Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
WORKING THE
OLD TARIFF GAG
Standpatters Are Trotting
Out the Same Old Scare
Crow This Year
THE OLD, OLD STORY
High Tariff Is for the Worker,
But Is Always Highest, 81
On His Goods

The speech of Congressman Ford.
ney, at the republican rally Monday
night. would have done duty at any
republican meeting within the past
% years, when the sacred subject of
tariff was in discussion. The full din
ner pail story of Mark Hanna was
not copyrighted, and in various forms
has done valiant service for the stand
patters ever since 1896
In pleading for high tariff to pro-
tect the Workingman, Mr.. ForGney
did not refer to the recent revolt at
Lawrence, Mass, when the workmen
in the cotton industry attempted to
secure some of the benefits of the in
crease of average duty on manufac-
tured cottons. in SO items used by the
poorer classes, from 1859 to 1850
per cent, while the average increase
on Al cotton samples was 1871 per
cent.
Mr.. Fordney is thoroughly posted
on the tariff law, and could if he
desired, have told his audience that
all through the present tariff law
passed by republican congress, and
endorsed by Republican president as
THE BEST TARIFF BILL EVER
PASSED, are to be found discrimina-
tions. the higher duty on the cheaper
article, the lower duty on the dearer
article, thus placing on the shoulders
of those least able to bear it the
greater burden of the protective sys-
tenn. Here are some illustrations:
The cheapest wool blankets bear
duty of 165.42 per cent; the dearest,
104 55 per cent.
Flannels, not more than 40 cents
a pound, are taxed at 1887 per cent;
over 20 cents-a~ pound, 1857 per
cent.
Wool plushes, cheapest, 14175 per
cent; dearest, 95.33 per cent.
Knit fabrics. cheapest, 141 per
cent; dearest, 95.53.
Stockings. worth from 81 to $1.50
a Dozen 1887 per cent; from 50 to
So. SO per cent
Hats and bonnets, worth not over
S. a dozen. 62 per cent; over $40
a dozen, 35 per cent.
Carpets. highest priced, 80 per
cent; that used for mats and rugs,
1858 per cent.
Women's gloves, unlned. ~ per
cent; lined. "a per cent; longest
gloves, unlined, AZ per cent: lined,
20 per cent.
Mems gloves, worth less than 50
a dozen. 662S per cent; costliest
gloves, 1445 per cent; leather, un-
lined 44.5S per cent; lined, $3.50
per cent
Buckles. cheapest, 77.4S per cent.
dearest, 26.33 per cent.
Uncut diamonds bear 10 per cent
duty; imitation diamonds, 90 per
cent.
The humber firecracker bears o
9702 per cent. duty, while elaborate
fireworks bear but 20 per cent.
Mating. smaller and cheaper
grades, 43 per cent; costler, "a per
cent.
Watch movements, seven jewels
66.02 per cent; II jewels, 40.41 per
cent; II jewels, 34.45 per cent.
Underwear, cheapest, $500 per
cent dearest. so per cent.
Dress goods of wool, cheapest.
1O5.42 per cent; dearest, 94.13 per
cent
Velvets. cheapest. 1922 per cent;
dearest. 1855 per cent.
Silk handkerchiefs. cheapest, 77.44
per cent; dearest, 80 per cent
Scissors, worth 80 cents a dozen,
1921 per cent; worth sl75 dozen.
f6 per cent
Table knives, fancy grades. $40
per cent. bone handled. 69.43 per
cent
Butcher knives. best grades. 521o
per cent; cheapest grades, 90 % per
cent.
Files smallest. S1.29 per cent;
LONGEST, 1851 per cent.
Shot guns. worth from s. to $40
47.67 per cent; worth over $40. 45.46
per cent.
These are only part of the dis
examinations, cleaned from swift
,>nning of some OF the schedules
Reduced to simplest terms. they
mean thatt he poor man is taxed
hieher than the rich man