THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, 'AUGUST 13, 1910.
V
Rtor Oiew Till ) V. K
50c Patent Ltzthtr
Belts 25c
The very newest style Dip
Front Belts, in red or black;
great bargains in Saturday's
sale, choice ; 25
35c Ribbons, per Yard,
9c
Extra heavy and wide All Silk
Taffeta Ribbons, in all staple
colors, every yard perfect, 36c
yard values at, yard.... 9
11.50 deaf Hair Brushes 59c
The pure Russian bristle Ideal
Hair Brushes, only 1 to custo
mer. 3 Be Tooth Brushes at..!2M
60c Hair Brushes at 25
60c Cloth Brushes at.... 25
n n
nl
flpeclal Saturday at
per
auart
10c a Lb
rure
Stick
Candy
THE RELIADLE STORK
Peanut Brittle, pet poana, lOo
' v y N. - I
AY
i rure ice cream Thepurenu88ian bristled tyjt v
t SI
i
Hand Bag
Sae
' The greatest bargain, be
here, ever shown in Omaha.
fS.OO Fitted Hand Hags 2.08
Strictly high grade goat seal
with extra-, quality' features
' protected corners, leather lined
and completely fitted with puree,
" card case, mirror, puff box and
smelling salt bottle in gilt or
. gunmetal, . $5.00 values, sale
at..;.... $2.08
$3.80 Fitted Hand Bag
Full size, leather lined and fitted
' with purse, mirror and salts bot
tle; 8.60 value, at.... .$1.98
f 3.00 Hand Bags at $1.48 An all
. leather bag with tan leather
lining and purse, full 11-inch
frame, a regular $3.00 value
at. $1.48
$2.00 Hand Hag 08c A fine,
staple number, .all leather, lea-
- ther lined, with strap handles
regular $2.00 value; Saturday
at 98
. ft.BO Special Hand Has 49 A
big lot of different sizes and
styles of extra quality Carata.ll
bags, regular $1.00 and $1.50
-values; Saturday . . 49
Men's.
Shirts
$1 nnd $1.50
values at 49c
Very best ma
terials, colors
and patterns,
in plain or
pleated bos
oms, all sizes,
best values to
be found in
Omaha.
Men's
Hose
Manufacturers
samples and sur
plus stock, 25c
to 60o values,
fine cotton, mer
cerised lisle in
plain and fancies,
on sale, 10.
12Ho and 25-
Men's $1.50
Quality Union
Suits, on sale at
49
Men's $2.50
Quality Union
Suits, on aale at
98.
All Summer Garments Must Go to Make Room for Fall Stock
The next week or ten days must see every Summer Suit, Dress
goods which are coming in rapidly even now. SATURDAY'S
MISS, TRULY MATCHLESS.
Skirt and wrap closed out to make room for the new
CLEARING SALE OFFERINGS ARE TOO GOOD TO
500 Pretty Sum
mer Dresses
In lingeries, lawns, batistes,
ginghams and linens, scores
of beautiful designs, well
worth $7.50; to close Sat
urday in ono big lot, choice,
at $2.39
Silk Underskirts, worth $5.00,
in black and colors, full cut,
well made; at, choice. .$2.95
House Dresses, worth to $2.00
light and dark colors, at 95c
BATS TDO 4ATX X.ABOB
SWEEP WITH ELECTRICITY
fas Hoover Way. Xt us snow yon th Hoovsr Xleotrlo Suc
tion Sweeper. The ban ver scan.
Safe of Children's
Dresses
Children's white dresses that
sold to $7.50, delightful as
sortment Saturday, $1.95
Children's Gingham Dresses,
in light and dark colors, all
sizes 2 to 14 years, $2.00
and $2.50 values, at, your
choice ........ .... . .89c
Summer Coats and Capes
Lingerie Dresses and Linen
Suits, regular values up to
$30.00, only 3 to 15 gar
ments of a kind, but nearly
500 of them for selection-
values to $30.00; Saturday,
choice $5.00
275 Handsome Dress Skirts, val
ues up to $10.00, in fine French
voiles, taffeta silk and chiffon
panamas, colors and black; on
sale at $4.95
t ; : .
$k.00 Lingerie Waists $1.95
All new styles, high or low
neck, unequaled bargains
Saturday.
Ladies' and Misses' Middy
Waists, regular $1.50 and
$2.00 values ....... . .89 c
Ladies' $1.50 Lingerie
Waists, trimmed with
tucks, lacos and embroid
ery; Saturday, at . .. .G5c
Men's
Shirts
$2.50 and $3
values 9Sc.
Negligee or
dress style,
soft or pleated
bosoms, with
or without
collars, all the
(newest colors
and patterns.
Athletic
Shirts
In white and
light blue, 50c
values, 15c
$1.50 Pajamas
for 59c
50c Four-in-Hand
Silk
Ties at 25c.
Men's 83c un
derwear, Shirts,
drawers, at.l(
Men's $100
Underwear ,
ihirts, drawers,
t 49
ladies Underwear
About Half
Ladies' Mercerised Vests, with
hand crocheted yolks, 60c val
ues, at 25
Irfulles Knit t'nion Suits, regular
60c values; in Saturday's sale
at 25
Ladies' Gauze Vests, regular 23c
values 12H
MUSLIN UXDEROAUMKNTS.
Combination Suits, values to (2.60,
slightly soiled; on sale, to close,
at 75
Gowns, with dainty lace trimmed
yokes and sleeves, values to
$2.50; choice 98
Elegant Princess Slips, that sold
to $6.00, with elaborate lace
flounces; Saturday
at. $1.50. $1.98 and $2.98
Princess Slips, worth $2.00, colors
and white, at .98
Wa'ra Sola Omaha Selling Agents for tha
Zion City tad Elyria Wash Laces
And for Ball or chert Drees Tonus, la Vsbraska and B. Dakota.
. TUX RgU ABLE STORE
Splendid Savings
without Sacrificing
Quality in Grocer
;ies and Vege
tables.
If lbs. bast Granulated Sugar. ....... B1.0O
48-pound sack Diamond H Flour. ... .81.35
8 pounds white or yellow Cornmeal...lo
2Vi-lb. san Tabla Syrup . . ......... ... ... ...-.So
8 cans .Darby Club Sardines ........ ...aso
9 pounds beat Rolled Oats Mo
2 pkgs. Egff-O-Sae, Dr.. Price's Food or
Corn Flakes .180
1-lb. can Rex Lye .60
Burnbara's Jellycon, pkg 7o
Forty different kinds Assorted Cookies, '
per lb. ............ ..... lOo
Fresh, Crisp Ginger Snaps, pound. .THe
Tea Sittings, pound 18o
Golden Santos Coffee, pound 150
11. B. C. Special Blend Coffee, lb 80a
A Blemded Tea for ice tea, lb. 85o
svttm A9 cxxx&a dept.
No. 1 Creamery Butter, pound. ...... .300
No. 1 Country Butter, pound... 86o
btrlctly Fresh Kgga. dor.en .. ...80o
ruil Cream New York Cheese, lb....80o
Sweet Cream Brick Cheeee. pound... S8o
Imported Swiss Cheeee. pound t.86o
V3QXTABX.S SZPAjaXlCXlfT
...Be
lmnehN Baeta .SO
heads New Cabbage ,.....10o
Green Feppera 6o
bunches fresh Radishes,. ,...6o
bunches Carrots So
Baking Squash lOo
lit mi Cucumbers .....So
Mur Cauliflower. DOund .......ISO
Wax or Green Beans .............. .6
I bunches Parsley Bo
I bunches Vie flant ...Bo
$1.50 Silk
Hose 98c.
Pure Silk Hose, In both black and
colors, plain or fancies; 'great
bargain Saturday at.t. ... .9S
7Bc and $1.00 Quality Hose In
silk and silk lisle. . allover lace
- and lace boot effects, black and
colors, at 49
Ladies 85c and 50c HoseFine
quality lace or plain lisle, in
black and colors; on sale Satur
day at 25
EXTRA SPECIAL
Ladles' Fine Maco Cotton and Lisle
Finish Hose, In all colors and
black, to 26c values; on sale Sat
urday. 74
Children's 10c Quality Hose, plain
black and lace; Saturday at,
pair .... 9
ig Shoe Sale Saturday
Closing out the surplus stocks of the two big eastern factories at about 50 cents on the dollar.
This sale so far has been a distinct success. We have had other shoe sales, but at no time have
the VALUES been so great.
Men's and Women"s $3.60 and
$4.00 Oxfords, Pumps and
Shoes, all styles and all leathers
with styles up to the minute
at .$2.50
Men's and Women's $8.00 and
$3.60 Shoes, Oxfords and
Pumps, Including one lot of
300 pairs Klppendorf-Dlttman
ft Co. samples, worth' up to
$4.00 a pair..... $1.98
Children's Ankle Strap, in patent
and tan, vicl kid, worth 65c
at 39
Boys', Youths' and Little Gents'
Shoes, in two big lots, worth up
to $2.60.. $1.50 and $1.00
For those tired, aching feet,
buy the "GROVER" shoes or
oxfords; they not only help, but
they cure. We carry them in all
styles and can fit the foot prop
erly In each style.
One lot of about 250 pairs Wo
men's Tan and Black Oxfords,
some of them worth up to $3.60
a pair, at $1.00
One lot of Infants' Shoe, worth
up to $1.35 a pair 25
Women's $1.60 Rubber Heeled
Juliets, makes a fine house
hoe $1.00
Misses' and Childs' Oxfords and
Pumps, in dull and patent, sold
up to $2.00 .-..$1.00
AtMCB ANSWERS .'.BRISTOW
Try Hay dens First
In Our Busy
Drug Depart-'
ment
JOo Joes Sticks, pkg- '..Bo
10a Williams' Shaving Soap Bo
4711 Carbolic Soap, regular 26o
for - IBo
Blnkle's Cascara Tablets, per
hundred 860
25o Peroxide of Hydrogen,
three for ."
25o Biker's or Eastman's Cold
Cream 18o
25c Quick Shine Silver Polish
for IBs
10c, 16c and 20c Toilet Soap
big assortment, 2 for....lSo
Locust Blossom or White Roes
Perfume, regular fiOo odors
per o. 8Bo
$1.75 Red Cross . Fountain
Byrlnxe, 8-quart ........ SBo
12.25 Wellington Combination
Syringe
Free with every $1.00 worth
of toilet articles boue-ht at
this counter, one 60e bottle of
Florida Water.
New Fall Corsets
(0k -
. We are now
showing .the
' new fall mod
els in Royal
Worcester and
other popular
makes; prices
tip from.. $1.00
130 W. B. Ma.
form Corsets,
in tine coutll
' long hip mod
els, with six
Sa r t e r s and
raw tape, In
bust. at... 81.00
$1.00 Brassiere,
embroidery
trimmed; spec
ial bargain In
Saturday's sale
at
75c
Saturday Spe
cials in our
Linen De
partment Hemmed Huck Towels, extra
large size, fancy colored
borders, worth lc; Satur
day, each .....10
Hemmed Bath Towels, heavy
and absobent, worth double
Saturday, each . . . 12
Fringed Bed Spreads, with
cut corners, full size, as
sorted patterns, worth $2.50
Saturday, each.. $1.50
Heavy double knotted fringe
Bed Spreads, the beat value
ever offered, worth $3.60;
Saturday,, each; . .$2.50
Porcelain
Dinner Sets
Regent shape, Melbo decoration
an exact reproduction of Havi
land & Co. $75.00 Dinner Sets
you can buy these fine 100-plece
sets Saturday for $14.50
Wood & Sons' English Semi Gran
ite 100-picce Dinner Sets, in gilt
decoration; on sale Saturday
at $6.98
Decorated Holland I (owls 54
Crystal Sugar and Cream Sets
Saturday, each 15
Imitation Cut Glass Vinegar and
Oil Cruets 10
Decorated Cups and Saucers, lotus
shape, per set 49
Decorated Dinner Plates, set 49
Beautifully Decorated China Pieces
big assortment of shapes; Sat
urday 25 and 49
Handled Sherbets, 6 for.
-15
THE RELIABLE STOWS
Special Saturday
Savings on Hardware
& Housefurnishings
l-quart extra heavy Tin Preserving
Cans, per dozen. ......35
$1.00 6-foot Skirt Boards. . ... .75
86c 6-foot Skirt Boards .-65
$2.00 Ironing Board and Stand at,
$1.49
Mrs. Voorman's 25c Sink Strainers
at IK
16-gallon Garbage Cans. ,. ...$1,25
12-gallon Garbage Cans. . . . t . . .98
14-quart Enameled Dish Puns at,
only 19
Your choice of any Screen Door we
have hardwood, painted the last
ale ........75
$1.75 hardwood fancy varnished Door,
at 98
One 80-lb. ice capacity White Mount
ain Refrigerator, worth $20.00 to
$25.00; on aale for. $15.00
si.uu King Brass sprinklers. .49
14 -inch New England Lawn Mowers.
ball bearing Sl TK
14 or 16-inch plain bearing, same
lor
Try Hay dens First
.S2SO
me iiu.oo Easy Yankee Wash Ma
chine, at $4.95
Square Western Wash Machine $3.25
Round Western Wash Machine $3,49
Guaranteed Garden Hose, per ft. 10
Denies AH Charges Made by San sail
in Begard to Tariff on Kubber.
TAEIIT WAS MADE UNIFORM
Vara Neither lie biot Aur Member ef
Ills Faatlr Has Krer Had Pe
lary laterest tat Rabber
Rat a.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. 8enator Nel
dlcted by Senator Joseph W. Brlstow of
son W. Aldrlch of Rhode Island, enumer
ating the counts under which ho was In
Kansas In recent campaign speeches deal
ing with the tariff on rubber, in a letter
made public l&at night, denies the charges
in their entirety.
The letter follows:
"PROVIDENCE. R. I., Aug. 10. 1910.
Hon. William II. McKlnley. Chairman Re
publican Congressional Committee, Wash
ington. V. C Dear Mr. McKlnley: I have
been asked by a republican candidate for
congress in an Illinois district to furnish
him the facts with reference to the charges
In tha rubber duties in the tariff act of
1D09.
"The persistent reiteration of tha absurd
misstatements of Senator Brlstow with
refeVnca to the tariff on rubber furnishes
such a characteristic illustration of the
nature of the criticisms and the character
of certain frtttcs of the tariff act of 190
that It seems to me desirable that a full
statement of the facts should be made la
response to this Inquiry.
List of Brlatow's Char sea.
"Senator Brlsiow's statements were as
follows: '
"L That the senate committee on finance.
of which 1 was chairman. Increased the
fluty upon certain manufactures of rubber
ra 90 to S8 per cant.
"t That during the session, or Immedl.
ately aftr the adjournment of congress,
I. In connection with othera, had organissd
a gigantio rubber trust known aa the In
tercontinental Rubber company, in which I
was a large stockholder and director.
J. That tola huge rubber trust Immedi
ate! advanced largely the price of crude
bbar, 'the supply of which it absolutely
"4, That this vast rubber monopoly, the
- Intercontinental Rubber ooinpany, waa able
on account of the changes In tha tariff
reform to advanoe, and did advance the
price of every rubber product 'from auto
mobile tires to babies rattles.'
Thai the increase iu the rate on rub-
er's violations of the rules have extended
ber manufacturers from SO to 35 per cent
enabled the Intercontinental Rubber com
pany to realise Immense, enormous profits
as shown by the large dividend It had paid
In the early months of the present year,
and the Increase In rates was brought
about with this end In view. -Some
Statements Tree.
"It is true that an Increase In the rates
took place In paragraph 463, which Included
certain manufacturers of India rubber,
with other Items, and it Is true also that
I am a stockholder and director In the
International Rubber company; but none
of the other statements referred to con
tain a single element of truth. I should
be glad to think that In these statements
Senator Brlstow had been cruelly Imposed
upon by some designing person, as I do
not like to believe that any senator could
be guilty of uclibeiaiely manufactured
statements so false in every particular.
"Neither the Intercontinental Rubber Com
pany" nor 1, nor any member of my family
has ever had sny pecuniary Interest as
to whether the rates on manufactures of
rubber were SO. 35 or 300 per cent, or
whether crude rubber was on the free or
the dutiable list.
'The International Rubber company was
Incorporated In 18 with the general
powers of a bublners corporation. There
has been no change whatever, either before
or after the session of congress, since that
time in the business or control of the com'
puny or In the purpose for which It was
organized, these being all established at
tho time of organisation long before the
tariff act of 109 was ever thought of.
"The company la and has been the owner
of stock, the entire amount In every
case but one, in subordinate companies,
organised for the purpose of convenience
In the conduct of the business of producing
of crude rubber In various parts of the
world. The charters of two of tha com
panies were surrendered In 1900 for the
purpose of simplifying the general organ
isation of the business and saving ex
penses and taxes.
'Neither tha Intercontinental Rubber
company nor any of Its subordinate com
paniesand In this I Include' the two com
panies whose charters were surrendered In
l'jft have now or ever have had any in
terest whatever, directly or Indirectly. Iu
any buslnesn except the production of crude
rubber outside of the United mates and
the sales and delivery of Its crude rubber
product In available markets here and
abroad.
Km laterest la sfaaaf aetarers.
"Neither the Intercontinental Ru'uber
company nor any of lta subordinate com
panies have ever had the slightest Inter
est, direct or Indirect, in the manufacture
of any article covered by the change In
rates on rubber maufactures in the para
graph alluded to or otherwise; and neither
the Intercontinental Rubber company nor
any of its subordinate companies have ever
had any part In any commission, agree
ment, arrangement or understanding with
any company or person with referenos to
any manufactured product of rubber or the
price of any such product
"The Intercontinental ' Rubber company
Is not In sny sense nor of any kind good
or bad a rubber trust. It waa never and
no one connected 'with It was ever In com
bination or arrangement with anybody with
reference to the production or control, or
attempt, to control the pries of crude
rubber, or of any manufacture of rubber.
The only relations it ever bad with any
rubber manufacturing concern have been
solely with reference to the sale and de
livery of its crude products. It had at one
time serious differences with a subordinate
company of the United States Rubber com
pany with reference to the quality of rubber
delivered. These were afterwards reconciled
to mutual satisfaction; but the arrange
ments of the difference in a new contract
involved no new subject'.:, and la the only
arrangement of any kin ), that we have ever
had with this company or any other.
"With reference to my personal interest
In the matter, I will say that for ten years
I have been greatly Interested, financially
and otherwise, In development of plans
for extracting crude rubber from shrubs,
vines and trees by scientific chemical and
mechanical processes Instead of the old
fashioned tupping method, now In general
use.
"The formation of the companies to which
I have alluded was for the necessary
organisation of this business in various
parts of the world. There has never been
any attempt at consolidation on my part, or
any reason for concealment of my deep In
terest in this development. The measure of
success which has been achevled by the
young men who have had the management
of the companies has been s source of
satisfaction and of pride to me.
"Among other things accomplished Is the
yearly production In Mexico by our com'
pany from the Quayule shrub of about
10,000,000 pounds of crude rubber, other
companies producing In Mexico about an
equal amount. To accomplish this
entirely . new . Industry was established.
Fifteen years ago the Ouayule shrub on the
Mexican plains and the lands on which It
grew were practically valueless. We as
pect In time to accomplish approximate re
sults in other countries. 1 have no apology
to make for ray part (which has been un
Important) in this work.
"In the success attained the tariff of the
United States has played no part whatever.
"The price of crude rubber la fixed In
the markets cf the world by the Inexorable
law of supply and demand. It Is gov
erned by auction sales at London and
Antwerp. The great Increase in the price
In recent years Is undoubtedly due to the
enormous Increase demand for automobile
tires and for electrical and other Industrial
uses, with no Increase la the available
supply. The change in our tariff of 6 per
cent on a very limited number of the
manufactures of rubber. In August, 1909,
had aa little to do with It as had tha move
ment of the tides.
'In 1901 the price of fins Para rubber
was 70 cents a pound; in April, 1910, the
price had reached $3 a pound, the present
price being about $2.40 a pound. If the
price has been affected at all by the
product of the Intercontinental Rubber
company and other kindred rubber produc
ing companies, It has been to Impede the
advance by furnishing a new source of
supply.
'Crude rubber is and has been on the
free list of our tariff and there has been
ne movement or suggestion front any
source to place It on the dutiable list. If
this Important raw material which competes
with no domestic product should be placed
upon the dutiable list the duty would
clearly be added to the cost of the rubber
to the manufacturer or the consumer, and
would not affect the produoer whose price
would clearly be still controlled by the
market price .of the world.
Statement is Rldlcaloas.
"Of sll the ridiculous statements made
by the Kansas senator none Is suite so
ridiculous as that In which he states that
the Intercontinental Rubber company abso
lutely controls the crude rubber supply.
The world's productions of crude rubber In
1909 was sbout 175.000,000 pounds, of which
the United Status took about 93.000,000
pounds. The production of the Intercon
tinental Rubber company and Its sub
ordinate -companies was sbout 10,000,000
pounds, or less than ( per cent of the whole.
"As I have already stated, the Inter
continental Rubber compony has never had
sny relations with the other producers and
hai never controlled or attempted to con
trol or Influence either the production or
the price of crude rubber. Any one who
has ordinary Intelligence must understand
how futile such an attempt would be. If
made.
Divides Were Defer r4.
"As to the dividend paid by the Inter
continental Rubber company on Its pre
fer! ed stock In the early month of this
present year, I will say that these were de
ferred payments of cumulative dividend,
deferred as the earnings of the company
had theretofore been assessed In the de
velopment of Its business, and not ens mill
of the earnings from which dividends were
paid could be, attributed, as I have already
stated, to the tariff of the United States,
or to any change In tariff rates.
"The change In the tariff on manufac
tures of rubber not otherwise provided for
from 30 to 36 per cent In paragraph 463 was
not mad or recommended for protective
purposes or at the Instance or for tho bene,
fit of any domestic manufacturer. It was
made upon the recommendation of the
treasury experts solely for administrative
purposes. The fact is that at the time the
tar f f act was proposed the American manu
facturer for most classes of goods had un
disputed control of the American market and
in the greatest number of cases the domes
tic producer was able to export some por
tion of his product to other countries. The
statistics submitted by the finance com
mittee to the senate in April. 1909, showed
a value of manufactured products in the
country In 1901 of fltt.OOO.OOO and exports In
1907 to the value of over 36.000,000, while the
Imports of tha classes referred to have
never reached in value lVi per cent of the
domestlo production.
Imports Falllaa Off.
"There has been In recent years a con
siderable falling off In the value of the im
ports of rubber manufacturers, owing
largely to Che faotvthat the American man
ufacturers were gradually taken oft the
market for automobile tires and to the fact
that two of the most important makers of
tires Mlchealin and the Continental com
panytransferred their plants for the sup
ply of their American market to the United
States. .
"When th tariff bill reached the finance
committee It was stated to us by the treas
ury experts who had been assigned by th
president to assist the committee la the
preparation of acts that It was extremely
desirable that the rates of duty Imposed by
paragraphs 140, 427, 4j and 4ti of the publio
bill of th miscellaneous manufacturers of
various material should be uniform with
th rates Imposed on similar products In
other parts of th bill.
"Th statements of the fact that led to
th unanimous conclusion of the finance
committee and th conference committee
to recommend an Increase of duty on the
articles named In paragraph 463 are clearly
set forth In th following letter of Judge
Bharrett to me:
Letter te Aldrleh.
"United States Customs Service, Board of
United Stales General Appraisers, 641 Wash
ington Street, New Tork, July 21. 1910.
lion. Nelson W. Aldrlch, Chairman Com
mittee on Finance. Ur.lted States Senate.
Wablngton, I). C: My Dear Senator
Under instructions from President Taft I
was In Washington and rave such aid as
I was able to the flnanre committee of the
senate In the preparation of th tariff act
of li09.
"Regarding paragraph 40 I urr'd that
the rates of duty specified therein shojld
bo made 36 per cent. Instead of 30 per cent,
as In paragraph 440 in the Dlngley act In
support of that recommendation I gave th
following reasons to the committee:
"Under the act of 1897 there were In
excess of 6.0oO cases litigated before the
board of general appraisers and the courts,
due to the fact that paragraph 449 Im
posed 80 per cent ad valorem on manufac
tures of bone, chip, grass, horn. India
rubber, straw, etc, while manufactures of
wood, under paragraph 208; paper, under
paragraph 407; hard rubber and leather,
under paragraph 460; dolls, under para,
"raph 418, and hats, bonnets and hoods,
unlrimmed, for women and children, com-
?oed of chip, straw, grass or palm leaf,
n paragraph 406, were all subject to a
duty of 3b per cent ad valorem. And thee
litigated cases, involved the almost hop.
less task of determining which of the ma
terials was th component of chief value.
Trouble Over laterpretatloa.
"Chips, straw and grass, when manurac
tured Into articles, unless specially name!
In the tariff act, are always in combine.,
tlon with wood, paper or leather, hence it
invariably followed that th government
contended that the materials which were
subject to a duty of so per cent were the
components of chief value, while the im
porters maintained that chip, (trass or
straw, which were subject to a duty of SO
per cent, was of mors valuo than th other
materials.
"It was especially difficult to determine
whether the wood contained in Innumerable
articles was in tne form of chip or of
wood. Baskets, toilets and hundreds of
different descriptions of goods were con
sequently claimed by the importers to be
dutiable at 0 per cent as cnlp, while Vri
government contended that tne material
was not chip, but wood or wood split very
tine and was, therefore, dutiaule at to per
cent.
".Fancy articles composed of paper card
board, ornamented more or less elaborately
with bralda composed of grass or stra.,
or of so-called chip, also resulted In mucn
friction and litigation, the importers con
tending mat sucn artlclus were dutiable
at 30 per cent as manufactures of straw,
grass or chip, respectively, while the gov
ernment contended that they were dutiable
at x per cent as manufactures of paper.
nara ruoDer was provided for in para
graph 400 at 30 per cent, while India rubber
was named in paragraph 449 at HO per cent.
Then where hard rubber ended and India
rubber bcnan was another prolific source
of controversy. India rubber dolls were
provided for In paragraph 418 at Si per
cent, while India rubber figures and otner
toys were excluded from mat parasraph
aud made dutiable at 30 per cent under
paragraph 449.
Ulfllcalt to Define Dolls."
The determination as to whether certain
figures were dolls or not caused great dis
turbance In the trade, and the question In
many cases had to be determined by the
courts a requirement that left Importers
in doubt whether they would have to pay
M or 36 per cent duty on an endless
variety of India rubber toys.
"To avoid expensive litigation, delay and
uncertainly In classification, leading im
porters urged that the duty on manufac
tures of India rubber b made 36 per cent,
the same as toys. Inasmuch aa para
cranhs 3S0. 407. 409 and 4u0 all Imposed a
duty of 36 per cent on substance of a kin
dred nature of those which had U be com
bined wilh those enumerated In paragraph
449, to avoid future litigation and to accord
with the wishes of of the importers and
the officers of the xovemment. soliy for
purposes of administration 1 ui ted that
tne rate of duty should be mad 35 per
cent to correspond with that specified In
the other paragraphs of the act. Had tht
more numerous other paragraphs of the aot
provided a lower rate of duty than para
graph 483, I should have recommended that
the rate be changed to conform thereto.
"With reference to the effect with which
these changes in rates have had on the
Importations and revenues, there are no
sca.URt.lcs available that will enable us to
measure It accurately. Importations are
classified quite differently under the old
law and under the new. For lnetanoe,
rubber toys were classified as manufac
tures of rubber under the old and as toys
under the new, and this change alone ac
counts for a reduction in the importations
of rubber manufactures under paragraph
463, and a greater Increase in the importa
tions returned under paragraph 431.
Importations Will lacreaae.
"It is the opinion of those best qualified
to judge, that there has been, and will
continue to be, an Increase in tne importa
tions of rubber manufactures of the class I
have described, and as a consequence, an
Increase In revenue.
"In the tariff ditcumlon of other days
the advocates of the protective policy have
usually been called to meet in debate men
who had Limvi' uuiib u the suuject dem
ocrats of character, whose theories of gov
ernment differed completely from thou
held by republican protectionists men who
had some regard for the accuracy of their
statements and soma knowledge, 011 the sub
jects they discussed.
"The committee found that if th desired
uniformity was secured by making all th
rates 30 per cent Instead of 35 per cent, this
would have Involved a long of revenue
based upon the importations of 1908 of mr
than 31,000,000. Therefore, they decided to
recommend the uniform rate of 35 per cent.
Hat Not Kceaalro.
"It was not believed, nor do I now be
lieve, that this rate was In any case ex
cessive. Take the case of the rubber man
ufacturers for instance. While it is tru
that 30 per cent waa ample for protective
purposes for a large class of goods, th
articles which were principally Imported
under these paragraphs were of a character
which would not be burdened even from
the standpoint of a revenue tariff by a
duty of 35 per cent.
"The principal Importations of rubber by
rubber manufacturers covered by these
various paragraphs ere rubber dolls, rubber
toys, druggists' supplies, fancy articles and
novelties of various kinds. The Imposition
of an extra duty of t per cent would cer
tainly not be a hardship to any one Inter.
ested In these articles. -
"When you consider that th average
rate upon all articles imported Into the
United Slates under the act of 1909 Is In
the neighborhood of 41 per cent, certainly
35 per cent could not be an excessive rats
In this cas from any standpoint.
"Strangely enough this little group ot
men very small In number has arrogated
to Itself the leadership of the progressives
and Its members prate about th treatment
of the tariff as a moral question. Very
truly yours, NELSON W. ALDRICH."
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