Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-31
cuMMlNs AND DoLLivER ENJoN
TILT BETWEEN ROOT AND
FLINT OVER DUTY. n
INCREASE IN TARIFF
SUSTAINED BY SENATE
California Succeeds in Putting Thru
Higher Schedules Than Dinsley
Rates Called For-insursent Repub-
licans voso With Democrats in op.
position-DoIIiver Fails to Line Up.

Washington. May 31.-The senator's
wore very sour looks az they entered
the senate today. because OF having to
meet on legal holiday that most oc
them had usually devoted to exercises
In commemoratlon of the. day. Az
soon as. the tariff bill was taken up.
consideration of the paragraph on
lemons was resumed. Flint proceeded
to defend the amendment proposed by
the committee on finance which in
creases the duty to 1ls cents per pound.
Root made an impassioned appeal
against any increase in the duty ON
lemons over the Dingley rate of l cent.
As the debate proceeded. wordy ex-
changes between the senator's became
very acrid.
Does the senator believe that state-
ment?' asked Flint, as Root declared
that foreign lemons are laid down In
New York at $2.I2 per box. Root. re-
plying said he did believe his own
statement Flint responded that vet In
that very market the price was down
to sl.i5 to $3.50 per box. which fact
Root accounted for because the fruit
was sold at auction.
lowans Enjoy Rumpus.
As Root pounded the higher rate on
lemons. Cummins left his place. going
over TO MS colleague. Dollver. and
the two advocates of lower ratios
watched the debaters with evident sat
isfaction
III the senator from New York had
been In California in the early days
and had seen the barren hand now
made fruitful. declared Perkins. with
considerable show of Indignation, he
would be willing to accord for the CAL
ifornia industry the same protection ho
has championed for the New York In
dustry, I'VE only ask" he said. tho
o'Herences IN wages between this coup
try and abroad"
After speeches by Smith. OF Mich-
isah. supporting. and Burkett. oppos-
ing the hnance committees increase In
the rate on lemons to liz cents uer
pound. q vote was taken. 1t resulted In
sustaining the committee, 43 to Is.
roster. of Louisiana. and Fletcher. OF
Florida, democrats, voted In the nfrir-
BeVeridge, Bristow. Burkett. Crawford.
Cummins. Curtis and LaFollette re.
publicans. with the majority OF demo-
Gratis. against 1t.
Gore in Offering an amendment Mac.
ing the duty at cents per bunch an
bananas, said the republican party had
promised the people fish but has given
scorpions in return. Il think / have
treed the trust" said Gore. II am con-
WINGED there is a banana trust in this
country" He added that the 6 cent
duty he proposed was equivalent TO 10
per cent advalorem. or one-tenth of n
cent on each banana. He believed this
burden could not be transferred by tho
banana monopoly TO the people, but
that 1t would add two and a quarter
million dollars to revenue for tho
treasury.
Cores amendment placing duty Of
cents per bunch on bananas was de-
feated Aldrichs amendment reduce
ing the duty on dried peas from 80 to
% cents per bushel yas agreed to. The
finance committees recommendation
reducing the duty on chicory root.
chocolate and cocoa was agreed to
without debate. The duty on salt
was reduced from II cents when in
bags, sacks, etc, to 10 cents per 100.
and from to cents In bulk. Sub
stitute and soluble starch or chemi-
cally treated starch were added to the
paragraph fixing the duty of ~ cents
per pound upon starch. The commit
tee amendment levying a duty of 10
cents per pound on mustard ground or
prepared. OF 2E cents per pound on
capsicum and red or cayenne pepper:
a cent per pound on sage. and three
cents per pound on other spices was
adopted. These specific duties are lev
led in place of the ad valorem rates Of
the house