The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-07-31

In the domain Of the House and Home
the duties of the new Tariff bill will begin
with kindling wood and end with the shin
giles on the roof. The duty on kindling
wood has been placed at three tenths of a
cent on bundles of the size of one-fourth of
cubic foot, and it increases three-tenths
of cent for each additional quarter of a
cubic foot.
The coal which is to be used will have a
duty of 81 cents ton. Under the Wilson
law it is 40 cents ton. Tin pans and
cups have an additional duty The rate
on tin plates has been increased from Is
to J cent per pound to the manufacturer
The duty on cheap brown or yellow earth
enware has been increased from 20 to %
per cent.
Chinaware has an increased duty Of %
per cent, being raised from 30 to go per
cent Besides, two new classi6cations
have been placed on the dutiable list. On
pressed glass the duty has been increased
from 40 per cent. under the Wilson law to
go per cent. All the table cutlery bears
an increased burden, the duty having been
changed from 80 per cent. under the vii
son law to 45 per cent.
MORE DUTY ON ALL FURNITURE.
The duty on all furniture has been raised
from % per cent to 50. Marble mantels
have an additional duty of fifteen cents,
the duty being raised from so to 65 cents
per cubic foot Ten per cent. additional
has been laid on all curtains and table
covers of cotton chenille and the same adj
ditional rate is laid on curtains made Of
other materials Table damask has an
added duty of five per cent. being raised
from 80 to 40 per cent, and pillow shams
and other bed coverings are specially pro-
vided for. Blankets are divided into
numher of dutiable classes, and the rate
has been increased from 20 per cent under
the Wilson law to an average between IS
and 80 per cent.
WALL PAPER AND BRooMs 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 40 per cent, an increase
of 20 per cent, and feather busters have
an increased duty of 5 per cent, the pres
ent rate being 40 per cent. All manufac
lures of willow bear an additional duty of
10 per cent. being increased from % to
40 per cent.
The lumber which would 80 to make a
house has been taken from the free list of
the Wilson bill, and the rates now range
from 81 per thousand feet to So. % when
planned on both sides
Salt, which was free, now bears duty
of 10 cents on each 100 pounds, and ON
mustard the duty has been increased from
% to 37.45 per cent.
WOMEN THE GREATEST SUFFERERS.
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 higher duties
and increased prices. From the feather
which tips her hat to the shoes upon her
feet; every article of her wearing apparel
bears an additional tax Nothing has es-
capped the keen eyes of Mr. Dingley and
his associates. At the earliest opportunity
the beginning was made. 1t came on per-
fumery and cologne waters.
The Wilson law imposed duty on these
articles which amounted to 62II per cent.
The authors of the Dingley bill added
nearly 10 per cent. 1t now stands at Il i
per cent. With the usual methods of the
retailers, the increase will be over 20 per
cent. on the retail price Every ounce of
prepared chalk found on the dresser of the
boudoir will hereafter cost one-third more
than it does now