Wallace, Banfield & Co., Irondale, Ohio.
Jennings Bros. & Co., Pittsburg.
Niedringhaus, St. Louis.
There is one other charge which was freely made against the tariff of 1890, that deserves a brief answer. It was said that the McKinley bill would stop trade with other countries, and that it raised duties “all along the line.”
A plain tale from the “Statement of Foreign Commerce and Immigration,” published by the Treasury Department for June, 1891, puts this accusation down very summarily.
| Total imports free of duty for nine months, ending June 30, 1891 | $295,963,665 |
| Total imports free of duty for nine months, ending June 30, 1890 | 208,983,873 |
| Balance in favor of nine months, ending June 30, 1891. | 86,979,792 |
| Total dutiable imports for nine months, ending June 30, 1890 | 389,786,032 |
| Total dutiable imports for nine months, ending June 30, 1891 | 334,242,340 |
| Balance in favor of nine months, ending June 30, 1891 | 55,543,692 |
| Total imports for nine months, ending June 30, 1891 | 630,206,005 |
| Total imports for nine months, ending June 30, 1890 | 598,769,905 |
| Balance in favor of nine months, ending June 30, 1891 | 31,436,100 |
BISMARCK IN THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT.
BY EMILIO CASTELAR.