The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-30
HOW THE TARIFF
 HITS FATHER
IAN OF FAMILY HAS KICK COM.
 ULE IN SENATE
Necessities of Life Soaring
Pa Certainly Entitled to Crouch When He Sits Down to Breakfast and Sees What Aldrich Rates Have Done, to His Pocketbook.

What Aldrich Rates Have Done to
 His Pocketbook.
 Washington. June so.-How do the tariff schedules, as adopted by the Senate, hit Father? A careful andy sis of the bill in it's present stage shows that the man of a family is en- titled to a. considerable grouch. grant ing of course that the increases, made in the duties on some of the necessities of life as well as on other articles, hold good.
 TheSvery first thing in the morning, supposing Pa is fond of bologna saul sage for breakfast, he may well wrin- kle his brow, for the tariff on that article of food has been raised beyond expression in figures of percentage. In the Dingley law and the Payne bill, the succudent bologna was on the free list, the tariff rate was no percentage st all The Senate increased the rate 25 per cent. ad valorem. Should he lead off in his breakfast bill-of-fare with few juicy slices of pineapple, bologna would be the second jolt to his nerve system. Payne raised the Ding1ey rate on pineapples, the Senate Finance committee raised it some more and the Senate shot it up again, the net result being 128 per cent. increase over the Dingley duty
 When he comes to his German fried potatoes he will get a third shock, for the Senate aeroplaned the price on po- tatoes from 25 to 45 cents a. Tbushel-an elevation of 30 per cent. His buck wheat cakes will add to the remainder of 1oIts-
 The tariff on buciwheat was raised over the Dingley and Payne rates 25 per cent Unless the milliners are phi1anthropic enough to bear the tax, father will find he will have to pay more for his wife's and daughters hat trimmings next fall, and if it is true as has been alleged in the Senate, that real profits are higher than hereto fore.
 The duty on ostrich feathers and on artificial fruits, leaves and other ex- hfbitS from the farm, field and forest that adorn the headgear feminine has been increased 20 per cent His monthly bill for the children's clothes cotton cloth, the House adopted the Dfngley rates but the Senate bill raises this rate on common unbleached cot ton 125 per cent; on the bleached, 400. and on the colored or printed 50 per cent Some of the finest grades show increases of 10 to 50 per cent. and some are under. Knit goods remain about the same, the average rate exceeding the Dingley duty on women's cotton stockings from 20 to 30 cents a dozen. But the amended bill restores the
 Lingerie will also give father some palpitation of the heart, for Aldrich succeeded in raising the tariff on laces and embroiderieS from the present rate of 50 per cent, the highest that had ever been imposed to a rate varying from 70 to 150 per cent. This falls Tarttcularly on the very cheapest laces those that in the European market sell at less than 2 cents per dozen wards. It should be noted, moreover that the increased duties are not confined to faces proper but are imposed equally upon all articles of which faces form the most Insignificant part. When father pays his grocery bill he will find that there have been in creases over the Dingley rates on lem ons. of 50 per cent; celery 51 per cent; Jellies 20 per cent, and grapes 25 per cent. The same old rates, however. prevail on such important food sup plies as meats, breadstuffs, dairy pro ducts, fish and berries. There have been also the following increases on farm products:
 Corn. B per cent; oats, B per cent; wheat, 20 per cent; and rye, 100 per cent It may afford some satisfac-
 hand me down" suits are not increas- ed in the AIdrich bill over the 50 per cent ad valorem rate of the Dingley bill. It will depend largely upon the corpulence of fathers pocketbook whether or not he will have any req son to grow1 over the fact that a duty of 35 per cent. has been put upon for eign made yachts whereas they used to come in free. But after all the bills when father compares them with his balance in the bank, perhaps he may take his choice between chloroform and etrychnine, as each has been reduced.