Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-19
Tbs Three Measures Csmparsd-Prss.
eBt Tariff TESS ths Full EEdD..
anca Ct ths MAsEes.
of Welcome Rsli,t-rne sepsfo Bill
Adds Largely to chsir HEAVY Load.
Cincinnati, FnouIrar

WORK snd sewing for the reighbors get
Sl25 in year. This nak3s the totx
irc7me Of the family OF eight persons
| s593 so.
We must pay out during the year =.
follows: Rent, s96; TO the physicisn nj
druggist. S25; for proyisi1ns, groceries,
ETC., Sl6Q; for school books End supplies
SIS; expenses OF visiting rel.tives, etc
So; Christmas and holiday kuickr,ok
for the children, sl5; chGrcb, Sunday.
schoo!, missionary and Charitable contri
buttons, SIS; wifo's personal expenses
sl2 SC; o'lro for myself, 81 so. Thi:
fools up $3.50
There is lett me- s21S so With which tc
clothe Dysel. ana family. The wintel
clothing, so-cslled, is the bic
item. Now, want you 30 tel
how much the tsEif tsx is Gu tee
olsake!s, clothing, etc, which must buy
eacn Eesr. Fist, under tpe lsW IS i. row
s'snds; secon wis. IL would be urCel
the Mills bill; third, WIS! It would bs IN.
der the Senate bill
Firs. tell NE how many blankes5 you
buv 10 yesl?
Eight.
How many suits Of clothes each for YOU
and the boys?
TWO each. lily best suit costs from
$50 10 $50, my working suit from SIP 10
SIS. The oest suits for The three boys
average So each, the CON- nor ones So.
How many dresses fer the vile and
girls?
Two each; one Sunday and ore every
day. Ny wife buys oF the yaId and
makes Them herself. E-ch of Glem must
nave Cloak or dolmsn, or whatever they
cali II.
Very well; let Us see what the t.Zes on
them would De under the three proposi-
tiors. Your blankets would weigh four
pounds each, and medium price would
os 60 cents q pound, manufscturer's
charges. On this Clag9. as the tariff now
stands, the duty is "a cents PEI pound
Eno 50 per cent. al vslyrem added The
tariff tx would be sl4 81; manuisc-
ture!'s cost price. Sl9 20; dealers profit,
81; total cost, S37 so.
Tie tax proposed il the Mills bill is
40 per cent. ed yalorem. This would make
the tariff tax 81 68; manufacturers cost
price, $40 20; Dealers prlfis, S312;
total, $50.
The tax proposed in the Senate bill is
40 cents per pound and 40 per cent. adj
valoreEa sdded. This wosid make the
ak $50 AZ; manufacturers cos. price,
Sl9 20; des!er's pSof.s, $500; total,
S44 20.
NJG, as TO the clothing OF yourself ana
boys. We VII say thst your best suit
weighs eigGt pounds and TIE manu!scs
turef's price IS SIS. Your coarse suit
Weighe sX pounds ana the msuusoc-
turtr'5 price is 81. The best quits OF
your boys weigh fur and half pouucs
esco, snd the manufacturers price ID
$3.50 each. Their common suits weigh
three pounds, ana tie manufacturers
price is 81 80 each.
The present tariff Tax op euch clothing
is 40 cents per pound, and 50 per cent.
50 vhlorem added. Toe tax on your pest
suit would be s8.45; manufacturers
price, SIS; Dealers prodF, $3.50; total,
S25.
Tee Mills bill proposes Is per cent. sd
Vslorem tariff. This would make the tax
on your suit Sc rs; manufacturers urice,
SIS; desler's prGhs, 81 20; total, S24.
The Senate bill proposas 40 cents
pound snd 45 per c.nE. al valorsm. This
could make the tax on your eait So 9j;
price, Sl5; dsaler's pronl,
So c5; total, S2S.
UGcer the present law, the taxes, etc,
oeing the same, your common suit EoGiu
cost you SI3.
Undsr the Mills bill, SIP
U0def the Senate bill 81 80.
The clothes for your boys sre tsxsd TIE
same ss yours.
Under the present tariff their three
best suits would cost S25.
UGder the Mills bl' S2l so.
UGder the Senate bill S29.
TIER three common suits under the
present tariff laws would cost SIS.
Uader the Mills bill sl2
Uader the Senate bill Sl5 60
For TIE best dresses for your wife and
girls she would want That grade Of wool.
Ems valued By the manufacturer q: fttY
cents yard. U1der the present tariff
the tax on this Class Of goods Is nine
Cents! per yard ard 40 per cent. az
IststsIs. L. Toaid take thirty yE.ds Cor
The Jour dresses. Tie tsx OF the goods
Woeid ba IS 70; msnutacturer's price,
SIS; Dealers prof, SO 80; total, s27.
UGder the Mills bin the tex is 10 per
cent. sd vslorem. TINS would make The
.sx Sc; manufacturer pr ce, S15; deal
sr's profit, So; total, S24.
Udder the Senate dill the tax is II cents
per yard sId 40 Per cent. advalorem
Elis would make the tax SO 80; manu-
&c ursr's price, SIS; ceaier's profit,
50 40; total, Pro.
The everyday dresses at Is to 90 cents
! ysrd, manufacturer prlce, axe taxed
1nder the existing law 5 cents per yzrd
md 80 per cent. sd vslorem. Ga the four
The tax would be So 60; msnuiac :urer's
price, Sc; Dealers profits, 81 40; total,
Bill.
Under the Mills bill the t.x is 10 per
lent. al ytlorem, and on the four dresses
4 would be 50 40; manufacturers price,
Sc; dezler's profts, 50 cents; Io!si,
80 20.
Under the Senate bill the tax is cents
ger yard snd 10 psr cent al vs!orem.
FMS would mike tEe tax 81 20; msnufsc.
.urel's price, Sc; Dealers profit, 81 40;
otal, s1l go
The four closk3 would average four
pounds, and the manufacturers price be
Sc each. Uader the presen. law the tarsEl
SIX is IS cents per pound and 40 per csaE
ID vslorem. This would make the tw
SIG so; manufacturers price, S24; ds
,I's profi.s, SO so; total, S44 60.
NILS BLll-Tarlf, As per cent sd valos1i
em. This would make the tax $40 S0;d
price, S2k; dealer'ss
,roa., IS 80; total, s38
S3nsts Blll-Tsriff, 45 CENTS per pound
md Is per cent ad vslorem. This would
make the tax SIS; srufacturer's price,
s24; Dealers profits, So; total, SAT.
How much, including tsrih tax spd sll,
10 these items amount to under the pres
mt tariff law2 ..;.. .sl
Two hundred a1d nine dollars and
Henty cents.