Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-05
II HELPS THEM ALL
The Mckinley Bill Makes Work
for Cigarmakers.
SILVER GOODS ARE BENEFITED
Home Industries Are Stimulated by
Shutting Out Cheap Fore ign
Made Products

"Cigar manufacturers, that 10 the
makers of the nign grade goods.
are experiencing some difficulty IN
filling orders," said r. L. Fee OF
Detroit, in Sweets yesterday afternoon.
Tue demand for high class domestic
cigar has increased fully 800 per cent
nIce the Mckinley bill went into effect.
The reason 10 quite plain. You zee .
duty of two dollars q round WAS placed
on Havana and Samatra tobacco.
From the latter tobacco 1000 wrappers
were obtained from three pounds OF
the leaf; while it took twelve pounds
of the Havana leaf to yield . like
number OF wrappers. Good imported
cigars used TO cost s.xty-fiye dollars per
1000 before the Mckinley bill now the
same grades costs 500. Ii WAS either
put up the price or lower the grades;
both Was done with dlsasterous effect
TO the Cuban makers.
at 10 the same with the Key Wesi
goods. Cigars that formerly cost fifty.
two dollars NOW sell for sixty-tive. The
weeds that sell for tifty-two per 1000
are OF much poorer grade. These con.
dItlons forced the American manufxct-
urers to MAKE much better domestic
cigar to meet the demand, and q
greatly increased number of men were
given employment 1t higher wages.
To be sure it costs the manufacturer
from three 10 five dollars more = 1000
to make tho cigars: but on the other
hand he sells three times as many
cigars ss he did before the Mckinley
bill went into effect. Tobacco manu-
facturers are not complaining; no,
this year."
Manufacturers of silver plated ware
are happy. very" remarked George ID.
Munson of the William Rogers Manu-
featuring company At the Morton yes
terday. "Fact Is. none of them can
keep up with their orders. It's rather
difficult to sell man goods when he
has not received an order given five
weeks ago. That's my experience in
Grand Rapids. The trade has been
phenomenal this year, With apparently
nothing to cause it, and it's preslden-
tlal year 1T that. I've been talk ing 70
the plate men whom I've met, and We
all agree that the money for last years
crops has gotten into circulation. In
direct effect Of the Mckinley bill.
Another thing, plated ware manu-.
facturers are paying great attention to
what 10 known as 'hoiiOws goods, cake
baskets, butter dishes, casters, soap
dishes and that class II articles. The
designs are beautiful, equally al
pretty as those in solid wares. A 9
matter of fact pretty much all the
dainty things shown in sterling silver
are duplicated in silver ware. Should
the tariff be removed il would hurt us
but still We would show handsomeI
things than the imported articles; ouI
designs are more graceful. There i.
but little enthusiasm shown so far IN
the campaign-tne Harrison sentiment
is unmlstakable
Travelling passenger agents Of some
Of the western roads are at the Nor
ton. The rate to the dedication of the
worlds fair will be a fare and one
third for the round trip. w. c. Lew,
Of the Lake Shore. II. A. Perkins Of
the Rock Island, Dan Johnson of the
Union Pacific, J. Halderman OF tn,
Wabash, ID. r. McSmith OF the Bur
lington are the gentlemen In question