Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1900 — EXPANSION IN TRADE FOR THE PAST NINE MONTHS. [ARTICLE]

EXPANSION IN TRADE FOR THE PAST NINE MONTHS.

Our exports have nearly doubled since 1805. Our imports have slightly increased in the same time. Such is the record of commercial expansion under the fostering care of the present administration. The Treasury Department bas fust issued a statement of the imports and exports of the United States for the month of September, together with a statement of the imports and exports for the period of nine months ending September 30, for a series of years. No stronger argument in favor of holding our own markets by the application of the principle of protection, and then seeking the world’s' markets, has ever been made. According to the statement issued the imports and exports during September were as follows: September, 1900. Exports $115,634,210 Imports 59,562,906 Excess of Exports $ 56,071,304 * For the nine months ending September 30, 1900, the showingis equally gratifying. Thus:

REPUBLICAN. Nine months ending September 30, 1900. Exports ....$1,031,686,401 Imports 624,461,506 Excess Exports . $ 407,224,895 Compare this with the record of the hrst /nine months of 1805, when Democratic theories ot foreign trade were put into practice; when a low tariff stimulated imports, and when the idleness ot American factories was a damper to our exports. This record is as follows: .. . 1 1 ■■* • ■ DEMOCRATIC. Nine months ending September 30,1895: Imports ... $601,043,139 Exports 557,927.466 Excess Imports .... $ 43,115,673 That, in a nutshell, is the difference between Democratic theory and Republican practice. While our exports hay* NEARLY DOUBLED, our imports are but slightly more than tiiey were in Democratic days, and the increase is entirely due to the greater demand for manufacturers’ materials which are used in our busy mills where American labor is actively employed at good wages.