Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1891 — Imports for December. [ARTICLE]

Imports for December.

When President Harrison sent his message to Congress he pointed with pride to the fact that up to some time in November the entries of goods at the New York Custom House were 8 per cent, greater than for the corresponding period in 1889. He called attention to this fact in his defense of the McKinley bill against the charge that it hindered importation. The President apparently took delight in noting that the tariff bill was failing to do the very thing it was intended to do. But the President was too hasty. The recently published report of the Treasury Department on imports and exports for December shows some marked decreases in imports for that month. The total decrease for the month on dutiable goods was nearly a million dollars’ worth. The following table gives some of the entries in which a decrease is reported, together

with the imports in December, 1890 and 1889: Articles. 1890' 1889’. Buttons.'... $103,010 $211,000 C10ck5..... 9,000 39,000 Cotton manufactures.... 2,942,000 3,110,001 Fancy articles.v.... 447,011 540,000 Manufactures of flax, etc. 1,260,000 1,418,001 Cutlery 72,000 167,000 Gloves of leather 316,000 392,001 Leaf Tobacco 572,000 1,082,000 Wool manufactures 2,597,000 3,981,000 These articles came into the country only because American citizens wanted them. Why should other American citizens seek their own gain by having laws passed to take away liberty of purchase from their fellow-citizens who wish to order their goods from such countries as can make them cheapest and be t?