The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
TARIFF AND PRICES.
mckinley Bill Prices" Lie. Won't
Charge them Any More.

lie COtlS T0SSlOIdi CdinpdISh vi 1OOO
has been fought and won by the
Democratic party, and the country
rejoices over the result. In that
campaign, as in every political cam
paign. many things were said and
done in partisan interests that could
hardly be justified by anystandard OF
morals short of the old maxim that
everything is fair in war and politics.
The exigency. however, for this ques.
tionable method of warfare is now
past, and it IS high time to give a
quietus to the campaign lie, ofWhich
such effective use has already been
made, that all the neceSSaries of life
have been increased by the new tariff
bill. No paper can longer justify
itself, even on the ground of partisan
service. for giving circulation to this
falsehood. and the papers that con-
tinue to publish such indefensible
statements simply make themselves
allies of spectators and extOrtioniSts
and are enemies of the great consum-
ing mass of the peOple.-Charleston
News and Courier, Democratic.
WON'T CHANGE "M'KINLEY PRICES"
ANY MORE.
MAssILLoN. 0. Nov. 13.-During
the interim between the enactment of
the Mckinley bill and the late elec-
ton the Kniffier Manufacturing Com
pany, of Cleveland, o., was among
the concerns which found it neces-
sary to elevate prices lowing to the
passage of the new tariff law" The
reaction has, however, at this early
day become manifest, and this firm,
under date of November 10, writes
to a milling firm here in the follow
ing remarkable terms =
Dear Sir.-As the matter of the
duty on boiling cloth has been recon-
sidered, we are able to quote you the
old prices until furthur notice. So
licitirg your further orders we re-
main," etc.
COMPELLED TO ANNOUNCE A DE.
CLINE.
Messrs. Cor6ley Il Hayes, Nos. 173
| and 175 Duane street, New York AN
nounce to the trade: 1.-THE Mckinley
tariff bill compe!s US to announce a
reduction of % per cent in the price
of indurated fibre wash. basins"
TRADEsMEN EXPOSE THE FALSE.
HOOD.
The large Philadelphia grocers are
exposing the dishonesty of the At
temps Of tradeSmen to put up prices
on account of the Mckinley bill. Six
such firms were interviewed recently
by The Press, with the following re-
suits:
'sThe, NToKinI~s, hin boo not ad-
vanced the price on the actual neces-
sites of life one particle" said Thos.
Martindal yesterday. "Of course -
he continued, "prices have advanced
slightly on foreign goods such as
macaroni, French peas, pickles, cham.
payne, etc. but so small is the in
! crease that it can scarcely be felt by
the consumer"
Speaking of the advance in corn,
oats and other cereals, he said "The
Mckinley tariff bill has had no effect
on cereals in the least. In the first
place, oats have been very scarce,
scarcer than has been known for
years, bnt this is not the result of the
tariff bill. 1t is the direct result of
short crops, What under the sun,
pray, has the tariff to do with the
weather? Can it control the output
of grain when hot weather interteres
and scorche5 the crop? The market
is in very unsettled condition at
present; fluctuations can be expected.
but in short time it will adjust it.
self to its proper condition"
tombstone. Warner & Co., of Mar
ket street, gave as their opinion that
prices have not advanced to a very
great extent, at least not so far as to
justify all the cutlery that the Demo-
cratic newspapers have made since
the tariff act when into effect.
George B. Goodman & Co. said
"We are direct importers of a large
amount of our fancy groceries, and
we find that the tariff has touched
only such articles that the working
classes OF people can well afford to do
without. Champagne, peas, pickles,
and all such things, when imported,
are out of reach of two.thirds of the
people, consequently can not hurt
them to very great extent"
The Bradford Clarke Co., of Chest
nut street. say their prices have not
changed on many of the articles the
tariff touches on.
Finley. Cokee & Co.'s representa-
tive said Il cannot say that the Nc.
KinIpV hill haS nhanoad or. ,>.;oo, :.