Show A YAE the figures of the last fiscal year show wonderful prosperity throughout the country due in a lare extent to the mckinley tariff it is that tha bounteous american harvest of 1891 and the usual scantiness of that of had much to do with increasing our ex porta for the fiscal year that ended on the of last month but it also is true that our exports of things DOS agricultural were usually large for example conr exports of copper in gots and manufactures amounted to which is just about double what they were in the fiscal year e nl 1891 oar exports of agricultural implements increased by about one third oar exports of american made pottery came near to doubling dou bline themselves yes our exports of flax hemp ante and other cordage increased by nearly a third exports of glass ironware aik spirits wines and zinc all rose in quantity and in value on the other hand oar imports of leaf tobacco fell off by more than 3 OGO and those of cigars and cigarettes by nearly we grew and made more at home we imported less lumber from canada we kept more than at home that we had been in the habit of paying to europe for imported woolen goods end we were supplied with as good and as cheap articles from our own factories our im of iron and steel manufactures fell from in 1891 to 24 m we brought foreign diamonds to the value of about half a million in 1892 and to more than the value of a million and a quarter in 1891 but our bill for foreign jewelry and manufactures of gold and silver came to nearly in each of during the eleven months ending may wo imported pounds of tin plates terno plates and tin against pounds in the corresponding eleven months of 1891 which is a sufficient answer to the free trade falsehood that tho increased duty is not checking importation conr imports of these goods for the month of may 1892 were pounds against for may 1891 we are indebted to the chicago inter ocean for tho com on of those figures |