The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02


raised beyond expression in figures of
In the Dingley law and the Payne
bill. the succulent bologna was on the
free list; the tariff rate was no per-
centage at ALL The senate made tho
rate 25 per cent ad valorem.
Should pa lead off In his breakfast
bill of fare with a few juicy slices Of
pineapple, bologna would be second
jolt to his nervous system. Payne
raised the Dingley rate on pineapples.
the senate finance committee raised 1t
some and the senate shot it up again,
the net result being 1913 per cent over
the Dingley duty.
potatoes he will get third shock, for
the senate aeroplaned the price Of
potatoes form Is to As cents a bushel-
an elevation of so per cent.
Buckwheat cakes will be fourth re
Iminder of the senates penchant for
boosting rates. The tariff on buck
wheat was raised over Dingley and
Payne rates 25 per cent.
Unless the milliners are philan-
thropic enough to bear the tax, father
will find that he will have to pay more
for his wife's and daughters trimmings
next fall. If II Is true, as has been al
Ileged in the senate, that retail profits
are higher than the present tempera-
Iture in Washington, maybe the mil
liners will deduct the increases made
in the bill, but father hardly expects
that. The duty on ostrich feathers
ION artificial fruits, leaves and other
exhibits from the farm, field and
forest that adorn the headgear of the
feminine, has been increased 20 per
cent.
His monthly bill for the children's
clothes will also be higher. In the
matter of cotton cloth the house adopt
ed the Dingley rates, but the senate
bill raised the rate on common un-
bleached cotton 125 per cent; on the
bleached 400 and on colored or printed
goods, so per cent. The finer grades
show Increases OF 10 to 50 per cent,
and some are unchanged.
Knit goods remain about the same,
the average rate exceeding 100 per
cent. The Payne bill raised the Ding
ley duty on woman's cotton stock
ings from 20 to 80 cents dozen, but
the Aldrich bill restored the Dingley
rate.
Pa may find some consolation, also
in the fact that ladies and children's
gloves, on which Payne raised the
Dingley rates from 100 to 300 per cent
on the ground that the protection
would transfer the industry to this
country. have been returned to the old
rates in the Aldrich bill. He can not
help wondering. however, what the
conference committee will do to this
schedule as well as to that relating to
shoes, on which the senate placed a
duty Of 20 per cent ad valorem as CON-
pared to Is per cent in the Payne bill
and rs per cent in the Dingley law.
II he has any occasion to buy silk
plush outfits, he will be confronted
with the fact that Aldirch raised the
Dingley rate of 70 per cent to 105 per
cent. He will learn that there is an
increase of Is per cent each on silk,
velvet and ribbons. Many other var
ieties of silk fabrics have been in
creased from 10 to 10 per cent.
Lingerie will also give father some
palpitations of the heart, for Aldrch
succeeded In raising the tariff on laces
and embroideries from the present
rate of 60 per cent. the highest that
had ever been imposed, to rate vary
ing from 20 to loo per cent. This falls
particularly upon the very cheapest
laces, those that In Europe market sell
at less than two cents per dozen yards.
1t should lie noted, moreover, that the
increased duties are not confined to
laces proper, but are imposed equally
upon all articles of which laces form
|even 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 80 per cent: celery 81 per cent /:
jel,ies 2S per cent, and grapes rs per
cent.
The same old rates, however, pre-
vail on such imported food supplies az
meats. eggs, breadstuffs, dairy products
Ifish and berries.
There have been also the following
Increases on farm products:
Corn. 33 per cent; oats. 80 per cent |;
wheat, 20 per cent, and rye. 100 per
l'cent.
II may afford satisfaction TO father
to learn that imported "hand- down
lsuits are not increased In the Aldirch
lbill over the so per cent ad valorem
rate of the Dingley bill.
I It viii depend largely upon the cor
pulence OF fathers pocketbook whether
for not he will have any reason to
lgrowl over the fact that duty of 30
rper cent has been put upon foreign
made yachts, whereas. they used to
come in free,
But after the bills for the month
have been received, and father COM
pares them with his balance In bank,
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