The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-28

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of a cent on bundles of the size of one
fourth of a cubic foot, and it increases
$40 of a cent for each additional quar-
ter of cubic foot.
The coal which is to be used will
have a duty of 81 cents a ton Under
the Wilson law it was 40 cents ton. The
pans and cups have an additional duty.
The rate on tin places has been in
creased from 1-5 to u cent per pound
to the manufacturer. The duty on
cheap brown or yellow earthenware
has been increased from 20 10 20 per
cent
Chinaware has an increased duty of
% per cent, being raised from So to 60
per cent. Besides, two new classifioa-
lions have been placed on the dutiable
list. On pressed glass the duty has
been increased from 10 per cent under
the Wilson law to 90 per cent. On cut
glass the increase has been 20 per cent,
from 80 TO 60 per cent. Decanters, etc.,
have an increased duty of from 40 TO SO
per cent. All the table cutlery bears an
increased burden, the duty having been
changed from 80 per cent under the
Wilson law 10 40 per cent
MORE DUTY ON ALL FURNITURE.
The duty on all furniture has been
raised from % per cent to 80. Marble
mantels have an additional duty of 10
cents, the duty being raised from so to
So cents per cubic foot. Ten per cent
additional has been laid on all curtains
and table covers of cotton chenille, and
the same additional rate is laid on
curtains made of other materials
Table damask has an added duty of
PER cent, being raised from 50 TO 40 per
cent and pillow shams and other bed
coverings are specially provided for.
Blankets are divided into a number
OF dutiable classes, and the rate has
been increased from 29 per cent under
the Wilson law to an average OF be-
tween rs and so per cent.
WALL PAPER AND BRO 0MS
HIGHER.
On paper hangings the rate is per
cent greater than under the Wilson
law, where it was 20 per cent. Brooms
are on the dutiable list at 10 per cent,
an increase of 20 per cent, and feather
busters have an increased duty OF per
cent, the present rate being 40 per cent.
All manufactures OF willow bear an
additional duty of 10 per cent, being
increased from % to 40 per cent.
The lumber which would go to make
a house has been taken from the free
list of the Wilson bill, and the rates
now range from 81 per 1000 feet TO
$780, when planed on both sides. Clap
boards, which used to be on the free
list, are now paying duty of $3.50 per
l 900 feet and shingles so cents Der
LOCO. Laths pay a duty of 10 per cent,
instead of being free as under the VAL
son law Toothpicks and matches fare
alike under the new law. The Increase
on toothpicks being from 80 TO 40 per
cent, and on matches from 20 to 20 per
cent Watches and clocks bear an ad-
d11t of \
increasing from % to 40 per cent.
TAXES ON THE BREAKFAST
TABLE.
J Beginning with the breakfast of the
family, the duty on oatmeal and rolled
oats has been increased 2.4I per cent
| The Wilson law rate was 10 per cent
Milk has been taken from the free
list, and a duty of 2 cents gallon, or
! 81. 81 per cent has been added Sugar Will
| cost at least l cent pound more than
under the Wilson law. On butter and
its substitutes the rate of duty has
been increased from 4 cents a pound
to 6 cents a pound or 12.37 per cent
The duty on eggs is increased from
cents to cents per dozen. Pork. beer
and mutton all have marked increases
on rates. though as the United States
exports these articles. the effect OF the
duty is nullified. Beans are increased
from 20 to 47.5 per cent. Cabbages,
which were free under the Wilson law.
bear a duty now of cents each The
dutv on onions has been increased from
% cents 10 40 cents per bushel. Green
meas came in under the Wilson law
free: now they pay dusy of 40 cents
Der bushel. If the peas are dried, the
duty has been increased from ~ cents
TO 20 cents per bushel. The duty on po-
tatoes has been increased from 10 cents
| to % cents per bushel.
Salt. which was free, now bears a
dnfv Of 10 cents on each 100 pounds,
and on mustard the duty has been IN
creased from % to 97.45 per cent
WOMEN THE GREATEST SUFFER
Frs
Woman will have to pay more than
her share of the increased prices which
are to be laid upon everything. she IS
TO be made the especial victim OF nlsner
/ duties and increased prices FROM the
| feather which tips her hat 10 the SHOES
upon her feet. every article OF her
wearing apparel bears an additional
tax Nothing has escaped the keen eyes
| of Mr.. Dingley and his associates Al
! the earliest opportunity the beginning
was made. 1t came on perfumery and
cologne waters. The Wilson law I'M
posed a duty on these articles Wnicn
/ amounted 70 6215 per cent. The authors
! of the Dingley bill added nearly 1O per
/ cant II stands now at III per cent
with the usual methods of the retail
J ers the increase will be over ~ per
! cent on the retail price. Every ounce OF
! nrenared chalk found on the dresser of
| the boudoir will hereafter cost one
third more than it does now.
The perfumed toilet soaps that the
women are so fond of did not escape
the dreaded increase. The new duties
/ bear very hard on all these articles. A
d cent cake of soap will hereafter cost
| nearly 10 cents.
MORE MONEY FOR ALL SEWING
MATERIALS.
When a woman sits down to sew now
she must pay more for all the require
ments of her sewing basket Her scis-
sors will cost her 1858 per cent more
than under the Wilson law. Then all
scissors imported were charged duty
of 40 per cent. The new law makes
three classes and the minimum duty
charged is 54.65 per cent. All her
needles. knitting or sewing machine,
viii cost her more. For the last three
years the duty on these articles was
! d ns- cent: now it is SO. The pins she
uses will cost more. All kinds of pins
have been stuck into paragraph, ana
a couple of new clauses made Under
| the Wilson law, the duty was 70 per
| cent. but this duty has been raised TO
/ as per cent under the new law. All her
spool thread will cost more. for the
duty on all cotton spool thread has
been raised y cent a dozen. While on
the linen thread it has been raised 10
Der cent.
| COTTON CLOTH WILL BE RAISED.
On cotton cloth. one of the most