The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-06-04

John L. Wilson, candidate for the senate, who
will spend the next month in eastern Washington,
says the senatorial fight is simply question OF
whether this state will be represented by repub-
lican or by a Cossack. Since Mr. Poindexter has
insurged against his party it has been questioned
whether his name could be placed upon republi-
can ticket, but in the meantime the fight goes
merry along, with the possibility that by election
time there will not be any republican party left.
It certainly wont be Poindexter's fault if there is.
There are very good reasons why in each of the
three congressional districts in which elections
have been held since the passage of the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill, the people have overwhelmingly
repudiated the republican party. There are a
great many schedules in the tariff laws, and there
is general impression that it is difficult PROPOSE
ton to understand. The truth is that an hours
study by any man of these schedules will convince
him of the brazen disregard for the public interest
as opposed to the private interest Of the fact that
it taxes the rich Highest and the poor heaviest.
Uncut diamonds are admitted free of duty, cut
diamonds carry 10 per cent. A paste or imitation
diamond many of which are worn by lovers of
ornaments like pins, hair adornaments, combs and
buttons, cost twice as much to bring in, 20 per
cent. Champagne carries duty of 65 per cent,
but wearing apparel averages above Sc per cent.
Hats and bonnets costing not over $5 dozen are
taxed at 62 per cent while those costing more
than $40 dozen are brought in at the low duty of
IS per cent.
A woman who buys 10 yards of woolen or
worsted cloth for dress-the kind generally used
pays tariff tax Of S.. 40 on cloth that cost "a
abroad, the tax being 1876 per cent If her richer
sister desires to buy silk the tax she pays is so
per cent only. The one consolation the former
can have is that she can import rags free. The
steel buttons that perform useful service on the
average mans trousers carry a duty of 126. SO
per cent, while miladys ivory buttons come in un-
der tax of ST. 40 per cent. The average three-ply
ingram carpet carries duties ranging from 66 pei
cent to 81 per cent. The cheapest blankets carry
a tariff tax Of 107 per cent.
High priced woolen carpet used by the Weather
classes, carries tariff Of but so per cent.
Distinctively unique will be the third National
Apple Show in Spokane the week of November ID,
when between $4,000 and $4,000 is to be dis
tributed in prizes and trophies in competitions
open to the world. The prize winning exhibits
and special displays from fruit districts in Wash
ington, Oregon and Montana will be transported
to Chicago by fast trains and exhibited in the First
Regiment armory the week of November %. The
cost of the two shows is estimated at ST, 900.
E. F. Cartier Van Dissel, chairman of the board
of trustees of the National Apple Show, Inc,
headed by Howard Elliott president of the North
ern Pacific Railway Company, says that fully
1000, 900 apples will be displayed at the Spokane
show, also that about IL cars of the best fruit
grown in the northwest will be on exhibition in
Chicago This, display will include at least six en-
tries in the carload classes, in which the sweep
stake will be worth $110O, each containing 62O
boxes. R. H. Rice will manage both shows.
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Mayor Nelson S. Pratt is authority for the state
ment that Spokane is spending more money for
public improvement than any other city of the
130 600 class on the continent. He announces that
more than S., 5,0O0. 900 will be expended on bridge
and street work this year. also that it is likely it
will be near the $1,000. 900 mark in 1911. 1t is
also given out that building construction work this
year will involve total expenditure of not less
than &c. O0O O0O One of the city contracts is for 10
miles Of paving in residential district, the work
costing $5120OO while in another part of the city
the improvements cost 100000, other work in
hand bringing the amount to 81, ,225, ,000 The city
is also building concrete bridge. to cost between
$400 900 and $3.50, ,000 over the Spokane river near
the falls Another contract upon which work will
begin early in June. calls for $181, ,5OO Mayor
Pratt said that the property owners in Spokane are
not only eager to have the improvements made, but
also want the best work.
It is difficult to realize that in the fiscal year 1908
the railroads of the United States killed, in addi-
ton to passengers, 3470 of their own employees,
states McClure's Magazine.