Show OUR FOREIGN TRADE alobe democrito the statistics of our on foreign trade for the fiftal 3 ear just ended pre pro gents some and ins instructive truo tl e facts both comm erual jal and poli political they aio oio ahou alint we wo bough t loss from i thor nation and bold them more than in th the preding acar hint 1 I lint 1 is to aa tho tile im imports lorti decreased aed to the tire extent of 1 and export exports aiu renaer to tio amoun tot thin ting large falling oil off mini lit im porte ports ie is inn ma aly lui duc of course to the file u depression 1 which lias has attended tin the course of the demo doino cratic party on oil tho the unit question tion it doea does not that we atao bou L lit lena less ab abretti 6 cause we limo mati tife aured more nt tit huic but tejo dalt d alt rs limi not dand to order the rood under the existing uncertainty taint aa as to thaties and und the tile gentral conditions of do tu ettic trade and indu industry str afao if we could that each a allowing showing implies a tim ing of 0 money ahm represented there would by be rood good cam ua foi tot congratulation but wo we know chatin that in fact it signifies hart simoa niad alio inck of money to u spend as freely ns as in more proe pros arons stars in lit ilia fiscal year the consideration of tho Ic Kinley bill there alts an all increase of in ill tho tile mi int lurt sand 45 odowin in una flits contrast a a a lesson that la to under understand litand and that ex plains the for the last fiscal year in tit a dori definite nite and conclusive 0 aft ani it is to be noted furthermore urt liermore that these statistics refute a favorite democratic theory about out tho the tanti tariff it line has alas 1 been ceu insisted insi steil that we inest buy largely in order to sell largely large lynnd and protection has been denounced because 1 I its alleged ten dency to lessen tho the foreign market for our products out of our market but here we have baie the tile official report showing that while we reduced our imports i nearly ne tire fourth there ans not net a corresta ding rt of our exports 1 4 b L it on ott the on an increase of it tina this surely doi doc not justify the assertion that the effect of tanti tariff duties discriminating lit favor of domestic producers produce ra is 13 to prevent 0 other countney count nea from ahat A ve e lim have 0 to sell the simple truth ie is that anti inti enat ional trade is not goer governed ned by such 0 our ur 1 products are bought u aa as liberally libi libL rally the protect protective io ss tern pi lie file lo 10 under the free trade s at at 1 e are not required to aa as antich from fort igil nations ny ns they purchase pur u chabe from un us and tile do lu not purchase liase lens 1 froin our demand for their goods is tho thu laws oe of commerce adjust that ma ter of tondi londi joil find nil all talk of a different tr is tin unreasonable reasonable and misleading 11 g its n the tile statistics emphatically testify |