The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-06-11
Railroads All Over the Country
Have Declared War on Public
by Increased Rates.
(lrish Standard STAFF Correspondence

Inc giving hI THESE pays VIII pre-
sent a series of picturesque scenes. In
the gathering dusk of evening a long
line of fashionable automobiles and
carriages will stop in front of the
White House. They will bring rich
ly dressed ladies and gentlemen who
are to be the patrons and patronesses.
Divesting themselves of their wraps.
the guests will gather on the beautl-
full south lawn. Natures playground
will be brilliantly lighted. An orches-
ira of perhaps as many as fifty pieces
will provide music.
With the appearance of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft the orchestra will
strike up patriotic air. Then the
play will begin.
Mrs. Taft is giving the affair her
personal attention. which will insure
it's success both financially and social
~.
Soon after the giving of the Shakes
peare plays the First Lady Of the Land
will leave Washington for the sum-
mer capitol at Beverly, Mass. a few
days later will find Washington so
ciety breaking up in earnest. Wash
ington is too hot for persons of wealth
In July and August the air becomes
so hot and damp as to be almost I'M
hearable.
How the Payne Aldrich law dis
eliminates in favor of the rich and
against the poor. was told in strik-
ing manner on the floor of the House
by Representative William A. Cullop Of
Indiana.
ION the sparkling diamond of the
rich" said MIR. Cullop, 1.-The Payne
| Aldrich tariff law levles n nominal
duty of 10 per cent, but on its imita-
ton, worn as ornaments by the poor
1t levies n duty of 20 per cent.
"On the champagne for the table of
the fastidious it lcvics a duty OF IS
per cent, while on the clothing worn
by the laboring man it levies duty of
sc per cent
ION the fine silk costume of the So
ciety belle the tax is SO per cent. while
on the wooden or worsted garb worn
by the housemaid it is 1856 per cent.
"On the. ordinary steel button for
trousers OF the toiler the tariff is ,27
per cent, while on the fine ivory but :
ton used on the clothing of the dude il
Is 81 per cent.
humble the tariff is 1855 per cent, while
on the finest and costiest used by the
exclusive 1t is II per cent
"On the gloves worn by the laborer
the tax is SIS per cent, while on the
finest gloves it is only IA per cent.
con the carpets used by the owners
Of fne palaces the tariff is so per cent
while on the cheap carpets used to
adorn the modest homes of the work
ingmen It is 127 per cent.
Such Inequalities are found in every
feature of the new tariff law"
While Cullop spoke the Republicans
listened silently and sullenly. No one
appeared In the mood to interrupt him
or challenge the accuracy of his state
ments.
| Score another joker on the public
The people have been made to be-
lieve that the Taft administration has
enjoined most of the railroads Of the
country from putting into effect in.
creased rates. This was a bald mis-.
representa- ton.
| If all of the announced Increases OF
rates that the government has ignored
go into effect, an nndodgeable annua
tax of $500, 1000. 900 will have been sad.
died upon the American people to still
further increase the cost Of living.
1t develops that the injunction asked
for and obtained by Attorney General
| Wickersham against the roads form
ing the Western Trunk Line associa-
ton is an injunction very circum-
scribed in effect.
1t does not apply in any way to the
reasonableness of the rates. but mere
ly to the manner in which they are
made. The particular schedule en-.
merce schedule Ais. There were 9th.
err schedules filed by the same trunl
line association on days preceding thu
fling Of this particular schedule and
upon the same day made in the sam,
manner by the same roads, and there
have been others since. 1t IL, there'
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