The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-14
INTERESTING TO FAMILIES.

1t has been and liz still held by unin-
formed republican newspapers that the
prices of goods in ordinary use have not
been advanced under the Mckinley
tariff. As this is a campaign of illum-
nation and as every family in the coun-
try is interested in all matters touching it's
outlay for subsistence, the following fig
ures furnished by a New York retail
dealer to a city paper showing the adj
vance in the prices of certain articles
consumed by families, since the McKin-
ley bill got in its work, will not be out of
place. Comparisons of prices in Sep
tember, 1890, are made with those in
September, 1891. We find these in the
Minneapolis Times of the 9th inst.
Mems street gloves $50 Sept. 1890 adj
vanced to Sl.75 Sept. 1891. Common
lace curtains, such as many working
mems families use were 50 per pair in
1890; they are now sold at $40. The
cheaper sort have advanced from 3715
cents to As cents. Average quality of
mohair advanced from $3.50 a yard to So;
plushes from $3.50 to $3.50. 1t now
takes s35 to buy a plush garment that
sold for 500. Flannel wrappers that
could be bought for s. now sell for $3.50
French Jersey waists command S13 that
formerly sold for go. Staple pearl but
tons per gross 80 to Sl4; pearl buttons
per dozen from 10 cents to SLIT. Com
mon broadclo:h which sold FOR Sl.c5 now
sells for CLIO, and black diagonals haye
jumped from $40 per yard to 50 per
yard. Corduroy pant goods from 70
cents per yard to 81; combs from II
cents to 81 cents and tooth brushes from
Is cents to 90 cents each.
In common articles of underwear the
increase in prices falls with severity upon
the families of laboring men. They may
be able to buy cheap, sleazy, shoddy at
the old prices, but real wooden wear is
placed by the Mckinley measure beyond
the means of many persons. Here is a
list of a few articles: Ladies' and mems
Cartwrights, cotton and wool, have each
been advanced from 1925 to 1915: cot
ton Balbriggan from 81 to $1.25; mems
domestic underwear advanced 81 per
dozen; corsets Of the commonest kinds
have been advanced 30 per cent; COM
mon scissors from 50 cents per pair to g.
cents; shears from 50 cents to rs cents
per pair; pocket-knives from 30 cents to
g. cents each; domestic blankets from
e2.10 to 1926; mohair braid from SO
cents per yard to II cents; mems Derby
hats each from s1.75 to 81; hammocks
from sl.O to sl.75; wooden shirts from
1912 to S2.37; neckties of a certain grade
from 80 cents to IS cents; bearded edg-
ing from 81 cents per yard to IS cents;
common cotton laces from 20 cents per
yard to 25 cents; curtain muslin from
20 cents per yard to % cents; serge coat
Innings per yard from 80 cents to So
cents; Scotch cheviots per yard from %
cents to 371a cents; percale from %
cents to 27la cents.
Glassware has also been forced up.
Common tumblers have had their retail
prices advanced since September, 1890,
as much as - per cent: jelly tumblers,
10 per cent; white lamp shades, Is per
cent; bowls, 16 per cent; preserve dishes,
from 7 to 20 per cent; t~wo-quart pitch
ers, IA per cent; coffee cups and saucers.
from 5 to II per cent. Common window
glass has had it's price advanced per box
sl.62 to 1925; ground glass per 100
ieet from 1915 to $3.50; greenhouse
and farmers double seconds, from s2.7O
10 $3.50.
The above embraces only a part Of the
list OF the goods and prices furnished by
the New York retail dealer. A sufficient
number, however, is given to disprove
The repeated declarations Of the partisan
heets that the Mckinley tariff has low
sPnn thu rpsna- |