The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-27
SMALL BOYS DELIGHT.
Great Reduction in Cost of
Fourth of July Fireworks.
1T HELPS TO CAUSE A DEFICIT.
But Sixty-five Cents VIII Make as
Much Noise and Fire a. One Dol
lar Formerly Bought.

The small boy will revei in cheap fire.
crackers this year, and the grown folks
will also be able 10 illuminate the skies
in honor of American independence at
much less cost than in former years.
This is due to a reduction in the import
duty under the new tariff law. which,
while il leaves a hole in the treasury.
where there ought TO have been s5oo0oo.
brings about a reduction in price OF at
least % per cent. The reduction was
brought about by change from speci-
fic duty OF cents per pound 70 an ad val
orem duty Of so per cent. and il enables
the dealers TO sell fireworks at least 80
per cent. cheaper than under the Mckin-
ley law.
A large local dealer in fireworks said yes
terday: This will be a great year for the
small boy VINO loves to make life misera-
BILE. for all the ladies in his neig'hborhood
who have weak nerves. as he can buy more
nrecrackers for his money this year than
ever before. Not ony are the imported
firecrackers and Roman candles, flower
pots. blue lights and all the other forms
of fireworks cheaper by reason Of the 80
per cent. reduction of daty, but the Amer
lean manufacturer, who has always sold
his good a little higher than the imported
articles. has now come down in his prices
generally 10 meet the foreign quotations.
so that the price was never so low as now.
Fer % cents a boy can buy as much fire
works this year as cost him 81 last Fourth
of july. The American manufacturer ey-
GELS the Chinese, who are the main foreign
manufacturers, in new and novel devices
OF different kinds. and thus can get higher
prices for his goods. The last China
ship arriving at Vancouver from Hong
kong brought in quite a cargo OF frecrack-
ers. several thousand packages coming %
dealers in this city. The merchants here
supply most of the Sound trade in this line
besides sending large shipments each year
East of the mountains. In every small
package there are sixty-four firecrackers.
While the small boy IS having great fun
with firecrackers their elders will have
fire works of much more complicated na-
ture to celebrate the anniversary OF the
Declaration Of Independence. Aerial fire
works are the fad for the adults VINO can
afford to spend money. Here is a sample
Tot that can be bought for s40
Twelve coIored skyrockefs, exhibition
skyrockets, parachute skyrockets. cas-
cade skyrocket. bags red fire, bag green
fire. | dragons nest. l wizard candle,
floral fountain. aerolite, battery or col
ored stars, mine of serpents, mine or
colored stars, seysers, moral pohp-
shells.
THE dangerous blank cartridgep.stol has
almost entirely disappeared. So many
serious accidents resulted from its use IN
former vaars that the reputable firms IN
the business decided 10 boycott them and
do not sell them this year. The boys VIII
still have their pistols. though. They are
frst-elass limitations of the high-grade te.
waivers but are made so that only paper
cans can he fired by them. These toy plS-
toIs are made to sch for ., 10 ana 10 cents
"Aurons the brand new novelties FOR the
children this year is the Ferris wheel II
owes its name to the fact that II is the
largest fireworks wheel sold for cents. 1t
haS n lively action. a center wheel re-
wolves with great force and with two
smaller wheels in the inner circle forms
fantastic figures
magic fountains are another novelty TOR
n nickel. The only novelty that comes
from, china this year is called Chinese
mandarin It is composed OF lb,"V nre-
crackers The head IS round. or enormous
size and throws thousands OF Variegated
lights among the firecrackers. winch
souiru, and dart in every direction when
,pnita5 This mammoth combination OK
Exclusives has never been seen in th-s
country 1t has been used by the Cninese
in Hongkong for many years ana 'aey
ha,ieVe that the noise OF the eApioS4oh
drives evil spirits into the river
n &c stated that Notwithstanding the de-
,,rosse1 times the demand for adj kinds
of fireworks on the Sound, and in fact, all
over the country. was never so great Ne"
sbipments have been ordered repeatedly
nv dealers who still find their stocks rum
ming low.