Less Than Half A Cent Apiece

The Times (printed on British presses) publishes without correction in favor of higherprices a rtatement that the immediate effect of thenew tin plate duty has been to increase the cost of threepound cans five cents per dozen. That is less than half a cent apiece. What has become of the terrible oppression this was to inflict on the consumera of canned goods? And what has become of the flood of tears that were going to be shedover thegroaning of the workingman at the increased cost of his dinner