Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
boys OUTRAGED,
TAX ON FIREWORKS
UNPATRloTIc TENOR OF THE
PAYNE-ALDRlcH TARIFF
SCHEDULE.
GIRLS HAVE GRIEVANCE ALSO,
FOR DOLLS MUST PAY
HIGHER DUTY.

at last found real issue, and it.
name is Aldrieh. The issue is a sen
tor of the United States, a mos
powerful senator-in fact, the accred
tied boss Of The United States. IL
addition 90 this, every boy should
know that Senator Aldrich is tn,
chairman of the finance committed
and will be the real author of the
Payne tariff bill.
Most boys won't understand unit
they get the tip straight from Boy
vile what Senator Aldrich has to dc
with them. But they will find on the
fourth of next July. when they buy
their neutrality-suspicious. and roman
candles.
Senator Aldrich has found a way
of separating from Boyville most OF
the pennies that are saved up so care
fully for weeks for a noise-making
fund. Mr.. Aldrich is seriously plan
ming and has ALREADY attempted tc
cut down the noise and take half Of
the pennies from Boyville and put
them in the United States treasury
All of them will nor so to the treas
ury; good lot of those pennies are
going into the pockets of the mer
who own fire works factories.
The MANN as o the middle west
and east frightened Mr.. Aldrich into
bowling to their will and it is up to the
Boyville to throw a little scare into
the senator from Rhode Island which
will save those pennies for young
America and his right to make noises
on the fourth of July. The mammas
scared Mr.. Aldrich by telling him
what would happen If Chairman
Payne increases on gloves and hos
iery were allowed to go into the tar,
itf bill Mr.. Aldrich back ed right out
and cut out those reductions, He had
to make that up some way, so he
tackled it on the Boyville penny banks
Charlie Taft For Leader.
What Boyyille needs is a leader &c
scare Mr. Aldrich. Right here in
Washington is the leader for Boy
Vile. His name is Charlie Taft, and
he is one eleven-yearold boy who
might have some influence In nationa
affairs Charlie believes in Boyyille
too, and as for firecrackers, he is one
o. the biggest consumers in the Unit
ed States. Just to show what Charlie
thinks of shooting crackers, lool
back to July 2, 1908, when Charli,
started with his father to Hot Springs
Va. That was before his father wa'
regularly elected president, and wal
only a near-presidcnt.
When Charlie left their home in X
street for the train. he carried a hand
| bag. Inside he had six punches o
little giant flre-crackers, six pir
wheels, some giant crackers, foul
packs of dandy torpedoes and some
punk Besides those necessities o.
life he had a tooth brush, a hail
brush, a comb and nightgown
Charlie Taft. just like nine million
other boys in the United States, haC
TO pay just about twice as much TO
those firecrackers because of th'
tariff. On top of that outrage OF
| Boyville" Charlie will have to pay
lot moe next fourth of July for his
roman candles and skyrockets. I
Charlie doesn't pay this increase fol
| the skyrockets Papa Taft will have tC
dig down into his pocket and pay fol
the ''a-h-h-s" of the family when the
skyrockets are turned loose from tnt
summer home of the president.
Before Mr.. Aldrich started bis raid
on Boyville's penny banks the tariff
| on firecrackers Vas eight cents &
pound In 1907 this cost the boys
s426,l27 In tariff alone. The duty OIL
eight cents amounted to 97.02 per cent
ad valorem boys. ak your papa IL
this isn't a pretty high duty to charge
against the penny bank. The fire
crackers imported that year were
valued at $438,217, and there were s..
326,716 pounds of them.
Hoisted b. Aldrich
There was no duty on fireworks at
all until the treasury department
smart men found that under section 8
of the Dingley law fireworks could be
taxed 20 per cent. because they were
not enumerated in the Law. When Mr.
Payne Of the house committee. saw
hoN smart the treasury had been. he
put a tax Of eight cents a pound on
fireworks Now eight cents pound
means that fireworks viii be taxed al
80 per cent ad yalorem This wasn't
enough for SIR Aldrich In the senate
ami he raised the TAX to II cents q
pound, or u per cert ad yalorem
So If Bowie doesn't get busy and
stop Mr. Aldrich from putting en- his
taxes the next fourth of july means
that the boys Of tht United States
will have to pay o. per cent and "a
per cent more for all the frecrack ers
and fireworks they shoe to celebrate
the indepenence Of the United States
And II Isn't the boys alone who have
kick to make. The boys should
take the lead Of The United States and
England ton for that matter. and
recognize the suffrage movement. The
leaders Of Boyville should enlist the
girls IN their cause, Girls are easy to
enlist anyhow, and they will be the
easiest ever when the boys tell them