Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-15
MUCH DIPLOMACY
IN THE MANEUVERS.
HEApGEAR OF MlLADY TO COST
LESS, BUT FEATHERS AND LIKE
ESSENTIALS ARE BOOSTED -
FIREWORKS INCREASE.
Washington Bureau OF
The OttumMa Courier
washington D c. April "A.

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Senator Aldrjch and his Repupncan
colleagues on the finance committee
have seemingly tried to escaHo re-
petition of the troubles Whlc tialI'
man Payne of the ways and leans
committee and his colleagues broughC
down on their heads when they got 10
fooling with the gloves and hoslery
schedules. In order to DO TINS, they
have pursued some clever diplomacy.
For instance, they seemed to teei
1t necessary, with the spirit of the glad
Eastertide pouring shekels into the
millinery stores to Increase the dullea
on feathers. They made increases OF
20 to 25 per cent in the duties on
feathers of all sorts and on artlnclai
flowers, finished birds and like essen
tials of the feminine hat That is,
they Increased the duties of the Ding
lev law TO that extent Considering the
present remarkable prices for mlllln-
ery under which the nation is stag
gering this week, this would seem to
have been an open invitation to the In
vasion of Washington by an army OF
mad women. Besides, the Daughters
of the Revolution are coming to town.
Aldrich Would Even Up.
It would appear that Senator AL
drich saw what he was getting into
in time. At any rate, he set about to
even things up. A few paragraphs
farther along in the bill, he came to
the hat schedule, including such mat
ters as 'sbodies, hoods, plateauX, forms
Or shapes for hats or bonnets. He
proceeded to even things up by reduc-
Ing the duties on these articles large
ly from the Dingley rates. This means
that the bodies of hats are going to
cost less next season than they do now
but that the flowers, birds, and feath-
ers will cost more. Presumably, this
will about balance things and the
finance committee will escape crit
icism.
More Hat and Less Bird.
incidentally, those who are looking
for tips on the fashions in hats next
year may rely on it that If the Aldrich
tariff bill prsies there will be more hat
and less of the paraphernalia that is
congregated on and about the hat. If
the hats next year run to fruits, flow.
ers, feathers and birds, to the extent
they do this year, times will be much
harder than they have been. Some
s folks are wondering whether the
finance committee deliberately set
about to change the fashions because
1t didn't like the hats this season.
OF course, after reducing the gloves
and hosiery schedules Senator Aldrich
and his co-workers. could make some
Increases in other schedules of in
terest to the women without causing
open rebellion. They did it or
t.agraffes, barettes, bars, belts, buck
les, cabochons, chatelaines, clasps
combs, coulants, girdles, slides, dress
hat and mirrinery ornaments" which
they assessed at a duty of 40 per CEN
and upwards. 1t is expected there
will be momentous time in the sen
ate if the statesmen get to debating
this increase in the bill.
Patriotism to be Costly.
One of the things the finance com
mittee did which is likely to prove ;
boomerang is to increase the duty OF
fireworks This has been done in fac'
of the fact the tariff measure will b.
in effect by next July A. Sky rockets
Roman candles and every other kim
of fireworks except the common O
garden firecracker will have to pa.
80 per cent more duty than under tn
Dingley law. This tax on patriotism
and the manifestation of it has a 10
of possibilities in it.
J, Co. Welliyer