Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-04
RICH MANS TARIFF.
HE Is FAVORED AT THE EXPENSE
OF THE LABORER.

OF THE LABORER.
Sample Determinations OF the Mckinley
Act-l1fect of Prices of Wooden Goods
and Household Furnishings Poorer
Goods Turned Out by Manufacturers.
A member of a large dry goods and
importing house in Broadway has taken
the time, trouble and expense to get up
for the national Democratic committee
line of samples of wooden goods in gen.
eral use among working men and women
as wearing apparel, each sample being
stamped with a description of the weight,
width, cost abroad and in New York
before and after the enactment of the
Mckinley tariff act, the whole forming
an impressive object lesson to those
American purchasers who are asked to
believe that foreigners pay the tariff tax.
A sample Of clay worsted coatings
shows cloth almost exclusively used
for Sunday wear by mechanics and la
borers, which is described as follows:
Foreign cost in 1888. .........S1.
Net cost landed in New York in % '''''
1888. ::.:.:,.;........... .s1e7.
an ad valorem rate of ........... e. per cent.
Net cost in New York, 1892, under
Mckinley bill. Observation-Disclosures. S3.
Under Mckinley act duty equals an
al yalorem rate of. lis per cent.
Although the foreign cost in 1892 is
16 cents less per yard than in 1888, yet,
owing to the Mckinley bill, the Amer
lean buyer is obliged to pay 16 cents
more per yard than in 1888. These fig
ures show that the mechanic pays a
duty equal to 115 per cent, while finer
quality of worsted, used by the weather.
classes-same weight, but foreign cost,
say $2-pays only duty equal to 771a
per cent. The finer the cloth the lower
the duty.
Under the same head of clay worsted
coating another sample is described as
follows:
Foreign cost 10 1892. ,......... Al cents.
Net cost landed in New York,
Under r1Iei tariff act Of 1883 eaualed i'oi
an ad yalorem rate of........... 65 per cent
Net cost landed IN New York I'M
der Mckinley bill $105h.
Under Mckinley bill duty equals
an ad valorem rate Of. 1919 per cent.
Although the foreign cost in 1892 is
ID cents less per yard, yet, owing to the
Mckinley bill, the goods cost the Amer
lean consumer AZ cents more per yard.
This cloth is used by mechanics for sum-
mer suits for Sunday wear.
Italian cloth is used to line working
mems winter coats, and answers to the
following description:
Foreign cost In 1889. .......5 so cents
Foreign cost in 1892. ............... u cents.
Net cost landed in New York 1889 81 cents.
Under tariff Of 1883 goods paid
duty equal to an ad valorem rate
Net ct cost landed in New York IN 20 per cent
der the Mckinley bill. ........... 6S cents.
Under Mckinley bill the duty
equals an ad valorem rate off,. .123 per cent.
The wealthy consumer who can afford
to have his overcoat lined with satin
pays duty of 30 per cent, while the
mechanic and laborer are compelled to
pay duty of 1913 per cent.
Black alpaca is used for dresses by the
wives of mechanics and laborers, and
answers to the following description:
Foreign cost in 1892. .... 7cents.
Net cost landed in New York in
d.
Net cost landed in New York in in ''' 0o'''0'
Under act isS5 duty equaied an adj ''' 'H''
valorem rate of. .................. 83 per cent.
Under Mckinley act duty equals
an ad valorem rate of............ lis per cent.
The rich mans wife pays only 80 per
cent. duty, while the wife of the me-
chanic or laborer must pay tax of 115
per cent.
Black cashmere is also used for dresses,
and is described as follows:
Width. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 inches.
Foreign cost in 1885, ............... l7a4 cents.
Foreign cost In 1892. .............. 1914 cents.
Net cost landed in New York in
Under tariff of 1883 duty equaied '>@ 0N'''~'
~ an ad valorem rate of. ....:..... 60 per cent.
Net cost landed in New York IN
Mckinley bill. ................... 1874 cents.
Under Mckinley act duty equals
ad valorem rate of............... 1884 per cent.
Another quality of this article (black
cashmere) is described as follows:
Foreign cost In 1889. 1915 cents.
Net cost landed in New York in 1885, 831 cents.
Under tariff act of 1883 duty
equaled an ad valorem rate Of. :. 81 per cent.
Net cost landed in New York under
Mckinley bill Observation-Disclosures, 36h cents.
Under Mckinley bill duty equals
an ad valorem rate of........... Ito per cent
Although these goods cost the foreign
consumer 21a cents less per yard in 1892
than in 1899, yet owing to the Mckinley