The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24
GEN. "PAP" PRICE.

additional tax is levied. Nothing has
escaped the Keen eyes of Mr.. Dingley
and his associates.
At the earliest opportunity the be-
ginning was made. 1t came on per-
fumery and cologne waters. The Will
son law imposed a duty on these arti-
Giles which amounted to 62% per cent.
The authors of the Dingley bill added
nearly ten per emf. 1t now stands at
714 per cent.
With the usual methods of the retail
ers the increase will be over 20 per
cent on the retail price. Every ounce
of prepared chalk found on the dressers
of the boudoir will hereafter cost ne-
third more han it does now.
The perfumed toilet soaps that the
women are so fond of did not escape
the tariff ogries. The duties now bear
very hard on all these articles. A 25-
cent cake of soap will hereafter cost
nearly 40 cents.
The duty on sponges has been doub-
led. The duty for the last three years
has been only 10 per cent; now it is
20 per cent. The retail advance will
be not less than 80 cents.
Even small hand mirrors have been
placed in a higher grade. Each n
will cost 10 per cent more than under
the Wilson law.
The new law could not pass by man
icure knives and the accompanying
articles of toilet necessity. Under the
Wilson law these articles were all
classed under the head of cutlery, and
came IN under Il very reasonable rate.
But the makers of the new tariff e
further.
They thought that each woman who
wanted a specially dainty manicure set
should pay for it. So they provided a
class for all such articles as had either
pearl or tortoise shell handles. Under
the Wilson law those were not sched-
uled, but now as cents a dozen is ad-
ded to the cost. And if the knives
happen to have more than three blades,
an additional duty IS paid.
When a woman sits down to sew
now shs must pay more for all the re-
q%uirements of her sewing basket. Her
scissors will cost her 800 per cent
more than under the Wilson law.
Then all scissors imported were charg-
ed a duty of 45 per cent. The new
makes three classes and the minimum
duty charged is 54.63 per cent. All
her needles, knitting or sewing machine
will cost her more. For the past three
years the duty on these articles was %
per cent. Now it is 35.
The pins she uses will cost more.
All kinds of pins have been stuck into
a paragraph and a couple of new claus
es made. Under the Wilson law the
duty was 20 per cent, but this duty has
been raised to 35 per GENT under the
new law. All her spool thread will
cost more, for the duty on all cot
ton spool thread has been raised y |
cent a dozen, while on the linen thread
it has been raised 10 per cent. This
seems small, but the tariff makers ex-
pect that a good large, revenue will
come from this, and the prices of home
thread will be correspondingly increas-
ed. Meyer forget that retail prices in
in a geometrical ratio over
Wholesale prices. Every sewing wom-
an in the country Is hit.
Neither has the new tariff bill lost
of the fondness of woman tor
While the makers of the tariff
we're giving the Sugar Trust all they
could, they increased the duty on con-
dictionary from SO per cent to 80 per
SoT THE SMALLEST THING ESCAPED.
Keeping their eyes open for the very
smallest thing that might bring in rev.
,nue, the tariff makers found that
many crInoiihe, corset and hat wires