Show fl LEYS LEY'S Major Mckinley will Lave have tr uble in in finding data upon un which which- h. h to o ba base e his message calling an extra session cession of Congress Congress' to tinker to-tinker tinker with the tariff I According to the l I Majors Major's jors jor's fa favorite theory in political economy Conomy t e I source of prosperity ty is the home market and the sign of it is th tot the diminution dim dinia d cf f the imports of foreign goods When the Major comes to 10 look atthe at atthe atthe the figures he will find that under the Wilson law there is a steady steady- decline I in imports Low as the import record re record record re- re cord of last year was vas it is going lower at a rapid rate this year Atthe At Atthe Atthe the port of oNe v New York pork the imports for this month have been falling under those of the same period last year ear at the rate of about a week On the other hand the Major wil find that while the imports have been diminishing the exports have been been- increasing The foreign trade of 01 the country increased last year millions mill mill- ions ons of dollars If these facts mean mean anything be beyond beyond be- be yond yonel well-known well market conditions conditio s they mean that prohibition on of qt foreign fore fore- f foreign re ign goods and the consequent t heavy taxation of the people to fill the e V pockets of the favored few are not needed to keep th the home market for American manufacturers that under tinder fr freer r trade the American merican man iuan- can retain the home market and capture e the the foreign mar mar- T If the Major urges urges higher tariff taxes for revenue purposes the de decreasing decreasing de- de decreasing creasing revenues revenues of his own law will damn his argument The fact is he heis hei's heis is i's practically reduced to the plain stat statement statement men th that t we the ought to h here have e higher taxes b because cause Hanna Harma prom prone promised d them to the the patriots who lent len t their purses to the Republican party St St Louis ouis Republic |