The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-08-06
MEAN MaKINLEY TAXES.

Corduroy as an article of mem.
and bows wear is not so popular
: as it used to be, although about
one million yards are imported
annually, three fourths Of il low
grade goods used by farm hands
and workingmen, while The re-
naming One-fourih is of fine
quality employed for riding suits.
| Under the old tariff law the
duty on corduroys was 35 per
cent. The Mckinley law makes
il II Cents square yard and 20
per cent al valorem, with q pro-
vision that it shall in NO case
amount 10 less than 40 per cent.
The effect Of this new duty, as
in most ofthe Mckinley sched
ule>, is felt far more severely in
The case of the cheap than IN
that of the cost " goods. One I'm
porter estimates the duty upon
the low grades rs about 80 per
cent, the corduroy which form
erly sold for 80 cents a yard now
fetching 40 cents, while the high
grade goods have advanced only
about three cents. Another New
York importer, s. NJ. Cohen.
figures the present duty upon he
corduroy nsed by hboring men
as nearly SIS per cent, aud third
Daniel McKeever, says that the
goods which formerly sold for 25
cents now cost 33. and those that
formerly cost A now cost 50,
while the former 60 cent cordu
roy rem1ins at 60 cents. These
latter are for The fancy use Of our
wealthy. The meanness of this
advance, which amounts to pro
hibl,iOn, is that it Was made by
he tariff dealers, under lnbby in
f1uence, for The benefit of A sin
gle establishment has. the Cromp ]
ton Mills Company of Prov,
dence, which after a long exper
fence in the manufacture of cot
ton goods is now experimenting
corduroy. II is said that this es
tablishment has imported some
English corduroy cutters, but the
goods produced are described as
very light fabrics, more suitable
for caps than clothing. A repre-
sentative of line New York Pos,
who recently questioned the New
York agent for the Cromp,On
mills could get little information
out of him as 10 the progress of
the Crompl on experiments be
yond The fact thai starting the
manufacture was slow process
attended by enormous Difficult
ties. He denied, however that
the corduroy trade would be kill
ed off, as the Trade in pearl but
tons had been destroyed, com
pelling consumers TO seek some
He said: "People
would have 10 pay more fer cor
duroy; but they will buy it all
The same" One of the importers,
on the other hand. declared he
was unable to get The cost price
of the low grade goods, and had
very nearly stopped Importing
lhem. \
The having 'to paw more" is
Tor The benefit of Rhoad Is
land factory that has imported I
is labor. dodglng, the tin plate
men purpose TO do, the contract
abor law. =." ,
The pearl button tax. referred {
o above, is probably the most
contemplate exortion of the Nc .
Ainley bill. Before it became a
aw pearl buttons cost The deal. ,
rs Is cents per groce; they now I
os, 20 cenIs per grOce. The reas-
N Of this is that under the aci {
It 1883 he lax on such buttons q
vas 20 per cent, while now it is I:
10 per ceni advalorem and 24 i,
ents per line button measure of h
ne.fortieth of an inch per gross. il
'hich is equivalent 10 q tax of I
bout 4sO per cent on some e
rades. is
There is not pearl button "
ac'ory OF any consequence i'm e
he United States. These buttons a
ave been made in Austria. and
he Mckinley tax has excluded
ne lower-priced qualities from =
ur market, the result il that
ar people are now nsIng SUBJ
iiuIes of various sorts, but all
re greatly inferior. for which
ley are paying higher prices
IAN The genuine article would
,st without the tax.
This virtually puts a tax ON E
Verv man and boys shirt and
} he garments of women and
,ildren 10 start mp the MANN e.
cture of an inferior article. TO CT
= sure, i: is a small tax; no one 81
els ii, the pro,ecIionists say; m
II consider The number of such o.
ltions used in a year by $4,000. A
70 people aud .yon will discover W
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