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Cleaned rice ............................................................- 5l Epsom salts .............................................................. 781 Chieeory ................................................................. 102t Spool thread .-.--------------------------------------------------------- 76$ Window glass. common. from............................................ _571 Band and hoop iron .................................................. 75 Boiler plates ........................................................... 69 Hersesoe ails ...........................-----------........ 98 Locomotive Cites ......................................................... 791 Steel rails ................................................................ 99 Ca tor oi ....---------................................................... 148 Croton oil ................................................................ 136 Pads white .............................................................. 240 Balmoral alpaca ......................................................... 91 Blankets. valued at 16$ cents per pound ................................. 89j Woolen hosiery valued at 60 cents per pound ............................ t100 Bunting. valued at 23 eents per pound ................................... 121 Only think of costly point lace being taxed at 35 per cent.. jewlry 25 per cent.. and diamonds only 10. while articles of necessity. used for food. clothing. and medicine. are taxed from 95 to 240 per cent. Comment upon this gross injustice is unnecessary. the facts speak for themselves. Theytell us that the system inustbe kept up to protect free American labor against the pauper labor of Europe. This is all a pretense and a sham. Protection is wanted for capital and machinery and not for labor.