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Show EIGHT MONTHS OF A BAD TARIFF. around. That is the opinion of Win-field Win-field Jones, writing from Washington, Washing-ton, and Mr. Jones backs up his judgment judg-ment by an array of facts, as follows. fol-lows. Eight months of the Wilson-Underwood tariff is a black record This is the record that gave the President "very peculiar pleasure " Up to the first of May the new j tariff law had cut the balance of i trade (excess of exports over lm?H ports) $137,405,196. but bv June 1 i 1 the cut had been $200,276,008. For the eight months the balance of tradp ires only l.ifia.STo.soi in America's favor, as against $552,551,504 In the corresponding period of the preceding preced-ing year. Duty-free imports increased $33.-501,000 $33.-501,000 in .May. and $116,966,734 in tho eight months, while dutiable import-, decreased 93,587.327 in May and 802,114,648 In the eight months making mak-ing s net Increase of 154,852 "'S6 in poods bought abroad In two thirds of a year Aggravating this situation there was ;i drop of $32,957,219 In exports in .May and of $145,424,001' in the eight months' period. The total foreign commerce of the eight months showed a falling off of $90,571,916 ap compared with the corresponding cor-responding period of the precedlnc year. Every figure bears heavily against American Industry, and shows how bounteous has been the harvest i reaped by foreign producers under an oatl-American tariff. This is "setting Industry free," ac cording to Mr Wilson free from the necessity of meeting the demands of Increasing trade, free from the no-cessltjf no-cessltjf of enlarging factories and employing em-ploying additional help, free from the I necpssity of working overtime. Instead of "passing prosperity around," the part in power is passing pass-ing prosperity abroad Recently a subcommittee of the House committee on agriculture appointed ap-pointed to hear the views of representatives repre-sentatives of grain dealers, eommis- Qinn m on arwl ot Kr tM t-o i r n i n t sion men, and other persons interested inter-ested In the uniform grading of grain, preventing deception in transactions in grain and regulating traffic therein, there-in, was surprised to learn from two or tlyee of thp largest grain dealers in the United States that 20.000,000 bushels of Argentine corn and 20,000,-000 20,000,-000 bushels of Canadian oats had been contracted for by American firms at a cut price on corn from in to 14 cents and on oats from 9 to 10 cents below thp present prices on the American market Verily the American farmer is the "goat" under the Wilson administration |