Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-12
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crease of about 125 per cent.
| Charles P. McCielland, Corsets, A.
and ~ Wall street. The bill increase
the rate on corsets from 35 to 50 pc
cent. This is not protection but pro
/ hibition. The domestic manufactur,
to-day exceeds the import in the rath
| OF S 10 l, which is good argune ep
that the import does not hurt the do
| mestic manufacturer.
| X. H. Ewart, linen: The Mckinley
bill would double the rate of duty or
| linen. | think the increase needless
as there are no linen maputactories in
| this country.
T.. Stroebal, glassware: 1 had an in.
voice yesterday, on which the duty
was $40. Il would be just S4e3 under
the Mckinley bill.
Lawrence 3. ContenceD, fruit brok-
er, l26 Pearl street: The bill increases
the duty on fruit about so pr cent
This would practically put stop to
the importation of Spanish fruits
Native fruits cost more than fnreig Il
fruits at this season of the year. When
the Mediterranean fruit is in season
there is no native fruit here to com
pete with it. Tie result of the bill
would be Getriment to al! and ben
eft to no one. Bananas and pineap-
pies are left on the free list, while the
duty on oranges has been doubled.
M'KINLE9 LISTENS TO THE STATE
MENTS.
Mckinley was present for part of
the time and was palpatly nervous.
The open exposure of his bill was too
mucn for him, and bis face. which is
usually pale gray, became almost
absolutely white What added to
Mckinley's anger was the satisfied ex-
preston on the faces of Allison, His
cock, Aldrich ard Jones of Nevada,
the tariff experts among the Republi-
cans of the Senate. The delegation
were not given as much time to be
heard as they desired, and they in
tend to try again in the near future to
submit some remarks to the commit
tee. If the committee will not hear
them they will send their remarks in
some other way.
The following letter, received by
Congressman Fitch of New York to-
day from leading New York firm,
calls attention plainly to another feat
ure of the Mckinley bill that may
have heretofore escaped attention.
5. HERsCH Il Co, importers, Nos. 427 and
429 Broadway, New York, June B, 1890
Ny DEAR Mr.. FITCH; / enclose you cop
les Of two invoices of buttons which we re-
ceived hi, season These are not prepared
eases, but transactions that actually occurred.
These goods were ordered by us last Aug
ust for shipment to Us this spring. With
each invoice is a memorandum of the duty
on it under the tariff as proposed by the
Mckinley bill. Fifty-eight dollars old duty
as against 81 $50 new duty; 1882. 10 old duty
as against S9,006, - new duty. This is on an
article that goes to the very poorest people,
and of which not q single gross was ever
made in this country. Similar discrepan.
cles exist in metal buttons jet buttons, ivory
buttons and other kinds, but the differences
are greater in pearl buttons. Very truly
yours, Sd. O'SULLIvAN.
To Hon. Ashbel Fitch, Washington, d. &.
There is, no doubt, of the importers
being IN open revolt against the
Mckinley bill, but whether the Senate
will have pluck enough
to run counter to those from whom the
fat was fried in 1880, and in whose in
terest Mckinley acted, remains to be
seen.