Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30

than LBty WOES Iuo oohAS AAAN--N---
last year, when the tariff was the
Dingley bill. When the tariff Il
| too low, the imports on that thing
| increase. The general charge made
Iby the Kansas City Star and Times
ana the Topeka Capital, that the
tariff was not revision downward
Il false. The law Is not a club 10
the hands OF our enemies. The real
club is the ease with which oul
friends believe these falsehoods with
out making any effort to ascertain
the facts.
For instance, we did not touch the
wooden schedule except to reduce u
In a few places; yet the clothing deal
ers have advanced prices and they
saw It was the tariff. There was not
the slightest increase Of any item u
the wooden schedule. Possibly, the
iobbers are taking advantage OF the
Ignorance Of their customers.
Except upon the articles mentioned
below there was no increase In the
cotton schedule above the rates
charged originally in the Dingiey
law. and which were collected during
the first four years of that law. Az
that time, some cases were appealed
from the appraisers to the courts
and the courts held that the ap-
vraisevs must admit certain higA
class cotton goods upon the basis q
the countable threads to the square
inch. counting the threads Of potn
the warp and the wool. THIS mao
he effect Of reducing the rate upon
these high class cottons from ~
cents a square yard to Z cents, and
on other grades Of high class cottonl
from As per cent ad vaiorem to
uer cent ad valorem. Wherever We
could, we changed the duties from az
valorem duties to specific duties but
these duties were not higher IN any
case excepting the hosiery, than II
the original Dingley law.
In the hosiery we increased the
rates as follows: On hose Vaiuee
a. not more than 81 per dozen pairs
from so cents per dozen to 70 cent'
per dozen, and on hose valued at NOR
than 81 and not more than sl.O'
(ner dozen) from so to IS cents PEI
dozen pairs, and on hose yaiuea .
more than $3.50 and not more tna'
40 per dozen pairs from 70 cents Z
90 cents per dozen. All hose aOov'
these values remain the same as DC
fore. -.
The reason for this was tnet
large number of heavy importing
houses. like Marshall Field & Co. 0
chicago. during recent years went =
Germany and bought the raw mater
ial. took It to the factories an.
contracted for the output, then tool
The output Of their own factories y
cbemnitz, and sheared off the nap
finished them up, folded them, AM
labelled them with the name o. wnat
ever house they were selling to. am
sh,pped them to themselves IN tni
country. The wages in Germany wer'
from 20 cents to 50 cents 2 oay
while the wages in the Philadelpni'
mills for making the same class Q
goods were from 50 co 81 a day the
could lay down the imported hosier'
at the doors Of the philadelphia mil
for less money than'the Phildelphi'
mills could make them, and SO mos
Of our manufactures were closed up
while they imported 10 million par
, in eight months, ending NovemDe
first, 1908.
Upon mems and boys cotton glove
valued at not more than IS pc
dozen the duty was changed from =
per cent ad valorem to so cents pc
dozen and 40 per cent ad valorem
and on bleached cotton cloth not eA
ceeding six square yards to IN
) mound, valued at more than 7 cent
per square yard from 4 cents var
i plus 2 cents per yard, to on cent
I per sQaure yard plus 2 cents pc
square yard.
These are all the increases In tn
g cotton schedule. We put a specifi
rate which was new upon mercerize
goods, because the process has bee
discovered since the Dlngley bill We
: enacted.
e In the iron and steel schRdul
$ there we're great reductions that Al
p never mentioned. For instance, "
+ rduced the rates on iron ore frol
9 40 cents a ton to Is cents a ton; Q
z pig iron from 81 a ton to $3.50
z ton; on scrap iron and steel from !
q a ton to g. a ton. Every ton Of
8 takes the place Of a ton Of pig ire
8 in making steel. We reduced ste
9 ralls from 1890 70 $3.50. and ste