Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-11-30

id on -four 3 per cent, about 4 s cents .
barrel; on meat, butter and cheese, Q
cents . pound: on milk, ! cents Q
quart; on potatoes, Is, and onions, 20
cents i bushel. and on other vege-
tables Is per cent of the cost, not 10
per cent on the price we pay at the
store, but on the cost AZ the custom
house, before the duty, the freights in
the country and the wholesalers and
retailers profits are added. not above
II i 0 per cent Of the store selling price.
. Our present supply Of al these Is raised
wholly in this country. Flour and wheat
from Minnesota and the northwest;
meat, alive and dead, from Texas and
the west, and butter and cheese, from
all PARTS, are now exported, often by the
shipload, to England, where, at higher
price than we pay here they largely
drive out the same articles sent from
Canada or produced in that country. 4.
Milk cannot be carried more than a
few miles or hours without spelling, SO
practically none can come from other
countries, tariff or no tariff, and your
claimed saving in that is clearly q fraud.
My vegetables now come from nearby
farmers and cost me about 35 cents a
week, or e18. 30 a year. As all these
articles, however, are as low or lower
here than in free trade England, where
labor is one-half and there are no duties
at all, and as they were higher here nm.
der the lower tariff five years ago than
under the Mckinley high tariff just
done away with, it is certain that the
tariff, whether high or low, has no ef-
feet on their cost, and your bill will
give me no real saving from them. 1, 81 /.
The tariff on salt you have reduced
about 8 cents o year on the quantity
used BY my family, but used so little
in value Of that and Of other groceries
not named that the reduction you make
On them ia too small to waste time over,
Ny fuel is hard coal, but as it was al
ready free Of duty and can only be OBJ
tanned from Pennsylv no, saving
can be made from il. Ny oil for light
also comes from this country, which
supplies 3 large part Of the world, but
even il ii can be brought from Russia
the only other country which can fur
nish it in quantities inside Of the cent
q gallon reduction you have made, all
the saving will 60 to the dealers. asS
My tobacco ID all raised in this coun-
try and will not be chaapened My
whisky, II ! used it, would cost me 40
cents more 8 gallon, which means per-
haps more water or poison In my drinks,
certainly no saving, and probably more
cost. My rent is governed wholly by To-
cation, the kind aud finish Of the build
ing and the space occupied, and will not
be affected. Many more houses than can
find tenants are already built, and no
man will be fool enough to put up new
ones, with q prospect that they will re-
main largely vacant, just to give me
cheaper rent, even If few dollars saved
by the lower tariff Of 81 "a thousand
through free lumber and reduction ON
other materials will enable him to do SO.
My clothing has hitherto been Of
American material and make, my outer
garments Fall wool, fast colors and
durable. = now get each year two
suits, or q suit and an @overcoat; hat,
81; two pairs Of shoes, Sc, and a sup
ply Of shirts, collars, underclothes,
stockings, ETC., some OF which are made
at home, 81. I find you have reduced
the tariff 40 cents on my hat, IA cents a,
pair on my shoes, an article also largely
exported, and about 80 cents on my
shirts, underclothes, etc. As to outer
clothing, one Of the largest importers
of English, French and German goods /
in New York months ago instructed
.tailors over the country to notify their
customers that the reduction in tariff
son wooden cloths and by free wool
made by your law will lower the price
of such a suit as you buy not over So
or $3 and Of one made Of such cloth as
j use no more than ST.. Z. y.SE
s5 This is business, not theory, and be-
ing from merchants whose business and
interest it is to sell all the foreign goods
possible must be consid ered reliable. I /
therefore concluded that 81 on a suit or
an overcoat 80 for my years suppl y-
is the most I can save on them.
Putting these together, find that the
tariff duty on all my clothing will be
reduced BY $3.0S a year-that is II
your claims were true, ! might get il
for % much less. In the same manner
i find the reduction on clothing for my
wife and my boy may possibly mount
to ~. 80 more, making altogether s.. IS
a year for me and my family, and, in
Guiding everything, q total Of $5. Sc a
year on our necessaries Of life
But while making this reduction Of I
$5.5B yearly yon have increased the tar
i6 on sugar. which was before free Of
duty, and thereby force me hereafter to
pay ~. 8S more year on the quantity
Of that article use Taking this In
creased sugar tax from the IS. Sc reduc-
tion On other things leaves me q final
claimed saving Of 81. IS i year, 81 cents
Tor each person, on the necessaries Of
life, for me and my family -. Plain !!
Talks ~ = Workingman. = &