The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18


duly on sll cotton spool thread has
r4en raised ! ctUt p dozen, whi!a o.
lie linen thread it has been raised 1C
/ Eer cent.
On cotton cloth. ore 81 the mosi
! mide!v rsed or'icles in woman s realm
the new tariff bill! has been most craft
lily irawn. o. large proportion oi
the various grades tha rates are the
same as under the Wilson Jaw. But
few changes are made in the rates, but
many changes have been made IL
classification, End these make the act
ual difference very wide As many
ss twenty.seven new classes have
been added to this division of the cot
| ton schedule.
All cotton plushes, velvats, velvet
eens, etc. will now ccst the woman
"a ger cent. mere than under the Viii
son Law. Ths rate has heon raised
from 40 ger cent. TO 74.67 per cent.
The classifcstions have net been
increased in each case. All woolen
plushss have been increased from 4O
per cent. 10 rates that run from So to
147 per cent. Silk pllshes, velvets
and cheniiies fare equally as badly.
In every Classification The rates have
been increased. The Increases range
from Is to 30 per cent. So the shop
per can prepare TO take that much
mere money with her VIXEN she starts
out TO procure her winter outfit.
Hosiery is going 10 cost nice little
sum hereafter. All cotton hosiery
! will have an sddilionsl 20.46 per cent.
tackled TO the price. Unoer the new
law the duty imposed is 70 46 per cent
All silk hosiery will cost an additional
10 per cent for the new law place S
the duty al 60 per cent instead of So
as under the Wilson law.
Cotton underwear dcss not escape.
Under the Wilson law ouly shirts and
drawers were on the dutiable list. and
these at the general rate Of 50 per
cent. Nov to shirts and drawers are
added vests, union suits, combination
suits, tights, sweaters, corset cover
and all underwear of every description,
and the duty is placed ST IS per cent
| Nothing the shape Of cotton under
wear CSC escs pc that Is per cent, raise
Flsnrels for underwear fare still
worse Ali the rates on the half dcz
en- grades hsve bseu incressed, and
the aversee taken shows that the in
crease has been So per cent. TIE av
eraee duty On flannel underwear un'
der the Wilson bill YVES 4S per cent ;
under the the new law it is 100 FER
cent. Silk underwear will cost 10
per cert. more, but IS on other arll'
cles, the rate Gu the luxu:leS IS nc;
nearly so high as ca the necessities.
BJCt, shoe aod corset Jacings OF cot
ton are to cost PR cent more than a
month seo. The rate has beer III
creased from As to SO per cent.
A de!ermjned raid mas been made
on lace edgiprs, embroider'ss. neck
rutfliDgs, ruchings, etc. UnGer the
Wilson law the duty was so per cent.
After the full eff 7ct OF the lie v law
is felt it will be a long while before
the careful shopper can boast to her
husband of the bareaias she found at
the woolen dress goods counter. For
the price of all wooleu goods is going
TO be greatly increased.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, estimates
that people will hsve to gay $50, 900,
000 "a year more for their cotton and
wooden good under the new law than
under the old. This enormous tax is
Imposed thst the treasury may osten'
isibyy benefit 50, 600 0O0 year!
Fer silks tne shopper will have to
pay a much greater price. The duty
on the classiications as they have ex'
listed for three years is so per cent,
only per cent higher than under
The Wilson law. But eighteen new
Glasses have been added, and the du
ties range from 80 cents PER pound tc
lS5 In some cases. as with Japanese
silk, the duty is 700 per cent. No one
has been able yet 10 estimstes what the
increase in the price Of silk dress
goods will he. Then crinoline cloth
for lining will cost more than 4 cents
a J ard more, for the duty has been
Increased that much.
Millinery bills are g ing to be larg
er hereafter. A woman's bonnst Or
| naL lnuSt pay al aeultf9usl uuty vi Z
per cent, while On trimmed hats the
new duties run from 50 per dnzen and
20 per cent. to 81 per Gozsn and 30 per
cent. The braiding for bonnets Or
hats, if not blsacbed, must pay duty
of Is per cent. Under the Wilson
bill these came in free. If the braids
are bleached they must pay duty of
25 per cent. The Wilson bill charged
no duty on these articles.
Ostrich feathers, undressed, have 8
duty of Is per cent. laid on them,
while the dressed ostrich feathers
must pay Is per cent. more than was
Imposed by the Wilson law. AL
other feathers and all artificial flow
ers used for millinery purposes are tc
pay duty of 50 per cent, instead o.
35 under the Wilson Jaw. Bee Is anc
jet trimmings will pay 20 per cant
more than at present. Birds for the
hat were not forgotten, and an addi
tional duty of Is per cent. WAS laid CT
them.
A Puzzle.
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