Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-08-06
THE NEW TARIFF.
HOW THE NECESSARlES OF LIFE
ARE NOW TAXED.

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Fireside-Almost Every Article Of
Necessity to the Poor Man Must
Pay an Additional Duty-Evcry.
thing DuIiable Except Foreign
Labor.
In the domain OF the house and home
the duties OF the new tariff law will
begin with kindling wood and coal,
and end with the shingles on the roof.
The duty on kindling wood has been
placed at three-tenths of one cent on
bundles of the size Of one-fourth of a
cubic foot, and it increases three
tcnths of one cent for each additional
quarter of cubic foot. The coal
which is to be used will have duty of
81 cents per ton.
The pans and cups have an addi-
tional duty. The rate on tin plates
has been increased from one-tenth to
one-half of one cent per pound to the
manufacturer. The duty on cheap
brown or yellow earthenware has been
increased from 20 to 25 per cent.
China ware has an increased duty OF
% per cent, being raised from 35 to
GO per cent. Besides, two new classifi-
cations have been placed on the dutia-
BILE list.
On pressed glass the duty has been
increased from 40 per cent under the
Wilson law to GO per cent. On cut
glass the increase has been 25 per
cent, from IS to GO per cent. Decan-
tiers, etc., have an increased duty of
from 40 to 60 per cent.
All the table cutlery bears an in
creased burden, the duty having been
changed from 35 per cent. under the
Wilson law to As per cent.
The duty on all furniture has been
raised from % per cent. to 35. Marble
mantels have an additional duty of 15
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 ch. lille,
the same additional rate is laid on
curtains made of other materials.
Table damask has added duty of 5
per cent, being raised from 35 to 40
per cent, and pillow-shams and other
bed coverings are specially provided
for. Blankets have been divided into
a number of dutiable classes, and the
rate has been increased from 90 per
cent. under the Wilson law to an aver
age of between IS and so per cent.
Jute carpets have been raised on the
dutiable list from 20 to p per cent,
and all grades OF wOolen carpets have
been advanced. Under the Wilson
law the average duty on woolen carpets
was 1868 per cent. Under the new
law the average rate is 64.O9 per cent.
On oilcloths for floor the rate is now
36 per cent, an increase of 10 per cent.
On cocoa fiber mats and mating the
duty has been increased 31.12 per cent.
over the Wilson rate of 20 per cent.
All Chinese and Japanese mattings,
which were free under the Wilson
bill, now bear duty of from 3 to 7
cents per square yard, according to
value.
On paper hangings the rate is 5 per
cent. greater than it was 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 25 per cent, the present rate
being 40 per cent.
All manufacturers of willow bear an
additional duty OF Is per cent, being
increased from 25 to 40 per cent.
The lumber, which will 60 to make
house, has been taken from the free
list of the Wilson bill, and the rates
now range from 81 per thousand feet
to $3.05 when planed on both sides.
Clapboards, which used to be on the
free list, are now paying $1.5O per
thousand feet, and shingles 80 cents
per thousand. Laths pay duty of Is
per cent, instead of being free, as
under the Wilson law. Toothpicks
and matches fare alike under the new
law, the increase being from 80 to 40
per cent.
Increased duties have been laid on
breadstuffs, dairy products and meats
of all kinds. They are laid on the
breakfast table dinner table and supper
table. They are laid heavily ON fruits
which go into the sick room, and
which are nowadays a necessity in
evesy household.
Beginning with the breakfast OF the
family, the duty on oat meal and rolled
oats has been increased 2.47 per cent.
The Wilson law rate was Is per cent.
Milk has been taken from the free list,
and duty of 2 cents gallon, or 3l.32
per cent. has been added. Sugar will
cost at least cent pound more un-
der the Wilson law. On butter and
it's substitutes the rate OF duty has
been increased from 4 cents to q cents
per pound, and the duty on eggs has
been advanced from 3 cents to cents
a dozen. Pork, beef and mutton all
have marked increases in rates, though
a. the United States exports these
: articles, the effect Of the duty is