Nevada County picayune., 1890-11-06
TAXED BY THE TARIFF.
Prices Advanced All Along the
 Line.
From the Dubuqe Lo.) Herald.

There Is not a j0bbing or Il retail establishment III Dubuque which has not received notice from different Eastern houses which sell them goods of an advance im prices on account of the Me Kinley bill. Just where this benefits the Western consumer without creating for him q better market does not appear and cannot he demonstrated by those Republi- calo who, through lowe for and ale glance 10 party. are forced to defend that piece of iniquity known as the Mckinley bill. No matter how much the attempt is made to dis guise it, it is nevertheless a fact that there is a general advance in prices all along the line.
 Dubuque merchants have lately received the October II copy of the Dry Goods Economist, a journal for the trade published in New York and which IS thoroughly non-parti- san. It says relative to prices:
 The first effect of the new tariff has been to harden values for all kinds of dry goods and to advance prices for classes. To review the market systematically: Cotton is lower, but cotton goods above 100 threads to the square inch are dear CT, while lower counts are very stea- dy. Cotton hosiery and underwear are higher.
 Raw wool has advanced and all manufactures are tirmer to higher. Fine dress goods are 10 to l5 per cent. dearer, and flannel fabrieks are lirmer, with an upward tendency - Cloaks have advanced and clothing will be much dearer later on. Car pets will be higher with the opening of spring prices. Linens have ad- vanced 10 per cent. and the tenden- cy is upwards particularly for hand kerchiefs.
 Silk has not shared in the advance, barely holding its own. In yelvets and plushes the advance is from 12 to 17 per cent. Ribbons ars steady as are also gloves. CameFs hair is higher, and feathers and trimmings have leaped up. Furs have advan- ced. Pearl buttons, of course, have taken an upward bound.
 In its paragraphs on the markets appear the following:
 Woolen goods have been quiet in demand. The tone of the market is stronger. and in the absence of stock new fabrics will be dcarer, especially dress goods, hannels and flannel fab rics,
 Knit goods have been active in de mand, and the booking of spriug or ders has progressed satisfactorily in quantity and at a fair advance in pri- 'es Fancy knit woolens have been without special interest.
 John V. FarweIl X Co., of Chicago, have sent the following to their Du- buque customers;
 The new tariff law which went into effect the 9th of Oct, will probably cause an advance of from h to 20 per cent. on nearly all lines of for eign dry goods and fancy goods, Up to this time we have not advanced any of our goods, but will be com pelled to do so as rapidly as our pres ent supply is disposed of.
 A large dealer in yarns sent out the following concerning an article which is used in every family;
 DEAR SIR.-Owing to the new tar if which goes into effect to-day and which increases the prices of all im- ported yarns about 25 cents per pound. we have to advance for the present the price of imported SaXo- ny and Germantown 10 cents a box and zephyr and ice wood 10 cents per pound. A further advance, commensurate with the increase in the cost of the goods, may be looked for at an early day. As the effect of the new bill has already made it. self manifest in higher prices of do- nestle woolS, we may also be forced to advance prices on all domestic yarns without any notice,
 C. A. Noelker, dealer in general merchandise, corner Thirteenth and Clay, states that pearl buttons which formerly sold at cenls card and cost 7 cents per gross have advan- ccd to IS cents per gross, or an in-