Show REED SMOOT IS SELECTED SElE TED Utah's Senior Senator C Called Upon by the Senate Finance Committee to Reply to LaFollette's La- La LaFollette's LaFollette's Follette's Attack on Tariff AD VALOR EMS EXPLAINED BY UNDISPUTED FIGURES Statement of Democrat Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor That Tariff Bill Shows Big feig ig Increase Over the Dingley Ding- Ding Dingley Dingley ley Law Is Riddled SHOWS METHOD Prom 1 n a Staff Muff Correspondent toD D. D J July II- II I. I r it SI wn n. Ii aS II liy by the m tee to o to tu tho thin upon the th tariff b IJ l opt lit Commenting I tug upon C- C nicole by It tte hunt till I be Sc cnn o bill hili I. I In Is 11 per lien cent above I li lait In iI upon the tue Im- Im lIH Jur jor 1107 IVO iou Hul l that hint It nil all depended on nn fl of ot cum cum- t a I I Taking up the DIngle law from front the year car of oC its passage Senator Smoot fI figures that t the Ie a average ad ael valorem were ere as follows dHows In 1808 1898 the they were 48 SO In 1899 the iuey were 67 07 In that year the tue importations im porta lions of or luxuries were svere ver very ery large laige In the tho lie succeeding years cars front from 1900 to 1908 1108 Inclusive the average ad uti valorem were 49 19 24 49 I. 49 03 48 73 1524 t. 44 4 lb 42 55 and anti 42 94 The low und and a ad valorem average of or 42 45 55 In 1907 1107 Is 18 explained by tho the panic and the hue falling aIling off ott In iii n importations of ot luxuries 8 Senator Smoot speaking for tor tho the com com- said al that if It schedule II U comprising comprising com corn wines and spirits on which the tue Senate enate advanced ancell n the hue rates very cr materially were sero eliminated the Berago aver er igo ago ad valorem under the ho Senate bill hili would be 42 08 per cent Including champn ne und and other othor wines and I ho declared tho average o ud ad valorem would amount only to a 43 44 H per ion tor cent which Is lower than thun nil all cx- cx tho hue last two to years ara 1 I Would l Tho The last two yours years under the tho Ding Ding- 10 oy or law It Il 1 is I pointed out thai that by b cUmIn cUm olini- I In tho the mude by the stalen stale ulo jn on n laces d AJ i nJ lle rR n tJ oth r 0 9 r c I d i-F i U the he anio sante hill bin would lie lio titan than 0 1 pel i cf eL cent That Tut I Iii is A loss loan limn titan any bIll In tho ho taut twenty cars arn artt In 18 1808 1805 8 when tho the Wilson bill billni trait ni In hn oper oper- I l In lit that h year tile the o uil ad gO gOn wn n erRe 1 to b bo be 39 91 per percent cent erit Tho The ad aol valorem era u average a of the tho Milis Mil hilI is as paused passed by the Ito Senate on all article articles of ot t necessity on the lie dutiable and fr- fr fre tre e list Is given gUen hn as os Hi I 49 per cent It Jt I lit Is stated that thul practically lly all nIl of ot the thug seine IBm Increases made on luxuries and the Iho decreases are arc upon necessities Senator Smoot complained complain 11 that Articles Ar Ar- r- r tides transferred front from the tho dutiable 1111 list to the hue free freo list st are arc not taken Into consideration by some solute critics In lit figurIng figuring figur figur- s of or the pending pend In ing ad valorem averages ing bill Speaking of Senator LaI statement that the tho bill lili shows a 65 per cent Increase over o the lie law law- Senator Smoot said 81 If It wo we had pu put t nil ill o of these articles now on the Ito dutiable list lItot upon the free tree list with tho rho exception Lion tion of oC wines iines and anti spirits the average nd ud valorem of oC tho same some bill would have icOn been 87 IS per cent ent I say sa this order Illustrates th the unfairness of Senator II Folletto moOted method of arriving at ot his conclusion o |