The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-07-28
Analysis Of the New Tariff.

law it is 20 cents a ton.
Tin pans and. cups have an additional
duty. The rate on tin plates has been in
creased from one-fifth to one-half cent
per pound to the manufacturer.
The duty on cheap brown or yellow
earthenware has been reduced from 20 to
25 per cent. Chinaware has an increased
duty Of 25 per cent, being raised from 35
to 60 per cent. Besides two new claSsif-
cations have been placed upon the dutia.
BILE list. Pressed glass has been in
creased from 30 per cent under the Will
SOC law to 60 per cent. On cut glass the
increase has been Is per cent, from IS to
60 per cent. Decanters, etc, have an in
creased duty of from 40 to 60 per cent.
All the table cutlery bears an increased
burden, the duty having been changed
from IS per cent under the Wilson law to
As per cent.
The duty on all furniture has been
raised from % per cent to S5.
Marble mantels have an additional
duty of Is cents, the duty being raised
from so 70 IS cents per cubic foot.
Ten per cent additional has been laid
on sill curtains and table covers of cotton
chenille and the same additional rate is
laid on curtains made of other materials.
Table damask has an added duty of 5 per
cent, being raised from 35 to 40 per cent,
and pillow shams and other bed cover
ipgs are specially provided for.
Blankets are divided into g number of
dutiable classes, and the rate has been in
creased from 20 per cent under the Wilson
law to an average between IS and so per
cent.
Jute carpets have been raised on the
dutiable lists from 20 to II per cent and
all grades Of wooden carpets have been adj
vanced. Under the Wilson law the av-
erage duty on wooden carpets was 5000
per cent; under the new law the average
rate is 64.O9 per cent.
On oil cloths for the floor the rate is
now SO per cent, an increase of 10 per
cent. On cocoa fibre mats and mattings
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 q duty Of from 8 to Z cents per
square yard, according to value.
On paper hangings the rate is 5 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 present rate being &c per
cent.
Beginning with the breakfast Of the
family, tho duty on oatmeal and rolled
oats has been increased 247 per cent.
The Wilson law rate was Is per cent.
Sugar willcost at least l cent q pound
more under the new tariff than under the
Wilson law.
Beans are increased from 90 to AIS per
cent.
Cabbages, which were free under the
Wilson law, bear q duty now of 8 cents
each.
The duty on onions has been increased
from 20 to 40 cents per bushel.
Green pease came in under the Wilson
law free; now they pay a duty of40 cents
per bushel. If the pease are dried the
duty will range from 20 to 80 cents a
bushel.
Pickles and sauces have an increased
duty of 10 per cent, being on the rate list
of40 per cent.
Chocolate and cocoa will also cost
now. The duty on the OLD classifcations
of chocolate has been raised from II to Is
per cent on each Of the grades, and five
new clsssiications have been added. An
increase Of nearly 20 per cent has been
added to the duty on cocoa, and an addi-
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Salt, which was free, now bears q duty
mustard the duty has been increased
from Is to 37.45 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 every article Of her wear
ing apparel an additional tax IS levied.
Nothing has escaped the keen eyes of Mr..
Dingley and his associates.
When q woman sits down to sew now
she must pay more for all the require
msnts of her sewing basket. Her scis-
sors will cost her 9 So per cent more than
under the Wilson law. Then all scissors
imported were charged a duty o 45 per
cent. The new law makes three classes
and the minimum duty charged is Sd 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 25 per cent. Now it is IS.
The pins she uses will cost more. All
kinds Of pins have been stuck into q para
graph and a couple of new clauses made.
Under the Wilson law the duty was 25
per cent, but this duty has been raised
to So per cent under the new Law. All
her spool thread will cost her more, for
the duty on all cotton spool thread has
been raised ] cent q dozen, while on the
linen thread it has been raised 10 per
cent. This seems small. but the tariff
makers expect that a good, large revenue
will come from this, and the prices of
home thread will be correspondingly in
creased. Never forget that retail prices
increase in a geometrical ratio over
wholesale prices. Every sewing woman
in the country is hit.
Neither has the new tariff bill lost sight
of the fondness of woman for candy.
While the makers Of the tariff were Civ
ing the Sugar Trust all they could, they
increased the duty on confectionery from
35 per cent to so per cent.
Keeping their eyes open for the very
smallest thing that might bring in
nue.. the tariff makers found that many
crinoline, corset and hat wires were used.
That was enough, and up went the duty
on these articles 5 per cent.
Now all the American manufacturers
of these articles can raise the price just
5 per cent, and the middleman aad re-
taller will add any increase competition
will permit. at the same time, the duty
on corsets was increased 10 per cent. The
tariE-mekers thought that the women CT
the country would not object to an addi-
tional Is or so per cent on the cost of
pair Of corsets.
On cotton cloth, one of the most widely
used articles in woman's realm, the new
tariff bill has been most craftily drawn.
On q large proportion of the various
grades the rates are the same as under
the Wilson law, but many changes have
been made in classification, and these
make the actual difference very wide. AS
many as q new classes have been added
to this division OF the cotton schedule.
These changes have been made on the
basis of the fineness and weight of the
goods in some cases, and in others the
value has been made the dividing line.
Under the Wilson bill these classes ofcot.
ton goods came in under the general
duties laid, but now the duties range
specifically from 81 cents a square yard
to 8 cents. The average per cent OF duty
is so on all these new classes. In each
case the manufacturer has an excuse for
raising prices, and the cotton goods of the
future used by the housewife will cost at
least Is per cent more than in the past
three years.
All cotton pushes, velvets, velveteens,
etc., will now cost the woman 81 per cent
more than under the Wilson law. The
rate has been raised from 40 per cent to
81 per cent. The classifications have not
been changed, but the duties have been
increased in each case.
All wooden pushes have been increased
from 40 per cent to the rates that run
from IS to lat per cent. Silk pushes,