Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-10
A FEW RANDOM TARIFF SHOTS.

Now that the new tarln Dill OF the
Republican party has become a law
and is in active operation, it is per-
haps profitable to note some of its
practical effects and to quote some OF
the comments made upon it by those
who know just how the law works.
PRICES ARE GOING UP.
The most burdensome feature, OF
course, will be the increase Of prices
of almost every article of use in the
household. The advance may posi-
bly, be postponed for few months,
until the stock of goods now in hand
are disposed of, but the increase is
inevitable. 1t is said that the ire
mendous duty placed upon tin will
make the tin in u five-cent can cost
over four cents, almost doubling the
price, and of course other articles Of
tin will go up in proportion. Dress
goods have been advanced about II
per cent handk erchiefs heretofore
costing 81 per dozen will now cost
So 40; dinner plates and other china
ware have gone up; u SO gun will
now cost $50; a dollar hair brush will
now cost S125; blacksmiths' anvils
are higher than ever known; music
al instruments are increased from,
say, SO to S12, and in that proportion;
brandy goes up 80 cents gallon :;
codliver oil is advanced from So to
81 so per barrel jersey cloth will be
advanced 80 per cent above present
cost : velvet ribbons, 10 to 20 per cent;
cotton velvetS, 10 to 20 per cent SILK
and cotton pushes, 30 per cent ; cot
ton hosiery, 10 TO p per cent; silk
hosiery (for the rich), per cent ;
wool hosiery, 10 per cent wool un-
derwear, 10 per cent French under
wear, % per cent wool cashmeres,
10 to 10 per cent. Cheap glass vases
for the poor advance 80 cents; china
tea sets for the children are advanced
from : to -. And so the long list
goes on and on, the increase in prices
affecting every family in the country.
WAGES STATIONARY.
Ex-Mayor Hodges of Baltimore
says: "A summary of the business
situation, in its relation to working
men especially, is something like this:
Old tariff, AZ per cent new tariff, 60
per cent; wages, stationary; result,
pinching economy and privation TO
millions of consumers
AN EX-PRESIDENT'S ESTIMATE.
Ex-President Hayes gave his opin-
ion of the new law to Il reporter the
other day. He said : Il cannot find
words to express my regret at the
passage of the measure. 1t is ruinOus
to all our best interests, and it will
do an infinite amount of harm. |
cannot understand how public men
can be so blind to the interests of the
country at large as TO pass such a
bill. 1t is annihilating to the Repub-
lican party. 1t is the most terrible
blow that has been struck at that
party during its existence. l can
only say that | hope such policy
will die out, surely and soon, but |
cannot shut my eyes TO the evil that
will be done before such protection
as this finds grave
FROZEN OUT OF BUSINESS.
ID. NJ Ferguson, dealer in fancy
lamps and ornamental brass goods,
New York, is going to give up bus
mess on account of the Mckinley hill,
which increases the duty on such
stock 30 per cent. He says he is
simply frozen out of trade.
A REPUBLICAN OPINION.
Here is what Hon. p. B. Plumb, the
Republican Senator from Kansas,
says about the recent tariff legisla-
ton, in a public letter to one of his
constituents
am myself in favor OF protection, but
believe we have gone far enough, and
whether we have gone far enough or not |
insist that If a manufacturer wants more
protection he must demonstrate the ne
cessity for It. This has not even been at
tempted to be done, but with an insolence
which in itself calls for rebuke, the manu-
facturers and those who represent them
have simply said, we want it and that is
enough. There has not been an argument
which was worth the name offered TO show
that higher protection was needed. IL is
rather Il poor comment on the American
manufacturer that after having been given
the local field for more than thirty years by
high duties, he is not only still too weak to
stand alone, but too weak TO even exist I'M
less he gets still higher protection than he
has ever had.
A WAR AGAINST THE WORLD.
The Halifax Herald says that the
Mckinley tariff bill is an act of war
against Great Britain, and asks the
question, Can Great Britain stand
idly by while that game is being
played?
HOW IT Is VIEWED IN PHILADELPHIA.
The following significant comment
on the Mckinley bill is from the Phil
adelphia Evening Telegraph a Repub-
lican newspaper published i'll the
very stronghold of protection
Consumers are to pay from p TO 50 per cent
more for their carpets than they previously
paid; 40 per cent OF the workmen of over
two-thirds of the mills are to be thrown into