The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-05-30

Worth Of American Manufactures
Sold Abroad.
A coterie of Massachusetts, Repub-
llcan congressman have been endeay-
oring to get a Republican caucus TO
declare in favor of tarin revision by
an extra session OF congress In the
spring ct summer Of 1907. But they
have failed to interest any consider
able number of their party friends in
their chamber in this idea. Instead
OF securing majority OF the Republi-
cans of the house to sign their petit
ton for a caucus they have not got.
a twentieth OF them. They pretend to
be still hopeful but Il is easy TO see
that they cannot get support for
their project which will give Il any
standing in a Republican congress.
Some of these immediate revisionists
intimate that II they had begun their
PROSECUTING work six months earlier
they would have obtained an express
sion of the house caucus at the open
ing OF the present session. which
would have sent a revision bill TO, the
president before the term ends. This
is a wild notion. In the three months
TO which the short session is restricted
there is not enough time for such
important legislation outside OF the
Ia regular money bills OF the govern
ment. and the other routine matters
which are transacted In every session.
There would have been not the slight
est chance In this session for the en-
actment Of any new legislation which
would provoke anything like the pro
tracted discussion that a tariff revi.
sion bill would be sure 10 call out.
Nor is there the faintest chance that
any tariff revising viii be done In the
congress which was elected In 1906.
and which will come into official exist.
ence on March 4. There will be no
extra session OF that congress. All the
Republican leaders. from President
Roosevelt downward. are against any
tariff tinkering previous to the presi-
dental election E 1908. Nothing but
a pressing demand In which a large
majority OF the people are Interested
ever IunAlNto inc AallAhr "a Aohht'aa
In an extra session.
There Is no popular demand for tar
IN revision. either in 1907 or In 1905.
The country Is more prosperous than
u ever has been in the past. All the
great interests are buster than ever
before. The output OF iron and steel
these days Is passing all former flg.
ures. Our foreign trade for the cal
endar year 1906 passed the $4,000. 000,-
600 mark. We lead England In the
extent of our exports. and England
led the world until we got ahead OF
her. Our imports and our exports
are breaking all our records. Our
domestic commerce is harder TO com.
pute. II eludes our statisticians. Us
ually, however. Il is estimated TO be
about ten times as great as our for
eign commerce. For the calendar year
1906 the home trade OF the United
States must have been In the neigh
borhood OF $4,000. 100000.
One Of the Massachusetts, Republi'
can congressman who is asking the
extra session TO revise the tariff, says:
"Our manufacturers are hampered by
the present duties on many products,
and demand tariff changes. None OF
the figures which are available will
bear out this view. The value OF the
products Of the mills and factories Of
the country was sl5.OO0,0oO. 600 for the
calendar year 1906. as compared with
ST.. 900 OO0, 900 in 1900. and $1,000. OOO.-
600 In 1890. In the 20 years since
1886. while the population Of the coun-
try has been growing about ~ per
cent, the value OF the output OF the
country's factories and mills has been
increasing more than 100 per cent
And we are selling more OF our fab
RIGS abroad than we did a few years
ago. In the calendar year 1906 the
exports OF our factories amounted to
over s700. 600. This is much more
than three times the expectation Of
manufactured goods ten years ago. In
the decade In which the country's pop
ulstion has grown about 22 per cent
its sales OF manufactured goods abroad
have expanded over 200 per cent.
Moreover, the exports OF manufac-
lures are growing faster than are
those Of any other class of articles
While the manufactures exports
amounted to 26 per cent OF the coun-
trys aggregate exports Of all sorts Of
goods In 1896. they amounted 10 over
30 per cent OF the aggregate ship
ments in 1906. These facts show that
our factories are not cramped In any
dangerous way by the present tarif
schedules. They also show why there
is no popular demand for tariff revi-
sion by the incoming congress. either
in extra or regular sessiOn.-St. Louis
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