Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-02
Ii Is TORN TO TATTERS
FONTS That are Made Against the In
famous Tariff Bill.
The More il is DiSSected the More Rot
tenneSS is Discovered.
Some OF the IniquitieS are Impair
TALLY Shown up.

The tariff bill is sent ont broadcast over
the country, The demand tor it is greater
than was ever before known Of any bull.
1t Is beng rlddsed ON all sides 10y merCieSS
but Just criticism. 1t is being exposed as
piece OF Juggling fraud, rs deceptive
method to tool congress and the country
INTO giving higher duties where lower
have been demanded.
How it Works on Linen.
Under the Mckinley tariff bill the duty
on linen would be increased from 81 per
cent. al yalorem to 30 per cent. on fine
goods, and on low goods 80 per cent. ad
vaIorem and ) cents per pound; this would
make the duty on some kinds ot low grade
linens used IN the mluutacturN of chcaN
clothing, about 100 p>H' cent. ,.., ...,t ea,,,
of about 300 per cent. Here. as every
where IN the bill. the linen of the poor Is
taxed more dearly than the linen of the
rich.
1t Means ncarer Carpets.
The American Carpet Manufacturers
Association, IN a petition against the
wool schedule, says II would add 9l2-fOd
to the duty charges of the war tariff. and
that the popular effect would he to make
the law odiouS to the 100000 families in
the country that use carpets. The effect
might be something worse than odium
One or two millions ont of the five might
Il e notion to dispense with carpets en-
tlrely, rather than pay more than war
prices for them.
Its Effects Already.
The 1000 operatives Of the Hartford
Carpet company, who have been running
on winter schedule Of hfty-tour hours a
week, and have been looking forward to
full time with Increased wages, have been
notified that the mills will run on the
SiNty-hour schedule, but instead of in
creased earnings that rates will Ice cut
below the present figure. This cut will
average about ) per cent, and, taking
the increase of working time into COuSId-
Grafton, makes reduction aygrryatiug
nearly 10 per cent. The business Is de
pressed 10y the tariff ON the coarse woods
used IN carpet manufacturing, nearly every
pound of which Is imported The prcSI-
dent of the company spent considerable
time at Washington cudCavorug to get
this duty stricken off. Or largely reduced.
but was unsuccessful
The Fine WORK orthc GIa.s Trust.
Schedule Il of the Mckinley tariff hill
the tariff ON all table and lamp
glassware III three ways. First. toy intro
mcing a specific duty 10y the pound and
" the dozen; second. 10y increasing the
ld valorem rates; third, 10y reImpoSnga
tuty on all packages and inland treIghts.
rhe propose q increase would add from 100
o 200 per cent on many articles of conf
non necessity to the masses II would
prohibit the importation of most articles
'f German and French glassware and leave
he consumers here ut the mercy of q glass
trust, now being formed.
How 1t Affects Tobacco.
Mr.. La Toilette is largely credited with
getting the high duty ON Samutra leaf
Ihe duty proposed is SO per pound.
which is prohibtory. Now there are ut
east $4,000 men engaged in the do
nestle manufacture OF cigars from inn
ported tobacco, on which cigars the I'M
ported wrapper alone is or can hr used.
The new duty, in order to give an advan-
age to the growers of domestic tobacco.
will drive most of these men American
Norkmen Just as much as are those en-
gagged in growing tobacco ont of cm-
ployment. This is called "protection to
American industry Like every other
attempt of the kind in the present extern
NiNt ana NdIltu range OF occupation III lht
United States it involves the gravcst injus-
tice. Its effects are easy to be seen. 1t will
diminish the use of domestic tobacco II
will benefit no section. not even the tobacco
district of Wisconsin. All dealers and
predict that it will greatly
diminish The manufacture IN this country
even of domestic tobacco. 1t will promote
and the use of Key West
cigars, deteriorate the quality and sale of
cigars and prove of no benefit to
tobacco growers.
How it Affects the Vinegar and Pickle In
dustrics.
Loud complaint is made that the bill as
reported will aim a deadly blow at the
great industries engaged in manufacturing
vinegar and picking. That guiding
principle" of high protection which Nc
kinley talks about. has apparently guided
him and his associates into state of be-
uncertainty, not to say profound