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