Show I TARIFF ARIFF FACTS AT THE At AtWith With Special Session of Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress on Tariff Question Washington Oozes With Information Information Information In In- formation on Customs Duties Ill Iii RALPH M. M f. f WHITESIDE Washington Juno 26 With a tariff special session lon o of congress doing business busi busl- ness Washington naturally nl enough h Is tariff saturated Hl and tariff Information to sa say nothing o of tariff misinformation tion fairly oozes from Crom the j official at nt the slightest tU ture Among ong other interesting facts about Undo Sams Sam's principal source o of Income I have o recently come across a n tabulation tabulation tabulation tion which shows that Just about half hair the tho total customs receipts come from rom the tho ho duties on five Che articles The total receipts at nl the thc custom houses house In 1907 the he high water marks morl s was Of Ot this tills came from sugar from rom cotton manufacturers ml from leaf lear tobacco 00 from manufacturers manufacturer of oC fibre other othOl than nan wool silk and anti cotton and amI 20 from manufacturers of sl shit It II Is not to be assumed however howel how el that because five 1 articles l pay a half o of the tariff duties collected the making ofa of ot ota a tariff and the determination of or rates o of f duty duly und and tho amount o of revenue likely to result Is by any means R R. simple matter The rates o of duly dUl uty levied are not applied merely to groups o of articles as a whole but applied ap- ap plied at different rates and In different terms erms to various grades s and anti qualities of f articles forming farming each group and antI In Inman Inmany many man cases to the various grades or material hearing bearing u. u L single name The remarkable growth 0 of tho the country coun- coun tr try ry and und the tile development of or its infant Infant in- in fant ant Industries is reflected In tho the figures Jig fig ures res which show tho the Increasing tariff collections In this period of ot eighty eighty- eight Ight yours years car l. l These Thes figures follow tollow Customs collections in 1821 In n 1830 1530 In 1860 1850 00 In 1960 In 1870 U In 1880 1830 in 1890 1590 In 1900 The share o of the Imported merchandise diso dise Ise which paid a duty dut on entering the l e country countr has varied greatly From 1820 1520 down to 1833 1533 less lesli than 10 per pcr percent cent of the merchandise entering the country came In free freo of or duty n ln- ln ning Ing with 1873 the share of merchandise dise iso Imported free of or dut duty steadily Increased Increased in- in creased commencing with 27 7 per cent In ht 1 that year ear and reaching 66 per Ier cent centi In i 1 IS per lIeI cent In lS IG fa per percent cent ent In In 1 1506 05 and H per cent cont in Ira l 1905 OS It goes roes hard for tor tho the lame duck to absent himself from frum tho the l Sonata enato or whore he hI has been wont to take a part In the tho affairs o of state Tho Thu other r r da day white hatred Henry Moore Teller ollor of Colorado wandered Into the Senate chamber sat down near hl his accustomed place and watched the tho proceedings pro- pro for a n. considerable time suemIng Ing ng to feel as illS natural as If ho hoerl wera erl taking part In them Former Senator i Hansbrough often finds H his way into tho the Senate chamber chambor William M. M M 1 Stewart Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- I art used to enjoy going g to the capitol In a while Willie and taking his seat on I tho the Senate floor as nit all nIl members ex are lire entitled to It Is the tile same name way in thi House whom where the average o ox member finds finds' It like pulling tr teeth th to tear himself himself him him- self away The Thc other Ila day J Adam Allam Bode Bette walked Into the House chamber and Del wont went among his old friends holdIng holding hold hold- Ing a n. sort of levee Japanese business men are keen keenly alive e to all opportunities to extend trade trado Th They bellove believe th tins the Yukon Alaska Pacific exposition ut at Seattle this sum sunt- mer IH Is such Kuch an opportunity editor of or the tho Japan Current Cur Cur- rent Tokio who is Lore In discussing the tho exposition said laid Japans Japan's interest In the fair tall can be gathered from the fact J that linA a wide Publicity lulus hillS been given to It In the tho country b by tho the government o and the tho people r on A large umber number of i IK pamphlets have been Printed in Japanese type continued con con- the tho Japanese o scribe describing the purpose und rand extent of the tho exposition exposi exposi- tion ant and the development of of or Alaska and Pacific Northwest resources and 1 have been circulated among the bual- bual I ness men antI and the people throughout the flue countr country The Japanese government has Ilas de- de to send senti a n flet fleet o of cruisers the i Soya Soa and Aim to Sound In the middle or of June JUnc u A report has a jut Juat i 1 i mo me that In ln addition to these Ships a fleet of oC til n cal steamships Is Ism j i t to n be fitted m out Ut by y private enterprises under r the auspices o of the thc I a dally daily Tokio ne newspaper ne s a er I w with M ii the encouragement of Count Count i i Okuma n a foremost elder statesman man o of Japan On board bourd this tills steamship fleet a largo large number of ot representative o busi busl- business ness men wm will salt Kall for or Seattle scuttle Ir the Ure summer Hummer to visit bit ip tho tune Uon tIon Every Oklahoma mun man who comes come to Is 18 davit prepared to make nUt nUt- affi affidavit that Oklahoma is 16 the greatest t state In the tho union and that no other state ever or will be or cnn can he be as good For 01 instance J E E. E Jenkins of homa CSt City who was hero the other said ald lew aw In the east easl appreciate day the tho n advancement made In ln Oklahoma educational c nl along and commercial We ve have ha one ono of the best ao school f in tho several cral colleges col col- leges that already are among e enl the leading Institutions f West e L nl Oklahoma o of tIl tho thoe a CIl City tho time of the tho state has more than pop pop- ull Mallon more than rt fifty miles of asphalt paved streets an nn excellent street railway ran rail way system and a i score or more o of ot f five eight and ten story tory office built build III s. s We e c nr building n high school that will be bo ahead d d equipment In the tha I bast for modern structure ru of ot turo an and nn ng g Our VJ theaters theater tor Ire are re as a. good a as those o ot f Washington and w we get the tho same Barno Our vur at at- at tractions people are arc the tho pick from every even tato stale In the tho Union |