El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

Foreign Business Through
New York Port Shows
Unusually Heavy Gains.
NEW YORK POOR IN
STRONG PROTEST

Few YORK, July 1.-THE larges
M volume Of commerce recorded II
- zone year during the entire historZ
of the country passed through the por
OF New York during the y months %
the fiscal year ending on June gu
Figures just compiled at the Customs
house show that the imports OF mer'
chaudfse from foreign countries during
this period were valued at little oNel
$1.00U,000. 600 while the exports aSgre-
gated over 100000, 900.
This was a gain of more than $780,
100000 over the amount of trade mana
led during the proceeding year As %
percent of the imports Of the country
and 81 percent Of the exports pass
through New York, these figures inQl-
cate that the foreign commerce OF me
nation for the year just completed VIII
total about S4,350,0OO,0O0 or about nan
a billion dollars more than the hlgl-
est total ever before recorded OF TINS
increase about $55u-ulOVUV mas oeeL
made I'D of exports and Sl5OOOUuuy OF
imports
This great excess of exports over i'm
ports. esta blishiuE q favorable trace
balance for the United states ABROAD
is usually regarded by trade experts as
an index Of prosperous conditions ana
tF=ev are now attempting to reconcile
these figures with the general SIOW-A5
down of trade that Is now admlLleo ~
have taken place IN the past re-"
that commercial failures IN the Cnllea
States during the first half o. 1913
have also reached new high record
for any but a panic year ADoul tliS
only light they have Deen aDle 70 I'M W
on this apparent contradiction IS lnal
the highest totals both in exports anu
imports. were recorded last autumn ana
that the monthly figures on both sizes
of the ledger have decreased since lhal
time Incidentally the Federal treas
imports. Uncle sam having cOllecleu
over S20O.O0O.O0O in duties at this porI
during the year.
Protest Against Banana Duty.
While the imposition or removal OF
any tariff duty usually arOuses OPPOSE
ton In some quarter, II IS seldom InaL
what is regarded as q minor feature OF
q tariff bill stirs UP such widespread
protest as has followed the acIiO1 OF
the Senate Finance committee IN plac-
ing a tax on bananas. On just what
ground this duty was proposed OF
whether the distinguished senator's re
gard bananas as a luxury does not
clearly appear. but their acton mas
aroused the embattled hosts Of New
Eorks East Side where the yelloW-
skinned fruit Of the tropics is ABOUT Lne
only enc within the reach Of the Orcl-
nary citizens pocket book and mass
meeting was held this week in historic
Cooper Union to protest against the
propOsed duty. which, il was claimed,
would be paid almost entirely by the
poor.
The dignified and Democratic ReIoIfn
club which has labOred Increasingly Tor
the reduction Of tariff duties has added
its protest arguing that II IS UNJUST
and undemOCratic to place @ TAX on inns
food product. which has always peen
free. lust at the time when most OInef
articles of food are being placed on the
free list. The proposed tax mas even
become an international question LOf d
delegation from Jamaica arrived mere
this week on its way TO WASH lnglOn 70
0nDose the banana tax on the ground
that IT would bar the fruit grown IN
that island from the American mar
ket
Get Breathing strip.
BY the sale this week Of q strip OF
land on Fifth avenue only IS lncnes
wide but 100 feet long, claim 70
breathing room has finally been seLlleu
among members Of New YORK Il our
Hundred The purchaser Of this odd
shaped piece Of land was Mrs James a
Burden. whose home it adjoins and the
seller is believed to be Andrew Carne-
gle Mrs Burden bought me site OF
her home IN 1902 from Nj Carnegle-
he promised then to protect with an
air space the dwelling she was to erect
Mr. Carnegie apparently forgot ms
promise, for several years later ne
agreed to sell to Gen Lloyd 5 Bryce
the two lots adjoining Mrs. Burden S
the property, for Mrs. Burden 1lled a
lis peudens aEainst the lots, which pre-
vented the steel master from giving a
clear title to the land Cen Bryce
abandoned the plot and bought a home
site elsewhere.
When the lis pendens was brought 10
Mr. Carnegie's attention he showed
willingness to make amends for the
oversight. Recently he sold the corner
TO a buyer who is said to be Otto H.
Kuhn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co The prop
ertv was recently transferred 10
realty company which transferred the
promised air space to Mrs. Burden AS
= result OF the sale Of this air space TO
this odd-shaped piece Of property. now
rendered useless for building purposes
at least two members of the city's elect
can literally breathe easily.
Revival of Society Weddings
Marriage IS again becoming fashion
able in that part Of society that is re
fere-d to with a capital s. That at
least is the conclusion drawn from an
examination Of statistics furnished by
the blue book Of the fashionably elect.
This shows that during the past year
OF social prominence have increased
abOut 90 percent while the number OF
births has advanced in about the same
ratio If this tendency continues the
time may come within a few seasons
when social leaders viii not be
ashamed to be seen driving on Fifth
avenue accompanied by their children
instead Of by various kinds OF fuzzy
dogs and when the possession OF
large family viii not be a bar 70 mem
harsnfU in the Four Hundred.