The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-07
MED by the downward revisionists.
H'enator Nelson has presented to the
tie carefully prepared analysis
". cotton goods sche dule, reduc-


L. specific rates imposed by the
serla, bill to ad valorem rates, with
the result that, according to his state
ment, the duties in every bracket of
these paragraphs, on different grades
of cotton cloths, ranging in value from
seven cents yard upwards, sustain
an increase in rates ranging from
twenty per cent to fifty per cent above
existing duties. Senator La Toilette
took up the subject where Mr.. Nelson
left off, and de..it with each item in
the brackets. beginning with cotton
yarns, and proceeded to demonstrate
from figures which he asserted were
prepared by the experts of the bureau
of statistics, that the rates of duty are
increased from twenty to fifty per
cent, and in some instances more than
100 per cent.
The finance committee did not ex-
hibit much irritation with the treat
ment of the cotton goods schedule by
either Senator's Dolliver or Nelson,
severe as that treatment was. But
when Senator La Toilette, of Wiscon-
sin, attacked the schedule at the end
of six hours Of speaking. in which
he laid the foundation for his demand
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rates In the cotton goods schedule
have been increased, notwithstanding
the protestations to the contrary by
Chairman Aldrich and his associates
on the committee, the bitter feeling
between the Wisconsin senator and
the finance committee became ap-
parent to everybody.
Rebuke to Committee.
That Senator La Toilette intended
the greater part of his speech to be
sharp reprimand Of the finance COM
mittee for its work on the tariff bill
and its failure to furnish information
was shown by the care he exercised
in giving review of the treatment
accorded by committees in previous
congresses to tariff bills reported.
1t was at this point that the Wis
consin senator made his strongest at
tack on the finance committees hand
ling of the tariff revision bill. He in
sisted that the committee had been
derelict in duty In failing to give a
complete analytical statement, in the
form Of report showing just what
had been done with respect to each
schedule. and the reasons for in
creases or decreases, as the case may
be, In each paragraph of the bill. He
| showed from the history Of the Mills
tariff bill of 1883, the Mckinley act
of 1894, and the Dingley law, ten
years ago, that 1t had been the custom
OF the committee to make such elabor-
ate technical analytical reports, ac-
companyfng the reports with facts and
figures with regard to each paragraph
and the changes suggested to be
made therein. He complained that the
simple statement made by Senator
Aldrfch regarding the revenues of the
government and the need for raising
more money did not meet the situa-
tion. He contended that the finance
committee has not yet completely re-
ported the bill. but brings in amend
ments from time to time as the situ-
| alton seems to warrant.
Following up these comments on
Chairman Aldrich and his associates
critically sarcastic as these comments
were, Senator La Toilette raised the
direct issue between his downward re-
visionist associates and the committee
by quoting specifically from Chairman
Aldrich the declaration that there is
not an item in the cotton goods sched-
ule upon which the duties have been
raised.
That is the plain issue between the
finance committee and the downward
revisionists. Mr.. La Toilette took up
each paragraph of the cotton goods
schedule and showed that from the
figures submitted by the finance COM
mittee, in their elaborate tables en-
titled estimates Of revenues and COM
parisons between the senate bill and
the existing law" the rates actually
have been increased upon many items
Throughout the schedule. He read
from prepared tables, quoting the
changes in rates from specific to ad
valorem duties by the senate bill, and
the actual effect of such change in in
creaslng the general rates, by show
ing the precise difference between the
equivalent ad valorem rates of the
senate bill and the Dingley law, by
percentages of such increases, a.
worked out by the experts Of the bu-
! reau Of statistics.
Promises to Explain.
These elaborate tables presented by
the Wisconsin senator, interspersed
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crease in duties and the small Import
ations of articles under the different
paragraphs as shown by the finance
committee reports, brought from
Chairman Aldrich repeated declara-
tions that he would at the proper time,
in statement requiring from a half
hour to an hour, demonstrate to the
senate that the increases as set forth
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others are apparent, not real in
creases.
The issue between the downward re-
visionists and the finance committee
on the cotton goods schedule is a ques-
ton of Interpretation of figures and
the basis of the figuring done. If one
may judge from the character of the
arguments put forth by Senator Dolli-
YER, Nelson and La Toilette, on the
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