Show CLOTHES OF EUROPEAN TOURISTS Returning European steamers are still bringing back to our shores the American tourists and pleasure seekers who for the past several months or less have been enjoying en-joying life abroad Many millions of dollars dol-lars have been expended in travel in sight seaing and in the purchase of paintings statuary jewelry clothing and an infinite variety of souvenirs Upon much of this duties will be paid at the New York or inland in-land custom houses some of it will he smuggled smug-gled and a part which would otherwise require tho payment of a tariff levy will come in as personal baggage accompanying the owner and exempt by lawn law-n we mistake not there is in the Mc KIXLET tariff act an exemption of S500 worth of personal clothing from the payment of duty but a mere decla tion by the steamship passenger that the clothing in his baggage is for his own personal per-sonal use is usually sufficient to protect his trunks from inspection Now the average tariff rate on articles of clothing in the McKiKLEY is about 00 per ent orSSOO on every u worth atimating mat 50 IOn people mostly adults go abroad annually annu-ally from New York alone they would import im-port at the rate of wOO each 25000000 worth of clothes tho manufacture of which would otherwise go into the pockets of American tailors and dressmakers I the reader can form in his own mind an estimate esti-mate of the total number of old world excursionists ex-cursionists who bring back several hundred hun-dred dollars worth each of fine clothes he will have some idea of the stupendous significance sig-nificance of the foregoing figures But the injustice is not alone to American can tailors mantuamakers and milliners It strikes home to every poor family to those who unable to oven buy a ticket to Liverpool Havre Bremen or Antwerp are obliged to stay on this side and labor Not for them is the privilege ot wearing clothes at a reduction of 6 per cent Ah no what the European tourist pays 500 for they must pay SOD though they have them made at home |