Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-23
cent cake of soap will hereafter cost
ncarly 40 cents.
MORE FOR SEWING MATERIALS.


nearly 40 cents.
MORE FOR SEWING MATERIALS.
When a woman sits down TO sew now
she must pay more for all the require
ments of her sewing basket. Her scls-
s0rs will cost her g. 60 per cent. more IMAM
under the Wilson law Then all scissors
imported were charged a duty OF 70 per
cent. The new law makes three classes.
and the minimum duty charged Is 0iDi
per cent. All her needles. knitting OF
sewing machine Will cost her more. For
the past three years the duty on these
articles was IS per cent; now II Is -.
The pins she uses will cost more. All
kinds Of pins have been stuck INTO
paragrapn and couple OF new clauses
made Under the Wilson law the duty
was % per cent. but this duty has Deeh
raised TO IS per cent under the new law.
All her spool thread VIII cost more TOT
the duty on all cotton spool thread ha0
been raised 1-2 cent Dozen WINE on
the linen thread it has been raised ID
per cent.
COTTON CLOTH WILL BE. HIGHER.
on cotton cloth. one Of the most widely
used articles IN wOman's realm, the ne"
tariff bill has been most craitlly utANn
on large proportion OF the Natlou1
grades the rates are the same az uhuti
the Wilson law But few changes Were
made In rates. but many changes naNc
been made I'm classification, ana thtse
make the actual difference veiJ Vlde.
As many AS twenty seven new ciaSs.s
have been added TO this division ot the
An cotton plushes velvets. v,iveteens
etc will now cost the woman 30 per cent.
more than under the Wilson law. ! ne rae
has been raised from ~ per cent. 10 80,
per cont. The classiichtons nave NOV
been changed. but the duties nave peeh
increased i'm each case. All wOollen plush
IS have been increased from ~ per cent
10 rates that run from " % lH per cent
six pushes. Velvel~. ana enemies rare
eoualiv AS badly. In every classification
IN rates have been Increased. The IN
creases range from Is To 81 per cent. 80
the shopper can prepare TO take that
much more money with her when she
starts out 10 procure her winter on'Hi.
HOSIERY PRICES GOING UP
10 Ter Is going to cost nice little sum
hereafter All cotton hosiery VIII nave
an additional 20.46 per cent. tackled 20 the
price. Under he new law the duty I'M
posed rs 1916 per cent. All silk hosiery
will hereafter cost an acnluonal " per
cent. for the new law places the duty al
90 per cent. instead Of ~, as under the
Wilson law.
cotton underwear does not escape. Tn
der the Wilson law only shirts and Draw
ers were on the dutiable list. and these
al the general rate OF 80 per cent Now 70
shirts and drawers ar, added vests, union
suits combination suits. tights swea ers,
corset-covers. and all underwear Of every
description. and the duty is placed az %
per cent. Nothing IN the shape or cotton
underwear can escape that 10 per cent.
raise.
Flannels for underwear fare still worse.
All the rates on the half dozen grades
have been increased. and the average
taken shows that the Increase has heen
81 per cent. The average duty on flannel
for underwear under the Wilson bill was
IS per cent; under the ueWlaW II Is 100
per cent SILK underwear Will also cot
10 per cent. more, but AZ on other arti-
cies the rates on the Injuries Ia not
nearly 80 high as on the necessti-
Boot. shoe and corset laciugs OF cotton
are 10 cost 8 per cent. more Than month
ago. The rate has been increased from
a. TO 50 per cent
determined raid has been made on
lace edRngs, embroIderies neck rulings.
ruchlngs. etc. Under the Wilson law the
duty was 80 per cent.
NO MORE DRESS GOODS BARGAINS.
After the fun effect % the new law IS
felt Il viii be a long while before tie
careful shopper can boast TO her husband
OF the bargains she found az the w0ollen
dress goods counter. for the price Of all
w0Ollen dress goods Is going O. be greatly
increased
Senator Jones' Of Arkansas. estimates
that the people will have 10 pay $1,000
900 a year more for their cotton AMI
wOolien goods under the new law than
under the old. This enormous tax Is i'm
posed that the Treasury may ostensiby
benefit 10000 n year.
For silks the shopper will have to pay
a much greater price. The duty on the
class.fications as they have existed Tor
three years Is 80 per cent, only per
cent higher than under the wilson law.
But eighteen new classes have been odd
ed. and the duties range from 50 cents
per pound 20 s.. I'm some cases. as with
japanese silk the duty Is 100 per cent.
No one has been able yet 20 estimate
what the increase In the price Of silk
dress goods will be. Then the crinoline
cloth for lining will cost more than
cents a yard more. for the duty has been
increased that much.
MILLINERY BILLS TO BE LARGER.
Millinery bills are going 10 be larger
hereafter wOman's bonnet or hat must
pay an additional duty OF per cent.
while on trimmed hats the new duties
run from 81 per dozen and 20 per cent 70
81 per dozen and ~ per cent The braid
Ing for bOnnets or hats II not Die5ched,
must pay a duty n j. per cent Under
the Wilson bin these came In .ree. III
the braids are bleached they must pay
a duty OF p per cent. The wilson OH
charged no duty on these articles.
Ostrich feathers undressed. have 1uty
~ NJ ner cent. iaii on them. while the
dressed ostrich feathers must pay 70 Pr
cent more lhan was imposed by the
,Vilson law. All other feathers ana All
artifciai flowers used for millinery puF-
noses are 10 pay a duty OF ~ per cent, IN
stead 81 r under the Wilson Law. Beads
ard let trimmings will pay % per cent.
more than az present Bros Tor the nat
,.sre NOT forgotten. and an additional
Su,v Of IS per cent was laid on them.