Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1888 — A PROTECTED DOLLAR’S WORTH. [ARTICLE]

A PROTECTED DOLLAR’S WORTH.

Curious Statistics Showing tlie Working of a Higli Tariff. [From the Harrisburg Patriot.] The high tariff is a precious thing in the sight of the monopolist, but plain, common people, since they find what an expensive luxury it is, are not so fond of it. When they look at the tariff schedule they find that it costs them many a dollar in the common necessaries of life. A dollar’s worth of common earthenware, with tho duty addod, costs you 81.55 A dollar’s worth of common cutlery, with duty 1.59 A dollar’s woith of raw clothing wool 1.55 A dollar’s worth of axles 1.02 A dollar’s worth of worsted goods 1.71 A dollar's worth of woolen clothing 1.61 A dollar’s worth of woolen dress goods 1.72 A dollar’s worth of flannels of any kind.... 1.70 A dollar’s worth of wool blankets 1.79 A dollar’s worth of common cotton cloth... 1.75 A dollar’s worth of brown sugar 1.82 A dollar’s worth of varnish 1.95 A dollar’3 worth of starch 1.95 A dollar’s worth of paint 1.75 A dollar's worth of Horse-shoe nails 1.76 A dollar's worth of small-size common win-dow-glass, according to size, 81.60 to 2.06 A ijprth of whiting and paris white dry 2.34 Five cents’ worth of castor oil 15 A dollar’s worth of manufactured brass 1.42 Ad liar’s worth of brushes 1.30 A dollar’s worth of chemicals, 81.25 t 0....... 2.11 A dollar’s worth of fiaxen thread 1.40 A dollar’s worth of bags or bagging 1.40 A dollar’s worth of oilcloth 1.40 A dollar’s worth of tinware 1.34 A dollar's worth of salt 1.80 A dollar’s worth of cotton thread ....! 1.46 A dollar 8 worth of cotton yarn I. 1.46 A dollar’s worth of cotton stockings 1,40 A dollar’s worth of corsets 1.35 A dollar’s worth of needles 1.45 This list might be extended, but these items are quite •sufficient te show the cost of a high tariff to the average housekeeper, and to walking people generally.