The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-18
ALDRICH REVERSES
1 LAWS OF GRAVITY
ny gibson GARDNER.

INC AAuAACu Jill IctdSc Inc LdTlII up
or down?
On cotton goods Senator Aldrich
changed the rates from ad valorum
to specific rates. He claims the
change was NOT such as to effect
an increase.
A valuable translation OF these
rates, back from the specific to the
ad valorum, has been made by SEN
ator LaEpllette.
The ebwing Is sample of the
comparison made:
Valued at over cents and not
over cents per square yard the
Dingley rate is Is per cent; applied
to cloth of those values the Dingley
duties would be from 1N cents for
the lowest value up to IN cents for
the highest value. The Aldrich
rate, by specific terms, would be
IN cents per square yard on cloth
of those values. Increase over low
est Dingley rate 28h per cent.
Taking the next grade, valued
at over 8 cents and not over 10
cents per square yard the Dingley
7ad valorum of Is per cent, applied
to cloth of those values, gives us
rates from 2A for the lowest value
to 2k cents per square yard for
the highest value, while the rate
fixed by plain terms In this bill for
cloth of the same value Is 3 cents
per square yard. Increase over low
est Dingley rate. 33 13 per cent.
Take the next grade OF goods
valued at 10 cents-and | am go
Ing to read these through, so that
they will be of record-'valued at
over 10 cents and not over 1914
cents per square yard; the Dingley
ad valorum rate applied to that
value is 2h cents per square yard
for the lowest. value to 81 cents
per square yard for the highest
value. The rate fixed by the Aid
rich bill Is Az cents per square
yard on all. the low and the high.
Increase over lowest Dingley rate,
rs per cent.
Taking the next grade, valued
at over 12h cents and not over IA
cents per square yard the Dingley
ad valorum applied to cloth of
those values is from 3ls cents to
31s cents. depending upon the value
of each square yard of cloth, while
the duty fixed by the terms of the
Aldrich bill is 51a cents per square
yard on cloth of the low value as
well as on cloth of the high value.
Increase over lowest Dingley rate,
76 per cent.
Passing to the next grade. val
ued at over IA cents per square
yard the Dingley rate is az cents
per square yard. but not less than
25 per cent; while the rate fixed in
the Aldrich bill is Z cents per
square yard. but not less than %
per cent ad valorum. an increase
over the lowest Dingley rate of 100
per cent
Passing now to the next grade
of cloth in this paragraph, bleached
cloth, valued at over and not
over II cents per square yard the.
Dingley ad valorum rate of rs per
cent, when reduced to a specific
rate. is IN cents to az cents per
square yard. according to the
square yard value of the cloth. The
duty fixed In the Aldrich bill is 2%
cents per square yard on all, an
increase over the lowest Dingley
rate of % per cent.
"On the next higher grade, val
ued at over IL and not over II
cents per square yard the Dingley
rate is from IN to cents per
square yard, and the rate fixed by
the Aldrich bill is Az cents per
square yard on all. the low value
as well as the high value, an in
crease over the lowest Dingley rate
of SAY per cent.
ION the next grade OF cloth, val
: ued at over IL and not over Is
cents per square yard the Dingley
ad valorum. reduced to specific
rate. is from 3 to So cents per
square yard. The specific rate fixed
In the Aldrich bill for cloth of
these values Is 5A cents per
square yard, an increase over the
invest Dingley rate of IS per cent.
"On the next grade of cloth. val
ued at over Is and not over 16
!. cents per square yard the Dingley
rate Is from 3% to 4 cents per
square yard. The Aldrich rate for
cloth of these values is 6h cents
per square yard, an increase over
the lowest Dingley rate of 60 per
Gently IN
ION. the next grade, valued at
over 16 cents per square yard the
Dingley rate is 4 cents per square
yard. but not less than 25 per cent.
Thk2SAldSlch rate is cents per
sq,Iote @lard. no matter what the
valnk may be, but not less than 90
per eent ad valorum, an increase
over the lowest Dingley rate of 100
per cent.
ION goods dyed. valued at over
~ and not over 12h cents per