lowered, but the change has been slight. The schedule remains nearly the

same, but the burden has been shifted.

Photograph by Clinedinst, Washington.

Senator Nelson W. Aldrich.

There are reductions--more, numerically, than increases--but the

reductions are effectively modified by shifted classifications.

One thinker of note has termed the "maximum and minimum" clause as "the

highest practical joke of the whole bill." Little has been said of this

clause except in connection with the "minimum." It must be remembered