Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1891 — Women Pay McKinley Prices. [ARTICLE]

Women Pay McKinley Prices.

A New York paper reports that women who go shopping there now are hearing much about the McKinley law. One woman related her experience in buying spring goods as follows: “I’ve heard about the McKinley law wherever I’ve been to-day. I went out to buy stuff for an ordinary every-day dress. Last year I got suitable goods for 81 a yard, and that is about what I have paid for the last three or four years, sometimes going as high as 81.25. I believe that it is only an inconsiderable percentage of New York women who buy more expensive materials for their every day street Costumes. “I could not to-day buy material for my dre.-s for less than 81.60 to 31.75 a yard. Material of similar value was easily obtainable last year at from 81 to 81.25 a yard. There is nothing desirable

In any of the stores in regular line* at the old prices. I had to take my choice between buying cheaper stuff than I have ever worr/before or paying from 50 to Award more than I have ever paid before. y “My shopping tour this morning has convinced me that Mr. McKinley and his friends have taken considerable purchasing power away from the few dollars that 1 have to spend on dress, and I shall never believe a Republican when he tells me that the tariff is not a tax.