The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-30
NUMBER OF YOUNG
MEN IN THE SENATE
The Proportion Is Growing Very
Rapidly
OLD-TIMERS DWINDLING
Belvin and Wright Discuss Tariff Re-
vision and Give Some Notable
Examples of Tax Effects.
Tariff on Wool.

Washington, March Especially
The proportion of young men in the
Senate is growing rapidly. The num-
Der of old-timers is dwindling steadily
Recent months have removed two OF
the Oldest of the oldtimers, Senators
Morgan and Whyte. While Senator Pet
tus was of advanced age, he was not
old in point of Senate service, SO that
he can hardly be considered in this
connection. despite the fact he was Sc
at the time of his death.
But seven senator's have served FOR
three terms. or a period equivalent to
three terms. They are Senators Alli-
son, Hale of Maine Frye of Maine,
Aldrieh of Rhode Island, Cullom of Illi-
Iois. Teller of Colorado and Daniel CT
Virginia.
Senator Allison entered the Senate
March 4, 1873 and is now in his S6th
year of Senate service. Senator Hale
began March 4, 1881; Senator Frye
March is, 1881; Senator Aldrich October
Senator Teller March A, 1885, and Sen
ator Daniel March 4, 1887.
Senator Allison is past 70, Senator
Hale is nearly y, Senator Frye will
lie II in September Senator Aldrich Is
Sc, Senator Cullom will be 79 next No
vember, Senator Teller will be rs IN
May, and Senator Daniel will be 66 next
September.
Dean of the Senate.
Both in years and length of service
Senator Allison is the dean of the Sen
ate. Senator Cullom, however, is less
than year younger than he, and Sea-
ator Teller is younger by only about
IA months. Within a year, Senator
Teller will end his term and will quit
the Senate. This will still further de-
plete the ranks of the old-timers, while
the question whether Senator Allison is
to return is still unsettled, and will not
be determined until the Iowa prima-
ries in June.
w Wayne Belvin of New York, VINO
has been an earnest tariff reformer for
years, is in the city. He is well known
as an advocate of the ad valoreEl
duty as against the specific and he be-
iieves that if this principle is followed
the country will be materially bene-
fitted. Il can show you in an instant
the effect of this compound ad valoreIn
and specific duty on wooden goods,
said he today. THE law provides that
on all wooden goods valued at so cents
u pound or less there shall be paid
ID specific duty of 80 cents pound. The
duty on wool is 80 cents and that
evens the thing up for the manufac-
turer. Say, then, an ad valorem tax
of 50 cents is added to protect the
manufacturer The result is that the
per cent increases as the cost of goods
al Leeds falls below so cents, because
so cents is made the unit for paying
the ad valorem duty. Goods at 80
cents in Leeds will have to pay a duty
of IS per cent to land in New York
but here is a piece which costs a
cents a yard in Leeds. The specific and
ad valorem tax combined on that ig
"A cents a yard just 100 per cent,
against 20 per cent for the higher
priced goods.
AID Valorem Tax.
Here is another illustration and
Mr.. Belvin referred to the report of
Carroll d. Wright. commissioner of
labor, for 1856. Turning to page 20
lie pointed out a long table showing
the per cent of duty paid on all
classes of wooden goods.
Here" he said, 'is a table showing
that the per cent of customs taxes in
creases steadily as the cost of goods
at Leeds decreases. English broad
cloths cost there $3.50. On that
n
an ad valorem duty of 40 per cent are
raid. This makes a total tax of so
per cent because the specific is only
10 per cent of the cost. That is for
the highest priced goods. Now take
the lowest priced cloth, which is the
kind the laboring classes most largely
use. You never see them in the
broadcloth suits costing $3.50 a pound
in England of $40 in New York. Tho
lowest price for cotton-w warp goods n
Leeds is 45 cents, according to this
table. On that the same specific duty
of 35 cents a pound is paid that is
paid on the $3.50 goods An ad
valorem tax of 80 cents is also
charged This makes the total duty
of the As cents cloth 81 cents, or $50
per cent of the cost in England. II
makes the cloth cost the laborer $1.25
when it can be bought in England
for As cents. The tax on the rich
mans goods is so per cent of the
cost, that on the poor mans Is 1872 per
cent. 1 think this represents the NOR
strous charge of specific duties. if
they are wiped out by placing wool on
the free list and only ad valorem duties
en- wooden goods are charged the other
details of the tariff legislation can De
easily arranged. They would naturally
be adjusted to the tariff on wool"
SIXTH ATTEMPT AT
SUICIDE is SUCCESSFUL.