The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-10-28
miscellaneous.
RICH MANS TARIFF.
HE Is FAVORED AT THE EXPENSE
or THE ABORER.


or THE LABORER.
J. Act-Efect OF Prices Of Wooden Goods
and HouEehold Furnishings Poorer
Goods Turned Out by Manufacturers.
A member Of large dry goods and
importing house in Broadway has taken
the time, trouble and expense to get up
for tho national Democratic committee
a line of samples Of wooden goods in gen
eral use among working men and women
as wearing apparel, each sample being
stamped with 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 a cloth almost exclusively used
for Sunday wear by mechanics and Ia
borers. which is described as follows:
F Foreign cost cost In i, Isl ISL Il cents
Net cost landed in New York ii.
Under Si .rifr net, 1858, duty equaied
an ad valorem rate Of :.....;.. 81 per cent.
Nsi csst in New York. 1892. under o.
ua MrSiMTi eKi6 Dill act duty equal: sl@
ad valorem rate OF. lis per cent.
Although the foreign cost in 1899 is
10 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 1883. 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 Tx
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 in ISIS. .........:.... 60 cents.
Foreign cost in 1882 ............. a cents.
Net cost landed in New York,
Under tariff i.ai OF iSS3 cqualed
an al vulOrem rate of. ......... 20 per cent.
Net cost landed in New York
der Mckinley bill. Sl.Qj1A
Under Mckinley bill duty equals
an al ralorem rate OF. .lil@ per cent.
Although the foreign cost in 1892 is
IL 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 ............ 30 cents.
Set COS cost landed in New York iiSS9 Sc cents.
Under tariff OF 1883 goods paid
duty equal TO an ad valorem rate
Net cost landed in New York I'M -
. der the Mckinley bill. .......... Is cents.
Under Mckinley bill the duty
equals IN nd valoreIn rate Of. LIB per cent
The wealthy consumer who can afford
to have hts overcoat lined with satin
pays Il duty of 80 per cent, while the
mechanic and l1bores 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 1885,. 7cents-
Net cost lardci in New York in
xer cost landed in New York in
1872 =. neutrality-suspicious.: lG.G5 cents.
vaIorem rate Of Neutrality-suspicious.. 81 per cent.
Under Mckinley act duty equals
an al valorem rate of..........-.ll3 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:
Nidth ..,.....3 * inches.
Foreign cast in ISIS. ............... l74 cents.
Foreign cost in ls!r.. .............. 1854 cents.
Net cost landed in New York in
Under tariff Of iiS$, duty equaicd 1 ~
an al valorem rate Of. .......... Cd per cent.
Net cost landed In New York I'M
Mckinley bill. ................,. 554 cents
Under Mckinley act duty equals
AL valorem rate OF .............. sG34 per cent.
Another quality Of this article (black
cashmerc) is described as follows:
Foreign cost In 1882. 1917 cents.
Foreign cost In 1872. IA cents.
Net cost landed In New York In lSSS. 3IS cents.
Under tariff act OF 1883 duty
Net cost landed in New York under
Under Mckinley bill duty equals
an ad Salorcm rate of ITO per cent
Although these goods cost the foreign
consumer az cents less per yard in 1892
than i'll 1889, yet owing to the Mckinley
bill the American consumer is obliged
to pay cents more per yard than in
1889.
Black sicilian is used for dresses and
Innings, and is described as follows:
Foreign cost in 1883. 10 cents.
Foreign cost In 1892. ................ Is cents.
Net cost landed in New York in
Under act Of i8S3 duty equaled an
adj vaIoreln ratio OF. ............... 81 per cent.
bill .............,......... II cents
Under Mckinley act duty equals
an al vaorem rate of............ III per cent.
No voter can study these figures with
out coming to the conclusion that there
is one rate for the rich and another for
the poor. They are confirmed by such
an authority as Walter Stanton, member
of Worth street firm which probably
represents greater number of domestic
wooden mills than any other in this coun-
try. To Times reporter Mr.. Stanton
said:
Here is sample of wooden suitings,
absolutely pure staple, without adul-
iteration of any kind whatever. 1t is
Just what workingman would like to
have for his best Sunday suit. The
price of it in England is 45 cents yard;
the Mckinley duty is So cents: but with