Before New Under New
Trade Name of Goods. Tariff. Tariff.
Everett Classics $.08-1/2 $.08
Fidelity .06-1/2 .06
Lombardy .07 .06-1/2
Tacoma .08-1/2 .07-1/2
Arlington Staple $.06-1/4 and .06-1/2 $.06 and .06-1/4
Bates Staple .06-1/2 .06-1/4 and .06-1/2
Bates Warwick Dress .08-1/2 .08
Glenaine .06-1/2 .06 and .06-1/4
Johnson Chalon Cloth .10-1/2 .09-1/2
Johnson Indigo Blue .09-1/2 and .11 .09-1/2
Lancaster Normandie .08-1/2 .08 and .08-1/2
White Calcutta Dress Styles .08-1/2 and .09-1/2 .08 and .08-1/2
Westbrook Dress Style .08-1/2 .08
York Manufacturing Co.'s Staples .06-1/2 .06-1/4 and .06-1/2
I give now a table comparing the market quotations for 1890 of the
articles which enter most largely into the cost of living, with those
for the same period in 1891:--
Week ending Week ending
Aug. 29, 1891. Aug. 30, 1890.
BREADSTUFFS:--
Flour, No. 2 Extra, barrels $4.25 @ $4.50 $3.75 @ $4.25
Patents, " 5.75 @ 6.10 5.50 @ 6.15
Rye, Superfine, " 3.50 @ 4.00 2.75 @ 3.00
Oats, No. 2 White, bushel, .43 .48
Corn, West, mixed, No. 2, bushel, .80-1/2 .62 @ .62-1/2
Shorts, Winter Wheat, ton 18.00 @ 18.75 21.00
" " Middling, " 25.00 25.00
" Spring Wheat, " 17.00 @ 18.00 19.00
" " Middling " 23.00 22.50 @ 23.00
COTTON, Middling Upland, pound .08-1/4 .11-3/4
" Low " " .07 11c.
COTTON GOODS. Print Cloths, 64x64, .02-13/16 .03-5/16-l%
FISH:--
Large Dry Cod (Georges), qtl. 6.50 5.50
Mackerel, No. 1 Mess, barrel 12.50 @ 14.00 23.00 @ 24.00
Labrador Herring 6.25 5.00 @ 5.50
HAY, Choice, ton 17.00 @ 17.50 15.00 @ 16.50
Straw, Rye 14.00 @ 14.50 15.00 @ 16.00
" Oat 7.00 @ 9.00 7.00 @ 7.50
HEMP, Manilla, pound 07-1/4 @ .07-3/8 .09 @ .09-1/4
Jute Butts (bagging) .01-3/4 @ .01-7/8 .02 @ .02-1/4
HIDES:--
Brighton Steers .09 .09-1/2 @ .10-1/2
Buenos Ayres Kips .11 @ .11-1/2 .13
HOPS. Prime State (N. Y.), pound .17 @ .21 .19 @ .25
DRUGS. Opium (small lots) 2.20 @ 2.40 3.80 @ 4.10
DYES. Logwood, North Hayti 35.00 33.00 @ 34.00
" South Hayti 24.00 @ 25.00 24.00 @ 25.00
" Extracts (solid) .08-1/2 @ .09-1/2 .08-1/2 @ .09-1/2
Hemlock Bark, Eastern 8.00 @ 9.00 10.00
" " Pennsylvania 9.00 @ 10.00 10.00
IRON, American Pig, ton 17.00 @ 18.50 18.00 @ 19.00
LEAD, Domestic, 100 pounds 4.55 @ 4.60 4.80 @ 5.00
COPPER, Lake, pound .12-1/4 @ .12-1/2 .16-7/8
SPELTER .05 @ .05-1/8 5.55
LEATHER:--
Hemlock Sole, light, pound .17 @ .17-1/2 19-1/2 @ .20
Oak Sole, light, pound .20 .24 @ .25
Grain No. 1, Boot .14 @ .15 .15 @ .18
Buff No. 1, 4-1/2 oz .11-1/2 @ .12 .14-1/2 @ .15
CALFSKINS:--
Tannery Finished, 20 to 29 pounds,
dozen .75 @ .85 .75 @ .90
Rough Hemlock, average .18 @ .18-1/2 .24 @ .25
Rough Splits, prime .10 @ .12 .13 @ .15
MOLASSES, N. O. Prime, gallon .29 @ .31 .37
LUMBER:--
Hemlock Boards (rough) 10.50 11.50
Spruce Boards (1st-class floor) 19.00 @ 20.00 19.00 @ 21.00
Pine (Coarse, No. 5) 16.00 16.00 @ 17.00
Week ending Week ending
Aug. 29, 1891. Aug. 30, 1890.
NAVAL STORES:--
Spirits Turpentine, gallon .42 .45
Common Rosin, barrel 1.75 @ 2.25 1.75 @ 2.25
Pitch 2.25 2.25
Tar (Wilmington) 2.50 2.50
OILS. Crude Whale, gallon .49 .45 @ .47
" Sperm, " .74 @ .75 .65
Linseed, " .43 .60
Lard (X No. 1), " .49 @ .50 .46
PETROLEUM:--
Crude, gallon .07-1/2 .07-1/2
Refined, " .08-1/4@ .09 .08-1/2
PROVISIONS:--
Pork, Short Ribs, Mess, barrel 13.75 @ 14.00 13.25
Beef, pound .08-12/100 .07-36/100
Mutton, " .10 .09
Beef Hams (Med.), " .10-1/4@ .10-3/4 .11
Veal, " .09-1/2 .09
Lard, Western, " .06-1/2@ .06-3/4 .06-1/2
Butter, Prime, " .23 @ .24 .21 @ .22
Cheese (Fine Factory), pound .09-1/4@ .09-1/2 .08-1/2@ .08-3/4
RICE, Domestic Choice, " .06 @ .06-1/2 .06-1/2@ .07
SALT, Liverpool Ground (in bond),
hhd. 1.00 @ 1.15 1.00 @ 1.15
SUGAR:--
Cuba, fair refining, pound .03 .05-1/8
Refined Hard, Granulated, pound, .04-5/16@ .04-3/8 .06 @ .06-5/16
TALLOW, Prime .05 .04-3/4@ .05-1/2
RUBBER, Fine Para, new .62 @ .63 .93 @ .95
" " old .65 .98 @ 1.00
STARCH, Corn, pound .02-1/8 .03-1/2
Potato, " .04-1/2@ .04-5/8 .04-3/8@ .04-1/2
TOBACCO:--
Havana Wraps 5.00 @ 7.00 3.50 @ 5.00
Pennsylvania Wraps .20 @ .40 .20 @ .40
Sumatra Wrap 2.50 @ 3.25 2.00 @ 2.75
WOOL. Ohio, XX, pound. .31 @ .32 .33 @ .34
Michigan, X, " .27 .28 @ .29
TEA:--
Oolong, Amoy Super $.17 $.13-1/2
Formosas, Superior .28 .23
Japan, Choice .30 .23
Hyson, 1st .35 .30
COFFEE:--
Java, Pa. Packages, Pale $.26 @ .26-3/4 .24-1/2
Mocha .25 $.24 @ .24-1/2
Rios, Fair .18-1/2 .20-1/2
EGGS:--
Near-by and Cape .22 @ .23 .23 @ .25
Vermont and New York .20 .21 @ .22
N. S. and N. B. Firsts .19 @ .20
POTATOES 1.50 @ 1.62 2.50 @ 2.75
ONIONS 2.00 @ 2.25 3.00 @ 3.25
SQUASH, Marrow .60 @ .75 1.75 @ 2.00
APPLES, Gravensteins 1.50 @ 2.50 5.00 @ 5.50
If the articles given in the foregoing table be classified we find the
following results as to the rise and fall of prices before and after
the tariff of 1890.