The general Tariff a t has only partially gone
into operation, some of it s im> orfant pro\Dions
being limited to tnkeeffret al dates xel in the
future. The general provisions of lit law licv
been iu force les* than sixty day-. Its in rum
.cut effect ’upon train ami prices still
largely stand in conjecture. It is curi
•us to m>V tl at the advauce in tlx
mices of aiticl s wholly unaffected by *h
Tariff act was by many 1 aslily jnevib* and p- ’bat
act. Not ice was not taken o? the fad i it h
general t udeucy of ;li* markets was up
from iufiuenc's x*h >llv apart iou the r *••• •
tariff legislation. Mu • nlarg.-nu , ou -■ r
rency by the Silver Bill umloul t. dJv ;av a
upward tendency to tram and l ad n t artod **f
bit *’ii prices; but this n tural ami dcsbvde
feci of the silver legislation was bx u.any r
roneoualy attributed to the Tariff act.
