Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-09-21
Side Lights on "The Little Brother to
the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Law"
La Follette's Magazine

La Folette's Magazine
We have shown how the President
Canadian agreement increases the pro-
lection Of the millers and the packers.
Now see what it gives to the oil trust
and the ricwers. We take the follow
ing frca. the speech Of Senator La Fol
ette:
Now consider faxseed and its pro
duct, linseed oil:
One bushel of faxseed viii produce
from 2:18 to 2:S7 gallons of linseed oil.
1t is usually estimated that bushel Of
seed will produce % gallons Of oil.
Under the Payne-Aldrich law the
tariff upon a bushel Of haxseed is %
cents. The tariff upon linseed oil is Is
cents per gallon. Therefore if 1000
bushels Of flax is imported from Cana
da in its original state the duty will he
$3.50 If imported as oil, there will be
1875. OF this 1876, $3.50 is the com
pensatory duty, leaving 1926 as the
protection to the manufacturer.
Under this bill faxseed is to be adj
mitted free, so there is no compensa-
tory duty to be considered There is
no change, however, in the tariff upon
linseed OIL 1t will still remain at is
cents per gallon, The $500 gallons OF
oil imported from Canada will still pay
a duty of 1915, all protective to the
manufacturer, as against $l25 protec-
ton under the Payne-Aldrich law, an
increase of exactly 300 per cent.
Next, observe what this bill does for
the brewer Apply this test to barley
and its chief product barley malt
According to Wohls American Hand
book on Brewing and Mailing, bushel
of barley will produce from one and
one sixth to one and one fourth bushels
of malt For the purpose Of my illus
tration | will take the average one and
one fifth bushels Of malt for each
bushel of barley.
Under the Payne-Aldrich law the
duty on barley is 80 cents per bushel
and the duty on barley malt is 45 cents
per bushel. If 1000 bushels of barley
are imported from Canada the duty
win be, under the Payne-Aldrich law,
80 cents per bushel or $500. If manu-
featured into malt there would be 200
bushels produced out Of $1,000 bushels
of barley, and the tariff rate would be
45 cents per bushel, or $40 OF this
$40, $500 is the compensatory duty up
on the barley, leaving $40 as protec-
tion to the malster
Under the proposed Sbill barley is
free, so there is no compensatory duty
to be considered The rate proposed
upon malt is IS cents per hundred
pounds instead Of IS cents per bushel.
A bushel of malt weighs 80 pounds, so
the weight of the ], 200 bushels Of malt
would be 80 600 pounds and the duty
under this bin would be Sl7S.20, all
protective, as against the protective
duty Of $40 under the Payne-Aldrich
law, an increase of p per cent.
MIR. President, it is perfectly consist
ent for this Administration to support
a bin which is to be Of such great adj
vantage to trusts and monopoles.
1t is in perfect agreement, / think.
with the whole course Of the Admins
traton on tariff legislation, on railway
rate legislation that has come before.
the Senate since March 4. 1909.
But what shall be said Of the Demo
cratic advocacy Of such special-interest
measure?
The Democratic Party in national
convention has declared against every
principal contained in this bin.