| Show PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF THE LAW Never perhaps in the history of the country has any legislation by Congress been so suddenly and sharply felt as In the case of the McKINLEY bill It is rarely indeed that the people of theUnited States are permitted to feel the pressure of the work performed by their representatives at Washington so soon after its performance perform-ance and it is gratifying in that sense at least As a general thing a good or bad measure makes itself felt by insidious stages whereby we become adapted and accustomed to it without being entirely conscious of the changed condition as we go along not so with the high tariff enormity enor-mity enacted by the present Congress Everything that was claimed by those opposing op-posing it has suddenly been made manifest while yet the measure is less than a month old and additional time does but make the I burdens created by it more and more oppressive op-pressive Tho approach of cold weather has had the effect of adding emphasis to the situation since it is chiefly in the line of woolen goods that the pressure is felt The laboring labor-ing classes who constitute the great majority ma-jority of our population and who are not as a rule possessed of abundant means are all at once confronted with such advances in the pricas of the articles which thoy are compelled to purchase for the winter as amount to actual hardship in many cases and more or less annoyance and lois in all and the best of it is that they for once know what and who aro responsible for the wrong done them The New York World which has given the subject a great deal of attention and which as an authority is equaled by few says it will bo necessary for the dealers for example to charge about 1950 for a womans ulster that last year cost 15 1050 for what was then a 10 suit of clothes The material for an allwool dress costs at least 2 more than it aid a year ago A waterproof that could be had last summer sum-mer for S6 will cost in the neighborhood of sS But these aro only a few out of many items attainable all going to show how severely se-verely tho new law is going to and in fact already is making itself felt The subjoined sub-joined table which is quito accurate shows to what extent the tariff will enhance en-hance the cost of certain necessaries of the winters outfit Assuming a fam ily to consist of a husband wife I nl boy and that the articles named aro reasonably cheap but decent the woman being given two dressos and the man and boy two suits of clothes the prices would stand about as follws Old price Yew price Outside garment of wool for wemen S1500 51950 Boys oveicJiit 000 600 Mens suspenders 25 40 Underwear 6JOO 700 Cotton dress materialuuu lOCf 120 Waterproof 000 800 Woolen dress at i3 cents per yard uu 200 250 Same at 51 per arJu uu 1000 laOD Suit of clothes for manuu 203 2500 Suit of clothes for manu UOO 1240 Suit of clothes for boy 510 OfX Suit of clothes for boy 1000 12W Overcoat for manhUUUU 15 00 1053 Totals uu 80iZi S13510 This shows a difference in the ono mat terof three persons clothing for the winter of nearly thirty dollars not a great amount for some people but considerable for the majority It is at least a difference so great that most of those who have already felt the pressure aud arc disposed as a general gen-eral thing to be Republican in politics will waver a little in their faith while not a few will manifest their displeasure by their after votes next month if not right along there I |
