The Mckinley Law Again

The McKinlov tarili' does not keep frona demanding a constantly Lncreasing quantity of American firearms. Of these, according U. the United States Treasnry summary of exporta and imI ports we exported in February INüO : f)7,i.'U wortii. Duriiif; Feb., 1891, we esportea ■flL'4,41'.') worth. In connection with the above we take great pk asure in quoting a newa telegram froni the Detroit Free Press of last Wednesday, which is so niuch at variancewith the tone of their editorials that it is amusing to notiee how the facts down their wild theories. "BrssEi.DORF, April 14. - At Solingen, the great manuiacturing center for swords, bayoneta and cutlery, fourteen miles from here, there has been quite au exodus of operatives for America. On Thursday last eighteen expert hands, with their apprentices and families, making 100 in all, started for New York, where, it is reported, they are engaged to work by contract for a flrm of that city. Their departure is wholly due to the JIcKinley law, which has worked havoc among the manufacturers here, niany faetones being on the point of closing down, as the export trade of America has fallen off 54,000 marks ($13,000) during the past three rnonths.