Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-11
WORKINGMEN, READ THIS!
See What the Senate Tariff Bill Proposes
To Do.
Nf,g York Times.

ooo Wuht inc senate Ihriu IitA &ASf
To Do.
Nw York Times.
There is conside ,able increase proposed
in all classes Of wools. On woods OF ths
frst class Clothing wooIs) the great mass
Of inports, some $4,000, 600 pounds, are
now taxed 10 cents q ronnd, equal to %
per cent. The tax is advanced to ii cents
per pound, adding $3.50, 600 10 the revenue
and 10 per cent to the cot. On 9.5Oo. ooO
pounds of woods Of the second class comb
ing or worsted wools) there is now COL
lscted 10 cents q round, or 43 per cent. !;
the tax is inci ised to IL cents, or $95. 0OO.
Woods of the third class (capst woolsl
costing more than IL cents per pound are
advanced from 5 cents TO cents. Inc
imports are sb,ut 20, 600, 600 pounds, and
the advances in tie duty il 20 per cant,
Increasing the revenue $500, goo. ga
WASTES" the duty is advanced from III
cents 10 80 cents. 1t lis difficult TO cay
exactly how much of the present imports
this covers; il the whole, amounting to
5000, 600 pourd DIS, then the increase in the
revenue would be s., 100000 We thus
have an increase Of duties on an important
material of manufsc. ure of at least 81, 525, =
900, aud possibly 81. 500,0 900. And with
this afro ious weight added to duties now
yielding OILY from IS. 600, 900 to *, 600,
200, the unsuitable Ohio Senator is not
satisfied, but "hGpss against hope" that
the industry and commerce Of the country
will bs still more heavily burdened.
On WOODEN goods there ia also propose
grievous addition of duty, falling, as re-
publican burdens generally do fall, nos'
heavily on thoss used by the less wealthy
classes. Thus On all Ho,len goods end
shswls valued at between 40 aad go cents
a pound there is added tax of 5 pr cent.
advalorem; between so and so cents,
cans q pound and per cent. sd valorem
above so cents pound, cents pound i,
added. OF these cloths and shawls we i'm
port ab;us $40, 500,O wo,th. By 8
cruelty Ingenious grouping the tax on 81
fInnels, b'aake!s, and hars of WOOL val
ued a. between 80 and 80 cants pound il
increased 16 cents POUND and 3 per cent
Il az NhlO1CIu, "uiAC UIC tuA OA Wv % CIV WV
costing al o7e 80 cents is only advancs d !
cents pound. In the same spirit aud
with the same tender regard for the wear
ers of foe goods and tbs same greed
spirit toward thcss who can only afford
the c,aIssr goods, women's and eti'dcen''
dress goods valued at not over IL
&c ITS PER square yard and taxed 90 cents
more pound and Ia per cant. more in AZ
ad vsloreu rate. Onlike goods contain'n!
silk, very generally used in the cheaper
grades, the specific tax is In
creased by 100 per cent (rom c:nss to
II cents) and the ad valorem tax by l.
per cant. zion IS Per cent to 40 per cent.
By another grouping, equally ingenious
aud even more cruel, an added tax is levicd
On knit goods valued at Lees than 80 ce ltt
a pound OF 30 cents pound and 10 re,
cent. sd valorem, and on knit goods valued
teswsen 80 cents and 40 cents pound al
added tax of % cents q Touud and pei
Gel I'D yalorem, and so on.
We vii not now ask our readers to f
low this analysis. further. 1t yields il:
most significant results in the wool arc
wooden scAedulss, though there are st;ik'
ing facts connected with some OF the 9th
ers. We will only call attention now tC
thu fact that the reduction an sugars i
least on the higher grades tba: come in Gi
rect competition with refined sugars, anC
leaves the great sugar trust urhsrE C !
that the e1uction on tt7uctursl iron and
steel is Only - per cent, leaving the duty
still 90 per cent and prohibiting sll seri
Gus ccml clifton with the beam trust; snt
generally, while this Republican bill i'll il
free list and its reduction OF the sugar tai
gives up the pro.ec'irn principle, in th'
other parts OF the ri it is adhered to Will
more than usual arbitrary favoritism TO
the rich and Indifference to the poor.