Show OUR EXPORTS ANALYZED abo desporte of for abo eleven months of this year amounted fo more than for the bame period of last year or just about double that of 1895 or 1894 ane cattle exports were about the same as in 1896 though less than in 1894 mineral oile were exported in about an equal amount for the past three years the increase in the shipment of over corn rye wheat oate while there baa been an enormous increase in the volume of our foreign trade due almost entirely as the above figures indicate to the failure of crops in the rest of the world arr exports of manufactures tor october an november bhoj a falling off of a PW million dollars as compared with the bame months oi foreign countries are starting a cry against made in tle united stales because they are led to believe that abe dingley bill waa especially designed to exclude foreign goods from tho united stale they ii demand reciprocity in trade aad though the republic jurate jp rate about a reciprocity clause they seem to fail to recognize eliat reciprocity is an unwritten law of all commercial nations and that when this nation by their guidance treads on abe corns ot great batain or germany or france nations ara bound to retaliate there are two views to of tariff eicher it must prohibitive in order to or be simply a tariff for revenue only if U is this country can be indifferent to the attitude of foreigners if it is for revenue only then even it the duties are high or customers cannot accept abe same as a direct blow aimed at their export to this country sentiment plays quite important a part in international iLter national in private affard and just as abe individual is not prone 0 o challenge an act that is not especially designed to injure him so it is with a nation we look or feature ot tariff die cassion to come up in the house during the session in connection with the deficit lu revenue |