Total amount,

100000 So, 100000
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Fom this table appears that, on Importations
made IN the year ending July ist, 1914, and valu-
ed at about sirteen millions uf dollars, the
amount of duties actually paid into the Treasury
was about nine millions Of dollars. These qnes-
tons now naturally arise. From whose toll and
labor was this heavy tribute Of nine millions exac
trd2 Was the loss sustained by the foreign pro-
ducers or by the home consumers of the articles ?
Have the prices Of the articles enumerated above,
fallen since the tariff act was passed in 1912 ?
How have the prices of agricultural produce COM
pared lately with the prices, previous to the impo
sition of the Tariff These are all questions
which appeal directly to the interests of the great
mass ofthe people. To our minds the answer to
them is so obvious, that it is matter of surprise
that two opinions should exist. We will not, how
ever, enter into any discussion on the nferences
to be drawn from the facts presented when taken
in connection with the facts in reference to prices
known to ALIVE are content to furnish the mate
rials on which others may reflect and make up
their own minds.