The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-28
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TARIFF THIEVING.
How 10 Affects the PeOplc-.Infer-
ehting stiggestise EHcts: sr

One weeks wages Of female opera-
tive in woolen-mill ia New England is
81 50 which will buy her 12t yards of
alpaca. at go cents q yard. The wages
of the same class of operatives in Brad
ford, in England, is but SO 3S, which
will buy in Bradford the same kind of
alpaca for Is cents a yard, or lsa yards.
Thus, the one weeks pauper labor of
England buys over yards of alpaca
more than the boasted wages of the
United States. Duty on alpaca, 6l4 per
cent. aHA a aM
A weeks wagEs If female operative
in New England, 81 81; will buy as
spools of lx-corded thread, 200 yards
per spool, at 10 cents each, leaving 2
cents over. The English wages of SS
3S will buy in England "a spools of best
six corded thread, at 4 cents Q spool,
leaving 2 cents over, or 8 spools more.
Duty on spool thread, 67t per cent
Fifty pounds of a-blood merino wool,
at 45 cents per pound, will buy in New
York 562t pounds Of common bar.iron
at 4 cents per pound. The same so
pounds of wool will fetch in England
36 cents pound, and buy 900 pounds
Of the same kind of iron at 2 cents a
pound, Duty on bar-iron, 66a PEI cent
In 1860 and 1866, 4 blood tisfino wool
sold in New York f3f So Setts pound,
and best Collins axes at Sd DOZEN Eff
ty pounds Of wool would have bglaht
33 axes, leaving 25 cents otet. fii 1870,
so pounds Of the same wool fetchcsI
822 56. and axes cost e12 q dozen; itl
would, therefore. only procure 22a axes
Duty on steel and iron averages SO per
cent. ~, ~. 49, t.sts s..F7,.,
z In 1860 the price of five.hole stove
was Sc; it took just IL pounds of three
quarter blood merino wool, at so cents
per pound, to buy a stove. The price
of six hole stove of the same class in
1871 Is 90 30, and digfinu Wool sElls hsf|
As cents per t6u1i; it takes q 5-45l
pounds of wool to buy q stove. DUTY
on pig-iron for casting stoves. IS pei
cent.
1t takes at present just nine bushels
of Ohio wheat to buy five hole stove,
the price Of it being 80 30 in New York.
In 1850 the same stove could have been
bought (allowing wheat to fetch the same
price, 81 0S) for less than 81 bushels.
In 1850 the price ofSheflield cast.stecl
was Ia cents a pound, and wheat was
81 0S per bushel; 10 bushels would
have bought just IS pounds Of steel. -
Duty on steel in 1860, Is per cent. In
1870 steel costs 10 cents pound; and
10 bushels. of wheat will only buy SOL
pounds Of the same class Of steel, or
nearly 20 pounds less: Duty on steel,
4st pet eeiit.
A farmer selling 1o6 bushels Of wheat
in 1860, and realizing therefrom s1l0.l
could have bought IN New York l46s
yards Of ingram tw9 ply, Lowell carpet
at Is cents per yard. Duty IL 1850, 2i
per cent A farmct sslliRg 100 bushels
of wheat in 1870; and realizing sll0,
Can only buy S4s yards of the same car
pet at the prevailing price of 81 80 perl
yard. Duty in 1870, Is per cent.
One hundred bushels of wheat, reali
zing S1l0 in 1860, would have bought
73s yards of all,wool cloth. weighing
IA ounces per yard Duty q per cent.
At 81 80 per tard tile same 100 bushels
Of wheat in 1870, realizing Sll0,w.ll on
" buy 50 yards Of the same cloth at S2I
per yard. Duty in 1870, 10 per Cent.
In 1860. seamstrcss, earning 80 cents
a day, could have bought 10 spools ofl
the best six-cord C ark's 200 -yafd thread
Duty on threat, "a per cent. In 1870. |
the seamstress earns IS cents day, and
the price of the above IS 10 cents a
spool; she can only buy q speols for
her one day labor. Duty on thread,
67a per cent.
In 1860, 20 pounds of a-b!ood merinol
wool; fetching 80, would have bought