Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-06-30

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A~e-t's vsess efa sb.sDs operative
10 New Essiaaa. q @. vsli toy Is
spools Of six-eordeS thread. 800 ysras pr
spool, 1t 10 eesss cash. having 3 esasa
ovrr. Tie English vaess Of . % gill
buy il Enelasl q spssls Of six-eorasd
thrssd. 1t 4 eests . spssl. ssuae 2 ssses
over. or 8 -poels noes. Dusy - spsea-
thresd. 67} pr cent.
Fifty psands Of 3-blood meriso vssi.
.. IS cssss per poa.d, will by 10 New
York 562l poasds q ee@aos BARI ~
4 cents per pound. The same SO p O6nds
of wool will fetch in England Sc cents .
pound. aud buy 900 pounds Of the same
kind Of iron at :, cents . pound. Da,y
on bar iron. 66t per cent.
In 1860 aud 1861. 4-blood ncrino
wool sold in New York for so cents .
pound. aud best Collins axes a, 50 dog
en-. Fifty pounds Of wool woald have
bought 33 axes. leaving 25 cents over
In 1870. so pounds Of the same wool
ietches So Sc. aud axeseost $l2 . dog
en- it would. therefore, only procure 22}
axes. Duty on steel aud iron average So
per cent.
In 1860 the price Of a 6ve-hole stove
was Sc; il took just IL pounds Of l. blood
merinO wool. a. so cents per pound. to
buy a stove. The price Of . six hoe stove
Of the same class il 1870 is 80 so. and
merino VOL sells for IS cents per pound;
it takes 81 5-45 pounds Of wool to buy q
stove. Duty on pig-iron for casting
stoves. SIS per cent.
1t takes at present Just nine bushels o.
Ohio wheat to buy . 6ve-hole stove. the
price Of it being % SO in New York. In
1850 che same stove could have beer
bought (a'lowisg wheat to fetch the sasnl
price. 81 Os) for less than 81 b.aasls.
In 1860 the price Of Sheffield cast-sees
vas IA cents pound, and wheat va
81 OS per bushcl; 10 bushels would hav.
b,ught just IS pounds Of steel. Duty or
steel 10 1860, Is per cent. In 1875
steel costs 10 cents pound and II
bushels Of wheat will only buy 55{ p ,und
OF the same class of steel, or nearly y
pounds less. Duty on steel. 4s4 per cen,
I A farmer selling 100 bushels of whoa
in 1860. and realising thercfrom $llO
could have bough, in New York lag
yards of ingram two-ply Lowell carp. a
IS ceuts per yard. Duty in 1860. ?.
per cent A farmer selling 100 bushels
Of wheat in 1870. aud realizing SllO
can only buy $40 yards Of the same car
pct At the prevailing price Of 81 80 pc
yard. Duty in 1870, 20 per cent.
One hundred bushels Of wheat. reals.
ing Sl1O in 1860. would have bough
} 73A yards Of oil wool cloth. weighing l.
ounces per yard. Duty "a per cent
At 81 SO per yard the same 100 bushel
Of wheat in 1870. realizing $1l0. vii
; "nly buy SIS yards Of the same cloth a
81 per yard. Duty in 1870. 20 per cent
In 1860, a seams,rcss, earning so cen,
a day. could have bought IL spools o: tn
best six-cord Clark's 20O-yard thread. -
Duty on thread, q per cent. In 1870
the scamstress earns IS cents day. an,
the price of the above is 10 cents = spool
she can only buy y spools for her ont
day. labor. Duty on thread. GIL pc
sent.
In 1860, 20 pounds Of 3-blood merlin
: wool. fetching $40, would have boueh
: 1914 pounds OF Liverpool salt. ..
4 ceu,s per bushel o; 70 pounds. Duty o
salt. Is per cent. In 1870. 20 pound
OF i-blood merino wool fe,cIes 50. an
buys only 1,575 pounds Of Ii liverpool sal
q, 40 cents per bushel Of 20 pounds.
J, Duty. 10s per cent.
: In 1850. a laborer earning one dolla
a day could have bough. just = pound
Of goldfish ., four cents per pound. L
: 1870 be earns 81 so a day, and codfs
= costing y cents u pound. he can only hu
J.. 20 pounds of cod6-h for his days labor
or Eve pounds less.
t Owners Of shipping on the lakes, whe
G they buy 1000 pounds Of yellow met
sheathing for \ vessel. have to pay
cents per pound, or $500. Duty on yc
= low metal. IS per cent. None is impor
i ed. The same metal can he laid dow
. in any portion of the lakes. if no duty vi
= on it. for 20 cents currency. A thou'
aud pounds Of yellow metal sheatir
would. therefore, cos. $3.50. or 8 40 les
In 1860. five bu.heIs of wheat. in Oh
: cago. fetching 81 per bushel. would ha,
o bought III pounds Of assorted shot. at
d cents per pound. Duty on lead. Is p.
b. cent. In 1870. Eve bushels Of whea
fetching 81 per bushel. will only buy 6
> ~ pounds ofassorsed shot. Duty on lea
n A. per cent.
In 1860. female weaver in q Nc
o England cotton-nill earned $3.50 p
= week wages. and god black taffeta ii
% SOLD at 81 50 per yard. 1t therefore to,
her Just twcn,y-foar DAYS 10 earn d