Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 13, 1915, Winnipeg, Manitoba New Tariff hits big and Little and Many manufactured articles will be dearer As result of new duties Many lines Are affected Winnipeg dealers express views on subject. The new Tariff and special War Fox were the Livest topics in Winnipeg yesterday. Big and Little in the City s strata of society Are Afi acted and every one poured Over yesterday s free press getting the situation sized up. It was a big order for the changes Are widespread m their effect Winnipeg merchants and manufacturers discussed the matter on every hand and the free press is Able to present their views on Many of the items in which the general Public is most keenly concerned. It will Teke a while for the new order of things to work out and it will be Seil weeks before some of the changes begin to appear. Apparently food stuffs Are not going to be greatly effected but clothing and a Long line of manufactured articles will be Deai a. New Tariff in effect. The Tariff goes into effect at once but the War Stamps on let ters postcards cheques receipts Mink documents Etc will riot come into Force until the Bill has passed parliament. Tie following is a. Copy of a Telegram received by George f. Bryan collector of customs at Winnipeg from Ottawa thursday night changes introduced in effect feb. 12. Make All entries subject to amendment pending further instructions. Detain Cham pagne and other wine in Bond until further instructed. Notify out posts by wife. Mcdougalll commission customs people Are now stamping All entries subject to Niue dment customers pay the old rates of duty and when fur How Cheque tax affects the City it will Cost the City of Winnipeg or Soo a year extra for Stamps to affix to its cheques and if All the employees of the City were paid by Cheque it would. Great Deal More. There Are says City treasurer Thompson about cheques is sued every month. The number however varies but the average Cost for Stamps to use on these cheques will not be less than a month. The City pays All its Day labourers in Cash and it is practically Only the permanent staff drawing a monthly salary who receive cheques. Ther instructions Are received by the department from Ottawa the additional Tariff will be collected from them. Woollens Cottons linens men s and women s clothing with the exception of boots will All be a Little dearer As a result of the new Tariff and bigger items like automobiles traction engines threshing machinery and factory machinery Are due for. A stiff and Vance. A perusal of the interviews secured by the free press will give a Good idea of the prospective Price changes. Tariff to cause Advance in Price of automobiles the people of Canada will have to pay a very much advanced Price for Auto mobiles As a result of the Tariff changes. C. F. Anderson president of the Winnipeg motor trades association estimated this morning that a car usually Selling at would now sell for this proportion of increase he thought would maintain in the Price of All cars with the exception of a few made in Canada. Some of the big United states firms press Winnipeg february 131915. Increases particularly affecting the Canadian West Bough Lumyr. Corn i. Oranges an Lemons canned meat. Cement Perezt. Automobiles blankets Woolen Good boots and Sypes clothing. Bituminous Dkl per ton Linen goods furniture seeds harness ploughs pumps shovels stoves threshing Mae nes wagons windmills old Date . Free free Loc 35 35 35 30 35 25 new Date . 35 Loc 7yo 30 25 15 20 30 20 25 20 53.c 40 40 have factories in canal but not All of them allow the purchaser the Benefit of the saving in duty. I the fact How Ever that most of thee firms import raw material from the United states and that the increase i this respect is per cent., May Vance even in Canadia in a stiff and made cars. Dealers pre Diment. Or. Anderson said had placed Many of the ocal dealers in a serious predicament i Ager of the firm of threshing machines and engines due for a stiff Advance threshing machines and engines Are the due for a stiff Advance under the new re is the Man maw co., others they and in their Case like of took orders for a numer of cars for future delivery. Thes cars have not vet been brought in the states and the questions to whether the cars will ave to be Dis posed of at a great Deij ease in profit. The Breen motor Corpany said that undoubtedly All automobile prices will be increased exactly Bijj proportion to the increase in Tariff would Cut Down the Sal hey thought it of. High priced cars and increase the ale of Middle priced cars. Coal men not just Bure yet As far As an Advance is concerned local Coa that until they know new order of things the know where they stand placated said be manager of t. D. Robinson co Many different kinds Coal imported which prices. We of course in goal prices dealers assert Ore about the r do not really it is a com there Are f bituminous ring different have to pay the same amount of Dity per ton on All kinds of Coal irrespective of the Grade with the except Tom of the kind called Slack Coal. All jump Coal from across the line is the Sime. We Don t Enow As yet. Just what toe raise specifically is and until Weldo we Are not n a position to state Bow much the fuel will on each outfit on the average there will not be much increase in agricultural implements according to two of the largest firms who were interviewed. Noted that All the agricultural such As binders mow ers harvesters and Are exempted from the increase in duty j. H. Redden manager of the j. I. Case threshing machine company said that the average threshing outfit of engine and separator Cost about the average increase in the Price of these would be about on the average. E. A. Mott general manager cock Shutt plow company which has Factor ies in Eastern. Canada said that he did not anticipate any increase in the Price of plows cultivators harrows and such thing s. He was reminded that the duty had been increased. 7% per cent on raw materials but he said that notwithstanding this he did not expect an Advance at least not on the pre sent season s products m. J. Rodney manager of the International Harvester company which also manufactures in Eastern Canada said he did not look for increased prices. Their raw material he said had All been purchased for this year. He stated that most of the binders and mowers placed in the exempted list were manufactured in Canada enemy your line Fence every one of us is Bertg daily attacked by the battalions of illness. 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May Stop import of american shoes that the importation of american made boots and shoes i will be almost prohibitive under the is the Opin Ion of Thomas Ryan president of the Ryan shoe co. This new order of things will react in fair of the Cana Dian shoe manufactured said he. The added import duty on bather goods in the Way of footwear is almost More than the Canadian Cut Cen can j furniture frees not much affected j. A. Banfield interviewed As to the increase of 7% per sent on imported furniture said that if would make no differ once in retail i ices As far As his firm was concerned adj very Little american furniture is if ported by him. To Day the Canadian manufacturer is turning out Fine said he and is Well Able to apply the general Market. There Are designs in furniture being brought across the line but the manufacturer gets such a Good Price that it w Giuld not affect the retail other furniture d layers in Winnipeg stated materially tie same thing. Railways will be heavily hit by the stamp tax that the Western. Canadian railroads will be heavy. Subscribers to the War tax is the opinion held by. Many of the officials with Here the two cent stamp tax on cheques being one of the biggest items they will face. When it is taken. Into consideration that each month at least cheques Are issued by the roads it can be seen How their. Contribution will mount up. Taking the an example with roughly speaking to employees All of whom Are paid by Checque Here at once is a contribution of close upon a year alone it is just possible that losing so. Much Money As they admit they Ara losing under the present stress of conditions that some other method ing might be used though this is not changes in prices forecaster by Winnipeg dealers Woollen goods Cotton and linens be dearer the retail Price on Woollen goods Cotton and Linen Mil go up in proportion to the increase in said j. G. Mclntosh manager for Robinson Little co., ltd., wholesale dry goods. Placing the duty on both the raw and finished materials cannot re act in favor of the Canadian manufacturer. So tire stand just where we did before excepting that the con Sumer has to pay More for his dry goods in these More for your Stetson some Feriv lines like for instance Stetson hats on which the of profit in Canada is very close will have to be. Raised in retail says the manager of Mclean Mcneil Garland clothing merchants. But went on the speaker i Don t think that most lines of goods imported will raised More than 10 per. Cent. That will make Little., Dif Ference in their retail prices. Woollens. Rom Are so High right now As to be almost prohibitive in automobile prices will be de from to on each oar. Woollens Cottons and linens will be a Little dearer. Thrashing outfits will Cost More. Importation of United states boots will practically cease. Little change in furniture prices. Will mean an Advance instruct ural Iron and steel. Agricultural implements prices will not be seriously touched. Machinery prices will Advance. Retail tobacco prices will remain the same. Wines will Cost a Little More. Little change expected in Price of canned meats. No change in lumber prices. Cement will remain at old figure. Soft Coal prices Are in doubt. Manufactured Beds will not and Vance. No change in hide prices. Hardware situation j. H. Ashdown wholesale hardware merchant is quoted As saying that the increased duty on hardware May have some trifling effect on some lines of that imported goods sold on a close margin like nails and Iron implements will go up in Price to such 4a the imported articles May become almost prohibitive. Some hardware implements Are not manufactured in Canada he said and the people Here will have to have them from elsewhere. As far As those made in this country Are concerned the new Tariff will materially help to boost their output. Machinery will Cost More Money it is on the larger items that the full weight of the new War tax is Felt. L. K. Barrett manager of the Vulcan a on works said that prices w6nld.be seriously affected on All lines of Struc ural for building Bridges or buildings also on plates angles Etc. There would also be an Advance n prices on All. Classes of machinery some of the dealers would be caught unawares by this increase. There were some who had taken orders for machinery on the e usual 5 per cent com Mission. It they were held to these contracts they would stand to lose 2y, per cent., the difference Between the commission and the increase in1-Tariff his firm would be hit a Ettla he Savici. Floors furniture Ltd oleum be kept a perfect with it is easy to apply a Little goes a Long Vray Aid lasts a Long time. Truk can be used of any finish. Romuk gives a. Dry Bright polish on which dust sits lightly and is easily removed by a cloth under a Broom. On Sale everywhere office foe Canada s3 Longe Street Toronto considered Likely. Such items As the Bills of lading with their two cent tax will of course be paid by the shipper As will other taxes by the buyer of transportation so that while the roads will be taxed the Brunt will not be carried by them. A1 Revenue of about a year will come from the railroads on the Cheque tax alone in Winnipeg. Will provide system it is not for a moment expected that travel will be affected for the Small sums will not be Felt toy the average traveller. The matter of systematizing some form of procedure in connection with the tax will be taken up by the executive department of the roads which up to the present have not Given the matter any consideration. It is not therefore known whether the tax will a receipted with a stamp where extra Money has to be paid for tickets or whether the Money will be included in the tickets themselves and later turned Over by the Railroad to the government. It is thought however that the stamp system which avoids Book keeping to. Any great extent will be the method used of imposing the tax on sleepers parlor seat and Railroad tickets. Most of the Roa Road officials have not yet thoroughly digested the situation but As soon As they have arrangements will be made to meet the new conditions. Row railways will collect the new tax a c. Shaw general passenger agent for the c. P. R., said yesterday that the imposition of a. Special War tax on tickets sleeping car berths and seats in parlor cars would not make a great Deal of extra work for the company. I am not certain just How the situation will be handled but 1 should imagine the extra amount will be added to the regular i ice. The issuance of special Stamps would hardly to practical. No continued on Pairo Twenty three of the season come As soon As you can for your share of these extraordinary bargains. 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