The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-05-19
RESULTS OF REVISION.

pledge of the Republican party was for downward rev
sion of the tariff and the pledge was not KEPT IN S g
TO show the fact reduction without giving up the Pcpe
that party even faction proposed on e
sionmu have been limited great objects One of these
assist home industry by cheapenng raw material anu
protect the against oppression IRON uI
ally prohbye Another purpose that has appeared III an
TO tax lightly all articles of necessity or universal
ton which supplied by home ndusy-Wouu aSo o p III
view in any tariff revision. . ~, o oon+ionodq speecbes
and writings of the selfsed "Progessves will not answer me
cold official figures do and they show that the was m
visad well for the eHectS ula
near in national Indeed the trade returns would m
%"t downward revision was really ashng Statistics of the De-
pamnt of Commerce Labor for the eight months august TO
March grouped in five great M
ufaurng manufactured articles for further use IN
manufactures ready consumption crude oodsus anu
red foodsus the figures given below are for the erou
Just compared with the corresponding monus e b
Crude materials in manufacturing were por!eu
aggregate of 4O1 mion dollars against 29S million IN the
mer period, increase of "a II per cent 4;o u
Unfinished manufactures for in American manufacturing IN
usrv were imported value of 1875 million dollars as com
pared with million in the former period an increase 81 per
Finished manufactures ready consumption show imports Of
252 million dollars against 200 Million an increase OF 20 per
odstFs raw and ready both together show an increase OF
three per cent for the period under the new I oe
215 million dollars against 2OS million Ior Tue corresponding s
most IMPORTANT of the articles entering the manuac
dollars in the eight months against 3 ~ million the
corresponding period OF last year. % manufacturers Of
leather - million dollars against - million I2s year.
lures of silk % million dollars against % million last year ana
manufactures 1G IL million dollars against Il mloh III w
like period of 19OS9. t, - soma,
some of these might indicate that the revision had IN some
instances nudicious misplaced to the prejudice OF o
corresponding relet TO the CONSUMER ny
however produced regarding exports during e season
of trial which will far to remove msgYngS on inns score
during the period III question:
amounting in articles ready consumption to 323 - no uo
lars against - million the corresponding e9a before ~
vision Unfinished manufactures exported to the Vae ~
million dors as compared 45 million the former period KaW
from Ala million
TO AS million dollars This chiefly in cotton FoodstGs qq9
and prepared marked reducton-te former class from m
million TO 81 Million the latter from 2lS million TO 100
dollars has double significance IL SHOWS @ @
life great TO
little surplus for export Also indicates that the tarl Is not nav
cden's bread to foreigners Inc
of imports fairly suggest that the tr IS
corrective under which the people OF other nus
% 6a moro te benefcar plenty than her own peo
M atest reports mainland that there has been ma
of necessaries proving that ue eu
T If # has not helped hndeed lowering OF the
% cost Of Ino which created most original tariff discon