Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-10-31

that wbalebones had gone up from 4
to Is cents; hornbones. from In o
dress shields from IS to IL and fro-, .,
TO 81 Elastic had gono up ono or tive
cents yard Linen goods Of every
KIND have careered upward, also hosiery,
underwear, etc
Pearl buttons had already been
doubled in prices during tho past few
months, and tho tariff had just caused
IN additional rise OF 20 per cont, with
an equal rise ~ follow soon. That 10 to
say dollars worth OF pearl buttons
under the old tariff will now DO sold for
81 so
In another paragraph the Dry Goods
Economist says this for the ladies' AS
rule lad es are proverbially indif fer
ent to pol. tics, but when they find out,
as they are now dong. that something
has been done by tho politicians which
results in adding from 20 to % per cent
TO their drcssmakcr's and millinery
frills, we fancy that we shall hear from
the dlsenfranch scd sex in tones that no
judcious man will be likely to ignore"
The New York Commercial Bulletin
confirms the advance on pearl buttons,
notes tho advance on carpets. and says
in regard to the general advance:
Congress ha, nude rom Tor scores Of
combinations and trusts, snn, OF which
already appear to be getting Into ope alton.
1hi consumer ha, TO lake is
chances
The same paper makes the following
statement:
Manuf cturers of upholstery goods nri
complaining bitterly against the operation
OF the Mckinley Dlll In noressi.atlng II 10 per
cent advance on the rico to CONSUMERS.
A large proport on OF the yarns used In this
Industry are spun In Ireland upon which
the new tariff law advances duties to Is per
cent and three cents nrr pound.
The New York OIL, Paint and Drug
Reporter is protectionist trade paper
for the lines indicated by its name.
Here are some items from is market re-
ports in its number for October s. OF
window glass 1t says:
II is reported that all the large Western
1obbers have been In Pittsburgh the past
week anxious to place contracts in anticipa-
tiOn OF an early rise In values.
Cod liver oil, now that tn now duty has
gone Into effect is held for higher prices
Phosphorus Is ten cents per pound higher,
that being the extent of the increase OF
uuty Dy the new tnriH
sumac-A steady tone has prevail cd. and,
In consequence OF increHsel duties. prices
have advanced somewhat"
On the con trary, IL gives tho prices Of
some articles on which the duty was re-
duced; and the lower price here shows,
in the opposite direction, how the tariff
is tax.
Here are the items referred to:
Hemp seed elng ndmtte ut II lower rate
Of duty, market prices have been reduced.
Rape seed also pays II lower rate Of duty
and In consequence has declined to "a cents
for English and sis cents for German
Chloroform-Prices have not been affected
by the cut of one half In the du y, the new
rate being practically prohlb ory.
These are some OF the first fruits OF the
Mckinley bill, as stated in non-political
trade papers in their market reports
VIII the National Republ can Com
mittee set these things down as Demo
cratic talk" and nothing but downright
falsehood?"
Mckinley says: 1T is only in order
now to watch for the beneficences which
the new tariff law is bound to work"
Here are the "bene dcences"-j what
Mckinley wants s nee he says elsa
where, 1--WE want no return TO cheap !
times in our own country"
But what do the people say? Do they
want TO pay these higher prices?