Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1895 — FREE TRADE THEORIES KILLED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FREE TRADE THEORIES KILLED.

Compkring the 1595 year’s Imports, duriiig which the Gorman tariff was in force, for ten months, with the fall twelve months’ imports of 1892 and, 1893, it Is seen that the Gorman tariff imports are in some cases larger than those for 189:(!, and in other instances larger than the imports for 1893, and sometimes greater than the figures given for both of these two McKinley protection years. When . considering the effect of the present lower tariff, it should be remeighered that in 189 S apii earb’ in li5Q3 the bulk of tfie people wePe far more- prosperous than they are to-day and consequently teepe, better able to, pay for the luxury of for-: elgn goods.- the lo\ver tbrlfif permits the* larger quantities of iinports at such low prices as enable keen com- , petition with dttf' own manufacturers ana interference with their Jnisiness lg our home market, the people not being able to afford to purchase so many articles of voluntary use apd luxury aa tkey pld ln 18p2 ; apd 1893. This fact Is very evident from ja‘ Comparjson of svich imports ag followsU 1 .grtjelgg of. yolugtary use* -• • * • • •STQ4,tC4, J 232 ■Value- 1 [ 1M3.. . “ V : 125,853,541 Value; 1593... i.. .. ....... 93,255,730 ' Dtning-the year just ended, to Junet 3D; ike bought over $11,500,000 / worth less df as tides of voluntary, Bu-xuriek, etc./ithaain 1892, and!ss2,ooQ,* :6PM i <T#wtjftg ;mpctifp pur Imports Of arfl- ( .‘clcg gnd regdy r for con'|gjgpti,Qn s , iha t,, enter^rectljf into 'cbmpctltlon with thg products; of opr. pwn factories, we'find fhlal we bought SSSQP,OOO worth’ ihpre! ifi 189 S -thftW |Lp3, an iaeregsd of 2.J12 per cent of all imports,., wjnle fhq Increase wa| 2.97 percent bv-er the 1892 ■figure^', If- we lookt at' 'those ,ltepbit/Bhojf articles In a crude'dOiWßion, orwhfeg were wholly or partly manufactured .Per use in our arts, we find: tjh.at, Ip, both cases they were less in IS9& than in 1893 . and ■ 1892, the exact; figtires, .01 •••<*♦ u i* ‘-i- i<} *) i* U'tu i j , f In crude condition, J 892... .$204,993,990 In crude ,conditiok‘, 1893...: lu,.cynde !bgn^fion/1895. ~ v 197,119,810 For • • use in mechanic arts,.. t. >-t j ‘ ‘ 1882 ft Mi i.... • • 85,p6;471: For. use in mechanic arts,' ■•‘./l 1893 ... Jfi-jbi..... .v. . 98,753,902 For use : rnr mechanic arts, ; T 1895 . 73,050,055 Iu 1895 we imported negfiy $13,000,* 000 worth leks/of articleslna crude condition than we_. did in ghd,535,606,000 worth lesSthan in 1893. Of articles for use in the mechanic affs wo'imported' tb the Extent bf 1 $9,350,000 less in iPo’ than in 1892 and over $25,000,000 Tkfeh than, m is93'.i These valued show that the GormaU tfiriff has been a. hindrance to. rbnr i maniufactUters in Isjupplylug.'theiuwitiDan abundance of!cheap -r«.t4 PR parily finished; materia}, apd It has been a- hipdvance to them in 'stapp}ylns die demands of the home mar- , k£t, .out’, Imports of articles, iiAadufacthrkd Aid readjr for consumption, have bpen .pf.greater yalnf even than they were In JB92,,wheh a bM--MYotO: PfiTVhAse.-lhein .was. so iinptatt greater. • Jl - The Protection “Protection will be the leading issue gt, r};6sfadit}gy cam paign. *l>km(icni : rs may try to divert attention w,u not succeed.” c<» 9c.t a« V'tonab Beiiubiican League, made this - xwi , te entl yAm the Secretary of the uifion of clubs touch with the drift, of pubiio opinio i and the people. iGei‘cral McAlpin, the-President »f the aeeofd With Sec -etary iDowHng in this course, as well as in the general management >f the League. The many thousand clubs wTilch it eb'mbThes Into'a powerfi 1, disct|Aiued tr*l- uottod body will be loyal 'lElfi/f-r. ills <s,ibiu .no, i,.’> n i omo % When the RepifWlcii pirtjl rf#t trol again, as it will next year, with some Republican for President, such as Reed or McKinley or some other man,

we will take up that tariff yet and go over it item by item and make such amendments to it as will give reasonable protection to American labor and American Industries as against foreign labor and foreign industries. The people of this country never knew they wanted that sort of protection—they were never certain of it—until the Democrats, by mistake, got possession of this country two years ago.—Senator Cnllom. , Counting; Their Gorman Gains. During the fiscal year endiug Juue 30, 1895, our imports from European countries aggregated $383,689,842, as compared with imports amounting to $295,077,865 dpring the twelve months ending June 30, 1594. The increase for the year just ended was $88,608,977; put tliis represents the gain during only ten months of the Gorman tariff period, not for p. still year. . ~ ; ; ■*££."} .! Here are the figures: . ft ' ■ ‘ ' •' ■ [ ' Yeai* ending June 30: 1895, ten months Gorman , Tariff;, *,* y 5383,08618421894, twejve months SlcKiiit W ■tarifft/J;.7»i..,,.-..: 295,077,865 > U Yf-' 1 -- !•• —y —* Increase under Gorman tariff .i .; :i • s^,(|oS;977 Looking at :the totals f or: the varidtiS | countries we find that the shipments of! foreign goods made'to thik eountfy ; ;Wfire smaller during tbe German tariff period , fron} T Hungry,,. Serv}a, Spain, and Sweden and Norway. The larger shipments were'made from Bjelgiurp, 1 , Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Switzer- : idiad, Iftirkey find tlie'United Kingdom, ; thelr 'ttrtals being hs follows: J ' Twelve mhnths ending -°dimfitriei'' : r 1894; 1 Azores and. Ma- 'V- ‘ ■“"•n!> J - - ; d:::r> i}. deira Islands ; t $10,234 $25,914 -Belgium 19)152,581 pepmark p 194,900 . • 345,835/ France 47,549,974 J 61,560,063 Gcrinahy'69,3B7,9os 81,011,^43 Italy .. 19,0106,075 20,851,76 b ..c 10,690,979 15,186,535 Russia- 2rßM L 27o r _. 3,375,388 Switzerland Tiifkey' in 'Ed- , V 11 , I ; rope .v, ;. 1,657,218 2,007,702 United King- ri /*'■<’ ■ dom «. <32.,< .107,372,993 159,119,698 . Out of! the total gain to European trade under the Gorman tariff, which amounted to ;; $88,609,000, the United. Kingdom secured no leas thanrssl,746,,000 .worth of additional ,trade, or almost 60 per dent, of the whole, leaving but 40p<lr cent, of the increase remaining, ‘ .worth $36,863,000, to be diyided, among {he other ten countries that are reaping the ha».-est from the 6orriian : tariff that is denied to Americans.

More Cotton Competition. The'.jestjtblbSbipent of a. cotton mill •In Cs!na, and the fact that it, is probably, the precursor of many others,, indicates the possibility that, the man,nfacture of cotton, goods will bejfreafly shifted in a few years by cutting off the markets in many parts of the world that have hitherto been dependent on the product,of English and,African iu i 1 Isr^poxtqh' Heraldr Ang. » p * /j I Grover Starts Machinery 7 It has been suggested that it was very proper that, Mr. Clpyuland shonW press the button so sfert the madUneiT at the Atlanta Exposition, since he has done. Worp4tfcihtqp > machinery hF this country than hny other man.—daftly State*Gazette, Trenton, N. J. .80 cm? Jr—— Buncoing the Snsar Planters.