Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-17
HIGHER PRICES FOR CLOTHING.

With cold weather approaching, it is
not very comforting to dwell upon the
fact that the Mckinley tariff has
caused an advance in nearly all classes
of dry goods and clothing. But the
fact remains, nevertheless, that nearly
all of the wholesale dealers OF The
country have notified retail dealers
that such has been the effect of the
new law.
The Dry Goods Economist On. W
publishes the opinions of a number of
wholesale dealers of New York city,
upon the effects of this law.
A member of one of the largest i'm
porting houses said:
" Sales have been made at advanced figures,
this week. Dress goods are fully 10 to 20 per
cent. higher"
r. B. McLea, of r. b. McLea & Co.,
said:
- Dress goods have all gone up. Challies have
advanced OFT cents per yord. Cotton prints
have risen about 10 per cent"
w. G. Hitchcock, of w. G. Hitch
cock & Co., said:
Prices are higher; and all goods arriving
hereafter will be from to 25 per cent higher.
/ Silk goods viii be unchanged"
Another importer said:
| THE level of values will rise about 10 per
! cent, and people will have to get used to it,
Denning u Co., successors to a. L.
Stewards great business say:
ar The rates of duties prescribed in the Nc
Kinley bill will affect all classes of dry goods,
and particularly THE LOWER GRADES OR CHEAPER
QUALITIES SUCH AS THE POORER CLASSES REQUIRE.
On such the increase of duties is disproportion-
ately great, and thus the bill hits the poor people
more severely than it does the rich. All wooden
| goods-fannels, dress goods, and whatever else
may be made of woodland costing the con-
| sumner say thirty cents yard, will in the future
cost forty cents. The prices of many classes Of
goods of this character have already been ad-
yanced, and all others soon will be. The finer
and more costly the fabric the less in proportion
will be the duty. Linen goods will be increased
in price from Is to Is per cent. But not cent
on dollar will find its way into the pocket.
of the laboring men. But it will take money
out of the pockets of all"
Messrs. Passavant & Co, importers,
say:
THE new tariff law will add from to so per
cent. to the cost of goods in our line of trade
Jersey cloth will be advanced 80 per cent, above
present prices cotton pushes 80 per cent; cotton
! a. IL
wool hosiery 10 per cen. wool underwear 10 per
cent. When tho tariff gets into full operation it
will enhance the price of ready clothing
| from to Is per cent. Gloves will go up some
90 to 20 per cent.
One of the firm of Walter H. Graef
Il Co., says:
These apparently heavily taxed goods in
reality do not pay much duty as common
goods The richer in silk pile goods are the
lighter they are, aud the duty per pound does
not grow very rapidly on case Of these goods -
AS to gloves, leading dealer says:
! 1.-The change will only increase the cost OF
low priced goods. To put it more clearly. if the
fine gloves were subject to a duty of so per cent
ad valorem, the lower priced gloves would be
from 60 to 100 per cent higher. A pair of gloves
that last year sold for dollar at retail, will not
be purchased this winter for less than dollar
and thirty cents -
In view of the facts above pre-
sented, what do the people of this
district think of the following glowing
tribute paid to our representative in
congress by Editor Watrous, of The
Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph;
Mr. LaFollette has been the friend, the stead
fast friend of every interest in his district the
state and nation. He has been right, actively
and effectively right, on all of the great ques-
tions that have come up dering his term in con-
gress HE WAS THE STRONG RIGHT ARM
OF THAT GALLANT MAN FROM OHIO, NC
KINLEY, IN THE GREAT WORK OF GIVING
ING THE NATION THE MCKINLEY TARIFF
LAW"