Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-16
-,,er xrAa OF TARIFF LAW.

s
rocentlv issued regarding the opera
tion az the Payne tariff law in It's nrst
wear. His summary Of the results &C.
com n,ished under the law bring out
the following facts: ~,
/. That the total value OF 1ree 49,
ports under the eleven mohths " 'no
PAYNE law was greater IMAM III a.
average similar period OF any otnei
tariff law. suitable
,nports was greater than for an ave. -
age similar period Of any otner YARN
law. 20 goo i'm
norts was greater than for an aver.
age similar period of any other tarl1
law the Mckinley law alone excepteu'
when sugar was on the free ilst.
NJ That the customs receipts were
oreater than for an average sl1nllai
period OF any other tariff law.
That the average ad valorem Oh
dutiable articles was lower than Tor an
average similar period OF any otner
tariff law. ~
& That the average ad valorem on
~, ,nnorts was lower than for an aV-
erage similar period of any other Tar
III law. o, tho
xansas CITY Journal asserts that on
such a showing the republicans may
we'll wage the congressional campalsn
nm the tariff issue with confluence III
the merits of their own position. cong
more into detail, it shows by the ON
cial figures that for every working DAY
NJ the wear the customs revenues nave
heen al 100000. The monthly average
IL shown to have been double that I'M
der either the Wilson or Mckinney
law and 100000 more than unoei
the Dingley act.
The Payne law has not on4V pro.
duced $6,OOO,O00 a month IN excess oi
the customs receipts under the Ding
lev law, but has added $2OOo.VVo
month in corporation taxes. Inc I'M
nortation Of manufacturers materlals
has immensely increased, the lmporta,
lions for series of years for the nscal
year August 1 to June 80 shows $685.
non 600 for the fiscal year ending June
"a. 1910. as against $673,OO0,OO0 FOR
1909. Sale, 100000 ten years ago and
1887. 500, 900 twenty years ago.
Going further into comparison OF
the official figures Of the working OF
the PAYNE law and previous tariff acts,
the Journal says:
finder the first eleven months OF
the tariff of 1883 the free importa-
tions amounted to $246,000,0 900 in round
numbers. For the first eleven months
az the Mckinley law they amounted
TO s344, 900 900. Under the first eleven
months of the Wilson law they
amounted to S324,O00,000. Under the
first eleven months of the Dingley law
they amounted to $262,000,00O. But I'M
der the first eleven months OF the
PAYNE law they amounted to the stu
pendous total Of $710,00O,OOO, pIactl-
ca,ly equivalent to the combined free
ir1portations for any three of The four
previous tariffs since 1883. But not
only have imports largely incl eased.
Exports have increased more. than
1900 900 900 during the fiscal year
1910. Manufactures exported during
the past year were So per cent greater
than in 1900 and 1929 Der cent create:
tnan in 1890 The democratic oppon,
ents of the Payne law declared tbat
the average rate of the law was at
least 2 per cent higher than the Ding
lev law average The figures show that
It is one per cent lower than under the
Wilson tariff for revenue only law and
Az per cent lower than the Dingley
average. Another bugaboo of the re,
cent campaign was that the maximum
and minimum clause would largely in.
crease duties, and Champ Clark placed
the increase at Is per cent after March
81, 1910. This figure has been proved
mythical. The clause has not been il
voked against single nation. there
has been no raise in duties and the
president has secured immensely val
liable concessions from those nations
which realize the value of American
markets.
OF course, the Journal says in con,
clusion, those who are dead sot'
against the tariff law will not be con.
WINGED by any figures which may be
presented. But there are those who are
earnest in their desire for accurate IN
formation and to such this analysis
must be of informing value.
HIGH SCHOOL REFORMS.
Chicago has adopted a school reform
that should go far to solve the ques-