The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-22
UP GOES COST OF LIVING.
EFFECT OF THE NEW TARIFF BILL
IN THE HOME.

shoppers and Buyers at Retail Must
Expect to Pay Higher Prices For
Almost Every Article of Daily Con-
sumptiOn-WOmen, Through Each
Detail of Their Wearing Apparel
and Their Personal Effects, Be
come the Special Victims of the In
creased Taxation.
From the New York Journal.
Washington.-In the domain of the
house and home the duties of the new
tariff bill will begin with kinding wood
and end with the shingles on the roof. The
duty on kindling wood has been placed at
three-tenths Of cent on bundles of the
size Of one-fourth Of a 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 % cents ton. Tin pans and cups
have an additional duty. The rate on tin
plates has been increased from 1-5 to Y
cent per pound to the manufacturer. The
duty on cheap brown or yellow earthen-
ware has been increased from 20 to rs per
cent.
Chinaware has an increased duty of %
per cent, being raised from So to 60 per
cent. Besides, two new classihcations
| have beer placed on the dutiable list. On
pressed glass the duty has been increased
from 40 per cent under the Wilson law
to so per cent. On cut glass the increase
has been 10 per cent. from IS to so per cent
Decahters, etc, have an increased duty Of
| from ~ to so per cent. All the table cut
lery bears an increased burden, the duty
having been changed from 80 per cent. un-
der the wilson law to As per cent.
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 65 cents per
cubic foot. Ten per cent. additional has
been laid on all curtains and table covers
of cotton chenille, and the same addi-
tional rate is laid on curtains made of
other materials. Table damask has an
added duty of per cent, being raised
from 30 to 40 per cent, and pillow shams
and other bed coverings are specially pro-
vided for. Blankets are divided into a
number of dutiable classes, and the rate
has been increased from 20 per cent. under
the Wilson law to an average between
70 and 80 per cent.
on paper hangings the rate is per
cent. greater than under the Wilson law,
where 1t was 20 per cent. Brooms arc on
the dutiable list at 40 per cent, an in
crease of 20 per cent, and feather busters
have an increased duty of per cent. All
manufactures of willow bear an dddi-
tional duty of 10 per cent, being increas-
ed from % to 40 per cent.
The lumber which would go 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 S9.O5
when planned on both sides. Clapboards,
which used to be on the free list, are
now paying a duty of $1.50 per Thousand
feet, and shingles 80 cents a tno&and
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. 3Ihe- Increase on toothplcks
being from 30 to 40 per cent, and OF
matches from 20 to % per cent. Watches
and clocks bear an additional duty Of Is
per cent, the rate increasing from 25 to
40 per cent.
Beginning with the breakfast of the
family, the duty on oatmeal and rolled
oats has been increased PAT per cent The
Wilson law rate was 10 per cent Milk
has been taken from the free list, and a
duty of cents a gallon, or 81. 30 per cent.
has been added. Sugar will cost at least I
than under the Wilson law. On butter
and it's substitutes the rate of duty has
been increased from cents a pound to 6
cents a pound, or 1887 per cent.
The duty on eggs is Increased from &c 10
&c per dozen. Pork, beef and mutton all
have marked increases on rates though
as the United States exports these arti-
cles the effect of the duty is nullihed.
Beans are increased from 20 to AS per
cent. Cabbages which were free under the
Wilson law bear a duty now of &c each.
The duty on onions has been increased
from zoe to 400 per bushel. Green peas
came in under the Wilson law free: now
they pay a duty of 40c per bushel. II the
peas are dried the duty has been increased
from zoe TO SOC a bushel. The duty on pota-
toes has been increased from 15c to 25c per
bushel
Salt, which was free now bears a duty
Of 10 cents on each 100 pounds, and on
mustard the duty has been increased from
Is to 81. As per cent.
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 a duty on these articles which
amounted TO 62ia per cent The authors Of
the Dingley bill added nearly 10 per cent
1t now stands at 7lit per cent. with the
usual methods OF the retailers the In
crease will be over % per cent. on the re-
tail price Every ounce of prepared chalk
found on the dresser Of the boudoir will
hereafter cost one-third more than II does
now.
The perfumed toilet soaps that the wo-
men are so fond OF did not escape the
dreaded increase. The new duties bear
very hard on all these articles. A 25-cent
cake OF soap will hereafter cost nearly 40
cents.
When a woman sits down to sew now
she must pay more for all the require
ments Of her sewing basket. Her scissors
will cost her 1858 per cent. more than I'M
der the Wilson law. Then all scissors i'm
ported were charged duty OF 45 per cent
The new law makes three classes. and the
minimum duty charged Is 5.S per cent
All her needles. knitting or sewing ma
chine, will cost her more. For the past
three years the duty on these articles was
q cent. NOW A IA n The nine oha