The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25
How the Mckinley Bill Works.

y CHANGING over some of our East
ern exchanges we discover some o.
the practical effects of the McKin-
ley tariff, recently enacted, which
are certainly not encouraging to the
common people of this country, to
say nothing of the indirect opera,
ton of retaliatory measures in for
eign countries. We give here few
. illustrations of articles in general
use: as we have no space for any
extended list:
I Bradstreet's standard authority
of October 18th says:
with leather at its present quo
tations the manufacturers feel that
they cannot afford to make shoes
without a still further advance
They have not secured yet an adj
vance sufficient to cover the in
creased cost of materials. A rise
of 15c. per pair would hardly be
sufficient. 4 It is safe
to say that further advance in
boots and shoes will occur, but 1t
will not be as high as many have
supposed"
The same journal also calls at
tention to the circular of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury in reference
to starch, tariff raised &c. per pound.
This is not favorable to housekeep-
ers and washerwomen.
The Philadelphia Record says !:
''The poor man who has sickness
in his family suffers most from the
Mckinley tariff. Cost of the drugs
that are necessary in sick room
have gone up sky high. Prices have
gone up from 10 to 80 per cent. A
leading druggist says, AN inventory
of our stock now would show that
it is worth at least ID per cent more
than it was two weeks ago. The con-
sumer will have to pay all this.
A Chicago dispatch says: "The
book publishing interests of this
city, which represents an invested
capital of many millions of dollars,
is appalled, at the prospect Of the
trade. in the light of the new tariff
bill. Outside of the paper and type,
everything entering into the manu-
facture Of books has been materially
advanced. A single book binding
firm finds itself involved in loss
upon it's contract figures of $75 a
day upon one item alone.
The existing tax on Sumatra to-
bacco is $50 bale; the new tariff
bill makes it $40 on all tobacco
imported after October 6, 1890.
On Sunday the steamer Span
dam, which sailed from Rotterdam.
Sept. 16, reached New York with
cargo of Sumatra tobacco, consist
ing of $500 bales purchased by a
wealthy New York syndicate.
The difference between a tax of
$50 and tax of $40 bale aggre-
gate on this cargo $1,7OO,OO0. This
sum will be taken from the tax
payers, and paid, not to the gov
eminent, but to few rich men OF
New York"
The New York Commercial Ad
vertiser says: Cheap black alpaca,
which is used for underskirts of
cheap dresses, winter and summer.
mas gone up from go to 100 per
cent. In fact nearly every article
of clothing which the workingman
needs for himself, his wife and. his
children, will cost more under the
new tariff law"
Postmaster General Wanamaker's
Philadelphia store in it's advertis-
ing circular says: "Tinware is ad-
vancing in cost, and very soon the
manufacturers will have their way
and you and me will have to pay
very much more. This lot goes on
sale to-day at prices that will not
be seen again for very long time"
Governor Hill, of New York, in a
speech in Ohio, October 21st, said
But not only has the Republican
Congress stopped to a sharper trick
to hoodwink the American farmer
in the matter of tariffs on his pro
ducts, but it has made his living
even more expensive than it has
hitherto been. His wnOlena nav
80 per cent more duty, while the
rich mans broadcloth pays duty
of 10 per cent more. The duty on
sealskin sacques is reduced 10 per
cent, while that on silk plush, which
the poor woman wears, is increased
60 per cent. The duty on worsted
shawls, which the farmers wife
wears, is raised from 81 to 50 per
cent, and on wooden shawls. the in
crease varies from Is per cent to 30
On women's and children's cheap
dress goods the increase is much
less. For his hannels the consul
mer must pay an increase Of at
least 50 per cent in duty. On ready
made clothing the increased taxa
ton is from 81 per cent to 81"
TIE Governor mentioned several
other articles, and added that on
milk pans, tin pals, tin cans, coffee
pots, kettles, cups and other articles
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