The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-21
DEBATE IN DETAIL.
Smoot Gets in on the Discussion over
Cottonseed Oil.

Smoot Gets in on the Discussion Over
Cottonssed Oil.
Washington. May IA recommendation
by the comEittee on finance for a duty
of cents gallon on cottOnseeC of
I'm connection with the tariff bill proved
20 be a firebrand on the Democratic side
OF the senate today. Replying to Mr..
Tillman, Mr. Aldrich explained that the
Dinglev law provides for a duty of
cents q gallon on c0ttonseed oil. so thai
This recommendation caused a reduction
Of / cent gallon This did not pacify
tile Democratic senator's. Messrs Till
man. Bacon and Money insisted that they
wanted no duty whatever. Finally, be
cause of this criticism from certain south
eu senator's. MI Aldrich withdrew the
Cottonseed oil amendment
ln the debate that led up to this amend
ment withdrawal, Mir. AldriCh said Ger
many and other countries were offering
b9unties for the production OF cOttOnseed
oil and he believed that if the American
market was not protected it would be
Orerflowed with the foreign product.
Result Feared.
Mr. Bacon declared that the American
Cottonseed oil needed no protection, but
he feared such duty would result in
having maximum duties imposed on cot
tonseed. now admitted to those countries
free Of duty, as wei as on other duties
would not concede the point.
Mr. Tillman wanted to keep up the mar
kets abroad for CottOnseed ana when
asked by Mr. Aldrich If he would see
the cottonseed oil made abroad and then
imported into tho United States, he re-
piled;
OF course I would If we get a higher
price on COttOnseed. The farmers are
entitled 20 some consideration"
Snooof as IIsuaI
ATT Smoot suggested that cheap labor
abroad would produce cottOnseed oil
cheaper than I'm the United States Mr..
llllman with energy retorted:
tneaper than In the SOUTH Cheaper
tHdn we can produce il with our negro
labor at 81 TO Is cents a day? Whoever
Told the senator that lie, and does he
know be was lying?'
I think said Mr.. Smoot. there are
some countries I'm which labor is paid
even less than 20 cents a day
Mr- Money sarcasucaliy observed;
TO was gratifying TO the people of the
south to find the senator's from Rhode
Island and Utah so solicitOus acOut cot
Ton, although they could not grow cot
ION and knew nothing about it"
MIR. Money said the south needed no
protection on cottonseed oil.
Duty on Chestnut Bark.
Senator Daniel made a speech IN sup
port of high duty on Quebracho. Il
chestnut bark extract used in tanning and
which is produced n bis stale.
olefiHg an amendment TO further re-
t'-e me duty on Quebr8Cho to L cent
pcuLd, Mr- Latollette declared the tam
nus industry was being driven to Can
s9a- where quebracho is admitted free
ST duTv
~ a vote Of eg To & the LaFollette
amendment was rejected. Senators Dol
over, McCumhor. Nelson Smith of Mich
gan, BeveridEe. Borah. Brown. Burkett.
3, ,,-hmlHs. Olapp. DOlliver and Gamble,
N-huohcans. voting with the Democrats
II favor Of the reduction. while Senators
seSNeS, S1all3D. SIMMONS, DAME ana
HMllq Of Maryland Democrats. voted
WIN the Republicans against the reduC-
-'A' bY viva voCe vote the duty recon-
lArnded by the committee Of y cent a
pound. was agreed to-
ne oujy on white lead provoked dis
.-ssfoh Mr. Curtis offered an amend
UsAl reducing the duty from rs cents
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