Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-17
TaXEs on HOUSEKEEPING.
How iie Protective system oppresses the
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We hear much about keeping up
the standard of American labor above
the low level of the p4uner labor of
Europe, says Prof. w. G.. Sumner in
resent lecture. 1t seems that we
have adopted Il standard TO which we
must lit up our laborers. Ii this Is
true, every ship-loAd of immigrants Is
a public calamity. WDen theJ leave
Europe they are paupers; .when they
land here they become Americans,
and must he elevated in their turn.
How do we elevate the American
iabprer by means of the tariff? He
looks through window glass, If not
over lOx45. that costs him II cents for
7 cents worth; his putty. 3 cents for
cents worth his paper-hangings, ~
ceuts for IA cents worth furniture, ~
cents for IA cents worth paint, 4
cents for cents worth; boards, 10
cents for o cents worth; gas-pipes,
Cast, cents for 2 cents worth |;
wrought, II cents for cents worth |;
lead pipes, cents for 8 cents worth !;
oil cloth, cents for cents worth;
drngget, cents for cents worth in
grain carpet, 8 cents for 2 cents worth;
besstead, 10 cents for II cents worth;
sheets, cents for 2 cents worth
Hummelshine, cheapest cents for !
cent worth linen, cents for scents
worth; shifting, 3 CENTS for CENTS
worth, buttnns, Is cents for 10 cents
worth; woolens, 9 cents for = cen s
worth; his su.peuder- cost him ~ cetts
for III cents worth; tlannel-, cents
for cents worth; wooden socks, 10
cents for 10 cents worth; cotton ditto,
~ cents for IA. cents worth; wooden
shirts, 10 cents for 10 cents worth; cot
Ton shirts and drawers, ID Cents for II
cents worth, brush, cents for 5cent-'
worth; comb. 10 cents for IA cen Is
worth; soap, 3 cents for 2ceuts' worth;
shoes, lleatner,) ID csnts for 10 cents
worth; straw hat. cents for cents
worth; wool hat, II cents for cents
worth; watch, cents for ! celts'
worth; new crystal, whe,i he breaks
one, z ceuIs for 4 cents worth.
Now Iook sat his wife. Hel pays for
her Gotten diess ut the rate OF cents
for 2 cents worth; wooden dress, 8
cents for 3 cents: haimoral, cents TO-
cents worth; rubbers, cheapest, IL
cents for 10 cents; needles. 8 cents for
4 Gents; emery, @ scents for D cents; cot
ton thread, cents for cents wsrtb;
cotton linen cents for B cent? Plus
10 cent? for IA cents; halr-pins, : for z
cent?; fars, q cents for cent?; bonnets,
cents for cents; bfaids and plaits
for bonnets, 13cents for ~ ctnis rib.
boi,s. cents for 8 cents. IL after. all
this he can get her q silk dress, he
puys cents for 3 cents worth;
silk, buttons, fringes, handkcr-
chiefs, ribbons, braids, s cents
for 5 cenis worth; tewing-sllks, z
cents for 5 cent? worth; umbrellas or
parssnls Of silk or alpaca. 3 cents
f,r5 cents worth, or u cotton, 9 cents
for 2 cents worth. For the rearing Of
i,l- child he must pay fcr iifnnt foed
@ cents for cents; nledicive, 10 cents
fpr cent?; castor-olI, 3 cents for 8
cents: liqnpric- paste, Z cents for 4
cents; embrpideiies. 10 cents for II
cents; coitDp-praids, cords, gimp~,
laces, 10 cents for IA cents; sponge,
cepls Tor cent?; soap, . cents for
cent?; fur dolls and toys, ccnta for
ID cents.