Telegram-herald., 1890-11-04

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Justify tke assertion that conspiracy
has been foFEaa4 10 influence eongres-
sl0aal elections b pers1l&alng TIE peo-
PIE that one eject of the Republican
administration Is large advance m s-.e
cost Of the necess4zles of HE. That
these statements are essentially fzlse
may be ascert4ined ~ any one whe wil
take the trouble q inquire a. 70 the
facts, and nos accept newspaper sLega
tiOns for truth ull he has proved them.
He Vii Be convinced that with few ex-
cept.0ns there are 10 material Increases
Of the duties IN the new tarlk. Com
psratiye statements may be had "a Oily.
showing the difference between IL. old
rates and the new As rule. the changes
are reductions and not additions
A large variety OF articles which for
merly paid duties are ROW on the free
list, so that under the rev law nearly
one-half of all the imports WI come IN
duty free. So far AS these are concerned
there will be a reduction Of cost 10 the
American consumer. OF the articles re
manning on the dutiable list the duties
on many have been largely reduced.
This is true Of the chemical and the iron
schedules, both Of which include great
and important variety OF the SO called
necessxries OF life. The wood schedule
shows also important reductions. The
cotton goods schedule provides for a
slight increase on the finer kinds, rarely
exceeding per cent. increase on any
kind. On the lower grades there is re
duction, and on the medium grades no
increase.
On line linen goods there is an increase
of duty, with the purpose Of introducing
the manufacture of fine linens in this
country. But on many other kinds of
goods made of fax, hemp or jute the
duties are reduced.
The duties on many kinds of woolens
have been advanced TO correspond with
the increased rates on woods. But as all
the lower and medium qualities of wool
on goods, such as are worn by the aver
age citizen or are made up into ready
made clothing, were sold in this country
before the new tariff was enacted for
less than the foreign cost, with duty
added, it is evident that home competi-
ton viii determine prices of these classes
of woolens in the future as in the past,
and no increase in price follow the new
tariff bill. The finer kinds, such as are
consumed by the wealthy, may be ad-
vanced, but l. is safe to say that for the
kinds that are used in the clothing of all
classes OF people who are compelled to
consider the cost of what they wear there
will be no advance. Or if in any case
an advance is made it will be SO slight
as not to affect perceptibly the cost Of
garments.
Silks have not been advanced. The
only schedule in which there has been a
material increase Is the agricultural in
cluding nearly all varieties of farm
products. But as the free traders have
always claimed that the duties on the
great staple products OF our farms were
null and of no effect, it is hardly worth
while to argue that the advance in the
duties on this class of articles will not
increase the cost of living. The fact is,
these increased duties viii enlarge our
home market for farm products and Sc
cure the farmer against the uncertainties
( OF foreign markets and the growing com
petition Of emi-barbarous nations. To
offset any possible increase in the cost OF
food in consequence of these advanced
duties on farm products we have sugar
made free, and thereby clear and abso-
lutte reduction of the cost of living foI
our people of not less than $50 ,O00, ,00C
annually, a sum equal to one-fourth the
entire cost of the bread wo consume.
Thus in effect the new tariff bill give:
to the people of this country a receipt in
full for one-quarter Of their bread bill
every year.