The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-26
THE CosT OF CLOTHES.
Is Increased by the Exactions Of the
Protective Tariff. =
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The tariff act provides that on clothing
and articles of wearing apparel OF every
description, whether knitted or woven.
whether composed wholly or n part of
wool the duty per pound shall be four
times the duty imposed on one pound of
unwashed wool of the first class and in
addition thereto SO per centum ad vaio-
rem.
The following are the rates of duty now
exacted on clothing and wearing apparel
composed wholly or in part of wool:
Hats. caps, coats, waiscoats trousers,
underwear, shirts, socks, stockings. gloves
and mittens, neCkties. etc, "a cents a
pound. and in addition thereto SO per
centum.
Upon cloths or knit fabrics in the piece
made wholly or in part of WOOL valued
at not more than 30 cents pound, the
duty is three times the duty imposed on
"A pound of unwashed wool OF the lirst
class on fabrics valued at ab0VS 80
cents pound and at not above 20 cents
the duty is four times that charged on
one pound of unwashed wool of the first
class. In addition thereto upon all the
foregoing, 90 per centum ad valorem is
charged, and so on, as the vtliue of the
cloth increases.
The duty on unwashed wool of the first
class is II cents a pound, ON the second
class - cents, on the third class, the
value whereof shall be i cents or less
q pound the duty is cents a poCpd, and
if the value exceeds IL cents, the duty Is
= cents pound.
Unwashed wool is wool in its natural
condition from the sheep, withoue cieans-
ing if these woods are imported washed,
the duty is twice as mich: Il secured,
material, and we do not produce enough
to supply our manufacturers IN this
climate clothing IS Necessity. From
Aug u 1894 10 July "a 1Sy7 clothing was
free of duty under the tariff act of 1884,
known as the Wilson law. 1t was made
dutiabie under the Dingiey act OF 1884,,
as above stated Under the Mckinley act
IL was dutiable from Oct. I. 1899. to Aug.
y. 1894. at about the same rates.
The duty on clothing and articles or
wearing apparel made of cotton nnen or
other Vegetable fibres, is about % Fer
In articles of both woolea and cotton,
The lower the value the higher the rate
of duty-in some of the cheaper articles
of wearing apparel and goods t1e uuress
are over 40 per cent II Is 4 feature OF
the present protective tariff act that ali
OF the aDSotutC Eeccssaries of he are
dutiablc, showing At 10 be so contrlved
that man cannot live and escape pay
ing tribCtc 90 the special class Whom pro-
tecffoDism WIS Iaade 20 benefit
President harrison said a cheap, coat
made a cheap man. But he was not re-
elected after making TINS Statement.
President RoOsevelts present seSrC tary OF
the treasury said recently that high prices
were, a blessing, nevertheless the great
masses OF the people want 10 SET their
CIOfbiU@ aJraS low q price as IlOSStDlc
This story is told Of Speake. cannon:
Last November his daughter. who looks
after his home. informed him that he
needed a new winter overcoat, MS then
winter garment looking Won and shahpy-
Mr.. Cannon replied il would do another
winter, that the taiiors wanted 90 much
for an overcoat. and that. anYnow, NJ
would not pay more thah SaV -or V'ie'
Thereof his daughter went TO tailor.
who told her he could not make an over
coats of good wooden cloth for less than
s65 She said her father would rot pay
more than so. The tabor replied that
the duties made 1t high; that they al
most doubled the cost of the cioth. and
] he could not make the overcoat for less.
1 She decided 10 bring in her father And
! you tell him. she enjoined the tailor.
that you will make the overeoa. for SO
| land / will pas you the other ga The
Drogramnne was carried cut and wheH
I The ovyrcoat was made Mr.. Cannon paid
| $40 Tor Il; his daughter paid the So adj
\ ditionai.
Speaker Cannon is one or -hc 5higf
Dfiests OF protectionisn. In his speech
/ as chairman of the Republican nati0na
| committees and in his notification speech
| 10 Mr.. Roosevelt Mr.. Cannon 0welt or
| the blessings Of protection
The protectionists are willing 20 pass
| laws TO make other men pay s., So 81!
| and s25 more for their coats taan they
should. but they do not want TO do II
| themselves.