The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-11

II the domain Of the House a1t
Home the duties Of the rew tariff bill
will begin with kindling wood arc
end With the shingles or the roof. This
duty on kinGHne word has osen plac
cd at three tentfs OF a cent on bundles
OF the size of one fourth of a cubic
loot and it increases three .tenths Of S
cent for each additional quarter Of S
cubic foot.
The coal which is to be used vii
have duty OF 81 cents s Ton. Uudel
the Wilson Jaw it is 40 cents ION
Tin pans and cups have an sdditiona.
duty. The rate on tin plates hiss beer
increased from Is to 10 cent pc,
pound to the manufacturer. The duty
on cheap brown or yellow esrthen
ware has been increased from 20 10 2;
per cent.
Cninaware has an increased duty a
Is PER cent. beiEg raised from 35 20 sc
per cant Besides, two new classifca
tions have been placed on the dutisble
list. Ga pressed glass the Gutg has
been increased from 40 per cent. IN
Ger the Wilson law tc 80 per cent
% cut glssS the increase has been Is
per cs ut. from S5 To 80 per cent. De
canters, etc, have an increased duty
OF from 40 10 so per cent. All the ts
bic cutlery bears an increased burden,
the duty having been changed from
35 per cent. under the Wilson Iaw to
as per cent.
The outy on all furniture has been
raised from % PSI cert. TO S5. Mar bic
uantels have an additional duty OF
fifteen cents, the duty being raised
from so to IS cents per cubic foot.
Ten per cent. additional has been lsld
On ali curtains and table covers OF cot
ton chenille, and the same additional
rate is laid on curtsias made Of other
materials. Table damask has an added
cu.y OF 5 per cent, being raised from
35 to 40 per cent, and pillow shams
and other bed coverings are specially
provided for. Blankets are divided
into number Of 0utiable classes, and
the rate has been increased from %
per cent. under the Wilson law to 81
sversee between IS and 50 per cert
On paper haDgirgs the rate is per
cent. greater than under the Wilson
law where It was 20 per cent Broems
are on the dutisble list at 20 per cent,
sc increase of 30 per cent. and feather
busters have an increased duty OF
per cent the present rate being 40 per
cent. AL manufactures of willow
bear an additional duty Of Is per cent.
being increased from 25 to 40 per cent.
The lumber which would &c to make
house has been taken from the free
list of the Wilson bill, and the rates
now rsnge from 81 Per thousand feet
to s. 05 when planed on both sides.
Cias boards, which USED to be on the
free list, are now paying duty Of
ST.. so per thousand feet, ard shingles
80 cents 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 on toothpicks be
ing from SIS to 20 PER cent, end On
matches from 20 to 25 per cent.
Watches and clocks besr an additiousl
duty Of Is per cent, the rate iLctess'
ing from 25 to 40 per cent.
Beginning with the breakfast Of the
family, the duty on oatmeal and rolled
osts has been increased 2 ~ per cent.
The Wilson law rate was Is per cent.
Milk has been taken from the free list,
md duty Of 2 cents gallon, or 81 50
per cents, has been added. Sugar
will cost at least / cent q pound more
under the new tariff, than under the
Wilson law. On butter and its sub.
stitutes the rate of duty has been in
creased from 4certs q pound to s
cents a pound, or 12 81 per cent.
The duty on eggs is increased from
Sc. to sc. per dozen. Pork, beef al d
mutton all have marked increases on
rates, though as the United States ex.
ports these articles the effect of the
duty is nullife6. Beans sre increased
from 90 to 47 5 per cent. Cahhages,
which we're free under the Wilson
Law, bear duty now OF 81. each. TIE
duty on onions has been increased
from 2Qc TO 40c per bushel. Green
peas came IL 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 20c. to Soc a
bushel. The duty cn potatoes has
been increased from 15c to 25c. par
lushel.
Salt, which was free, now bears a
duty OF 10 cents on each 100 pounds,
and on Eustard the duty has been in
creased from 25 to 81 As per cent.
Woman will have TO pay more than
her share OF the increased prices
which are to be laid upon every thing.
She is to he made the especial victim
of higher duties and increased prices
From tie feather which tips ner hat
TO the shoes upon her feet; every ar
ticle Of 6er wearing apparel bears an
additional tag. Nofhicg has escaped
the ken eyes Of M. Dinelev and bis
associates. A. the earliest CpCoctunl
ty The beginning vas MADE. ltcameo OF
perfumery and cologne waters TIE
Wilson law imposed q 6uty On -heSe
articles which amounted 10 81 ! per
cent. The authors OF the Diogiey bill
added nearly 10 PER cent. II low
stands 81 II / per cent. With the
usual methods Of the retailers the IL
crease Will be over ~ per cent. on lhe
retail 7r:ce. Every ounce OF prepared
chalk icUnG en- tee dresser Of the
bou6ior will hersaftsr cost one third
more than j! d0es now.
The perfuned toilet soaps that the
women are so fond Ct did not escape
the dreaded Increase. The new duties
bear very hsrd on 81 these articles.
A Csc. cake CT soap viii hereafter COS.
nesrly 40 cents.
When a woman sis down to sew
now she must pay NOE 10: all the re-
quirenents OF her sewlng BASKET. Her
scissors will cost her 9.63 per cent.
more than unGar the Wilson law.
Then ali scissors imported were
charged S duty OF IS ger cent. TIE
ueW Law makes ;arse Classes and the
minimum duty charged IS 81 IS psr
on-f All her mead les kn5i,iny ~