The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-10-29


have teen totally bereft of ever,
argumqet except that Of eallinl
their orronents liars and theorists
Now THAT theory is there in /
price iis If a price list is not 1
cold fac absolutely berett oftheory
what isft2 And the price lists ol
'protce.edr' manufacturers, whole.
sale de.1ets, and the every day re.
tail prizes charged across the coun-
ter, are he only arguments the OPP
Ponents Pf|tle iniquitous Mckinley
tariff nfed to advance 1t is alto
gether condition, not theory
which e1hfronts us.
Drive 10 the wall, from their
position that the tariff IS not tax,
the Repus'icanorgans have taken to
deelar hat 2 the tariff is tax
it is only a tax Fon Imported goods.
Attempting to take refuge under
this falsehood, the Pittsburg Com
mercial- Gazette asks chow many
workingmen or well-to. do people of
the middle classes dress in imported
goods9" Against this, it is only
necessary to place the estimates of
Senator Allison, the Republican
Chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, as to wool and woolcns
in the Mckinley bill:
''As the United States only pro-
duces 265,000,000 pounds of wool
out ofa consumption of 600, 900 900
pounds, t is clear these people must
consume q considerable amount of
foreign wool, manufactured abroad
or at home. More than one-half
the woolen wear of the people is i'm.
ported, and whether in. u raw or
manufactured condition the increas.
ed taxes of the new tariff bill are
levied on it. On the importations
of 1889, the wooden schedule of the
Mckinley bill increases taxes S14.-
100000. That is on the imported
articles alone, but there is q result
ing increase in the prices of home
products many times greater.
And again, Mr.. Carlisle in his
speech concluding the tariff debate
in the Senate Reed allowed no de-
bate in the House) made these
statements of plain facts:
The duty on wooden and worstcd
yarns. valued at not over 30 cents
per pound is increased from 30 per
cent. to more than 1872 per cent.
On ono grade for worsted knit
goods for underwear and women's
and children dress goods, valued at
less than 30 cents per pound, the
duty Is increased from IS per cent.
5rhue nom "A itttie over 30 TO lfb
per cent.
On the next class, valued at be-
tween 30 and 40 cents per pound,
the duty is increased from GSd to
LAT per cent; and on the next class,
valued above. 40 cents per pound,
the duty is increased from 674 to
129- per cent.
The duty on worsted shawls is in
creased from 62 TO so per cent.
The duty on one class of wooden
shawls is increased from SS5 to
nearly 80 per cent, and on another
class from 691 to over 80 per cent.
The duty on one grade of flannels
is increased from 81 to 120 per cent;
and on blankets valued at more than
30 and not more than 40 cents per
pound, the duty is increased from
81 to 120 per cent.
The duty on ready made clothing
made wholly or in part of wool is.
increased from 81 to 81 per cent; on
cloaks, dolmans, etc, from 60 to 80
per cent.
The Pittsburg Post applies these
figures to Pennsylvania as follows:
The average consumption of wool
en- goods in Pennsylvania is esti-
mated at S12 for each person, or
S60,000,000 per annum for all the
people of the State. Thirty per
cent. is n moderate estimate of the
increase in the prices of this vast
amount of. wooden goods because of
the Mckinley bill. 1t is this in
crease that-is|no pinching the peo-
pie in their purchases of winter
wear, and which suggested Jay
Gould's advice that instead of two
woolen suits. for the men and boys,
of dresses for the women and girls,
they should purchase one suit or one
dress.
The Commercial Gazette quotes
Senator Aldrich's astounding state
ment that the Mckinley bill i'm
poses an average rate duty t.below
the average rate of the Mills bill or
any bill ever prepared by the Dem
.ocratic committee in either house of
Congress.
What confessionI The McKin-
ley bill reduces the tariff more than
the Mills bill, which was denounced
by the organs as a British free trade
and un-American measured
The statement is absurdly false,
but what an unadulterated confession
of the fact that reduction of the tar