Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-29

How the AIdrich Bill Hits Father.

How the Aldrich Bill Hits Father.
How do the tariff schedules, as adopted
by the senate, hit father?
The very first thing in the morning,
suppoSing Pa is fond OF bologna sausage
for breakfast, he may well wrinkle his
brow, for the tariff on that article of food
has been raised beyond expression in fig
ures of percentage.
In the Dingley law and Payne bill, bo-
logna was on the free list; the tariff rate
was no percentage at all. The senate
made the rate 25 per cent ad valorem.
Should he lead off in his breakfast bill
OF fare with few juicy slices of pineap-
pie, bologna would be the second jolt TO
his nervous system. Payne raised the
Dingley rate on pineapples the senate
finance comm ittee raised il some more
and the senate shot il up again, the net
result being l2S per cent increase over the
Dingley duty.
When he comes to his German fried
potatoes he will get his third short jab,
for the senate aeroplaned the price on po-
tatoeS from 25 to IS cents bushel-an
elevation of so per cent. His buckwheat
cakes will be a fourth reminder Of the
senate's record for boosting rates, The
tariff on buckwheat was raiSei over
Dingley 25 per cent.
Unless the milliners are philanthropic,
father will find that he will have 10 pay
more for his wife's and daughters hat
trimmings next fall. If il is true, As al
legged in the senate, that retail profits are
higher than the present Temperature in
Washington, may be the millineri will
deduct the increases made in the bill but
father hardly expects that.
The duty on ostrich feathers or or ar
tificial fruits, leaves and other exhibits
from the farm, field and forest that adon
the headgear of the feminine has been in
creased 20 per cent.
In the matter of cotton cloth, the house
adopted the Dingey rates, but the senate
bill raises the rate on common unbleached
cotton l25 per cent, on the bleached 400
and on the colored or printed so per cent.
Some of the finer grades show increases
of 10 to $50 per cent and some are un-
changed.
Knit goods remain the same, the aver
age rate exceeding 100 per cent. The
Payne bill raised the Dingley duty on
women's cotton stockings from % TO 30
cents dozen, but the Aldrich bill restores
the Dingey rate. He nay find some
consolation in the fact that ladies' and
children's gloves on which Payne raised
the DingleY rates from 100 TO 300 per cent
on the ground that protection would trans
fer the industry to this country have been
returned to the old rates in the Aldrich
bill. He cannot help wondering, how
ever, what the conference committee will
do to this schedule as we'll as to that re-
lating to shoes on which the senate placed
a duty Of 20 per cent ad volerem, as COM
pared with Is per cent in the Payne bill,
and Is per cent in the Dingley law.
If he has any occasion TO buy silk plush
outfits he will be confronted with the fact
that Aldrich raised the Dingley rate OF IS
per cent to l05 per cent. He will also
learn that there has been an increase OF
Is per cent each on silk, velvet and rib
bons. Many other varieties OF silk fab
RIGS have been increased from 10 TO 1888
per cent.
Lingerie will also give father some pal
pitation OF the heart, for Aldrich succeed
ed in raising the tariff on laces and en-
broideries from the present rate OF 90 per
cent, the highest that had ever been i'm
posed, to rate varying from 10 to $50
per cent. This falls particularly upon
the very cheapest laces.
When father pays his grocery bill he
will find that there have been increases
over the Dingley rates in lemons, OF so
per cent celery, 81 per cent; jellies, 2S
per cent and grapes Is per cent.
The same old rates, however, prevail
on meats, eggs, bread stuffs, dairy pro-
ducts, fish and berries.
There have been also the following in
creases on farm products:
Corn, 80 per cent; oats, SO per cent;
wheat, 20 per cent and rye 100 per cent.
II may afford some satisfaction for faith
er to learn that imported hand-me-down
suits are not increased in the Aldrich bill
over the 50 per cent ad volo:em rate Of
the Dingley bill.
But after all the bills for the month have
been received and father compares them
with his balance in bank, perhaps he may
find relief in turning TO paragraphs 1878.
He may take his choice as between cholo-
form and strychnine, as each has beer re-
duced 80 per cent.
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