Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20
GACHELDER FIGURES FALSE
Grange Protest Against Reciprocity
Based Upon Wrong Premises.
CANADA BUYS OF UNITED STATES
Rates Quoted on Goods Exported
from United states Much Lower
Than Actual Charges
Rates Misuuoted.


IN indignant to learn that on May s, when
q ~ gave several hours Of their valuable
line 20 Ex-Governor Bachelor. president
NJ the National Grange, most Of the figures
that gentleman handed them were per-
" rted. Mr.. Bachelor presented what pur-
ported TO be a comparative table Of tariff
"a les in the United states and Canada
out of the forty-six articles named by the
sp saker he misstated the rates In twenty
ci -sht instances-in other words. he got
only eighteen riEht-and made his prin-
cipal attack upon President Taft's rect
prOcity agreement with the use of mag
injury or faxed statistics. In addition to
mi stating the bulk Of his figures, the
president Of the National Grange asserted
that most OF the reports of certain articles
10 Canada come from Great Britain, when
as a matter of fact they come from the
United States. AS all the figures that Mr..
Bachelor twisted may be easily obtained
the senators on the committee are ready to
acpuit him of a deliberate attempt to mis-
lead them and are inclined to think that
he got them from some one else less scru-
pulous and less intelligent II is quite pos
5l 10. the senators think, that Mr.. Bach
elder had the figures prepared by some
ono who believed that the anti-reciprocity
side of the argument should be proven.
and, not finding the figures to suit his
needs, set his Imagination to work
Rates Are MIsquoted.
The following pages show in detail how
MIR. Bachelors figure bungler managed to
pervert the facts:
The list of comparative tariff rates ap-
peal ring on pages % and q Of the finance
conmittee's hearing on reciprocity, May s,
1911. and frequently referred to during the
hearings accorded the agricultural interests
by the finance committee. not only states
many rates with absolute incorrectness,
but Is based throughout on the assumption
that Canada imports a majority of its
manufactured goods from Great Britain
under the British preferential rates of It's
arf. whereas in many of the instances
cited the bulk of the Canadian imports are
from the United States and are taxed from
0 10 10 per cent higher than the rates set
lov n under the heading Canadian tariff"
The Canadian preferential rates given
are not stated accurately. The lower
.;rades of earthenware most used by farm
urs' families, such as rough tableware,
crooks, churns, tiles. etc. enter when from
England at 20 per cent; the Is per cent rate
stated applies only TO the finer grades of
abeware, Wire from Great Britain il
dutable at as high as Is per cent instead
II only 10 per cent, under No. 4O6 OF the
Canadian customs tariff of 1907, covering
wire of all metals and kinds not otherwise
provided for" Hats from Great Britain
meet rate Of 22is per cent instead Of 20
per cent: 1t is true that few fur hats
are admitted at 20 per cent. but these are
included with all other manufactures Of
iurs in the import figures, the total reach
ng but S42l ,74l in value; while ordinary felt
and straw hats entering at higher rates
,oto led $2,s90,.3i The 80 per cent rate given
'or sugar cannot be found in the Canadian
-ariff law or derived from the Canadian
import statistics; the preferential rate on
refined sugar is Y Cents per 100 pounds,
with cent per 100 pounds additional for
ach polariscope degree over IS. The rate
~ M per cent stated for carpets applies
only to mattlngs and coarse fiber rugs
the rate on carpets being % per cent, and
he value of these carpets imported by
Canadians being more than four times that
uf he mattings and coarse fiber rugs Inn
ported by them The rate quoted for dress
soCds is only applicable to such goods
when imported in the unfinished state to
be finished by Canadian manufacturers,
such imports amounting to but $S4.437. On
he other hand ordinary wooden cloths used
for the making OF dresses and clothing enter
Canada from Great Britain at 30 per cent,
and are imported to the value of S6,6sO, $50,
about one-fifth coming from countries
othor than England at 80 per cent. The
Br dsh preferential rate on celluloid collars
ana cuffs is Is per cent, while the list re-
ferred to states that no manufactures of
celluloid from Great Britain are taxed more
than per cent The rate on cement is s
cents per 100 pounds, instead Of per cent
as stated; and this Scent rate is equivalent
20 approximately Is per cent. Baskets are
Gui liable at 20 per cent instead of being free
Of duty. Rubber coats are dutiable at 22Ih
per cent instead of Is per cent. Lead in
pigs and blocks is duuable at 10 per cent
IN bars or sheets at Is per cent and in man
ufactured forms at 20 per cent. while the
list states it as exempt from all duty,
United states Rates Incorrect.
tnited States tariff rates are in several
ms tances incorrect. Our duty on tin plates
Us pecific q 2-lo cents per pound). and Is
quivAlent TO 2.SS per cent ad valorem, In
s,elA OF a per cent The rate of rs cents
yer 100 pounds for wire can apply only
80 barbed wire, and is equivalent TO ~
er cent ad vaorem The total imports
% sugar into the United states during the
r ended June 30, 1910. were admitted at
IVA average ad valorem rate OF 627s per
ont instead OF the so per cent shown in
,ua oranges list. Common or laundry
: y, the grade referred to when the
madam rate is stated at IS cents per 100
Inds, enters the United States at 20
sec cent, instead Of 90 per cent. Manu-.
,- lures OF celluloid enter the United States
q, IS cents per pound, plus 30 per cent
jH duty being the equivalent OF 55.45 per
II ad valorem. In place of 60 per cent
ment Is dutlable at cents per 100
lnds, instead of 10 per cent The Amer
rate is identical with the Canadian
eterentiA rate. when the specific duties
Q compared, but on our imports OF ce-
ent this rate figures out to but % per
1T, while on Canadian imports II figures
- b per cent. Salt In bulk is admitted at
nents. instead Of II cents per 100 pounds
I'D about fifths Of our imports enter
M the lower figure. Figs are dutiable at
cents per pound In place OF l cent a
FOUND. plus per cent. Jute bags are
table at = cent per pound, plus Is Der
IT. which works out to sos per cent ad
olorem, instead of IS per cent as stated
in the list. The a Ter cent rate applies
90 all other" mS:,ufacures OF vegetable
ers. Cotton thread enters at an aver
O.. 80 ad valorem rate Of 3a Is per cant in