Show r AND I J TIlE TARIFF T. The Protectionist Di Discussing means for Cor improving tho the business of or Boston the tho Herald on tho the tho th thor of or March thIs expression t IIa Has Massachusetts hu a D. tariff intended to for a country which manufactures K more than she sho can consume On 01 tho she has haloS an antediluvian policy under which l can find Int n new nw w customers neither at ul home nor abroad In the first place Massachusetts has no tariff of or any kind kind and has had not had for tOt more than ono one hundred and fifteen y yrs years rs Tariffs arc aro national laws and the tho t 1 C A 7 r 1 4 i jt 1 ir t. t tl n 1 I r It Ii 1 1 1 L L. L 1 9 k X tt 1 01 f that duties on Imports shall shaH bo uniform throughout tho the United States Do tariff reformers who claim to be bo progressive p but who arc are usually intensely provincial pro wish to go o back to constitutional ante times The excerpt however is clearly Intended to convey cOn the thc Impression that the present tariff Is an obstruction to foreign commerce A conclusive answer to that Is 19 Isa Isa a n. comparison of or Imports and exports for the four years ears of oC tariff reform reform 1894 1894 to 1897 when 1897 when the Heralds Herald's friends were in full control of ot the government and the Wilson Gorman tariff was waR In force and for tor tho the next four years years ars 1898 to 1901 after arter after tho the party part of protection had hael been restored to power and tho the tariff was In operation Imports Exports 7 1 1898 01 It Il I Is 15 thus seen that both bolh our Imports Import and export were larger under the Dingley ley than under the thc Wilson tariff If It wo take tako tho the last four years ears of of the Dingle Dingley tariff tariff 1903 1903 to 1906 Inclusive the Inclusive the demonstration Is Ig still moro more striking and conclusive Imports Exports 1903 G It appears therefore that both hoth our imports import and exports exports ex ex- ex ports parts are arc nearly twice n as large as the they were nine years year ears ago What a complete answer this Is Isto to the contention that thal the present tariff dwarfs and hinders commerce It may be contended however that our population has increased enough or 01 moro more than enough to account for this Increase There is no more ground for this contention con con- than for tho the other othel The Imports per capita In 7 i aggregated ng related and In 1903 5 6 The exports for fot the two periods were and azul 73 34 54 re re- re In fact tho the exports per capita have ha nearly doubled In tho the last ten 3 year ears So if foreign markets are arc what tho the people desire the they are arc gaining such markets market more rapidly rapid I than ever before and much moro more rapidly than an any other country is gaining them If It it were po possible to measure tho the growth of our internal commerce as accurately na us customs statistics enable us to measure the tho growth of oC foreign forel n commerce It would bo ho seen that thal our home market I is Increasing to a much greater extent than all aU the foreign n markets V ui nt that w have thus far been able to gain The Tho only wa way for tor gaugl to take tako tho the total products of the country for tIle the tho last lal Cl car and deduct what was sent abroad in excess of oC what was s h Imported and this shows what was consumed at home In Iii tie tio last s year ear of which we have complete returns return 1900 the tho do production production pro pro- was Deducting Ded tI of r Im Imports Imports Im- Im p ports rt we have a domestic consumption f 1 34 76 against foreign markets of only 1394 This shows that the home market was wa worth worthIn In 1900 more than 16 15 times s 's as much as all our sales abroad and tho the difference Is certainly as great now and pr prObably bably greater Now we submit that a tariff under which both our domestic and foreign trade has Increased as never before I is not to be despised ed or lightly hastily and changed and that tho advocacy of a different policy which depends upon I Ignoring or misrepresenting facts fact is entitled to neither confidence nor respect |