The times., 1897-07-27
THE RICH DO NOT FEEL IT
Ap Interesting Schedule Showing
How the Prices of the Things
which the Poor Must Buy Have
Been Raised by the Increase of
the Burden of Taxation.


necessities Of life. There is nothing IN the
law that eoraIIensabes the working classes
Prosperity, which was promised on every
stumD from which a Republican orator
sToRe. has not put III it's appearance. me
spindles are not spinning, nor are the looms
runnins. III thatraIid fashion pictured WIN
such fIowesy aIoquence by campaign ora
tors Tie hlacksnith's anvil rings 40 mer-
r:er tune than L. did Of yore. Idle men are
lust as plenty and work just as scarce as
before the advance agent of prosperity
visited Washington and Mark Hanna and
the uavsmey4rs made their Unhoiyaliance.
The laboring man who voted the Re
publican ticket in the expectation that
the sunshine of good times would shed
its benignanJ rays upon his head is doomed
10 disappointment IL he h as not fig
ured it out for himself, The Times viii
indicate 20 him what he may expect when
he goes to the shop 20 make his next
purchases With existing prices he is Ia
miliar Taking this Tor basis, the state-
ment subJoined, preparedby Senator White,
VIII be easily understood 1t shows the
increased taxes on articles in ordinary use,
imposed by the new law, as follows;
Glue-Large increase over present law.
White lead and other lead products
Rates doG6ie.
Paints Increase % per cent.
Medicines Increased 40 per cent.
Soaps Rates doubled.
China ami crockeIy y-From 80 to so
per cehU.
Engraved glassware From 40 to 60
per cert.
window glass Increased all the way from
25 per cent to 90 per cent. Especially is
the rate increased on common window
glass.
Ioakiug-glass plates for cheap furni-
ture- Largely increased. 50 the plate glass
trust can force the purchase of plate glass.
Spectacies Increased enormously d cheap
pair OF spectacles can not pay less than 90
per cent and from that up to over 12o
per cent
Marble A duty Of 81 10 per cubic foot
for gIavestones- This is nearly double the
present law.
steel raiis-S7 s4 per ton, when con
tracts are being made TO supply rails
England for less tnan English iron
masters demand.
Tin plstes-lncreased, notwithstanding
import atiols decreased one-haIf under the
present law and th, domestic output has
risen from I39. .000 900 pounds in 1894
20 3O7 100000 pounds in 1895.
for csudag cottoal-The rate is advanced
Go so per cent ad valorem.
Sporting guns-R&tes more than trebled
The duty OF a sporting rifle valued at
above $40, is 95 per cent, as against
80 per cent at present.
Granite ware is 50 per cent and impor-
tations have fallen from $50. 900 to
S3l 900. The rate is increased to 40
per cent.
There were $4,000 worth Of horseshoe
nails imported in 1896 under duty of 80
per cent; yet the duty is made over 80 per
cent
Cut naiIs-The rate is made % per cent.
notwith standing only S143 worth were
imported in go
Wire naiIs-Increased from % to GO
per cent, while there was only S25, 600
imported in ls96-not enough 10 stock
one wholesale dealer.
Tacks-Twelve thousand dollars worth
imported at % per cent. The increased
duty is cUnningly concealed by making it
IA cents per 1000, which viii treble
existing rates.
saws There was a revenue OF $50 20
derived from mill saws in SO, with q
duty Of 10 cents per foot This rate is
Continued 1t amounts TO over so per cent
sd yalorem.
Other saws-The duty is increa sed from
25 per cent to 80 per cent, and on hand
saws it is made compound; about 90 per
cent.
Screws-veTy fine work has been donein
this para graph, and while there is an ap-
parent decrease, there is in reality large
increase OF duty. The total revenues de
rived in SO from all screws was SIS
Dutch metal leaf-P resent law, 40 per
Gent. Proposed law 6 cents per 1 90 lea es,
equivalent to over leo per cent on an
arucle not one sheet of which is made
Ia this country and never VIII he. 1t is
ths raw material Of book-binders, ntho-
graphic and other printers, picture-frane
ana furniture makers, etc.
Watches Enormous advance OF duty,
when American watches are the worlds
standard
Zinc Increase, when we are large ex-
porters
Lumber Duty imposed for benefit of
trusts. Taken from free list and taxed
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Toothpicks Even these are advanced to
90 and IS per cent duty.
Kiudling wood is taxed for the first
time.
Fruits and nuts Are largely advanced.
oaAb-NoN Tree. Out taxed Dy THIS Dill.
Again the brea kfast table suffers.
Table cutlery, 80 per cent of which is
made in this country under the present
duty OF 3 8 per cent, has been advanced to
an equivalent ad yalorem duty of 225 per
cent on some grades.
Every town in the land has been called
on 60 pay 70 theoretical industry. not
yet and nsver To be established, 100 per
cent duty on linen fabrics OF the deScri,tioD
used By the poor.
a reasonable schedule was submitted by
importers and such domestic manufacturers
as are In existence but that schedule was
rejected Raw lax was advanced over
the House rates, flax yarns Were then adj
Yanced on the strength OF such advance
and finally the finished fabrics were pro-
portlonately increased, the excuse being
given that such advance was made neces-
sary on account of the higher duty on
yarns In conference, the duty on warns
was reduced, but no corresponding reduc-
ton was made on finished fabrics This
Is one OF the rank injustioes of this bill.
Another injustice is in placing a duty
varying from 100 10 TGo per cent on light
weight silk Goods in the piece, and pro-
ylding for articles made therefrom ut 60
per cent. The operation OF this schedule
NJ duties VIII he 10 throw out OF employ
Enent at least 10000 poor sewing women
In New York aBd The leading cities fhrouph-