The Detroit times., 1909-07-01

mean a corresponding raise IN retail
prlCes-w hiCh Is usually the way a
tagin Dill works The yer, hrst thing
IN tho morning. supposing Pa Is fond
OF bologna sausage for breakfast. he
may Well wrinkle his brow. for the
tarin on that article OF food has been
raised beyond expression IN figures ~
percentage.
In the Dingley law. and the Payne
billl bologna was on the Tree list. the
tarin rate Was no percentage az all
The senate made the rate IS pei cent
ad ySlorem. fl
Should he lead on in his breakfast
bin OF fare with a few juicy slices OF
pineapple bologna would De the second
jolt 10 his nervous system Payne
raised the Dingley rate On pineapples;
the senate finance committee raised
10 some more and the senate shot II
up again the net result being l2S
per cent increase over the piugley
duty.
When be comes 20 his German fried
potatoes he VIII get a third shock. for
the senate aeroplaned the price on
potatoes from % To As cents bushei
An elevation of eighty per cent His
huckwheat cakes will be fourth re-
minder of the senate's penchant for
boosting rates. The tauft on buck
wheat was raised over D!ngley and
Payne - per cent.
Womens Hats To Cost More.
Unless the miiliners IRE philaa.
th0rpic enough 10 bear the tax. father
viii fnd that he Will have 10 pay more
FOR his wife's and daughters hat trim
nlngs next fall. II II Is true. as has
.Oen alleged in the senate. that re-
all profits are higher than the pres
M temperature in Washington, maybe
,ae milliners will deduct the increases
made in the bill, but father hardly ex-
poets that.
The duty on ostrich feathers. and on
artificial fruits leaves and other exhib-
its from the farm, field and forest that
adorn the headgear Of the feminine.
has been Increased twenty per cent
his monthly bill for he children >
clothing will also be higher In tho
matter OF cotton cloth the house
adopted the Dingley rates. but the
senate raises the rates on. common I'M
bleached cotton 125 per cent, on tho
bleached 400 and on the colored Or
printed fifty per cent. Some OF the
finer grades show increases OF ten TO
fifty per cent and some are unchanged.
Knit goods remain about the same
the average rate exceeding loo per
cent The Payne bill raised the Ding
lev duty on women's cotton stockings
from 20 10 80 cents a dozen. but the
Aldrich bill restores the Dingley rate
May Find Some Consolation.
He may find some consolation also
In the fact that ladies and childrens
gloves, on which Payne raised the
Dingley rates from loo to goo per cent
on the ground that protection would
transfer the industry To this country
have been returned TO the old rates
in the Aldrich bill He cannot help
wondering. however. what the confer
ence committee will do 10 this SEIZED
ule. as we'll as TO that relating 10
shoes. ON which the senate placed
duty OF 20 per cent al valorem as
compared with Is per cent in the
Dingley law.
II he has any occasion 20 buy silk
plush outfts he Will be confronted
with the fact that Aldrich raised tho
Dingley rate OF IS per cent 10 los
per cent ne Will diSO ltcA IL NAtit hdS
been an increase OF 10 per cent each
on silk velvet and ribbons Many
other varieties Of silk fabrics have
Leen increased from 10 TO 1873 per
cent
Lingerie viii also give father some
palpitations OF the heart for Aidrich
succeeded in raising the tarin on laces
and embroideries from the present
rate II 50 per cent. the highest that
had ever been imposed to a rate vary
ing from 20 10 $50 per cent. This
falls particularly upon the very cheap
est laces, those that in the European
market sell at least than two cents
per dozen yards. X should be noted
moreover that the increased duties are
not confined TO laces proper but arc
imposed equally upon all articles OF
which laces form even the most IN
significant Part
When father pays his grocery Oil
he will find that there have been in
crcases over the. Dingley rates on lem.
ons Of 80 per cent. celery 81 per cent.
jellies 2S per cent and grapes 20 per
cent
The same old rates. however. pre-
vail on such imported food supplies as
meats. eggs. breadstuffs. dairy pro.
ducts. fish and berries.
There have been also the following
increases on farm products Corn 33
per cent: oats 80 per cent wheat 30
per cent and rye 100 per cent
1t may afford some satisfaction for
father 10 learn that imported hand
me-dOwn" suits are not increased ia
the Aldrich bill over 80 per cent al
valorem rate OF the Dingley bill
II will depend largely upon the cor
pulence OF fathers pocketboOk wheth-
er or not he Will have any reason to
growl over the fact that A duty OF 50
per cent has been put upon foreign
made yachts. whereas they used TO
come I'm free.
However. after the bills have been
received and father compares them
with his balance in bank. perhaps he
may find relief in turning 10 para.