Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1891 — What it Has Done. [ARTICLE]

What it Has Done.

The McKinley bill has — Increased the duties on aboutlls articles Reduced the duties on about 190 articles And left it unchanged 0n240 articles Increased our foreign commerce (in eleven months).. $74,768,639 Increased our free imports ■ " $112,013,081 Made the percentage of free imports .55-75 of all oui imports. Increased free imports over the last tariff, per cent. 22.48 Reduced the duties per capita from $3.80 to $3,07. Reduced the total revenue (“tariff taxes” ) in twelve months $41,396,425 Increased the cost of no necessity of life and reduced the cost of many; stimulated business; and thereby tended to make people busier and earnings surer, if not larger. —The New York Press.

Williams has now on hand over 50 different kinds of Rocking chairs.