disturbing the
American factory and business gener-
ally by hasty Interference with the
piug'oy protective tarin'-Walter j.
ballard.